#463: The Friendship, Rivalry, and Leadership of WWII’s 3 Greatest American Generals

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 3 December 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley. Three great U.S generals that led the Allies to victory in Europe during WWII. But WWII wasn’t the first time these three men met. Decades before they forged friendships and rivalries with one another that would influence their path to leadership. My guest today has written a biography of the complex relationships between these three men and how they impacted the tide of WWII. His name is Jonathan Jordan and his book is Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest of Europe. We begin our conversation discussing how these three men met — Eisenhower and Bradley (who Ike called Brad) at West Point, Eisenhower and Patton (who Ike called Pat) at Camp Meade after WWI, and Bradley and Patton at a military base in Hawaii. Jonathan then explains the tension that existed between these three officers as each balanced personal career ambitions with the need to work with others, how each man understood the limitations of his fellow leaders, and how their friendships made them a stronger team. We end our conversation discussing both the leadership weaknesses and the leadership strengths of each individual general. Get the show notes at aom.is/brothersvictorsrivals.

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0:00.0	Bratmike here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast.
0:18.8	Eisenhower, Patten Bradley, three great US generals that led the allies to victory in
0:22.9	Europe during World War II.
0:24.2	The World War II wasn't the first time these three men met.
0:27.1	That gets before they forward friendships and rivalries with one another that would influence
0:30.5	their path to leadership.
0:31.8	My guest today has written a biography of the complex relationships between these three
0:34.9	men and how they impacted the tide of World War II.
0:37.3	His name is Jonathan Jordan and his book is Brothers, Rivals, Victors.
0:40.5	Eisenhower, Patten Bradley in the partnership that drove the ally conquest of Europe.
0:44.3	We begin a conversation discussing how these three men met Eisenhower and Bradley, who
0:47.8	I called Brad at West Point.
0:50.0	Eisenhower and Patten, who I called Pat at Camp Mead after World War I and Bradley and Patten
0:54.6	in military base in Hawaii.
0:56.2	Jonathan then explains the tension that existed between these three officers at each
0:59.5	balance personal career ambitions with the need to work well with others, how each man
1:03.0	understood the limitations of his fellow leaders and how their friendships made them a stronger
1:06.9	team.
1:07.9	We enter conversation discussing both the leadership weaknesses and leadership strengths
1:10.8	of each individual general.
1:12.4	After the show's over, check out our show notes at aowm.is slash brothers, victors, rivals,
1:16.8	greenfinal links to resources, bring them deeper into this topic.
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