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AN UNPRECEDENTED EXPLORATION OF THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF A LEGENDARY AMERICAN WARRIOR
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In nine months and eight days of campaigning during World War II, the Third United States Army of George S. Patton Jr. moved faster and farther, killed or captured more of the enemy, and liberated more cities, towns, and villages than any other army in World War II, and quite possibly, in the history of warfare. In Patton’s Drive, acclaimed historian Alan Axelrod tells the story of how a young man who, in the words of Dwight D. Eisenhower, was “born to be a soldier,” became a modern American general and one of the greatest field commanders of the twentieth century.
Beginning with a dramatic account of Patton’s magnificent drive across Europe during World War II, Axelrod looks back to the decades before the war and traces the trajectory that revealed the commander’s fighting destiny. In a refreshingly clear, colloquial voice, Axelrod leads us through the determining episodes of Patton’s life and the results they produced. In doing so he weaves a story rich with new insights—a story as absorbing as a great novel, but one in which history truly comes alive.
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 3
Giving Cobra its Venom 39
Chapter 4
From 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 8
Sierra Blanca 160
Chapter 9
The Punitive Expedition 184
Chapter 10
The Dogs of War 207
Epilogue
Patton in Hell 250
A Note on Sources 272
Bibliography 273
Index 277
About the Author 288
Anonymous
Posted November 5, 2011
A quick overview of how he became the man he is with out going very indepth on military Strategy, if you want a quick read on the man this is a good one but there our better longer ones out there
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.This was a very accurate look into the military life of our nation's best military commander to ever serve in the U.S.Military! Yes, he was hard nosed and strict with his men. Yes he got into hot water with Ike for slapping around a couple of men, but in my opinion, he was just trying to get their attention and wake them up as to the fact that they are in a war zone. Patton was a fighting general. He didn't know what to do with himself when they put him on the sideline. He needed to be where the action was. He wasn't affraid to speak his mind and tell it like it was. It's too bad Ike had to cuddle to the British and Montgomery or Patton would have won the war almost all by himself as a leader. It's too bad they didn't listen to him and let him go on after the Soviets also. Then we wouldn't have gone through the cold war like we did. Ike was more interested in his political carrer, like Patton said in the movie "Patton". The man was an honest to goodness All American Hero!
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AN UNPRECEDENTED EXPLORATION OF THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF A LEGENDARY AMERICAN WARRIOR
Military Book Club® Main Selection History Book Club® Featured Alternate
In nine months and eight days of campaigning during World War II, the Third United States Army of George S. Patton Jr. moved faster and farther, killed or captured more of the enemy, and liberated more cities, towns, and villages than any other army in World War II, and quite possibly, in the history of warfare. In Patton’s Drive, acclaimed historian Alan Axelrod tells the story of how a young man who, in the words of ...