10-02-2020, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Corvallis, OR
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Originally Posted by 80B
Jim, I'd like to read that trilogy, and enjoyed his "The British are Coming". The rap on his WWII trilogy is that he's very prejudiced against Patton - what is your takeaway on that?
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His treatment of Patton strikes me as balanced, in line with his treatment of the other major commanders, British as well as American. I think that is, as much as anything else, a reflection of the extent and depth as well as his interpretive grasp of his sourcing, which I find impressive.
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On the other side of WWII, I'm re-reading "The Conquering Tide", 2nd of 3 volumes by Ian Toll about the sea war in the Pacific. His 3rd volume just came out, and it's been quite a while since I read the first two volumes when they came out.
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I'll have to give that a look.
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