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

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Warfare & defence

• Full title: General Patton
• Subtitle: A Soldier's Life
• Author: Stanley P. Hirshson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 826
• EAN: 9780060009830
• ISBN: 0060009837
• ID: 04488471
• Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
• Weight: 870 g
• Dimensions: 230 × 160 × 39 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. October 2003

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