Tragedy of Patton, The, Robert Orlando
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Tragedy of Patton, The
A Soldier's Date with Destiny

Author: Robert Orlando

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 5 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/03/2020


Synopsis

General George S. Patton was America's antihero of the Second World War. Driven by an innate sense of duty, both to his family’s great military tradition and to his country, he was fixated on the notion of reaching the status of a military legend and driven by outdated notions of honor. Simultaneously brilliant and deeply flawed, he could be daring and noble and then petulant and cruel, lacking in the diplomatic grace and tact that defined many of his contemporaries. Nevertheless, he was the kind of guy the Allies needed to get the dirty work done on the ground, all the while also being the kind of guy they wanted to get rid of or silence once the fighting was over. Outspoken about the conduct of the war and eager to identify the Soviet Union as the next great threat to American democracy and world peace, he was relieved of command, and he vowed to “take the gag off” after the war and tell the intimate truth about controversial decisions. In this historical analysis, Robert Orlando explores whether a man of such flawed character could have been right about his claim that the Cold War was inevitable and investigates the questions that still abound about Patton’s rise and fall—including his suspicious death.

Author Bio

Robert Orlando is a filmmaker, author, entrepreneur, and scholar. As an entrepreneur, he founded Nexus Media. As a scholar, his studies include film, religion, ancient and modern history, and biography. As an award-winning writer/director, his films include the thought-provoking documentaries Silence Patton, The Divine Plan, and Citizen Trump. His books include Apostle Paul: A Polite Bribe and The Divine Plan. His work has been published in Writing Short Scripts, American Thinker, The Catholic Thing, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, Patheos, and Merion West.

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