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Patton's drive : the making of America's greatest general / Alan Axelrod.

Author: Axelrod, Alan, 1952-

Imprint:Guilford, CT : Lyons Press, c2009.

Descriptionxvi, 287 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Note:"I am destined to achieve some great thing" -- "A very timid operation" -- Giving Cobra its venom -- From breakout to breakthrough -- "I wish I were supreme commander" -- "Don't be fatuous, George!" -- "I belong to a different class" -- Sierra Blanca -- The Punitive Expedition -- The dogs of war -- Epilogue -- Patton in hell.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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