Patton's Drive

The Making Of America's Greatest General

Paperback Engels 2010 9780762761319
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Patton's Drive tells the story of how a young man born to war-who believed himself the literal incarnation of all great warriors past-became a modern American general: in terms of enemy killed or captured, territory taken, and people liberated, the greatest field commander of World War II.

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ISBN13:9780762761319
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:304
Uitgever:Rowman & Littlefield
Thema:
1KBB Verenigde Staten van Amerika, VS
3MP 20e eeuw, ca. 1900 tot ca. 1999

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Table of Contents Introduction Noli Me Tangere ix Chapter 1“I Am Destined to Achieve Some Great Thing” 1 Chapter 2“A Very Timid Operation” 24 Chapter 3Giving Cobra its Venom 39 Chapter 4From Breakout to Breakthrough 65 Chapter 5“I Wish I Were Supreme Commander” 89 Chapter 6“Don’t Be Fatuous, George!” 112 Chapter 7“I Belong to a Different Class” 139 Chapter 8Sierra Blanca 160 Chapter 9The Punitive Expedition 184 Chapter 10The Dogs of War 207 EpiloguePatton in Hell 250A Note on Sources 272Bibliography 273Index 277About the Author 288

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