Patton and His Pistols (e-bog) af Parke, Perry
Parke, Perry (forfatter)

Patton and His Pistols e-bog

99,54 DKK (inkl. moms 124,42 DKK)
Intrigued by hints of ';the bigger man' behind the war personality of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., the Curator of History of the West Point Museum and a former ';Army wife' studied and compared innumerable legends and stories about him. The resulting profile is the unvarnished Patton, as the public saw him and as his friends and soldiers knew him. Based solidly on contemporary sources, many of t...
E-bog 99,54 DKK
Forfattere Parke, Perry (forfatter)
Udgivet 28 marts 2018
Længde 1 sider
Genrer HBG
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780811767385
Intrigued by hints of ';the bigger man' behind the war personality of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., the Curator of History of the West Point Museum and a former ';Army wife' studied and compared innumerable legends and stories about him. The resulting profile is the unvarnished Patton, as the public saw him and as his friends and soldiers knew him. Based solidly on contemporary sources, many of them never before tapped by historians, Patton's exploited in Mexico, in France in 1918, and during World War II, are strung together by kernels of truth often more startling than the fiction which has surrounded them. One of America's most famous and controversial generals is depicted through his attitude toward his famous hand guns and uniforms, and the manner in which he reacted to war and to peace.Four pistols are featured in the book, because four pistols were featured in his ife. Sixteen pages of pertinent illustrations, many published for the first timeincluding the only known photograph of Patton carrying two pistolsaccompany the documented narrative. The pistol expert will find detailed appendixes on General Patton's favorite weapons and their accouterments.Patton and His Pistols is a book for everyone interested in Patton the leader and Patton the man.