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Patton : A Genius for War by Carlo D'Este (1996, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100060927623

ISBN-139780060927622

eBay Product ID (ePID)434042

Product Key Features

Book TitlePatton : a Genius for War

Number of Pages1024 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

TopicMilitary / World War II, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Historical, Military

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorCarlo D'este

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight26.1 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-038433

ReviewsRemarkably good. . . . D'Este presents a picture that neither beautifies nor damns his subject. This is revisionism at its very best., 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., 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., "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 "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 "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 "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, Of all the studies revealing Patton, D'Este's is by far the most complete. . . . This is the definitive biography., A major biography of the famous battlefield general by a superb historian of the Army where Patton rose to fame and fell into infamy.

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal355/.0092

SynopsisPatton: A Genius for War is a full-fledged portrait of an extraordinary American that reveals the complex and contradictory personality that lay behind the swashbuckling and brash facade. According to Publishers Weekly , the result is "a major biography of a major American military figure." "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." --Calvin L. Christman, Dallas Morning News "D'Este tells this story well, and gives us a new understanding of this great and troubled man."- The Wall Street Journal "An instant classic." --Douglas Brinkley, director, Eisenhower Center, "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 after his death, General George S. Patton Jr. remains one of the most colorful, charismatic, misunderstood, and controversial figures ever to set foot on the battlefields of World War II. And the image of the man has been not a little influenced by the 1970 film Patton , starring George C. Scott, in which he is portrayed as a swashbuckling, brash, profane, impetuous general who wore ivory-handled pistols into battle and slapped two hospitalized soldiers in Sicily. It is one of the achievements of this riveting biography that it reveals the complex and contradictory personality that lay behind the facade. With full access to Patton's private and public papers, and the cooperation of the general's family, D'Este shows us not only the extrovert Patton of public perception but also the intensely private Patton - the devoted student of history, the poet, the humble man very unsure of his own abilities - who could burst into tears, be charming or insulting quite unexpectedly, and the Patton who trained himself for greatness with a determination matched by no other general in the twentieth century., "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 after his death, General George S. Patton Jr. remains one of the most colorful, charismatic, misunderstood, and controversial figures ever to set foot on the battlefields of World War II. And the image of the man has been not a little influenced by the 1970 film Patton, starring George C. Scott, in which he is portrayed as a swashbuckling, brash, profane, impetuous general who wore ivory-handled pistols into battle and slapped two hospitalized soldiers in Sicily. It is one of the achievements of this riveting biography that it reveals the complex and contradictory personality that lay behind the facade. With full access to Patton's private and public papers, and the cooperation of the general's family, D'Este shows us not only the extrovert Patton of public perception but also the intensely private Patton - the devoted student of history, the poet, the humble man very unsure of his own abilities - who could burst into tears, be charming or insulting quite unexpectedly, and the Patton who trained himself for greatness with a determination matched by no other general in the twentieth century.

LC Classification NumberE745.P3D46 1995