Patton's drive
Subtitle: the making of America's greatest general
By: Alan Axelrod.
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Guilford, CT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781599215396
Subjects: Patton, George S. -- 1885-1945; Patton, George S. -- 1885-1945 -- Military leadership; Patton, George S. -- 1885-1945 -- Psychology; United States. -- Army -- Biography; United States. -- Army -- History -- Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916; Generals -- United States -- Biography; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns; World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "I am destined to achieve some great thing"; title: "A very timid operation"; title: Giving Cobra its venom; title: From breakout to breakthrough; title: "I wish I were supreme commander"; title: "Don't be fatuous, George!"; title: "I belong to a different class"; title: Sierra Blanca; title: The Punitive Expedition; title: The dogs of war; title: Epilogue; title: Patton in hell.