General Patton: A Soldier's Life – The Most Balanced Portrait of WWII's Brilliant and Complex Commander - Couverture souple

Hirshson, Stanley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060009837 ISBN 13 : 9780060009830

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2003

Synopsis

“The most complete biography of [Patton] yet produced.” –Chicago
Tribune

Utilizing untapped archival materials from
the United States and England, Stanley P. Hirshson creates the most balanced
portrait of Patton ever written.

General Patton: A Soldier’s Life reveals
Patton as a complex soldier capable of brilliant military maneuvers but also of
inspiring horrendous acts with fiery speeches. It explains Patton’s belief in a
soldier’s Valhalla, connects the family’s wealth to one of America’s bitterest
labor strikes, and disputes the usual interpretation of Patton’s relief from
command of the Third Army.

While investigating this complex man, Hirshson has
uncovered surprising material about a series of civilian and military massacres
in Sicily, attempts to exploit Patton’s diary after his death, and Patton’s
relations with top Allied generals. In this meticulously documented volume,
Patton comes to life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stanley P. Hirshson was professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of biographies of Brigham Young, Gen. William T. Sherman, and Gen. George Patton, and died in 2003.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

General George S. Patton Jr, an inspirational leader and outstanding tactician, has intrigued and confounded his biographers. Utilising untapped archival materials in both the USA and UK, government documents, family papers, and oral histories, 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 his troops with fiery speeches that resulted in horrendous acts, such as the massacres of Italian civilians. 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 surprising 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060009837
• ISBN 13: 9780060009830
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 864
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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