Type: documentary
Status: favorite
Author: Carlo D Este
Tags: commander new first rock army george armored ellen incidents occupation patton ruth seventh slapping soup third
Description: D'Este's biography of General Patton is as thorough and balanced a treatment of thisD'Este's biography of General Patton is as thorough and balanced a treatment of this great man as I have ever seen. I re-read my old copy of Farago's "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" (just recently re-printed) afterward, and discovered just how different the two accounts are. Both books are essential reading as they give you different (but not disparate) views of General Patton. Both are unashamedly pro-Patton while acknowledging his human flaws....
2005-09-11
