Patton; legendary commander. (Military profiles)

by Blumenson, Martin and Kevin Hymel

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Potomac Books, Inc., 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Patton's penchant for bombast and pearl-handled revolvers is the stuff of legend, but he was classically educated and trained for command. Blumenson (late history, U. of Austin, Texas, etc.), who wrote extensively on Patton, and journalist Hymel concentrate on the general's background, his endeavors in the field and his methods of making command decisions. They describe his childhood and youth in a distinguished family, his education at the Virginia Military Institute and West Point, his commands in Mexico and World War I, and the long wait between those battlefields and the ones in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy and the Ardennes. They work chronologically but build upon their essential themes: Patton was brilliantly schooled in the art of war, and had the victories to prove he was an able, if slightly unpredictable student and teacher. The authors also provide rarely seen photographs. Distributed by Books International. (©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

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