Title:
Patton, Montgomery, Rommel : masters of war / Terry Brighton.
ISBN:
9780307461544
Personal Author:
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Crown, [2009]
©2008
Physical Description:
xix, 426 pages , 12 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
General Note:
Originally published: Great Britain : Viking, 2008.
Originally published in Great Britain as Masters of battle: Monty, Patton and Rommel.
Contents:
The ego at war -- 3 portraits -- First blood -- How to fight in armor -- Rommel's blitzkrieg -- Original Rommel: 7th Panzer Division invasion narrataive -- Conquests of the Deutsches Afrika Korps -- Hounding Rommel: Monty and Patton close in -- Operations lightfoot and torch -- Fractures in Anglo-American alliance -- Patton's race to Messina -- Monty's crawl to Salerno -- The battering ram and the Atlantic wall -- Original Patton: The invasion speech to the Third Army -- The master plan and the Grossinvasion -- The Caen Controversy -- Patton's blitzkrieg and the "Montgomery Thrust" -- The Rommel murder -- Bulging ambitions: PAtton and Monty "win" the was -- What to do with Nazis and Communists -- Original Monty: Memoirs at war -- The will to fight.
Summary:
"In 'Patton, Montgomery, Rommel', one of Britain's most accomplished military scholars presents an unprecedented study of the land war in the North African and European theaters, as well as their chief commanders--three men who also happened to be the most compelling dramatis personae of World War II ..."--Dust jacket.
OCLC Number:
ocn440844762
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
