The Mighty Endeavor: American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II (Collector's Edition) by Charles B. MacDonald - 1995

The Easton Press, 1995. Leatherbound. Very Good. VERY GOOD+. Unread. Has blank bookplate on inside back cover. Usual Easton Press quality features: High quality genuine leather; 22kt gold inlaid design on both back and front covers, spine with six raised bands and accented in 22kt gold -- gilt page edges; archival acid-neutral paper; Smyth-sewn; and sewn in satin ribbon; the book mark is tucked into pages in the original new position. 564 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) The path to decision -- 2.) Growing pains of the high command -- 3.) Mr. Roosevelt's undeclared war -- 4.) Reorganization and the war at sea -- 5.) A decision for North Africa -- 6.) North Africa: intrigue -- 7.) North Africa: invasion -- 8.) The campaign in Tunisia -- 9.) Prelude to Sicily -- 10.) The invasion of Sicily -- 11.) The surrender of Italy -- 12.) From Salerno to the Rapido -- 13.) Anzio, Cassino, and Rome -- 14.) Under the sea and in the air -- 15.) Buildup for D day -- 16.) Cross-channel attack -- 17.) The Battle of the Hedgerows -- 18.) Breakout and pursuit -- 19.) Southern France and Paris -- 20.) Pursuit to the frontier -- 21.) The fall campaign -- 22.) Out of the fog, night, and snow -- 23.) The drive for the Meuse -- 24.) Victory in the Ardennes -- 25.) The drive to the Rhine -- 26.) A Rhine bridge at Remagen -- 27.) Crossing the Rhine -- 28.) Reducing the Ruhr -- 29.) Through the heart of Germany -- 30.) Gotterdammerung -- 31.) Victory in Europe