Foreword by Clarence E. McKnight Jr.
Introduction
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One. Slings and Arrows
Chapter Two. A Woman Named John
Chapter Three. Love and War
Chapter Four. The Great Flood of 1927
Chapter Five. Tragedy
Chapter Six. War Clouds on the Horizon
Chapter Seven. Bolero
Chapter Eight. Lee’s Darkest Hour
Chapter Nine. Torch
Chapter Ten. Back to Bolero
Chapter Eleven. Countdown to D-Day
Chapter Twelve. The Overlord Logistical Plan
Chapter Thirteen. The Great Adventure Begins
Chapter Fourteen. The Great Breakout
Chapter Fifteen. Taking the City of Light
Chapter Sixteen. Lee in the Crosshairs
Chapter Seventeen. Stalemate on the Western Front
Chapter Eighteen. Lee’s Finest Hour
Chapter Nineteen. Lee’s Advocacy of African Americans
Chapter Twenty. Victory in Europe
Chapter Twenty-One. Lee’s Excellent Italian Adventure
Chapter Twenty-Two. An Unsung Hero
Notes
Bibliography
Hank H. Cox is a retired journalist, editor, and public
information officer based in Washington DC. He is the author of
Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862and For Love of a Dangerous
Girl. Clarence E. McKnight Jr., a retired
three-star U.S. Army general, was the first commander of the Army
Communications Command at Fort Huachuca and also witnessed the
merger of tactical and strategic communications in the
military.
"The General Who Wore Six Stars increases our historical
understanding of one of the key, yet relatively unknown,
individuals responsible for victory in Europe and reminds the
military professional that logistics cannot be relegated to an
afterthought."—Maj. Kyle Hatzinger, Army Magazine
"Hank Cox is a talented writer, and he conveys great respect for
Lee's many accomplishments, which far outweighed his
eccentricities. . . . For those interested in learning how the Army
tackled its considerable logistic challenges during World War II,
this volume is a must-read."—Roger D. Cunningham, Journal of
America's Military Past
"The General Who Wore Six Stars will probably serve as the standard
biography of Lee for some time."—A. A. Nofi, Strategy Page
"The General Who Wore Six Stars belongs in the personal library of
every serious scholar of World War II. . . . Readers will
admire C.H. Lee's sanguinity in the face of nearly universal
vituperation and have no doubt about his personal impact on the war
in Europe."—Thomas E. Hanson, Michigan War Studies Review
"This biography should be required reading for anyone interested in
better understanding U.S. Army operations in World War II."—James
Lankford, On Point
“Valuable, informative, and comprehensive. . . . [Lt. Gen. John C.
H. Lee] accomplished the nearly impossible task of supporting
logistically the greatest, most complex, and most demanding
enterprise in human history.”—Gen. Frederick J. Kroesen, U.S. Army
(Ret.)
“This is a gem of a book that needed to be written. . . . Cox
makes a persuasive case that the general was the
pivotal figure in assuring that the combat forces were able to
move with the speed in which they did from Normandy to
Berlin. For anyone interested in expanding his or her
knowledge of how the Allies were victorious, this well-written
history is essential reading.”—Martin Lowery, executive vice
president of the National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association
“A fascinating and very important story! Hank Cox has done a
masterful job telling this little-understood story of how wars are
won by the vital and sustaining power of manufacturing,
transportation, and military supply and logistics, . . . [which]
are vitally important to military victory and winning wars, then,
now, and forever.”—Daniel M. Kush, consultant for the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce, specializing in government, public, and media
relations
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