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The Generals

Page 57

by Thomas E. Ricks


  risk aversion in, 391–92

  Army, U.S., post-Vietnam, 13–14, 335–53

  Abrams and, 335–37

  Cold War’s influence on, 346–47, 348

  Cushing-DePuy feud and, 342–49

  DePuy and, 337–38, 340

  discharge program of, 336

  field manual updated by, 344–48

  flawed generals produced by, 350–52, 353

  Joint Readiness Training Center of, 353

  modernization of, 336–38

  National Training Center of, 338–39, 349–50

  new weapons development in, 339–40

  symposia on officer responsibility of, 311–14, 348

  synchronization concept and, 346

  TRADOC and, 337–38

  Army of the Cumberland, U.S., 115

  Army of the Potomac, U.S., 22

  Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), 225, 342

  Army Research Institute, 450

  Army War College, 46, 143, 174, 258, 311, 313, 314, 337, 341, 343, 349, 360, 385, 390–93, 400, 403, 422, 444

  Arnold, Benedict, 307

  Arnold, Mark, 449–50, 532n

  Associated Press, 86

  Astor, Gerald, 475n, 478n, 479n, 480n

  At Ease (Eisenhower), 63

  Atkinson, Rick, 379, 474n, 477n, 478n, 479n, 491n, 524n, 525n

  Australia, 46

  Austria, 119

  Aziz, Tariq, 373

  Bacevich, Andrew, 386, 417, 500n, 525n, 526n, 529n

  Bair, Chester, 142, 146, 149

  Baker, James, 373

  Baker, Thomas, 523n

  Baldwin, James, 330–31

  Balmer, Jesmond, 295

  Barber, William, 161, 174

  Barker, Frank, 298, 299–300, 301, 306

  Barno, David, 340, 371, 439–40, 520n, 531n

  Barr, David, 143, 170, 186–87, 490n

  Barron, Paul, 470n

  Barth, George, 3

  Battle of Britain, 36, 83

  Battle of the Bulge, 4, 136, 178, 202, 218, 288–89, 316, 335, 381

  Eisenhower on, 106

  Montgomery and, 88–89, 92–93

  Bay Lop, 511n

  Bay of Pigs debacle, 219–20

  Beall, Olin, 147–48

  Beckel, Robert, 234

  Beidler, Philip, 513n

  Beirut barracks bombing of 1983, 361

  Belgium, 24, 29, 42

  Belleau Wood, Battle of, 151

  Ben-Gurion, David, 448

  Bennett, Paul, 60–61

  Benson, Kevin, 522n

  Bergen, Peter, 527n

  Berger, F. M., 486n, 493n, 494n

  Berlin, Robert, 97, 468n, 473n, 482n, 485n

  Berlin Airlift, 162

  Bernhardt, Michael, 296

  Berquist, Paul, 138, 143–44, 489n, 490n

  Berry, Sidney, 245

  Better War, A (Sorley), 319

  Betts, Richard, 503n

  Bigger, Erwin, 141

  Billingsley, Dodge, 528n

  bin Laden, Osama, 398–99

  Birdseye, Elmer, 245

  Birtle, Andrew, 517n

  Black Hawk transport helicopter, 339

  Black Hearts incident, 427–29

  Blaik, Red, 232

  Blair, Clay, 122, 169, 276, 486n, 487n, 488n, 489n, 493n, 495n, 496n, 497n, 510n

  Blair, John, 494n, 495n

  Blair, Melvin, 125

  Bland, Joellen, 469n, 485n

  Bland, Larry I., 469n, 471n, 472n, 473n, 476n, 480n, 483n

  Bletz, Donald, 347, 521n

  Blitz, 83

  Blum, John Morton, 471n

  Blumenson, Martin, 71, 110, 118, 467n, 468n, 473n, 475n, 476n, 477n, 478n, 479n, 480n, 481n, 485n, 486n

  Bolger, Daniel, 117–18, 485n, 486n

  Bolte, Charles, 37, 472n

  Bond, Brian, 478n

  Bonus Marchers, 61, 126, 370

  Boring, Frank, 129, 487n

  Bosnia, 389

  Bowers, William, 486n

  Bowser, Alpha, 162, 173

  Boxer, USS, 222

  Bradley, Omar, 3, 5–6, 73, 84, 88, 97, 109, 110–11, 129, 151, 158–59, 193, 197–98, 243, 350–51, 382, 389, 468n, 479n, 480n, 482n, 484n, 505n

