Patton
A Genius for War
$70.34
- Paperback
992 pages
- Release Date
27 September 1996
Summary
“Biography at its very best. Literate and meaty, incisive and balanced, detailed without being pedantic. Mr. D’Este’s Patton takes its rightful place as the definitive biography of this American warrior.” –Dallas Morning News
A comprehensive biography of General George Patton draws on hitherto unavailable letters, diaries, and memoirs, uncovering many new facts to create an insightful and definitive portrait of an American military hero.
Fifty years a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780060927622 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0060927623 |
| Author: | Carlo D'Este |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | HarperPerennial |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 992 |
| Release Date: | 27 September 1996 |
| Weight: | 728g |
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Critics Review
“An instant classic. Never before has General George S. Patton, Jr. sprung back to life in all his heroic and complicated glory as in this first-rate biography.” - Douglas Brinkley
“Remarkably good… . D’Este presents a picture that neither beautifies nor damns his subject. This is revisionism at its very best.” - New York Times Book Review
“A major biography of the famous battlefield general by a superb historian of the Army where Patton rose to fame and fell into infamy.” - Washington Post Book World
“Of all the studies revealing Patton, D’Este’s is by far the most complete… . This is the definitive biography.” - Martin Blumenson
“D’Este tells this story well, and gives us a new understanding of this great and troubled man.” - Wall Street Journal
“This massive work is biography at its very best. Literate and meaty, incisive and balanced, detailed without being pedantic. Mr. D’Este’s Patton takes its rightful place as the definitive biography of this American warrior.” - Dallas Morning News
Carlo D'Este
Carlo D’Este, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and a distinguished military historian, is the author of the acclaimed biographies Patton: A Genius for War and Eisenhower: A Soldier’s Life, among other books on World War II. He lives in Massachusetts.
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