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This magnificent biography by the world's foremost expert on the life of George S. Patton portrays the many faces of the general with uncompromising insight: the gruff, demanding public front known—and feared—by millions; the sensitive, intellectual visage shown to intimates; and the self-conscious, emotional, religious man only a handful of people ever met. Martin Blumenson deftly explores the life of this American hero, a paradoxical man who inspired others to greatness but who sometimes questioned the greatness within himself. Patton: The Man behind the Legend, 1885–1945 is a dramatic and memorable portrait of a complex American hero, a man called the greatest combat general of modern times.
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"Martin Blumenson has written an extraordinary book about my father."
Ruth Ellen Patton Totten
"A gem of a biography, full of insights on the highly complex character of George S. Patton. It is gracefully written and-as we expect from Blumenson-authoritative. No previous work on Patton can match it."
Stephen E. Ambrose, New York Times bestselling author
"Blumenson (author of The Patton Papers and a one-time member of the general's staff) has written a detailed and persuasive study of Patton's character, making liberal use of quotes by Patton and his family which afford insight into Patton's view of himsel"
Publishers Weekly