Description: "This book explains how the US Army emerged as one of the most powerful political organizations following World War II. It is for students, scholars, and general readers interested in US military history, American foreign policy, and World War II"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Grant H. Golub is an Assistant Professor of American History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the US Army War College. His work and commentary have been published in Cold War History, The Journal of Strategic Studies, The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune. This is his first book.
Review Quotes: 'Grant Golub's well-researched and deftly written book offers fresh insight into how power worked in Roosevelt's wartime Washington and how, under Henry Stimson's leadership, the US Army mastered the game of backroom angling, vote whipping, and assault by memo.' Brooke L. Blower, author of Americans in a World at War: Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper