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Patton, Montgomery, Rommel : masters of war / Terry Brighton.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection D736 .B73 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brighton, Terry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945.
- Patton, George S.
- Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944.
- Rommel, Erwin.
- Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976.
- Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945--Biography.
- Generals--Germany--Biography.
- Generals.
- Germany.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Marshals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Marshals.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 426 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown, [2009]
- Summary:
- "In 'Patton, Montgomery, Rommel', one of Britain's most accomplished military scholars presents an unprecedented study of the land war in the North African and European theaters, as well as their chief commanders--three men who also happened to be the most compelling dramatis personae of World War II ..."--Dust jacket.
- In "Patton, Montgomery, Rommel," one of Britain's most accomplished military scholars presents an unprecedented study of the land war in the North African and European theaters, as well as their chief commanders--three men who also happened to be the most compelling dramatis personae of World War II.
- Contents:
- Part 1
- 1 Introductions: Three Portraits 3
- 2 First Blood 23
- 3 How to Fight in Armor 45
- 4 Rommel's Blitzkrieg 65
- Part One Appendix Original Rommel: 7th Panzer Division Invasion Narrative 88
- Part 2
- 5 Conquests of the Deutsches Afrika Korps 97
- 6 Hounding Rommel: Monty and Patton Close In 120
- 7 Operations Lightfoot and Torch 141
- 8 Fractures in the Anglo-American Alliance 172
- 9 Patton's Race to Messina 193
- 10 Monty's Crawl to Salerno 221
- 11 The Battering Ram and the Atlantic Wall 238
- Part Two Appendix Original Patton: The Invasion Speech to the Third Army 260
- Part 3
- 12 The Master Plan and the Grossinvasion 269
- 13 The Caen Controversy 295
- 14 Patton's Blitzkrieg and the "Montgomery Thrust" 313
- 15 The Rommel Murder 338
- 16 Bulging Ambitions: Patton and Monty "Win" the War 352
- 17 What to Do with Nazis and Communists 373
- Part Three Appendix Original Monty: Memoirs at War 393.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Great Britain : Viking, 2008.
- Originally published in Great Britain as Masters of battle: Monty, Patton and Rommel.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-411) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780307461544
- 0307461548
- OCLC:
- 440844762
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