Eisenhower on Leadership
Ike's Enduring Lessons in Total Victory Management
Chapter One
TIME OF TRIAL
Ike and America Enter the War
Although the United States was still at peace, World War II was
under way in Europe when Eisenhower returned to the United
States after long service as Douglas MacArthur's right-hand man in
the Philippines. In January 1940, he was appointed both regimental
executive officer and commander of the First Battalion, Fifteenth
Infantry, Third Division, at Fort Lewis, Washington. In
March 1941, he was promoted to full colonel and in June transferred
to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as chief of staff of the Third
Army. Promoted yet again, to the rank of temporary brigadier general,
he became one of the chief planners of the Louisiana Maneuvers,
which took place in September 1941. Ike's role in this vast and
crucial exercise drew the attention ... read full excerpt from Eisenhower on Leadership: Ike's Enduring Lessons in Total Victory Management ebook
