Forty George. The Armies of George S. Patton

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Sterling Pub Co Inc, 1998 - 332 p. ISBN10: 185409484X ISBN13: 9781854094841 (eng)

See how Patton created and manipulated his armies for the challenging tasks at hand, how he structured his forces and kept them supplied with arms and food, and secured the men he needed from his superiors. ." . . this superb book tells more of Patton than any of his biographies ever written and will give the reader a better appreciation of this man's genius even 50 years after his untimely death

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