Patton: Ordeal And Triumph

1255 Pages·2015·28.66 MB·English

by  Farago

PATTON: Ordeal and Triumph
by
LADISLAS FARAGO
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Text originally published in 1963 under the same title.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PATTON: ORDEAL AND TRIUMPH
DEDICATION
BOOK ONE — THE ORDEAL
CHAPTER ONE — ROBERT IS COMING
CHAPTER TWO — ILLITERATE PRODIGY
CHAPTER THREE — GENTLEMAN SOLDIER
CHAPTER FOUR — ANCIENT MAN IN MODERN ARMOR
CHAPTER FIVE — “JINE THE CAVALRY”
CHAPTER SIX — IN THE LIMBO OF PEACE
CHAPTER SEVEN — A DARK DECISIVE CRISIS
CHAPTER EIGHT — IN THE SHADOW OF MARSHALL
CHAPTER NINE — REHEARSALS FOR WAR
CHAPTER TEN — THE CALL
CHAPTER ELEVEN — “TORCH”
CHAPTER TWELVE — PROCONSUL IN MOROCCO
CHAPTER THIRTEEN — DETOUR TO TUNISIA
CHAPTER FOURTEEN — THE SHADOW OF MONTGOMERY
CHAPTER FIFTEEN — BORN AT SEA, BAPTIZED IN BLOOD
CHAPTER SIXTEEN — THE SLAPPING INCIDENTS
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN — CONQUEROR IN THE DOGHOUSE
BOOK TWO — THE TRIUMPH
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN — UNDERDOG OF OVERLORD
CHAPTER NINETEEN — IN THE LONDON FOG
CHAPTER TWENTY — MASTER OF PEOVER HALL
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE — DISMAL DAYS
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO — RETURN TO NORMANDY
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE — THE SHADOW OF BRADLEY
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR — THE BREAKOUT
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE — A NIGHT IN AUGUST AND THE MORNING AFTER
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX — BRITTANY
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN — THE CHAINS OF COMMAND
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT — THE FALAISE MYSTERY
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE — VICTORIES AND WOES
CHAPTER THIRTY — “THE SURE THING”
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE — BONE DRY
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO — THE SHADOW OF EISENHOWER
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE — PERIOD OF CONFUSION
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR — A MATTER OF OPPORTUNITY
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE — METZ AND MUD
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX — THE ROAD TO THE BULGE
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN — BASTOGNE
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT — “ONE MORE GREAT CAMPAIGN”
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE — TO THE RHINE
CHAPTER FORTY — YONDER ARE THE RUSSIANS
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE — A TIME OF WAR, AND A TIME OF PEACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL PATTON’S WRITINGS
ARTICLES:
BOOK REVIEWS:
LETTERS:
POEMS:
PRAYERS:
BIBLIOGRAPHY
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER
ILLUSTRATIONS
FOOTFALL IN NORTH AFRICA
Illustrations
Maps
GLORY IN SICILY
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BREAKOUT FROM THE NORMANDY BRIDGEHEAD
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THE ARDENNES – THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
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INTO LORRAINE – THE DRIVE TO GERMANY
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PATTON: ORDEAL AND TRIUMPH
MAVERICK GENERAL
Spectacular, swaggering, pistol-packing, he was America’s most flamboyant
fighting leader, idolized and vilified, loved and hated. A man of flinty courage,
explosive temper and scalding tongue, he outraged opinion with his behind-the
lines conduct—but on the battlefield his deeds spoke for themselves. Patton’s
fabled Third Army rode roughshod over Hitler’s legions, inflicted over a
million-and-a-half casualties, and he was on the brink of beating the Russians to
Berlin when orders stopped him furious in his tracks. Here is the full, tumultuous
story of George S. Patton, super-patriot, super-rebel, and pure soldier first, last
and always.
“A magnificent job . . . fast and fascinating.”—CLEVELAND PLAIN
DEALER
“The longest, most detailed and wide-ranging study...not a Patton eulogy...the
large hates that were in him, his abuse of position and his grotesqueries are also
told fully.”—The New York Times.
“One of the most satisfying books I ever read.... An objective and penetrating
study.... It satisfies even the most critical reader...it satisfies the soul.”—Gene
Smith, author of WHEN THE CHEERING STOPPED
“Vivid...affectionate...thoroughly frank.... Mr. Farago has captured Patton’s
many-sided character—his lusty exuberance, his flaming anger, his blasphemy,
his great qualities as a leader, and his glaring moments of human weakness.”—
John Toland, author of BUT NOT IN SHAME
“History at its most compelling sweep, Mr. Farago’s breath-taking Patton
biography is written with the General’s own color and verve, and a deep
understanding of the man and events.”—Robert Payne, author of THE LIFE
AND DEATH OF LENIN
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“No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making
the other poor dumb bastard die for his country…”—GENERAL GEORGE S.
PATTON, JR.
DEDICATION
For John
BOOK ONE — THE ORDEAL