Decision in Normandy by Carlo D'Este

Decision in Normandy by Carlo D'Este. A very detailed account of the planning of the invasion of Normandy, the intentions and the reality of what can be executed and how you cannot control what your enemy does. I have never read a book with more excerps from books and documents, and more footnotes and endnotes. Mostly we get a view of what the leadership was planning, how they tried and in many ways were foiled by the Germans. We get a lot of information on the leadership and their personality, and how they got along or didn't with each other. It seemed to be very back and forth, generals who worked well with each other in Africa did not see eye to eye when fighting in Normandy. In particular the very controversal Montgomery. We really can't see if he was a brilliant strategist, a giant ego, or probably both.