Generals of the Bulge: Leadership in the U.S. Army's Greatest Battle

Jerry D. Morelock

Stackpole Books, Mar 1, 2015 - History - 384 pages

The Battle of the Bulge lives in history as the U.S. Army's largest and bloodiest battle of World War II. This innovative study of American military leadership in action during the battle examines the performance of six generals in the days and weeks after the German attack in December 1944.

• Generals covered include Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley, among others
• Five levels of command are studied: supreme coalition, army group, army, corps, and division/armored combat command
• A unique and important history that will appeal to buffs, scholars, and soldiers

Contents

• The American Army in the Ardennes 194445 1: 1
• Eisenhower and the Supreme Command 33: 33
• Bradley and the 12th Army Group 75: 75
• Simpson and the Ninth Army 103: 103
• Middleton and the VIII Corps 141: 141
• PHOTO SECTION: 157
• Jones Clarke and the Defense of StVith 173: 173
• Leaders of Skill and Character 227: 227
• Chain of Command Allied Expeditionary Force February 1944 237: 237
• SHAEF Headquarters 6 June 1944 238: 238
• Operational Allied Chain of Command May 1945 239: 239
• Ardennes Command Arrangement from 20 December 1944 240: 240
• 12th Army Group 16 December 1944 241: 241
• First Army 16 December 1944 242: 242
• VIII Corps 16 December 1944 243: 243
• 106th Infantry Division 16 December 1944 244: 244
• Combat Command B 7th Armored Division 1723 December 1944 245: 245
• German Order of Battle 16 December 1944 246: 246
• Principal Personalities 247: 247
• Notes 255: 255
• Select Bibliography 341: 341
• Acknowledgments 355: 355
• Index 359: 359
• Back Cover: 367

About the author

Jerry D. Morelock, PhD, Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.), is a 1969 West Point graduate who served 36 years in uniform in numerous command and staff positions. He is a decorated combat veteran whose military assignments included the Leadership Division of the Department of the Army general staff and the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate on the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon. His final active-duty assignment was as the director of the Combat Studies Institute, the history department of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. As a military historian, he has authored several books and published over 300 articles in history journals and magazines. His writing awards include receiving the Arter-Darby Military History Writing Award for excellence in professional scholarship, winning the U.S. Field Artillery Association History Writing Contest, and selection as a Distinguished Essayist in the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Essays on Strategy competition. After retiring from the Army, he was executive director of the Winston Churchill Memorial & Library at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri—the site of Churchill’s famed 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech. He continues to serve as an adjunct faculty professor at Westminster College, teaching courses in history, political science, and American foreign policy. Since 2004, he has been the editor-in-chief of Armchair General magazine, the only military history magazine selected by the Chicago Tribune as one of its annual list of “50 Best Magazines in the World.”

Bibliographic information

• Title: Generals of the Bulge: Leadership in the U.S. Army's Greatest Battle; G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
• Author: Jerry D. Morelock
• Contributors: Carlo D'Este, Martin Blumenson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Stackpole Books, 2015
• ISBN: 0811711994, 9780811711999
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: History / Military / World War II