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Target Patton - The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton (Paperback)
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Target Patton - The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton (Paperback)
Series: World War II Collection
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He was the most controversial American general in World War II--and
also one of the most successful, courageous, and audacious. As a
post-war administrator of defeated Germany, he sounded alarm bells
about the dangers of Soviet encroachment into Europe. Politically,
he was a lightning rod--an outspoken conservative who continually
embarrassed his superiors with his uncensored, undiplomatic, and
unrestrained comments to the press. He was General George S. Patton
Jr., old Blood and Guts.
In 1945, shortly before he was to fly home to the states as a
conquering hero, he was involved in a mysterious car crash that
left him partially paralyzed.
Two weeks later, just as his doctors were about to send him home to
finish his recovery, he was dead.
The army ruled the car crash an accident, his death natural. Yet
witness testimony on the crash conflicted, key players in the
incident disappeared, official reports vanished, soldiers were
ordered to keep silent, and there was no autopsy performed on the
body.
Investigative and military reporter Robert Wilcox, author of Black
Aces High and Wings of Fury, has spent more than ten years
investigating these mysteries, and in Target: Patton he has written
an electrifying account of the shocking circumstances--long hidden
from the public--surrounding the death of America's most famous
general. In Target: Patton, you'll discover:
* The extraordinary war hero, artist, and mercenary who said he was
ordered by U.S. intelligence to assassinate Patton
* The OSS agent who knew Patton was in danger and tried to save
him
* New evidence from recently declassified documents revealing
doubts about the official version of Patton's death
* The final stories of those involved in the accident, including
those who were thought to have disappeared--until now
Provocative, shocking, and compelling, Target: Patton takes you
through the maze of denials, contradictions, and treacheries behind
one of the great unsolved mysteries of World War II.
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