Patton's Madness
The Dark Side of a Battlefield Genius
Seiten
2020
Stackpole Books (Verlag)
978-0-8117-3854-5 (ISBN)
Stackpole Books (Verlag)
978-0-8117-3854-5 (ISBN)
Once described by Dwight D. Eisenhower as "mentally unbalanced" and "just like a time bomb", this book provides an examination of Patton's bolness and brilliance, and mental instability.
Dwight Eisenhower called General George S. Patton “mentally unbalanced” and “just like a time bomb,” and indeed, the egotistical, mercurial, aggressive Patton is perhaps as well known for his daring battlefield exploits as for his questionable behavior and eccentric beliefs. In a brief but probing assessment of Patton’s life based on strong research in primary sources and long experience in psychology, Jim Sudmeier considers the mind of Patton: what made this military genius tick? To what extent was Patton’s boldness and brilliance as a general, his willingness to welcome risk and danger, connected to his unstable personality? Sudmeier presents a myth-shattering reconsideration of one of military history’s most famous commanders.
Dwight Eisenhower called General George S. Patton “mentally unbalanced” and “just like a time bomb,” and indeed, the egotistical, mercurial, aggressive Patton is perhaps as well known for his daring battlefield exploits as for his questionable behavior and eccentric beliefs. In a brief but probing assessment of Patton’s life based on strong research in primary sources and long experience in psychology, Jim Sudmeier considers the mind of Patton: what made this military genius tick? To what extent was Patton’s boldness and brilliance as a general, his willingness to welcome risk and danger, connected to his unstable personality? Sudmeier presents a myth-shattering reconsideration of one of military history’s most famous commanders.
Jim Sudmeier is a scientist and writer originally from Minneapolis. He holds degrees from Carleton College and Princeton University, has taught at UCLA and UC Riverside, has held a National Institutes of Health fellowship at Oxford, and for twenty-eight years before his retirement was senior lecturer at Tufts Medical School. In 2006, he won a first-place award at the Houston Film Festival for screenwriting Patton’s Secret Mission.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations; Tables; Maps; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs |
| Verlagsort | Mechanicsburg |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 239 mm |
| Gewicht | 535 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8117-3854-X / 081173854X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8117-3854-5 / 9780811738545 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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