John M Farago (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Binding is very loose. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ; xv, 319 pages ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780070199408, 9780070199415, 9780701994105, 007019940X, 0070199418, 070199410X ; OCLC 6789920 ; blue and black cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Introduction : Years of the jackals : the mysteries of General Patton's death -- Book one : A war too late, a peace too soon. Prologue : Encounter in the haymarket -- "What a war!" -- Leaps over the hedges -- Sloughs of despond -- From "Overlord" to "Eclipse" -- Keegan's heroes -- Conquering hero with foot in mouth -- Tempest in a clouded crystal ball -- Book two : The lord of St. Querin. Return of the proconsul -- More gold, more mysteries -- The specter of Streicher -- The month of the stag -- The crisis at Camp Number 8 -- The shadow of Ike -- Snares and pitfalls -- Down to the wire -- The professor versus the general -- Out of the fog -- Book three : Whiplash. Into the valley of the bug -- Ward A-1, Room 101 -- "Hooray for Colonel Spurling" -- The countdown -- Zero hour zero -- So may he rest -- Epilogue : The limited assembly ; The Last Days of Patton is the story of General George S. Patton's final battle -- the Allied victory over Germany in the spring of 1945 and the ensuing nine months of his life, with particular attention given to his fatal automobile accident in December. Ladislas Fargo chronicles the postwar adventures and misfortunes that ultimately deprived Patton of the glory and victory he had earned in his career as military strategist, leader, and hero. - Jacket flap. ; "It would be as hard to give up all thought [of being a soldier] as it would be to stop breathing," wrote George S. Patton in October 1945; "The great tragedy of my life was that I survived the last battle." But Patton would not see the year out: in December he would die as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Germany. His unexpected death sent shock waves through the American and Russian commands. It seemed plausible that America's greatest general may have been a victim of foul play. In the seven months following the German surrender, Patton had openly and provocatively criticized the Soviet Union and appeared to have transformed from a staunch anti-Nazi to a Nazi sympathizer. The Last Days of Patton by Ladislas Farago, a follow-up to his bestselling Patton: Ordeal and Triumph, attempts to reconstruct the last months of Patton's life in order to determine if the general did indeed try to provoke a war with the Soviet Union and whether he failed to sufficiently de-Nazify the area of Germany under his jurisdiction. Farago also investigates the possibility of a conspiracy to murder Patton and reveals the role other prominent men, including Eisenhower, Montgomery, Marshall, and MacArthur, had in censuring and ultimately removing Patton from active service. The Last Days of Patton. is the story of the general's final battle--a professional soldier caught up in the changing politics of the emerging Cold War and new reality of the atomic age." ; FINE/FINE. Book.