Target: Patton : the plot to assassinate General George S. Patton / Robert K. Wilcox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilcox, Robert K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945--Assassination.

Patton, George S.

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945.

Traffic accidents--Germany--Mannheim--History--20th century.

Traffic accidents.

Conspiracies--History--20th century.

Conspiracies.

Assassination--Investigation--Case studies.

Assassination.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

Assassination--Investigation.

History.

United States.

Germany--Mannheim.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States. Army.

Genre:

Biographies.

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xix, 444 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Regnery Pub., [2008]

Summary:

Patton was the most controversial American general in World War II-- and also one of the most successful. In 1945, he was involved in a mysterious car crash that left him partially paralyzed. Two weeks later he was dead. Witness testimony on the crash conflicted, key players in the incident disappeared, official reports vanished-- and there was no autopsy.

Contents:

The last ride

A curious crash

The Jedburgh

A meeting with Donovan

Vanished archives; secret writings

Clandestine

Hit list

Strange bedfellows

Dancing with the devil

NKVD

Mystery at Mannheim

The last bullet

Murder by truck

A soldier, not a diplomat

A tale of two drivers

Stop Patton!

The car that isn't

Problem child

Marked man

Into the night

Enigmas

Epitaph.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-440) and index.

ISBN:

9781596985797

1596985798

OCLC:

244416638