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Informationen zum Autor By Alan Axelrod Klappentext AN UNPRECEDENTED EXPLORATION OF THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF A LEGENDARYAMERICAN WARRIORMilitary Book Club® Main Selection ?History Book Club® Featured Alternate In nine months and eight days of campaigning during World War II, the Third United States Army of George S. Patton Jr. moved faster and farther, killed or captured more of the enemy, and liberated more cities, towns, and villages than any other army in World War II, and quite possibly, in the history of warfare. In Patton's Drive, acclaimed historian Alan Axelrod tells the story of how a young man who, in the words of Dwight D. Eisenhower, was "born to be a soldier," became a modern American general and one of the greatest field commanders of the twentieth century. Beginning with a dramatic account of Patton's magnificent drive across Europe during World War II, Axelrod looks back to the decades before the war and traces the trajectory that revealed the commander's fighting destiny. In a refreshingly clear, colloquial voice, Axelrod leads us through the determining episodes of Patton's life and the results they produced. In doing so he weaves a story rich with new insights-a story as absorbing as a great novel, but one in which history truly comes alive. Zusammenfassung Patton's Drive tells the story of how a young man born to war-who believed himself the literal incarnation of all great warriors past-became a modern American general: in terms of enemy killed or captured! territory taken! and people liberated! the greatest field commander of World War II. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Introduction Noli Me Tangere ix Chapter 1"I Am Destined to Achieve Some Great Thing" 1 Chapter 2"A Very Timid Operation" 24 Chapter 3Giving Cobra its Venom 39 Chapter 4From Breakout to Breakthrough 65 Chapter 5"I Wish I Were Supreme Commander" 89 Chapter 6"Don't Be Fatuous, George!" 112 Chapter 7"I Belong to a Different Class" 139 Chapter 8Sierra Blanca 160 Chapter 9The Punitive Expedition 184 Chapter 10The Dogs of War 207 EpiloguePatton in Hell 250A Note on Sources 272Bibliography 273Index 277About the Author 288...
