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The Patton Papers: 1885-1940
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- GenresMilitary History
521 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1972
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Martin Blumenson
68 books13 followersMartin Blumenson was a soldier in the US army, and a military historian, and a recognised authority on the life of Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
Blumenson received a Bachelors and Masters degree from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. He received a second master's degree in history from Harvard University. He also was an exellent pianist, performing at Carnegie Hall as a young man.
He served as a U.S. Army officer in northwestern Europe during World War II.
After the war he lived in France for a number of years, where he met his wife of 55 years, Genevieve Adelbert Blumenson, who died in 2000.
Blumenson again served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and later worked in the Office of the Chief of Military History until 1967. After this he became an adviser on civil disorders for the Johnson administration.
Blumenson received a Bachelors and Masters degree from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. He received a second master's degree in history from Harvard University. He also was an exellent pianist, performing at Carnegie Hall as a young man.
He served as a U.S. Army officer in northwestern Europe during World War II.
After the war he lived in France for a number of years, where he met his wife of 55 years, Genevieve Adelbert Blumenson, who died in 2000.
Blumenson again served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and later worked in the Office of the Chief of Military History until 1967. After this he became an adviser on civil disorders for the Johnson administration.
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October 12, 2015
Martin Blumenson, noted military historian, does a superb job of sifting and sorting through personal letters, articles, published papers, reports and military records to paint a detailed picture of General George S. Patton, Jr.'s first fifty-five years. As with any collection of "papers," there is some tedium to be endured. But the daily details of life at West Point, the social and military aspects of everyday military life on posts great and small, the preparations for battle, the thoughts on a broad range of topics provide insights gleaned nowhere else. Patton was a genius, of that there can be little doubt. but he was arrogant, egotistical, brazen, loving, tender-hearted, aggressive, meticulous and a horrible speller all at once. A tremendously complex individual, and Blumenson is able to bring all this out without judging the man.
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