Just finished reading "Supreme Commander" by Ambrose. A bit tedious at times but overall a well researched account of the very high level strategy and tactics of the war and all of the problems - about half management and half just obstinate personalities - that Ike had to put up with. It covers things I never really knew about or at least never thought about, like all of the intrigue going on during the North African campaign, the surrender of Italy or how to treat France once we invaded.
One example of the things he had to worry about was the way De Gaulle was such a prick, although apparently Eisenhower had a grudging respect for him. When he threatened to take his French forces (which we armed and supplied) out from under SHAEF's control late in the war Ike had to consider that if he retaliated by cutting off their supplies he might have been confronted with the possibility of his own logistic train running through a nation with a suddenly hostile government and a fully armed resistance force.
Going to the library in a few minutes to pick up "An Army at Dawn". If that proves readable will get the other two books in that trilogy.
