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OverviewShowalter has penned the first single-volume study to deal with the parallel lives of these two disparate generals. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dennis ShowalterPublisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint: Penguin USA Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.482kg ISBN: 9780425206638ISBN 10: 0425206637 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 03 January 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsOne of the most distinguished American historians of WWII returns with an outstanding parallel biography of George Patton and Erwin Rommel. The research is thorough, the quality of the writing superb...Showalter ranks as a scholar who has done them justice, making two complex men and a vast panorama of military history remarkably accessible for experts and lay readers alike. --<b>Publishers Weekly</b> A smooth, very accessible narrative that is jam-packed with enough interesting insights to keep anyone's inner scholar happy...Both Rommel and Patton come across as surprisingly thoughtful soldiers who were also lead-from-the-front hard-chargers...It is a good story, and the quality of the writing makes it even better. It is vivid, vigorous, laced with unforgettable metaphor, alternately funny and moving. --<b>World War II Magazine</b></p> A distinguished American scholar of World War II gives us an outstanding parallel biography. --<b>Booklist</b></p> One of the most distinguished American historians of WWII returns with an outstanding parallel biography of George Patton and Erwin Rommel. The research is thorough, the quality of the writing superb...Showalter ranks as a scholar who has done them justice, making two complex men and a vast panorama of military history remarkably accessible for experts and lay readers alike. --Publishers Weekly A smooth, very accessible narrative that is jam-packed with enough interesting insights to keep anyone's inner scholar happy...Both Rommel and Patton come across as surprisingly thoughtful soldiers who were also lead-from-the-front hard-chargers...It is a good story, and the quality of the writing makes it even better. It is vivid, vigorous, laced with unforgettable metaphor, alternately funny and moving. --World War II Magazine A distinguished American scholar of World War II gives us an outstanding parallel biography. --Booklist -One of the most distinguished American historians of WWII returns with an outstanding parallel biography of George Patton and Erwin Rommel. The research is thorough, the quality of the writing superb...Showalter ranks as a scholar who has done them justice, making two complex men and a vast panorama of military history remarkably accessible for experts and lay readers alike.- --Publishers Weekly -A smooth, very accessible narrative that is jam-packed with enough interesting insights to keep anyone's inner scholar happy...Both Rommel and Patton come across as surprisingly thoughtful soldiers who were also lead-from-the-front hard-chargers...It is a good story, and the quality of the writing makes it even better. It is vivid, vigorous, laced with unforgettable metaphor, alternately funny and moving.- --World War II Magazine-A distinguished American scholar of World War II gives us an outstanding parallel biography.- --Booklist -One of the most distinguished American historians of WWII returns with an outstanding parallel biography of George Patton and Erwin Rommel. The research is thorough, the quality of the writing superb...Showalter ranks as a scholar who has done them justice, making two complex men and a vast panorama of military history remarkably accessible for experts and lay readers alike.- --Publishers Weekly -A smooth, very accessible narrative that is jam-packed with enough interesting insights to keep anyone's inner scholar happy...Both Rommel and Patton come across as surprisingly thoughtful soldiers who were also lead-from-the-front hard-chargers...It is a good story, and the quality of the writing makes it even better. It is vivid, vigorous, laced with unforgettable metaphor, alternately funny and moving.- --World War II Magazine -A distinguished American scholar of World War II gives us an outstanding parallel biography.- --Booklist One of the most distinguished American historians of WWII returns with an outstanding parallel biography of George Patton and Erwin Rommel. The research is thorough, the quality of the writing superb...Showalter ranks as a scholar who has done them justice, making two complex men and a vast panorama of military history remarkably accessible for experts and lay readers alike. --Publishers Weekly A smooth, very accessible narrative that is jam-packed with enough interesting insights to keep anyone's inner scholar happy...Both Rommel and Patton come across as surprisingly thoughtful soldiers who were also lead-from-the-front hard-chargers...It is a good story, and the quality of the writing makes it even better. It is vivid, vigorous, laced with unforgettable metaphor, alternately funny and moving. --World War II Magazine A distinguished American scholar of World War II gives us an outstanding parallel biography. --Booklist One of the most distinguished American historians of WWII returns with an Author InformationDennis Showalter,recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum and Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing, wasa professor of history at Colorado College, president of the Society for Military history, and joint editor of the publication,War in History,specializing in comparative military history. His works includeInstrument of War- The German Army 1914-1918, Patton and Rommel- Men of War in the Twentieth Century, If the Allies Had Fallen- Sixty Alternate Scenarios of World War II,and many other titles related to modern warfare. He passed away in 2019. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |