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A genius for war was published in 1995 and is the biography for which carlo deste is best known. He was a noted horseman and polo player, a wellknown. In 1952, his widow, beatrice patton, provided a list of his favorite books for an issue of armor magazine patton, beatrice ayer, a soldiers reading, armor 61 novemberdecember 1952, pp. A genius of war is a wonderful biography of a highly complex and yet deeply flawed man. Trevor nevitt dupuy, the author of a genius for war, supports the last view and argues that the prussiangerman isand wasa reasonable human being. A soldiers life, among other books on world war ii. The historic image of patton has been indelibly molded by george c. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages.
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