Allied Master Strategists: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II

From the Publisher

--Paul Jankowski, Ray Ginger Professor of History at Brandeis University

"David Rigby has written a path-breaking book that helps us understand how World War II was won. He sheds new light on the reasons for success of the Anglo-American alliance. Rigby shows how, in an unprecedented pooling of resources and strategic policy making, the Combined Chiefs of Staff managed to resolve disputes and to frame a cohesive and effective war-making machine. Rigby's meticulous research, shrewd judgment, and literary skill shine forth on every page. This book is not only a major contribution to scholarship on World War II, but also a pleasure to read."

--Bernard Wasserstein, Ulrich and Harriet Meyer Professor of History, University of Chicago

"Allied Master Strategists is the first authoritative account of the Combined Chiefs of Staff in Washington, the key agency of U.S.-British military collaboration in World War II. Especially noteworthy are the personalities of the admirals and generals--reserved or flamboyant, cooperative or obstinate--who wrangled to shape the Allied path to victory."

--Edward S. Miller, author War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945

"Allied Master Strategists is an important new study of the central organization of the Western Allied effort in the Second World War. Not only is this very well researched and clearly written book an excellent and lucid starting point for serious newcomers approaching the history of the war, its new material and interesting and original perspectives, even if one may not agree with all of them, will stimulate even the best informed."

--Dr. Eric Grove, professor of naval history, University of Salford