General Lesley J. McNair - Eisenhower Brown Bag

 General Lesley J. McNair

A brown bag discussion set for September 23 will examine General Lesley J. McNair's role during WWII. The program led by Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Mark Calhoun is scheduled for noon in the Visitors Center Auditorium of the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Calhoun will highlight previously unknown details of McNair's career, focusing on his efforts to prepare the Army Ground Forces to serve under General Eisenhower - from North Africa to Sicily, to the D-Day landings and breakout during Operation Cobra, and ultimately to the crossing of the Rhine and victory in Europe.

Following his talk, Calhoun will answer questions and sign copies of his book which will be available for purchase in the gift shop.

Calhoun served as a U.S. Army aviator and war planner for 20 years. After retirement, he earned his PhD in History from the University of Kansas. Calhoun serves as an associate professor of history at the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies, Ft. Leavenworth.

"General Lesley J. McNair: Unsung Architect of the U.S. Army," published by the University Press of Kansas in 2015, is Calhoun's first book. He has also published various articles, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and book reviews on military history, military theory, and complex systems theory, including "Clausewitz and Jomini: Contrasting Intellectual Frameworks in Military Theory," published in Army History 80, Summer 2011. Disclaimer: Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of the author, and do not represent the views of the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the United States Army, the Department of Defense, or any other U.S. government agency.

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