Missing the story on Patton

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

[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.