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General Patton A Soldier's Life

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ISBN-10: 0060009837

ISBN-13: 9780060009830

Edition: 2003

Authors: Stanley Hirshson, Stanley Hirshson

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Using archival materials from England and America, government documents, family papers and oral histories, Stanley Hirshson has created a balanced portrait of General George Patton, an inspirational leader and outstanding tactician.
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Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/5/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 864
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.06" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.914
Language: English

Stanley P. Hirshson was professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. The author of biographies of Brigham Young, Gen. William T. Sherman, and Gen. George Patton, he died in 2003.

List of Maps
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prelude: Sicily, July 12, 1943, to July 14, 1943
Glassells and Herefords, Wilsons and Pattons (with Some Account of the Dyslexia Myth)
A Day as a Lion
The Suicide Club
Leavenworth and All That
The Warrior Soul
"1918 Minds, All"
Field of Honor
"Not Much of a War"
Sicily on My Mind
Atrocities Amid the Triumphs
"Lower Than Whale Tracks"
Whither Destiny?
Invasion Blues
Hurry Up and Wait
Stumbling into the Bulge
Hits and Errors
"Haven't You Learned Not to Take This Man Seriously?"
Headlong Toward Disaster
A Diary and a Movie
Patton: A Brief Assessment
Endnotes
Manuscripts and Oral Histories Cited
Index