Killing Patton : the strange death of World War II's most audacious general /
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780805096682 (hardcover) :
- 080509668X
- Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945 -- Death and burial
- Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945 -- Assassination
- United States. Army -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe
- Generals -- United States -- Biography
- Traffic accidents -- Germany -- Mannheim -- History -- 20th century
- Conspiracies -- History -- 20th century
- 355.0092 23
- E745.P3 O74 2014
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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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