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Patton at Bay

John Nelson Rickard
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      For Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., the battle for Lorraine during the fall and winter of 1944 was a frustrating and grueling experience of static warfare. Plagued by supply shortages, critical interference from superiors, flooded rivers, fortified cities, and the highly determined German army, Patton had little opportunity to wage the type of fast armored campaign of which he was so enamored. Author John Rickard examines Patton’s generalship during these bitter battles and suggests that Patton was unable to adapt to the new realities of the campaign, thereby failing to wage the most effective warfare possible. Relying on a broad range of historical sources, including personal papers and division after-action reports, this treatment of Patton’s operational performance in Lorraine goes beyond the official history. It describes Patton’s philosophy of war and explains why it failed him in Lorraine. Supplemented by full orders of battle, casualty and equipment loses, and excellent maps based on Hugh M. Cole’s official U.S. Army history of the campaign, Patton at Bay,/i> is a penetrating study of one of America’s best fighting generals.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: John Nelson Rickard EAN: 9781574887822 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 230 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Potomac Books Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2004-06-30 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General WIDTH: 150 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      c 1940 to c 1949, Biography: historical, political and military, Battles and campaigns, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, Second World War

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      John Nelson Rickard is a Canadian army officer completing his Ph.D. in military history at the University of New Brunswick. His area of expertise is World War II with particular emphasis on the campaigns in northwest Europe. He lives in Alberta, Canada.
      For Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., the battle for Lorraine during the fall and winter of 1944 was a frustrating and grueling experience of static warfare. Plagued by supply shortages, critical interference from superiors, flooded rivers, fortified cities, and the highly determined German army, Patton had little opportunity to wage the type of fast armored campaign of which he was so enamored. Author John Rickard examines Patton’s generalship during these bitter battles and suggests that Patton was unable to adapt to the new realities of the campaign, thereby failing to wage the most effective warfare possible. Relying on a broad range of historical sources, including personal papers and division after-action reports, this treatment of Patton’s operational performance in Lorraine goes beyond the official history. It describes Patton’s philosophy of war and explains why it failed him in Lorraine. Supplemented by full orders of battle, casualty and equipment loses, and excellent maps based on Hugh M. Cole’s official U.S. Army history of the campaign, Patton at Bay,/i> is a penetrating study of one of America’s best fighting generals.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: John Nelson Rickard EAN: 9781574887822 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 230 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Potomac Books Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2004-06-30 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General WIDTH: 150 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      c 1940 to c 1949, Biography: historical, political and military, Battles and campaigns, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, Second World War

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      John Nelson Rickard is a Canadian army officer completing his Ph.D. in military history at the University of New Brunswick. His area of expertise is World War II with particular emphasis on the campaigns in northwest Europe. He lives in Alberta, Canada.

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