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04444aam a22005658i 4500 001 85CF22A459AA11ED98ECE2DC3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221101010034 008 220607s2022 nyu b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2022026989 020 $a 0802160220 020 $a 9780802160225 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a D736 $b .C56 2022 082 00 $2 23/eng/20220616 100 1 $a Clark, Lloyd, $d 1967- $e author. $9 118338 245 14 $a THE COMMANDERS : $b THE LEADERSHIP JOURNEYS OF GEORGE PATTON, BERNARD MONTGOMERY AND ERWIN ROMMEL / $c Lloyd Clark. 246 30 $a Leadership journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel 250 $a First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. 263 $a 2211 264 1 $a New York : $b Atlantic Monthly Press, $c [2022] 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Early years and junior leaders, 1880s-1914 -- First combat, 1914-16 -- Hard-won experience, 1917-18 -- New challenges-- leading in peace, 1919-1931 -- Taking command, 1932-1939 -- A new war, 1940-1941 -- Three in North Africa, 1942-1943 -- Three in north-west Europe, 1944-1945 -- George S. Patton, Bernard Montgomery and the post-war world. 520 $a "From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War II. Born in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel became among the most recognized and successful military leaders of the twentieth century. However, as acclaimed military historian Lloyd Clark reveals in his penetrating and insightful braided chronicle of their lives, they each charted very different, often interrupted, paths to leadership positions commanding hundreds of thousands of American, British, and German troops during World War II. Patton was born into a military family and from an early age felt he was destined for glory; following a disjointed childhood, Montgomery found purpose and direction in a military academy; Rommel's father was a former officer, so his pursuit of a military career was logical. Having ascended to the middle ranks, each faced battle for the first time in World War I, a searing experience that greatly influenced their future approach to war and leadership. When war broke out again in 1939, Montgomery and Rommel were immediately engaged, while Patton chafed until the US joined the Allies in 1942 and the three men, by then generals, collidedin North Africa in 1943, and then again, climactically, in France after D-Day in 1944. Weaving letters, diary extracts, official reports, and other documents into his original narrative, recounting dramatic battles as they developed on the ground and at headquarters, Clark also explores the controversies that swirled around Patton, Montgomery, and Rommel throughout their careers, sometimes threatening to derail them. Ultimately, however, their unique abilities to bridge the space between leader and led cemented their legendary reputations"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Biography. $9 77400 650 0 $a Generals $v Biography. $9 81524 600 10 $a Patton, George S. $q (George Smith), $d 1885-1945 $x Military leadership. 600 10 $a Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, $c Viscount, $d 1887-1976 $x Military leadership. 600 10 $a Rommel, Erwin, $d 1891-1944 $x Military leadership. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns. $9 77401 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Clark, Lloyd, 1967- $t Commanders $b First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. $d New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2022] $z 9780802160232 $w (DLC) 2022026990 941 $a 15 952 $l JNPC081 $d 20240801015424.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710062207.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305021932.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20231121010501.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010031336.0 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20230929011741.0 952 $l TXPC862 $d 20230801010908.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230207011505.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230204010845.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230203010329.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230202010230.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20230104013558.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20221203011119.0 952 $l S2PA501 $d 20221116153658.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20221101010845.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=85CF22A459AA11ED98ECE2DC3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search