Sublime

Administrative responsibility came naturally. He handled the staff adroitly and was always able to cajole crusty Cambridge printers into opening the forms and remaking a page for last-minute submissions by tardy college journalists. “In his geniality was a kind of frictionless command,” his co-editor, W. Russell Bowie, recalled.53

Once again, Allied planners underestimated German resiliency, minimized the topographic impediments, and overestimated American and British capacity.

After the fall of Paris and the rout of the German Army in France, Allied victory was inevitable. It was merely a question of time.

The culture rewarded, above all, those who mastered and mixed different disciplines.

Third, the allied forces would assume direction of the war and not operate under French command. Finally, and most significantly, the United States would not send ground forces into combat without specific congressional authorization.15 There was little likelihood that any of these, let alone all four, would occur.

discomfiture.

empowering humankind, the advancement

For almost two hours Eisenhower waged a one-man battle against the statutory members of the NSC, all of whom advocated coming to France’s rescue.