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Bezig met laden... General Patton: A Soldier's Life (2002)door Stanley Hirshson
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"War is my work and I know I sound sometimes as though I liked it; perhaps I do -- how can I tell? -- but this war hurts everybody." -- Patton to Henry J. Taylor, 1945 General George S. Patton, Jr., an inspirational leader and outstanding tactician, has intrigued and confounded his biographers. Now, utilizing untapped archival materials in both the United States and England, government documents, family papers, and oral histories, Stanley P. Hirshson creates the most balanced portrait of Patton ever written. It reveals Patton as a complex soldier capable of brilliant military maneuvers but also of inspiring his troops with fiery speeches that resulted in horrendous acts, such as the massacres of Italian civilians, It explains Patton's belief in a soldier's Valhalla, connects the family's wealth to one of America's bitterest labor strikes, and disputes the usual interpretation of Patton's relief from command of the Third Army. In investigating this complex man, Hirshson has uncovered surprising material about a series of civilian massacres in Sicily, about the two slapping incidents, about attempts to exploit Patton's diary after his death, and about Patton's relations with top Allied generals. Patton emerges as a soldier of great imagination and courage, and his military campaigns make for edge-of-the-seat reading. All the drama of Patton's life comes alive in this meticulously documented volume. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)355.0092Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Military Science Biography And History BiographyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.7)
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One of the extraordinary tactical commanders in history and certainly the finest tactical commander in 20th century U.S. History. Patton is spent a mere 13 months in combat to create this legacy, in World War I he participated in the Saint Mihiel Capaign and the Meuse-Argonne Campaign and in World War II he participated in Operation Torch and the North African Campaign, Tunisia, Sicily, the invasion of France in the Lorraine and Rhineland Campaign as well as the Ardennes and Central European Campaigns.
An anachronism who was both refined and educated as well a profane and prone to outbursts he is too complex to put in a box. A better fighter but less political than Eisenhower, a more aggressive general but less concerned with logistics than Bradley. George Patton is that rare breed who lives in a glass box that says break only in case of war.
One must decide for themselves the value of George Patton’s legacy, count me among those who see’s the flawed and complex individual who saved countless lives through his exceptional use of combined infantry and armor engagement, who helpful propel armor and combined arms forward. (