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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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General George S. Patton, Jr. died under mysterious circumstances in the months following the end of World War II. For almost seventy years, there has been suspicion that his death was not an accident--and may very well have been an act of assassination. Killing Patton takes readers inside the final year of the war and recounts the events surrounding Patton’s tragic demise, naming names of the many powerful individuals who wanted him silenced.
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of General George Patton's leadership during the final months of World War II in Europe, and the events surrounding his mysterious death.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Patton and Rommel served their countries through two World Wars. Their temperaments, both on and off the battlefield, were overwhelmingly contrary--but their approach to modern warfare was remarkably similar. Written by a prominent military historian, this book takes a look at both figures, intertwining the stories of the paths they took and the decisions they made during the course of the Second World War--and compares the lives and careers of two...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An acclaimed military historian presents this powerful history of four military leaders--Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, George Marshall and Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower--who exhibited unparalleled military leadership that led the U.S. victoriously through two World Wars. O’Connell captures these men’s unique charisma as he chronicles the path each forged—from their upbringings to their educational experiences to their storied military careers—experiences...
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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In the Depression summer of 1932, some 45,000 veterans of World War I descended on Washington to demand the bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. They lived in shantytowns, white and black together, protested and rallied for their cause. Roy Wilkins saw the model for racial integration here; J. Edgar Hoover built his reputation against the radicals. President Hoover, Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur, and others feared...
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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War II. Born in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel became among the most recognized and successful military leaders of the twentieth century. However, as acclaimed military historian Lloyd Clark reveals in his penetrating and insightful braided chronicle of their lives,...
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