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Killing Patton : the strange death of World War II's most audacious general /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780805096682 (hardcover) :
  • 080509668X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.0092 23
LOC classification:
  • E745.P3 O74 2014
Contents:
Prologue -- Chapters 1-28 -- Afterword -- Postscript -- Appendix : Gen. George S. Patton's speech to the U.S. Third Army -- About the authors.
Summary: General George S. Patton, Jr. died under mysterious circumstances in the months following the end of World War II. For almost seventy years, there has been suspicion that his death was not an accident--and may very well have been an act of assassination. "Killing Patton" takes readers inside the final year of the war and recounts the events surrounding Patton's tragic demise, naming names of the many powerful individuals who wanted him silenced.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 355.009 O'RE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000511752

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-337) and index.

Prologue -- Chapters 1-28 -- Afterword -- Postscript -- Appendix : Gen. George S. Patton's speech to the U.S. Third Army -- About the authors.

General George S. Patton, Jr. died under mysterious circumstances in the months following the end of World War II. For almost seventy years, there has been suspicion that his death was not an accident--and may very well have been an act of assassination. "Killing Patton" takes readers inside the final year of the war and recounts the events surrounding Patton's tragic demise, naming names of the many powerful individuals who wanted him silenced.

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