Patton: Ordeal and Triumph 9781594165122, 1594165122

"Robert is coming" -- Illiterate prodigy -- Gentleman soldier -- Ancient man in modern armor -- "Jine the

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Patton: Ordeal and Triumph
 9781594165122, 1594165122

Table of contents :
"Robert is coming" --
Illiterate prodigy --
Gentleman soldier --
Ancient man in modern armor --
"Jine the cavalry" --
In the limbo of peace --
A dark decisive crisis --
In the shadow of Marshall --
Rehearsals for war --
The call --
:Torch" --
Proconsul in Morocco --
Detour to Tunisia --
The shadow of Montgomery --
Born at sea, baptized in blood --
The slapping incidents --
Conqueror in the doghouse --
Underdog of Overlord --
In the London fog --
Master of Peover Hall --
Dismal days --
Return to Normandy --
The shadow of Bradley --
The breakout --
A night in August and the morning after --
Brittany --
The chains of command --
The Falaise mystery --
Victories and woes --
"The sure thing" --
Bone dry --
The shadow of Eisenhower --
Period of confusion --
A matter of opportunity --
Metz and mud --
The road to the Bulge --
Bastogne --
"One more great campaign" --
To the Rhine --
Yonder are the Russians --
A time of war, and a time of peace --
... And a time to die...

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