![]() ![]() There are few better pairings in the world of biography than George S. Three years ago I read and reviewed his 2002 biography of Dwight Eisenhower as part of my journey through the best presidential biographies. He is an author, military historian and a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. "Patton: A Genius For War" was published in 1995 and is the biography for which Carlo D'Este is best known. ![]() However, I share the opinion of his soldiers that were I going through the very depths of hell, there would be no one else I would want leading me. And I think he fell one to many times from his horse and it affected his brain. I seriously think Patton could scare the devil. Patton was deeply religious, wrote poetry, and cared for his soldiers and never asked them to do what he was unwilling to do himself. It certainly wasn't boring.įor all the outlandishness that was General George S Patton, D'Este does a great job of portraying the good with the bad. The armed forces certainly have their share of drama queens and Patton is no exception. Soldiers would kidnap his dog in the middle of the month when they ran short of money and returned it for the $2.00 reward. Repeatedly told his troops that if they failed he did not want see them alive. Sitting in the front row of a pew in church with a watch timing a chaplain's sermons when he said they should be no more than ten minutes. ![]() Where do I start?! Killing a gang member and tying his corpse to the hood of his car, slapping two soldiers in Sicily for being cowards, urinating in the Rhine. ![]()
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