An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941

An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941
ISBN-10
0160197988
ISBN-13
9780160197987
Category
Strategy.
Pages
170
Language
English
Published
1991-04
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Author
Charles E. Kirkpatrick

Description

CMH Pub. 93-10. 1st printing. On cover: World War 2 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition. Spine title reads: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941. Describes the planning process that Major Albert Coady Wedemeyer used in the summer of 1941 to write the plan that became the outline for mobilization and operations during World War 2. Includes an appendix, "The Army Portion of the Victory Plan, Ultimate Requirements Study, Estimate of Ground Forces." Also includes photographs, footnotes, a bibliography, and an index.

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