General Patton - Hardcover

Hirshson, Stanley P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060009829 ISBN 13: 9780060009823

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2002

Synopsis

A portrait of the complex Third Army general draws on previously untapped archival materials as well as government and family records to discuss such topics as his military maneuvers, belief in a soldier's Valhalla, connection to a labor strike, relief from command, and controversial decisions.

About this title

Synopsis:

General George S Patton Jr, an inspirational leader and outstanding tactician, has intrigued and confounded his biographers. Now utilising untapped archival materials in both the United States and England, government documents, family papers, and oral histories, Stanley P Hirshson creates the most balanced portrait of Patton ever written. It reveals Patton as a complex soldier capable of brilliant military manoeuvres but also of inspiring atrocities with his fiery speeches. It explains Patton's belief in a soldier's Valhalla, connects the family's wealth to one of America's bitterest labour strikes, and disputes the usual interpretation of Patton's relief from command of the Third Army. In investigating this complex man, Hirshson has uncovered eye-opening material about a series of civilian massacres in Sicily, about the two slapping incidents, about attempts to exploit Patton's diary after his death, and about Patton's relations with top Allied generals. Patton emerges as a soldier of great imagination and courage, and his military campaigns make for edge-of-the-seat reading. All the drama of Patton's life comes alive in this meticulously documented volume.

About the Author:

Stanley P. Hirshson is professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0060009829
• ISBN 13: 9780060009823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 826