Chief of Staff: Prewar Plans and Preparations (United States Army in World War II: The War Department, Volume 1)

xx, 551 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles. Includes 5 tables, 4 charts, 11 illustrations, bibliographical note, glossary, and index. "From September 1938 to 7 December 1941 it became increasingly probable that the United States would have to fight in World War II. The central theme of this volume is the decisions and recommendations made by General Marshall as Chief of Staff with a view to preparing the Army for that event (United States Army in World War II Reader's Guide, pp. 3-4). Includes discussion of rearmament, recruitment, training, foreign and military policy, supply plans, coordination with the British, lend-lease, reinforcing the Philippines, etc.