[an amused spectator]

Victor Davis Hanson bump.

Anyone else read this book or any other mentioned here?

No, but I've got a really thick Patton bio that I've been meaning to crack into for ages.

Geez, Stone - this forum is getting way too big. I knew you were gone for a while, but didn't know you were back around, because I haven't seen your name in the longest time!

Good to see you.

[StoneColdGOP]

Good to see you too. I came back during the Recall, haven't been as active as I once was, but still alive, much to the chagrin of many. ;-)

[xkaydet65]

I've read Carlo D'Este's bio. An excellent and complete work that puts a lot of emphasis on Patton's time with Pershing in the Villa campaign and his gunfight with two bandidos. A very balanced piece of work, but very ngative toward Bradley who does not come off the saint played by Karl Malden. This perception is butressed by a later work by Martin Blumenson and Russel Weigley's Eisenhower's Lieutenants. In D'Este's view Patton was a great leader and warrior.