{"product_id":"patton-genius-for-war-a-isbn-9780060927622","title":"Patton: Genius for War, A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Biography at its very best. Literate and meaty, incisive and balanced, detailed without being pedantic. Mr. D'Este's \u003cem\u003ePatton\u003c\/em\u003e takes its rightful place as the definitive biography of this American warrior.\" \u003cem\u003e—Dallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty 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 \u003cem\u003ePatton\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cem\u003ePatton: A Genius for War\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, the result is \"a major biography of a major American military figure.\" \u003cp\u003e \"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.\"\u003cstrong\u003e --\u003c\/strong\u003eCalvin L. Christman, \u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"D'Este tells this story well, and gives us a new understanding of this great and troubled man.\"-\u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"An instant classic.\" --Douglas Brinkley, director, Eisenhower Center | \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Brinkley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Remarkably good. . . . D'Este presents a picture that neither beautifies nor damns his subject. This is revisionism at its very best.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A major biography of the famous battlefield general by a superb historian of the Army where Patton rose to fame and fell into infamy.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Of all the studies revealing Patton, D'Este's is by far the most complete. . . . This is the definitive biography.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Blumenson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"D'Este tells this story well, and gives us a new understanding of this great and troubled man.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This massive work is biography at its very best. Literate and meaty, incisive and balanced, detailed without being pedantic. Mr. D'Este's \u003cem\u003ePatton\u003c\/em\u003e takes its rightful place as the definitive biography of this American warrior.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887331340517,"sku":"NP9780060927622","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060927622.jpg?v=1730225915","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/patton-genius-for-war-a-isbn-9780060927622","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}