Introduction  Forward by Walter LeFeber, Cornell University; Highlights

Tape 1 - Childhood in Uniontown Pennsylvania, 1880-90s - Childhood in Uniontown Pennsylvania, 1880-90s

Tape 2 - Family background and parents

Tape 3 - The Virginia Military Institute and Lexington,Virginia, 1897-01;
influences on later life; home life

Tape 4 - Philippine assignment, 1902-03; Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory;
Texas mapping expedition

Tape 5 - Fort Reno; Leavenworth schools, 1906-10, National Guard service, 1908-12; Philippine assignment, 1913-16; aide to General Bell, 1916-17

Tape 6 - Preparedness and mobilization duties, 1916-17; First Division
and France, 1916-1917; General Pershing; GHQ Duties; Madame Jouette

Tape 7 - World War I: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne; First Division, French Leaders; MacArthur; aide to Pershing, 1919-24

Tape 8 - National Guard, 1939-41; relations with the British and the Army Air Corps

Tape 9 - Mobilization problems, 1939-41; Atlantic Conference, 1941; relations with the British

Tape 10 - Mobilization problems, 1940-41; draft; relations with the Congress and the Army Air Corps

Tape 11 - Tunisia, 1943; relations with the British, the Congress, and the French; Army appropriations, 1941; Marshall Plan Speech, 1947; Secretary of Defense, 1950; relations with Stalin

Tape 12 - Morning briefings, 1944-45; Arcadia Conference; China Mission, 1946; Pacific strategy

Tape 13 - World War II; Eisenhower and Patton, 1944; logistics and manpower problems; Battle of the Bulge; Malta and Yalta Conferences

Tape 14 - Ultra leak to Dewey, 1944; Dill-Marshall relationship; politics and the JCS; relations with FDR; atomic bomb development and use

Tape 15 - Pacific theater operations; Leahy and the JCS; relations with Hopkins, King, Somervell; intelligence failures; war and democratic society; weapons development; Civil Affairs School; information and films for soldiers

Tape 16 - Elite units; qualities of U.S. and other soldiers; atomic bomb development; mobilization problems; media relations; moral problems

Tape 17 - Demobilization problems; 1945; African-American soldiers; relations with FDR

Tape 18 - Marshall Plan; lessons of World War I; reforming the Infantry School, 1927-32; Patton

Tape 19 - Churchill's Balkan Plans; Marshall Plan; State Dept. reorganization; MacArthur and Pacific Strategy; Lend Lease

Interview Notes

September 28, 1956 - Rear area problems, 1942-45; cross-Channel attack plans, 1942-43

October 5, 1956 - British and cross-Channel attack plans, 1942-43; training problems, TORCH planning 1942; relations with the Navy

October 29, 1956 - Stilwell and China; relations with MacArthur, Churchill, the French, and Army Air Forces

November 13, 1956 - Relations with the British, Dill, and FDR; Mediterranean theater; comments on Reserve officers

• Index

The Six Interviews
July 9, 1947 - William M. Spencer, at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

February 11, 1949 - Col. L. M. Guyer, USAF and Col. C. H. Donnelly, USA, Historical Section, Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Walter Reed Hospital, Presidential Suite,  Washington, D.C.

July 25, 1949 - Dr. Sidney T. Matthews, Major Roy Lemson, and Major David Hamilton, Office of the Chief on Military History, at The Pentagon, Room 2E844

July 25, 1949 - Dr. Sidney T. Matthews, Dr. Howard M Smyth, Major Roy Lemson, and Major David Hamilton, Office of the Chief of Military History, at The Pentagon, Room 2E844

October 30, 1952 - Harry B. Price and Roy E. Foulke - (Reproduced with
permission of the Truman Library, Independence, Missouri)

February 18, 1953 - Harry B. Price and Roy E. Foulke - (Reproduced with
permission of the Truman Library, Independence, Missouri)

March 29, 1954 - John P. Sutherland (U.S. News & World Report 47 (November 2, 1959): 50–56, Used with permission)