An acclaimed military historian presents this powerful history of four military leaders--Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, George Marshall and Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower--who exhibited unparalleled military leadership that led the U.S. victoriously through two World Wars

By the first half of the twentieth century, technology had transformed warfare into a series of intense bloodbaths in which the line between soldiers and civilians was obliterated. O'Connell chronicles the paths of four men who exhibited unrivaled military prowess during this period, and led the United States victoriously through two world wars: George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, George Marshall, and Dwight Eisenhower. Throughout their careers they would use each other brilliantly in a series of symbiotic relations that would hold increasingly greater consequence. -- adapted from jacket