About the Author

Nicholas Evan Sarantakes is an assistant professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He has written on both military history and foreign policy, including Keystone: The American Occupation of Okinawa and U.S.-Japanese Relations, also published by Texas A&M University Press.

Reviews

The morning was uneventful, except for a visit from Gen. Bruce (77th Div) and Rear Adm. Kliand who is taking him to his objective. Bruce, as usual, is rarin' to go and is looking well ahead for action. I much prefer a bird dog that you have to whistle in to one that you have to urge out. He is of the former variety. - Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., March 20, 1944; ""Buckner is tiresome. I tried to tell him what I had seen, but he knew it all. Keeps repeating his wisecracks. 'The Lord said let there be mud,' etc. etc."" - Gen. Joseph Stilwell, June 5, 1944