  Allen relieved of command by, 77–79

  Patton on, 117–18

  in World War II, 116–17

  Bradley Fighting Vehicle, 339, 379

  Brady, Morris, 341–42, 520n

  Brancato, Kevin, 530n

  Brandon, Henry, 290, 512n

  Brazil, 31–32, 178

  Bremer, L. Paul, III, 411–12, 529n

  Brennan, Mike, 525n

  Brewster, Owen, 140

  Brighton, Terry, 481n

  Bright Shining Lie, A (Sheehan), 266

  Brodie, Bernard, 221, 501n

  Brooke, Alan, 94

  Brooks, Edward, 185–86

  Brown, Albert, 37

  Brown, Frederic, 246

  Brown, Harold, 404

  Brownlee, Romie, 467n

  Brush, Peter, 516n

  Buck, Beaumont Bonaparte, 22

  Buckingham, Clay, 361, 523n

  Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., 37–38

  Buell, Thomas, 472n

  Bullard, Robert, 21, 470n

  Bundel, Charles, 33

  Bundy, McGeorge, 229, 468n, 474n, 503n

  Burg, Maclyn, 472n, 473n, 484n

  Burke, Arleigh, 452

  Burns, John, 436

  Burns, Julian, Jr., 488n

  Burnside, Ambrose, 22

  Burrough, Bryan, 473n

  Bush, George H. W., 115, 386

  Bush, George W., 31, 394, 400, 412, 431, 432, 437

  Iraq War decision of, 412

  Bush Administration, George H. W., 373, 383

  Bush Administration, George W., 395–96, 404, 410, 430, 441

  Iraq war and, 411–12, 416–18

  Butcher, Harry, 52–53, 200, 475n, 480n, 481n, 484n, 498n

  Caffey, Benjamin, 23, 470n

  Calley, William, 240, 297–98, 303, 513n

  conviction of, 306

  Cambodia, 261

  Camden, Battle of, 22

  Cameron, Duane, 475n

  Campbell, David, 351–52, 521n

  Campbell, James, 147

  Cannon, Charles, 357

  Cantero, George, 328

  Canzona, Nicholas, 488n

  Cao Van Vien, 225, 502n, 512n

  Capra, Frank, 113

  Carlucci, Frank, 369, 372

  Carmen, James, 329

  Carpenter, Ronald, 501n

  Carrick, Daniel, 428–29

  Carter, Herbert, 297–98, 513n

  Carthage, 57

  Casey, George, 9, 426–31, 432, 434, 462

  Castillo, Francisco del, 489n

  Castro, Fidel, 219–20

  Cates, Clifton, 493n

  Caulfield, Matthew, 493n, 495n, 496n

  Cavanaugh, Charles, Jr., 532n

  CBS News, 234

  Central Command, U.S., 31, 372, 374, 400, 408, 414, 416, 430, 433, 435, 436, 445

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 129, 219, 261, 445–46

  Curveball and, 395–96

  Tora Bora battle and, 399

  Chamberlain, John, 484n, 488n, 497n, 498n

  Chamberlain, Neville, 27, 29

  Chandler, Alfred, Jr., 472n, 474n

  Chaney, James, 36–37, 56

 
Chanoff, David, 511n, 517n

  Chaplain Corps, U.S., 341

  Cheney, Dick, 362, 371–74, 376, 386, 394, 430–31, 524n, 530n

  Chiang Kai-shek, 201

  Chiarelli, Peter, 444

  Chicago Tribune, 140

  Chieu Hoi (Open Arms) amnesty program, 270

  China, Nationalist, 127–28, 180, 191, 196–97, 201

  China, People’s Republic of, 128, 131, 132, 136, 206, 228, 256

  Cultural Revolution in, 166

  MacArthur’s proposed attack on, 190–91, 194–98

  Chinn, Clarence, 446

  Chosin campaign, 135, 370

  airstrips in, 152, 156

  Almond’s account of, 155–56

  Almond’s orders in, 141–42

  Army career policy and, 171–72

  Army’s pullout in, 144–48

  bridge project in, 165

  Chinese casualties in, 166

  Chinese entrapment ploy in, 157–58

  as Chinese strategic victory, 160

  Fox Company’s stand in, 159, 161, 168, 174

  Hagaru-ri position in, 148, 152

  initial Chinese attacks in, 141–44

  leadership in, 159, 168–72

  MacArthur and, 136, 142, 149, 166–67, 174–75

  march to Hagaru-ri in, 160–63

  Marine career policy and, 172–73

  Marines’ march to coast in, 163–64

  Medals of Honor awarded for, 170, 174

  onset of, 136

  signs of enemy activity in, 139–40, 157

  Smith in, see Smith, O. P.

