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General Patton : a soldier's life
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- Creator
- Stanley P. Hirshson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : HarperCollins, [2002]
- ©2002
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 826 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780060009823, 0060009829
- OCLC
- ocm50115876
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [709]-803) and index.
- 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