Patton Ping
” Mr Wilcox told The Sunday Telegraph: “Patton was going to resign from the Army. He wanted to go to war with the Russians. The administration thought he was nuts.
“He also knew secrets of the war which would have ruined careers.
Charles Province, President of the George S. Patton Historical Society, said he hopes the book will lead to definitive proof of the plot being uncovered. He said: “There were a lot of people who were pretty damn glad that Patton died. He was going to really open the door on a lot of things that they screwed up over there.”
Have had the book and exchanged emails with the author.Patton was leaving Europe for California to run for U.S. Senate then the White House to execute his publicly stated intention of finishing the job.
The author presents evidence of those involved, that it was a joint effort of Soviet intelligence and Donovan's people.
The Truman and Eisenhower administrations eschewed any "rollback" or "victory" policy, throwing in with the Kennan containment plan.