  U.S. deployments in, 135–38, 137

  U.S. leadership failure in, 142–43, 146–47, 149

  weather in, 160–62

  Church, John, 186–87

  Churchill, Winston, 29, 85, 90, 91, 94, 237, 448, 482n

  “Cincinnatus” (pseudonym for Cecil Currey), 510n

  Cirillo, Roger, 188, 496n

  Civilian Provisional Authority, Iraq, 414

  Civil War, U.S., 20, 22, 95, 115

  Shenandoah Valley campaign in, 33

  Clancy, Tom, 402, 525n

  Clark, Lloyd, 70, 478n

  Clark, Mark, 65–72, 101, 171–72, 188, 200, 477n, 480n, 494n, 496n, 498n

  in Anzio landings, 68–71

  as combat commander, 67–68

  critiques of ability of, 68–69

  Dawley incident and, 66–67, 68

  Lucas relieved by, 68–71, 133

  poor reputation of, 71–72

  in Salerno landings, 65–66

  Clark, Wesley, 115, 462

  Clarke, Bruce, 93, 202, 499n

  Clausewitz, Carl von, 42, 84, 357, 375,378

  Clemenceau, Georges, 448

  Clifford, Clark, 319

  Clifton, Chester, 501n

  Clinton, Bill, 389, 526n

  Coburn, Judith, 326

  Cocke, Eugene, 505n

  Cody, Michael, 391–92, 526n

  Cody, Richard, 443

  Coffman, Edward, 470n, 509n

  Cohen, Eliot, 432, 448, 470n, 493n, 532n

  Colburn, Larry, 299

  Colby, John, 467n

  Colby, William, 261

  Cold War, 167, 352, 449

  post-Vietnam Army and, 346–47, 348

  Collins, J. Lawton, 1, 2, 50, 79, 89, 127, 171–72, 183–84, 186–87, 222, 467n, 480n, 481n, 487n, 494n

  Collins, John, 207, 499n

  Collins, Joseph, 531n

  Combined Action Platoons (CAPs), 268–69, 272–73

  Combined Chiefs of Staff, 91

  Command and General Staff College, 209, 211, 235, 266, 277, 341, 346, 354–55, 356, 358–59, 390–91

  Congress, U.S., 32, 34, 99, 112, 122, 140, 187, 196, 339, 436, 442

  base closings issue in, 368

  MacArthur hearings of, 197–98

  military veterans in, 461

  Considine, Bob, 201

  containment policy, 131

  Conti, Dennis, 298, 513n

  Converse, Elliott, 491n

  Cooke, James, 470n

  Cooper, Charles, 257, 325–26, 507n

  Cooper, Christopher, 528n

  Corlett, Charles “Cowboy Pete,” 200, 498n

  Corregidor, 99

  Cosmas, Graham, 503n, 508n

  COSVN Resolution 9, 324

  Coulter, John, 185, 187

  Counterinsurgency (COIN) Academy, 427

  Cragg, Dan, 505n, 516n

  Crane, Conrad, 20, 422, 469n

  Crerar, Harry, 475n

  Crete, 83

  Crocker, John, 54, 475n

  Crocker, Ryan, 434

  Crosswell, D. K. R., 41, 472n, 473n, 475n

  Crow, Kevin, 519n

  Cruise, Tom, 338

  Cuba, 219–20

  Cullen, Roy, 198

  Currey, Cecil (pseudonym: “Cincinnatus”), 510n

  Curveball (Iraqi defector), 395–96

  Cushman, John, 208, 219, 226, 267, 340–41, 355, 415–16, 433, 500n, 501n, 502n, 508n, 520n, 521n, 529n, 530n

  Black Hearts essay of, 429

  DePuy’s feud with, 342–49

  on Franks, 398

  Officer Responsibility symposia of, 341–44

  Cushman, Robert, 271

  Custer, George, 138, 419

  Dabrowski, John, 503n

  Daddis, Gregory, 249, 506n, 517n

  Dang Xuan Teo, 283

  Darby, William, 69

  Darlan, François, 51

  Davidson, Phillip, 232, 235, 264, 270, 281, 503n, 504n, 508n, 510n, 519n

  Davis, Darlene, 518n

  Davis, Franklin, 311

  Davis, Ray, 158, 160–61, 164–65, 173, 492n, 493n, 494n

  Davis, William, 164

  Davy Crockett recoilless rifle, 208–9

  Dawkins, Peter, 213, 501n

  Dawley, Ernest “Mike,” 66–67, 68, 476n

  Daxe, Arnold, Jr., 277

  Dean, William, 122–24, 125, 417–18, 486n

  Deaner, C. M. Dick, 522n

  Decker, George, 228

  Defense Department, U.S., 185, 188, 218, 262–63, 275, 280–81, 403, 404, 418, 443, 461

