.....Commanding generals and chiefs of staff, 1775-2005: portraits & biographical sketches of the United States Army's senior officer/ by William Gardner Bell.
.....p.cm
.....1. Generals-United States-Biography. 2. United States. Dept. of the Army. General Staff-Biography. 3. United States. Army-Biography. 4. United States-History, Military. I. Center of Military History. II. Title.

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FOREWORD	v
AUTHOR	vi
PREFACE TO 1ST EDITION	vii
ARMY PORTRAITS	x
INTRODUCTION	1

Commanding Generals, 1775–1903

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George Washington (first tour)	52
Henry Knox	54
John Doughty	56
Josiah Harmar	58
Arthur St. Clair	60
Anthony Wayne	62
James Wilkinson (first tour)	64
George Washington (second tour)	66
Alexander Hamilton	68
James Wilkinson (second tour)	70
Henry Dearborn	72
Jacob Jennings Brown	74
Alexander Macomb	76
Winfield Scott	78
George Brinton McClellan	80
Henry Wager Halleck	82
Ulysses Simpson Grant	84
William Tecumseh Sherman	86
Philip Henry Sheridan	88
John McAllister Schofield	90
Nelson Appleton Miles	92

Chiefs of Staff, 1903–2005

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Samuel Baldwin Marks Young	96
Adna Romanza Chaffee	98
John Coalter Bates	100
James Franklin Bell	102
Leonard Wood	104
William Wallace Wotherspoon	106
Hugh Lenox Scott	108
Tasker Howard Bliss	110
Peyton Conway March	112
John Joseph Pershing	114
John Leonard Hines	116
Charles Pelot Summerall	118
Douglas MacArthur	120
Malin Craig	122
George Catlett Marshall	124
Dwight David Eisenhower	126
Omar Nelson Bradley	128
Joseph Lawton Collins	130
Matthew Bunker Ridgway	130
Maxwell Davenport Taylor	134
Lyman Louis Lemnitzer	136
George Henry Decker	138
Earle Gilmore Wheeler	140
Harold Keith Johnson	142
William Childs Westmoreland	144
Bruce Palmer, Jr.	146
Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr.	148
Frederick Carlton Weyand	150
Bernard William Rogers	152
Edward Charles Meyer	154
John Adams Wickham, Jr.	156
Carl Edward Vuono	158
Gordon Russell Sullivan	160
Dennis Joe Reimer	162
Eric Ken Shinseki	164
Peter Jan Schoomaker	166

Appendices and Bibliographies

Appendix A. Chronological List of Chief Executive Authorities, Departmental Secretaries, and Senior Officers	171
Appendix B. Chronological List of Senior Officers of the United States Army	178
General Bibliography	180
Bibliography of Senior Officers	183

� List of Introductory Illustrations

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George Washington	2
Facsimile of Washington’s commission	2
Washington in the field	4
Benjamin Lincoln	5
Henry Knox	6
Andrew Jackson	10
John C. Calhoun	11
Winfield Scott	12
Edmund P. Gaines	12
Alexander Macomb	N/A
Abraham Lincoln	17
Andrew Johnson	20
Edwin M. Stanton	20
William T. Sherman	22
Philip H. Sheridan	22
Nelson A. Miles	22
John M. Schofield	25
Elihu Root	28
General Staff Selection Board	30
Members of the General Staff	32
Fred C. Ainsworth	33
Leonard Wood	33
Peyton C. March and Newton D. Baker	35
Henry L. Stimson	37
George C. Marshall	37
George Washington	38
Ulysses S. Grant	38
Dwight D. Eisenhower	38
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1950	40
Matthew B. Ridgway	41
Maxwell D. Taylor	41
Robert S. McNamara	42
William C. Westmoreland	43
Peter J. Schoomaker	44

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