Missing the story on Patton

Washington Post ^ | 10/2/2014 | Richard Cohen

[Borges]

It’s a fortunate thing that Bill O’Reilly’s latest book, “Killing Patton,” was written by him and not someone else. If not, O’Reilly would have taken the poor person apart, criticizing the book for its chaotic structure, its considerable padding and its repellent admiration of a war-loving martinet who fought the Nazis and really never understood why. George S. Patton stood almost shoulder to shoulder with them in his anti-Semitism — not that O’Reilly seems to have noticed or, for that matter, mentioned it in his book.

[minnesota_bound]

Cornelius Ryan books on WW2 are a great read.
The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day
The Last Battle
A Bridge Too Far

[Ouderkirk]

I have to ask this rhetorically;

Aren’t all the truly brilliant a little eccentric?

While Patton was never in the same time zone as a choirboy, he was a damned skilled warrior who knew that men follow a leader , and a leader is one who will do the same as he expects of his men. One who leads by example.