  Defense Intelligence Agency, 396, 413

  de Guingand, Francis, 49–50, 91–92, 474n, 482n

  Delaney, Douglas, 475n

  Delta Force, 340

  Democratic Party, U.S., 418–19

  Dempsey, Martin, 433, 445–46

  DePuy, William, 2, 4, 8, 9, 206, 217, 219, 241–52, 254, 271, 273–74, 295, 320, 325, 330, 354, 355, 356, 358, 361, 372, 375, 385, 398, 426, 429, 447, 467n, 505n

  combat skills of, 245–46

  Cushman’s feud with, 342–49

  death of, 363

  as division commander, 241–42

  field manual update and, 344–48, 356

  firepower approach of, 242, 247–50

  Johnson’s conflict, 242–47

  legacy of, 362–63

  Marine counterinsurgency program opposed by, 269–70

  and rebuilding of post-Vietnam Army, 337–38, 340

  relief policy of, 242–47

  on rotation system, 278–79

  on Tet Offensive, 290

  Vietnam War approach of, 238–39

  World War II experience of, 2, 5–6, 244

  Dereliction of Duty (McMaster), 258, 431, 443

  Desert One (hostage rescue operation), 361

  Desert Storm, Operation, 386

  D’
Este, Carlo, 474n, 475n, 478n, 480n, 481n, 498n

  deterrence strategy, 205

  Devers, Jacob, 71, 108, 170, 484n

  Dewey, Thomas, 103, 104

  DeWitt, John, 46

  DeYoung, Karen, 527n

  Dien Bien Phu, Battle of, 5, 222, 223, 224, 288

  Dill, James, 128

  Dixon, Thomas, 479n

  Doehle, D. A., 501n

  Dole, Bob, 394

  Dong Van Khuyen, 273, 509n

  Donnelly, William, 494n, 500n

  Donovan, James, 508n

  Doughty, Robert, 499n, 505n, 510n

  Douglas, Henry Kyd, 472n

  Dowdy, Joe D., 405–7, 409

  Doyle, Peter, 328

  draft (conscription), 113, 210, 333

  Drechler, Donald, 531n

  Drogin, Bob, 527n

  drone aircraft, 13

  Drucker, Peter, 251, 506n

  Drum, Hugh, 19, 41, 102–3

  Dubik, James, 390, 433, 487n, 508n

  Dugan, Michael, 374, 462

  Dundon, James, 245

  Dunkirk evacuation, 83

  Dunlap, Charles, Jr., 403

  Dunn, John, 229

  Durbrow, Elbridge, 224

  East of Chosin (Appleman), 170

  Echevarria, Antulio, 385, 475n, 525n

  Eckhardt, William, 306, 513n, 515n

  Edwards, Clarence, 21

  Edwin, Ed, 477n

  Effective Executive, The (Drucker), 251

  Eichelberger, Robert, 100, 103, 197

  Eighth Army, U.S., 4, 129, 133, 176, 182–84, 189–90

  8th Infantry Division, U.S., 185

  8th Infantry Regiment, U.S., 424

  80th Division, Chinese, 141

  82nd Airborne Division, U.S., 178, 413

  Eikenberry, Karl, 440

  Eikmeier, Dale, 445

  Eisenhower, David, 474n

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 4, 8, 10, 18, 24, 34–35, 36–37, 40–58, 59, 67, 69, 80, 83, 104, 109, 110–11, 114, 115, 116, 126, 153, 186, 198, 207, 223, 243, 290, 369, 378, 382, 389, 394, 460, 472n, 473n, 474n, 475n, 476n, 477n, 478n, 479n, 480n, 481n, 482n, 483n, 484n, 487n, 498n

  ambition of, 42

  on Battle of the Bulge, 106

  Bonus Marchers and, 61, 370

  de Guingand’s assessment of, 49–52

  drinking of, 73–74, 85

  Fredendall’s relief and, 51–52, 54–55

  injured knee episode and, 84–85

  in interwar period, 42–43

  on MacArthur, 101–2

  MacArthur’s criticism of, 199–200

  Marshall’s testing of, 40–46

  Medal of Honor declined by, 100

  military career of, 41–42

  mistakes of, 50–51

  Montgomery’s first meeting with, 81–82

  Montgomery’s relationship with, 85–86, 88–89, 91, 93–95

  Operation Torch and, 49, 51–54, 57

 

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