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 Patton: Ordeal and Triumph - Ladislas Farago
 Patton: Ordeal and Triumph - Ladislas Farago ... Westholme Publishing, U.S.Newest Review: ... Patton was kept away from formal education for a long time by his father and instead read classics and miltary history. ... more ... Patton grows up to believe in déjà vu and reincarnation. He believes he has lived before through great historical battles and that his destiny is to be a military hero. 'Episodes of the past were deposited in Patton's mind like grains of gold in a river.' Patton studies at West Point and ends up a famous Cavalry officer through his love of horses and skill at the Pentathlon. In 1916 he chases Pancho Villa through Mexico and kills his bodyguard in 'a quick triggered fight that resembled a Western.'
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Patton: Ordeal and Triumph - Ladislas Farago: A Soldier's Story (1239 words)
by - written on 17/02/09 (Very useful, 256 readings)
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'The Nazis regarded General George S Patton as the most aggressive tank-general on the side of the Allies. A man of incredible initiative and lightning like action, Patton blazed through Europe with a vigorous contempt for orthodox military procedure. Relentless offensive and manoeuvre - these were the keys to Patton's war strategy in the campaign through France which opened up the way to Victory in Europe. Ladislas Farago's book gives a graphic account of Patton, the man and the soldier. The clashes with Eisenhower, Bradley and Montgomery. The notorious slapping incident, when the general struck a young conscript in a military hospital in Sicily. And Patton's one-man ... Read the complete review
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