Eisenhower

DWIGHT EISENHOWER REPRESENTED A FUNDAMENTALLY NEW TYPE OF MILITARY COMMANDER IN THE 20TH CENTURY: COMMANDER AS MANAGER RATHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL WARRIOR COMMANDER. AS SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, EISENHOWER HAD AT HIS DISPOSAL NOT ONLY THE BRITISH, US, AND FRENCH ARMIES, BUT THE RAF, USAAF, ROYAL NAVY, AND US NAVY-ATLANTIC.