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Patton's Shadow: The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory

Patton's Shadow: The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory

Paperback

Series: War, Memory, and Culture

Military BiographiesGeneral Military HistoryHistoriography

ISBN10: 0817361561
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.

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