Patton : a genius for war

D'Este, Carlo 1936- (Author).

Summary: Offers a detailed look at the life and career of the famous World War II general, and depicts his accomplishments and complex personality.

Record details

ISBN: 0060927623
ISBN: 9780060927622
Physical Description: print
ix, 977 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : HarperPerennial, 1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 935-949) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

I. An Ancestry of heroes (1750-1885) -- II. Childhood (1885-1903) -- III. The Making of an officer (1904-1909) -- IV. Junior cavalry officer (1909-1917) -- V. World War I (1917-1918) -- VI. The Interwar years (1919-1939) -- VII. Prelude to war (1939-1942) -- VIII. The War in the Mediterranean : Casablanca to Messina (1942-1943) -- IX. England -- X. Normandy to the Rhine (1944-1945) -- XI. An Unsoldierly death (1945).