Patton's War: An American General's Combat Leadership, Volume 2: August-December 1944

Winner of the 2023 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Biography

Finalist for the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize

This second of three volumes of Patton’s War picks up where the first one left off, examining General George S. Patton’s leadership of the U.S. Third Army. The book follows Patton’s contributions to both the Normandy and Brittany campaigns—the closing of the Falaise Pocket in Normandy, and racing to the port cities in Brittany. It ends with Patt...