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This comes as close to being Eisenhower's own diary as we are ever likely to come, for Capt. Butcher, naval aide to the General from 1942-45, kept the diary at Eisenhower's request, and here records not only the overall pattern of those three eventful years-1942-45- as they shaped themselves, but throughout -- by a word, a phrase, an incident, he gives those personal bits that make one feel that one learns to know Eiseuhower the man. The S.E.P. serialization has gleaned the 500,000 word text for the more dramatic highlights;- the sense of conflict as plans came under discussion, elements were changed, objectives abandoned, the whole integrated- this is richer in the full text, and makes one realize the immensity of the projects, first the African invasion, than the Normandy invasion. One senses more intimately the undercurrents of dislike for some of the compromises, as for instance the difficulties with the demands of Giraud, of Darlan, of De Gaulle, imperilling security and dispatch. One sees the General in his immediate response to the news of Patten's contretemps- and his measured and wise decision as to how to handle it. One feels the impelling pressure of events- of outside opinion- of inner dissension- and the greatness of a man who could rise above it, indefattguable but human, and needing occasional moments of escape in games, in being alone, or with a few chosen intimates. Great names and small cross the pages but never is there any feeling of Eiseuhower an other than a humble and simple man. The book supplies some of the facts behind the headlines-there's not much of actual news value- it is not inspired writing. But it is the record of three years that changed the world
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Guerra mundial, 1939 1945, Campañas, Diaries, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Campaigns, American Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945, Mémoires et souvenirs, Campagnes et batailles, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, History, Military campaignsPlaces
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My Three Years With Eisenhower: The Personal Diary of Captain Harry C. Butcher, USNR, Naval Aide to General Eisenhower, 1942 to 1945
1946, Simon and Schuster
in English
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Maps on lining-papers.
London edition (W. Heinemann ltd.) has title: Three years with Eisenhower.
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