Historic Photos of General George Patton
"To be a successful soldier you must know history. . . . What you must know is how man reacts. Weapons change but man who uses them changes not at all. To win battles you do not beat weapons—you beat the soul of man of the enemy man."
—General George S. Patton, Jr.
George S. Patton, Jr., born into an affluent California family in 1885, knew in early youth that his future lay in the military past of his ancestors. After graduating from West Point and placing 5th in the 1912 Olympics pentathlon, he became military aide to General Pershing during the Mexican Expedition, served as Tank Corps captain in World War I, and went on to lead Allied armies to stunning victories during the Second World War. Promoted to 4-star general by war's end, he was acknowledged our best general by America's vanquished enemies and acclaimed by Americans as a hero.
From his earliest days hunting and fishing in the California outback to his ironic death in an automobile accident at war's end in Germany, Historic Photos of General George Patton captures the greatest exploits of one of the nation's greatest combat generals. Patton's life in pictures blazes a trail sure to enthrall every reader, from the student of history to the history buff.
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Book details
- Author
- Russ Rodgers
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › Military
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- World War II · military history · military biography · black-and-white photography · pictorial history · American generals
- ISBN-13
- 9781683369882
About the author
RUSS RODGERS is a military historian and former adjunct professor of history at the American Military University, author of several books including Nierstein and Oppenheim 1945: Patton Bounces the Rhine, Fundamentals of Islamic Asymmetric Warfare, and The Generalship of Muhammad: Battles and Campaigns of the Prophet of Allah.
Rodgers earned his master’s degree in Land Warfare from the American Military University and has served as a command historian with the U.S. Army. A veteran with service in armor, infantry, and military intelligence, he is considered a subject matter expert on insurgency movements and early Islamic warfare. He has written or edited over a dozen major historical reports for the U.S. Army.
When not writing, Rodgers lectures to military and professional audiences, including at the Worldwide Anti-Terrorism Conference, the NATO School in Germany, and to military personnel in the United States, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. That work informs his focus on the history and practice of asymmetric and Islamic warfare.