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The Patton Papers, 1885-1940 (the second volume, covering the years 1940 to 1945, is also available from Da Capo Press/Perseus Publishing Group) uses George S. Patton's private diaries, letters,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0395127068
ISBN13:9780395127063
Release Date:January 1974
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin
Length:2 Pages
Weight:2.90 lbs.
Dimensions:2.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
An amazing insight into a very complex man
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Blumenson lets Patton speak for himself though a huge number of personal letters, lectures, papers and other materials. You can watch the young Patton grow through trial (being held back after his first year at West Point), and triumph (his heroic actions in combat during WWI), into the famous fighting general of WWII. Don't let the long length of the book put you off. I found it to be absolutely absorbing. By the end of the book you feel that you know Patton, his family and his friends and that you have some idea of what made him who he was.Blumenson obviously has deep respect for Patton but he also does not shy away from Patton's serious flaws in character and behavior. Even before the well known incidents of WWII, some of the things Patton wrote, did and said were really mean, crude and / or embarrassing. He was an accomplished brown noser and jealous of his peers to the point of paranoia at times. Its all here to see.Of course, I also highly recommend the second half of the story in the Patton Papers 1940 - 1945 by the same author.
Volume I of the Greatest Work on Patton
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
No other work comes close to "The Patton Papers." Serious students of war cannot let the opportunity to read "The Patton Papers" slip away.
Volume 2 of the Greatest Work on Patton
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Think you know about Patton? "The Patton Papers" provides insight into what Patton was and how he became what he did. No other book comes close.
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