Patton, Montgomery, Rommel : Masters of war / Terry Brighton.

Author: Brighton, Terry.

Edition Statement:1st U.S. ed..

Imprint:New York : Crown Publishers, c2009.

Descriptionxix, 426 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:The ego at war -- 3 portraits -- First blood -- How to fight in armor -- Rommel's blitzkrieg -- Original Rommel: 7th Panzer Division invasion narrataive -- Conquests of the Deutsches Afrika Korps -- Hounding Rommel: Monty and Patton close in -- Operations lightfoot and torch -- Fractures in Anglo-American alliance -- Patton's race to Messina -- Monty's crawl to Salerno -- The battering ram and the Atlantic wall -- Original Patton: The invasion speech to the Third Army -- The master plan and the Grossinvasion -- The Caen Controversy -- Patton's blitzkrieg and the "Montgomery Thrust" -- The Rommel murder -- Bulging ambitions: Patton and Monty "win" the was -- What to do with Nazis and Communists -- Original Monty: Memoirs at war -- The will to fight.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographic references (p. 407-411) and index.

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