Target Patton: The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton

by Robert K. Wilcox

Overview

Murder, He Wrote…

… And he wrote the true story. Investigative and military reporter Robert Wilcox unravels the mystery surrounding the death of one of history’s preeminent war heroes: George S. Patton. Wilcox cries foul play and reveals the shocking truth behind Old Blood and Guts' untimely demise in Target: Patton—the Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton.

Conflicting testimony, disappearing witnesses, missing official reports, a suspicious Stalin, and a lack of autopsy comprise the greatest unsolved mystery of World War II.

Find out "whodunit" in this thrilling account of America's most famous general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621572916
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	09/09/2014
Series:	World War II Collection
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	444
Sales rank:	808,149
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Robert K. Wilcox is a bestselling author, screenwriter, novelist and journalist. He specializes in mysteries and military history. He began his career as religion editor of the Miami News, winning the Supple Memorial Award as the best religion writer in the nation. He went on to write for the Miami Herald, New York Times and other major newspapers and magazines before becoming a television writer and story editor.

What People are Saying About This

John Batchelor

"I am most surprised to learn in Robert Wilcox's highly readable book that there is a reasonable doubt and more that George Patton's death in Germany in December 1945 was not the result of a car crash but possibly foul play by hired assassins. Certainly there was motive and opportunity, but was there method? Over the years, I had heard a version of this tale based upon German villainy, but never with the detail and matter-of-fact persuasion in Target: Patton. I don't know if he was murdered, but I am no longer sure he wasn't. Exhume the corpse. End the debate."--(John Batchelor, host WABC, WMAL, KSFO, KFI)

Doug McIntyre

"Robert Wilcox's Target: Patton has enough twists and turns to satisfy the most demanding murder-mystery fan with the added bonus of historical possibility. Populated with legendary real-life characters, Wilcox introduces the world to Douglas Bazata: a man of action as improbably true as Lawrence of Arabia. With a screenwriter's gift for picture images and a military historian's discipline for detail, Wilcox peels back the decades to the chaotic final chords of WW II and the opening act of the Cold War by asking the heretofore unanswered question: was General George S. Patton murdered?"--(Doug McIntyre, KABC Radio/Los Angeles Daily News)

Paul E. Vallely

"Target: Patton is a terrific book investigating the mysterious death of one of America's greatest military heroes: General George S. Patton, Jr. Reporter Robert Wilcox takes the reader into the mystery: from Patton's suspicious car crash in Occupied Germany in 1945 to his unexpected death two weeks later, bringing to light new evidence and raising serious questions, all of which makes for a fascinating read."--(Paul E. Vallely, Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.) Chairman, Stand Up America USA, Co-author of Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror)