I have 3 books on Patton. One is his diary, another is by one of his officer friends who like Patton, enjoyed shooting. The third one was be Ladislos Farago which is the book the movie was made from.
Patton came from a line of soldiers. Both his grandfathers were Confederate Generals, tho some think one was just a colonel. He grew up in California listening to Civil war stories at the feet of the Grey Ghost, John Singleton Mosby. Mosby was the most successful partisan Ranger of the war. We would probably call him a guerilla fighter.
Patton trained at West Point and VMI. He was probably the one man best prepared to lead men in was with the possible exception of McArthur.
According to the intrepid German panzer leader, F.W. Mellenthin, Patton was one who could, “think along big lines”.
He was the opposite of a bureaucrat.