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Patton's drive: the making of America's greatest general

By Alan , Patton , George Smith;Axelrod

Book information

Publisher
Lyons Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9781599215396, 9780762767083, 0762767081
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7359437 bytes)
Edition
1st paperback ed
Pages
(xvi, 287 pages) : illustrations\315
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Beginning with George S. Patton, Jr.'s drive across Europe during World War II, the author traces the trajectory that revealed the commander's destiny.;"I am destined to achieve some great thing" -- "A very timid operation" -- Giving Cobra its venom -- From breakout to breakthrough -- "I wish I were supreme commander" -- "Don't be fatuous, George!" -- "I belong to a different class" -- Sierra Blanca -- The Punitive Expedition -- The dogs of war -- Patton in hell. "I am destined to achieve some great thing" -- "A very timid operation" -- Giving Cobra its venom -- From breakout to breakthrough -- "I wish I were supreme commander" -- "Don't be fatuous, George!" -- "I belong to a different class" -- Sierra Blanca -- The Punitive Expedition -- The dogs of war -- Patton in hell.

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