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001 2010278132
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100 1 $aBrighton, Terry.
240 10 $aMasters of battle
245 10 $aPatton, Montgomery, Rommel :$bmasters of war /$cTerry Brighton.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCrown,$c[2009], c2008.
300 $axix, 426 p., [12] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: London : Viking, 2008.
500 $aOriginally published in Great Britain as Masters of battle : Monty, Patton and Rommel.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 407-411) and index.
505 0 $aThe ego at war -- 3 portraits -- First blood -- How to fight in armor -- Rommel's blitzkrieg -- Original Rommel: 7th Panzer Division invasion narrataive -- Conquests of the Deutsches Afrika Korps -- Hounding Rommel: Monty and Patton close in -- Operations lightfoot and torch -- Fractures in Anglo-American alliance -- Patton's race to Messina -- Monty's crawl to Salerno -- The battering ram and the Atlantic wall -- Original Patton: The invasion speech to the Third Army -- The master plan and the Grossinvasion -- The Caen Controversy -- Patton's blitzkrieg and the "Montgomery Thrust" -- The Rommel murder -- Bulging ambitions: PAtton and Monty "win" the was -- What to do with Nazis and Communists -- Original Monty: Memoirs at war -- The will to fight.
520 $a"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 ..."--Dust jacket.
600 10 $aPatton, George S.$q(George Smith),$d1885-1945.
600 10 $aRommel, Erwin,$d1891-1944.
600 10 $aMontgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery,$cViscount,$d1887-1976.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zAfrica, North.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zEurope.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vBiography.
650 0 $aGenerals$zGermany$vBiography.
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aMarshals$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010278132-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010278132-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010278132-s.html