General Patton: A Soldier's Life.

Hirshson, Stanley.

ISBN 10: 0060009829 / ISBN 13: 9780060009823

Published by HarperCollins, 2002., 2002

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1st ed. 826p. Maps. Photos. Heavy. Jacket priced. SIGNED & inscribed. Fine/Fine Copy. Seller Inventory # 4-552

Bibliographic Details

Title: General Patton: A Soldier's Life.

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2002.

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: 1st.

Book Type: Book

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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.

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.