{"product_id":"patton-9780688137953","title":"Patton","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis magnificent biography by the world's foremost expert on the life of George S. Patton portrays the many faces of the general with uncompromising insight: the gruff, demanding public front known (and feared) by millions; the sensitive, intellectual visage shown to intimates; and the self-conscious, emotional, religious man only a handful of people ever met. Martin Blumenson deftly explores the life of this American hero, a paradoxical man who inspired others to greatness but who sometimes questioned the greatness within himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with 64 photographs, many from the Patton family archives, \u003cem\u003ePatton: The Man Behind the Legend, 1885-1945\u003c\/em\u003e is a dramatic and memorable portrait of a complex American hero, a man called \"the greatest combat general of modern times.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlumenson, Martin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Martin Blumenson, one of America's leading military historians, served as staff historian of Patton's Third Army. He is the author of many military histories, including \u003cem\u003eThe Patton Papers\u003c\/em\u003e, hailed as remarkable by \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491891908882,"sku":"9780688137953","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30757ac9-66bb-4136-80cc-699c49520bde.jpg?v=1730560867","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/patton-9780688137953","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}