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Patton's Shadow: The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory
Paperback
Series: War, Memory, and Culture
Military BiographiesGeneral Military HistoryHistoriography
ISBN13: 9780817361563
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Published: Oct 19 2024
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
An engrossing account of the myth and legend of George S. Patton and what his reputation illuminates about American culture and hero worship
Patton's Shadow by Nathan C. Jones, a leading authority on George S. Patton, offers a definitive account of the creation of the Patton legend and what it illuminates about American culture and the worship of heroes. Jones traces how the persona of Patton, a brash and brilliant general in the European theater of World War II, transcended the individual man and became a cultural icon and byword for triumphal American might.
Patton was a hero lionized and celebrated in his own time. Patton as well as the US Army cultivated his persona during and after the war. His image was used to promote patriotism, commercial goods, and military recruitment. The 1970 Academy Award-winning film starring George C. Scott cemented his iconic image for millions of Americans, further embellishing Patton's persona and introducing him to entirely new generations of young Americans.
Patton's Shadow is an intellectually omnivorous tour de force that draws on ideas about heroes from sources as timeless as ancient mythology and as contemporary as Abraham Maslow, Max Weber, and Carl Jung. Jones artfully locates the honored altar that heroes occupy in the human heart and then answers insightful questions about what America's embrace of Patton in particular as a military hero illuminates about the United States, about Patton's generation, and about our own.
Jones's engrossing work will fascinate readers interested in American history, military history, and the psychology of heroism.
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