Advance and Destroy: Patton as Commander in the Bulge

by John Nelson Rickard and Roger Cirillo

Actor George C. Scott made General George C. Patton a legendary figure to many Americans, but military historians have always known that Scott's portrayal of the general in the movie Patton (1970) was based on equal parts fact and fiction. Still, Scott's celebrated role continues to give Patton a larger-than-life quality, and many tend to revere him as a superstar rather than analyzing his effectiveness as a commander. In Patton as Military Commander...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813134552
• ISBN13: 9780813134550
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"