Lakota Moore Professor April 5, 2015 Book Review of the Crusade in Europe Dwight Eisenhower wrote the crusade in Europe as a memoir not as a history book. It tells about his experiences as a commanding general in north Africa and Europe during the second world war. He successfully captured the situations in which he made his key declensions, explaining to readers the how and the why that shaped the courses of the war His interactions with the other military officers and politicians from the allied nations gave a unique insight into the life and career of Eisenhower. even though he loathed being a politician for most his life his talent in the field allowed him to prosper in handling the different goals of the allied nations. His …show more content…
he took his opportunities in striking at the practices and mindsets of the soviets which was of no surpassed in the late 1940s when the tensions with the soviets were escalating The book itself is made up of forty five chapters two which are the contents and the copyright The titles of the chapter are as followed Prelude to war global war life line to Australia command post for Marshall-platform for invasion planning torch landing in north Africa invasion of Africa winter in Algiers november race for Tunis Tunisian campaign the passerine counterattack spring offensive in Tunisia husky Sicily and Salerno the invasion of silica the invasion of Italy Cairo conference Italy italian campaign planning overlord general strategy of overlord dday and lodgment dday assault