Raid! the Untold Story of Patton's Secret Mission

Richard Baron; Major Abe Baum; Richard Goldhurst

ISBN 10: 0399125973 / ISBN 13: 9780399125973

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981

Seller Inventory # 0399125973-4-35327911

Synopsis:

Relates the dramatic story of the raid authorized by General Patton on the German stalag at Hammelburg that was designed to free American prisoners of war, including Patton's son-in-law

Review: "ELOQUENT...UTTERLY BELIEVABLE...IT IS DOUBTFUL WHETHER ANYONE EVER BELIEVED PATTON'S VERSION OF THIS CAPER, BUT IF ANYONE DID, HE CAN'T NOW. CASE CLOSED."
-- The New York Times Book Review
"A true war story that reads like a novel."
-- The Boston Globe
"RIVETING."
-- The Denver Post
"EXCELLENT...THE COLOR AND EXCITEMENT OF A FIRST-RATE NOVEL."
-- Los Angeles Times
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Raid! the Untold Story of Patton's Secret ...
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Fair