Masters of Battle: Monty, Patton and Rommel at War - [AUDIOBOOK]

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Masters of Battle: Monty, Patton and Rommel at War - [AUDIOBOOK]
m4b | 419.13 MB | Author: Terry Brighton | Year: 2008

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In Patton, Montgomery, Rommel, one of Britain's most accomplished military scholars presents an unprecedented study of the land war in the North African and European theaters, as well as their chief commanders-three men who also happened to be the most compelling dramatis personae of World War II.

Beyond spellbinding depictions of pivotal confrontations at El Alamein, Monte Cassino, and the Ardennes forest, author-scholar Terry Brighton illuminates the personal motivations and historical events that propelled the three men's careers: how Patton's, Montgomery's, and Rommel's Great War experiences helped to mold their style of command-and how, exactly, they managed to apply their arguably megalomaniacal personalities (and hitherto unrecognized political acumen and tact) to advance their careers and strategic vision.

Opening new avenues of inquiry into the lives and careers of three men widely profiled by scholars and popular historians alike, Brighton definitively answers numerous lingering and controversial questions: Was Patton really as vainglorious in real life as he was portrayed to be on the silver screen?-and how did his tireless advocacy of "mechanized cavalry" forever change the face of war? Was Monty's dogged publicity-seeking driven by his own need for recognition or by his desire to claim for Britain a leadership role in postwar global order?-and how did this prickly "commoner" manage to earn affection and esteem from enlisted men and nobility alike? How might the war have ended if Rommel had had more tanks?-and what fundamental philosophical difference between him and Hitler made such an outcome virtually impossible?

Abetted by new primary source material and animated by Terry Brighton's incomparable storytelling gifts, Patton, Montgomery, Rommel offers critical new interpretations of the Second World War as it was experienced by its three most flamboyant, controversial, and influential commanders-and augments our understanding of each of their perceptions of war and leadership.

Category:History, Biography, Social Sciences, United States History, European History, Military History, Military Biography, African History, African Studies, Historical Biography, 20th Century United States History - Wars & Conflict, British History - General & Miscellaneous, Middle Eastern Conflicts, World War II, Europe - Armed Forces - Biography, British & Commonwealth - Armed Forces, North African History, German History, Armed Forces History, Strategy & Weapons of War, U.S. Military Biography, 20th Century American History - World War I, 20th Century American History - World War II, 20th Century British History - World War II, African & Middle Eastern Campaigns - World War II, British Armed Forces - Biography, European Theater - World War II - Allied Command, European Theater - World War II - Axis, European Theater - World War II - Campaigns & Individual Battles, General & Miscellaneous North African History, Generals & Military Leaders - Biography, German Armed Forces - Biography, German History - 1933 - 1945 (The Third Reich), Germany - Armed Forces, Great Britain - Army, Great Britain - World War II, Military - Weapons - Tanks & Armored Cars, U.S. Generals & Military Leaders - Military Biography, United States - World War II Armed Forces, World War II Narratives

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