Name: Lucius D. Clay
ISBN: 9780805017878

Jean Edward Smith

Chronicles the life of the distinguished statesman, covering his West Point days, his experiences in the army's Corps of Engineers, his directorship of military procurement under FDR, and his role as military governor of post-war Germany

An American Life

Lucius D. Clay

Jeni Enjaian

There are a few historians whose works I will pick up without knowing a single thing about the subject, David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Barbara Tuchman, and Jean Edward Smith. I picked up this book at a large book sale benefiting the local literacy association not recognizing the man on the cover, the subject of the biography but trusting Smith's historiographical prowess. Smith did not disappoint. For as much as I have read and studied World War II, I knew nothing about Lucius D. Clay or the occupation of Germany after the war. This book brought significant light to the matter. Smith also deftly wove the narrative through an extensive interview with Clay himself, although the date and circumstances of said interview(s) was never mentioned.

I highly recommend this book.

Lucius D. Clay An American Life

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