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Palgrave’s new Great General Series leads with a winner that is going to bring a lot of Americans fully up to speed on the life of this country’s most compelling military figure, General George S. Patton. How great was Patton? Asked after the war to name which American commander he thought the most of, Germany’s brilliant Field Marshal Gerd von Runstedt, whose Ardennes offensive was crushed by Patton’s Third Army, had no doubt: “Patton was your best.” Sure, he was controversial, passionate, and a risk-taker. But, you can also be sure that he was a professional in the best sense of the word—a master tactician and inspiring leader who pushed his men to victory in a war that we could not afford to lose. Born to an affluent Californian family in 1885, George Smith Patton came from a long line of distinguished American soldiers including his grandfather and namesake Gen G.S. Patton who commanded the 22nd Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. It’s clear from reading Alan Axelrod’s gripping account that Patton’s life was destined for military greatness. You’ll see that there’s a direct line from Patton’s family to West Point to the cavalry and mechanized warfare to North Africa and Italy to the “Slap Heard Round the World’ to the Battle of the Bulge to VE Day and to his untimely death on December 21, 1945. This fascinating book, pulling no punches, has it all. 224 pages.
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