Patton
The Man behind the Legend, 18851945

This magnificent biography by the worlds foremost expert on the life of George S. Patton portrays the many faces of the general with uncompromising insight: the gruff, demanding public front knownand fearedby millions; the sensitive, intellectual visage shown to intimates; and the self-conscious, emotional, religious man only a handful of people ever met. Martin Blumenson deftly explores the life of this American hero, a paradoxical man who inspired others to greatness but who sometimes questioned the greatness within himself. Patton: The Man behind the Legend, 18851945 is a dramatic and memorable portrait of a complex American hero, a man called the greatest combat general of modern times.