It was to be the last year in the life of General George Patton. It would commence with the great victory of the Battle of the Bulge. It would end in dismissal, despair and finally death. For despite his victory at Bastogne and his tremendous drive through Southern Germany, his boss Eisenhower, would cruelly relieve him of his post as Governor of Bavaria, take away his beloved Third Army and finally relegate him to the command of the 15th US Army, which existed on paper only. This is the record of Patton's last year until ...
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It was to be the last year in the life of General George Patton. It would commence with the great victory of the Battle of the Bulge. It would end in dismissal, despair and finally death. For despite his victory at Bastogne and his tremendous drive through Southern Germany, his boss Eisenhower, would cruelly relieve him of his post as Governor of Bavaria, take away his beloved Third Army and finally relegate him to the command of the 15th US Army, which existed on paper only. This is the record of Patton's last year until he died, not, ironically, on the battlefield, but peacefully in bed.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st edition, 8vo, 311pp, photo illustrations, previous owner's neat name/date ffep o/w VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ the flaps of which are stuck to the pastedowns.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Audience: General/trade. Book is like new EXCEPT Spotting on edges of pages, not visible from inside the book (foxing)
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7æ"-9æ" tall. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 311pp., Bibliographic References, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs on coated stock. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.
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FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.
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This book is brilliant. It covers both the last battles, the raid to Hammelburg, the connections toward the other Allied Generals, Pattons anticommunism and Pattons death.
