Patton: A Genius for War
by Carlo D'este
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Author: Carlo D'esteEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-11-06
ISBN: 0060927623
Number of pages: 1024
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Review: I've never read such a big book so quickly
Summary: 5 Stars
Was George Patton crazy or was he one of the few people that saw things as they really were.
He was in the business of being a soldier. So he worked hard at being the best at it. He lived it from every aspect. From helping the wounded to riding through the mud and snow in a jeep. (That reminds me of something I read about the European Generals after loosing hundreds of men one general went to see the front and after seeing the mud for the first time realised why his tactics hadn't been working. He said "We sent men to fight in that."
Patton knew what he was sending his men into because he lived in it himself. In WWI there were only (I think) two Generals killed in combat. Patten's quote that seeing a dead General now and then wouldn't hurt moral is very true. And shows a very American attitude of equality. In fact I think the statement shows a very caring side of the great man.
In the movie Patton Omar Bradly tells Patton that "I do this job because I was trained to do you do it because you love it." I always wondered about that statement. I was never sure how to take it. On the surface Bradly is only following orders. But then one begins to think if Bradly doesn't love it then what is he doing a general. And what sort of inner conflict is he going through and how is this affecting his performance. Your book on Patton really cleared up a lot of questions I had about Bradly. I think that Patton was the better general by far.
Patton says towards the end of your book that his 'best and worst aspect is that he has no ulterior motive.' In some ways it was like reading a medieval or Roman history from the days when people less hypocritical. They were brave or they were cowards they were dead or the were alive. They were great or they were captured and became slaves. Patton understood all this. He understood the great power of simplicity. Which I must say you also understand. You have a very simple (just the facts mam') writing style that I found very readable. I'm not a quick reader and I've never read a book this big before in so little time.
Your book on Patton has re-reinforced my beliefs.
1) A spelling doesn't matter (I'm dyslexic) it has nothing to do with intelligence.
2) Sincerity and friend ship will get you further than back stabbing.
3) That great men and women are created by the careful study of history and the reading of great books like yours.
4) That I very proud to be an American even though I've been living outside the country for almost 10 years now.
The reason the Americans did so well is because we Americans have always had men like Gen George Smith Patton Jr and we have always know how to use them. We can look at all a persons faults and mistakes in the clear light of day and somehow that just makes them greater.
This book makes me very proud to be an American.
Sincerely
Todd LeMay
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