Table of Contents

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    

About the Author

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.
 

Reviews

"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