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Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and by Keith D. McFarland

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By Keith D. McFarland

''Without query this can be a huge new addition to international conflict II and chilly struggle historiography.... hugely recommended.'' -- Douglas Brinkley, writer of Dean Acheson: The chilly warfare Years and the incomplete Presidency: Jimmy Carter's trip past the White House

''A remarkably aim, but sympathetic, research of Louis Johnson's lifestyles and profession. Now basically half-remembered,... Johnson used to be an enormous nationwide determine. colourful, competitive, independent-minded, egotistical, his robust perspectives and conflicts with Dean Acheson proved to be his undoing. All in all, a desirable tale.'' -- James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense

''McFarland and Roll have played a true carrier in rescuing from obscurity this Democratic mover and shaker. Their account of the increase and fall of Louis Johnson presents us with the fullest depiction but of a tremendous Washington determine hired for larger or worse as a blunt device of coverage switch via either Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.'' -- Alonzo L. Hamby, writer of guy of the folk: a lifetime of Harry S. Truman and For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the realm situation of the 1930s

''[Johnson's] profession is a cautionary story of the way even the main ruthlessly powerful males can develop into pawns within the Washington energy online game. McFarland and Roll carry Johnson to existence during this thorough and well-told history.'' -- Evan Thomas, Newsweek, writer of Robert Kennedy: His existence and The best possible males: The Early Years of the CIA

Louis Johnson used to be FDR's Assistant Secretary of conflict and the architect of the economic mobilization plans that placed the state on a warfare footing sooner than its access into global warfare II. Later, as Truman's Secretary of protection, Johnson used to be given the tough task of unifying the military and undertaking Truman's orders to dramatically decrease protection bills. In either administrations, he used to be requested to confront and perform tremendous unpopular projects -- tremendous undertakings that every president believed have been very important to the nation's safety and monetary welfare. Johnson's conflicts with Henry Morganthau, Secretary of battle Harry H. Woodring, Winston Churchill, Harry Hopkins, Dean Acheson, Averell Harriman, and Paul Nitze locate modern parallels within the contemporary disagreements among the nationwide safeguard institution and the nation Department.

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24 On the one hand, Louis was anxious to go into the army and get to where the action was, but on the other hand, he was thankful for the delay because his life was becoming increasingly complicated as a result of his courtship of a young woman, Ruth Frances Maxwell. Given Johnson’s drive for status and respectability, it is not surprising that he chose to pursue Ruth Maxwell, who was from one of the richest and most prominent families in Clarksburg. Her father, William Brent Maxwell, whose family had settled in Harrison County in the 1790s, had started out as a farmer and stockraiser in Harrison and Doddridge Counties in the years following the Civil War; in time, he amassed 18 louis johnson and the arming of america nearly 8,000 acres of the best grazing land in the state.

58 Shortly after Johnson was discharged from the army in June 1919, he was chosen to serve as chairman of the West Virginia delegation to the ¤rst Legion convention in Minneapolis in November. For Louis, being selected to participate in that event marked the beginning of a 47-year association with the patriotic organization. That summer, he met with a group of his veteran friends in Clarksburg to form the Roy E. Parrish Post No. 13 of the American Legion. During that period, he helped lay plans for the West Virginia department of the legion.

On May 26, 1918, the 305th AT departed for France. After arriving in France at Brest, the 80th Division and the 305th AT began training with British and American artillery units at various locations in France, and it was probably at one of these training exercises that Louis Johnson ¤rst met and got to know Harry S. 32 In mid-September, the 80th Division and Johnson’s 305th AT began concentrating with other American units to ¤ght in what they believed would be the greatest military battle of history—the Meuse-Argonne offensive.

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