Forward With Patton: The World War II Diary of Colonel Robert S. Allen - Couverture rigide

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Allen, Robert S.

 
9780813169125: Forward With Patton: The World War II Diary of Colonel Robert S. Allen
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ISBN 10 : 0813169127 ISBN 13 : 9780813169125
Editeur : The University Press of Kentucky, 2017

Synopsis

Soldier, journalist, and Soviet spy Robert S. Allen (1900-1981) was a deeply controversial figure. After serving in France during World War I, he left the military, forged a successful career as a syndicated columnist, and even rose to become the Washington, DC, bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor. During this period, he developed a sideline as a paid informant for the KGB. Still, Allen returned to the army following America's entry into World War II and served as General George S. Patton's chief of situation and executive officer for operations. He was considered such an authority on Patton after the war that Twentieth Century-Fox asked him to develop a film script about the general.

In Forward with Patton, John Nelson Rickard presents a complete, annotated edition of Colonel Allen's World War II diary for 1944-1945. The entries reflect Allen's private thoughts on his experiences, provide insight into the employment of the Third Army staff, and survey the strengths and weaknesses of individual staff members. They also provide an invaluable and rare perspective of Patton, with whom Allen worked closely while gathering intelligence, and whom he deeply admired. At times objective and at others intensely personal, Forward with Patton offers a distinctive eyewitness account of one of the US military's most important armies by one of its most colorful soldiers.

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À propos de l?auteur

John Nelson Rickard is a captain in the Canadian Armed Forces and currently works at the Canadian Army Command and Staff College in Kingston, Ontario. He is the author of Patton at Bay: The Lorraine Campaign, 1944.

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Éditeur
The University Press of Kentucky
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813169127
ISBN 13 
9780813169125
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
338
Éditeur
Rickard John Nelson
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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