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I found a great Book that I thought you might like to know about!

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Yes I know it is a real shock to some folks like my Old School Teachers that I can read. But nonetheless I do when I find time.
Anyways one of the men that I look up to is a man that most Americans and a lot of Brits don’t know about. Bill Slim, the man who rebuilt a savagely mauled Army that barely escaped the Japs in Burma. Who then took it back and almost completely destroyed the Occupying Jap Army.
This book though does not deal with this subject. Instead it deals with a lot of interesting characters and events in a very humorous manner that happened during his earlier military career.
For example when he was involved in a punitive campaign with the Pathans on the NW Frontier. When on horse back and carrying a flag to signal his beloved Ghurka Troops to withdraw. He had the flag wrap around his head all the while under fire.
Or how he got his butt chewed out for smuggling Australian beer from Haifa to his Troops in Iraq. When his very unofficial & unauthorised  Beer Convoy ran his bosses car and him into a ditch.
Anyways if you like a good war story or two. Then you might want to get your hand on a copy of this really amusing book. Oh yeah before I forget his other book Defeat into Victory. Is another great Generals Book to read! GrumpyRelated image
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This is what I call a REAL Man Cave!


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By the by, If you are near his place in Oyster Bay New York. I most highly recommend that you go & see his home. As it is well worth the effort! Grumpy

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General Patton's Library

The following was kindly provided by Captain T.W. Forrest of the D.C. Army National Guard.

Suggestions for
Professional Officer Development Readings
Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

As soldiers it is our duty to continue are professional development by reading.  General George S. Patton, Jr. (1885-1945), was known for his study and reading of military history.
In 1952,  his widow, Beatrice Patton, provided a list of his favorite books for an issue of Armor magazine (Patton, Beatrice Ayer, “A Soldier’s Reading,” Armor 61 (November-December 1952, pp. 10-11).  I provide it to you for your professional development:

She also explained that during WW II, Patton read about the areas in which he fought and for an understanding of tactics.  For example:

  • The Normans in Sicily, Knight
  • The Greatest Norman Conquest, Osborne
  • The History of the Norman Conquest of England, five volumes by Freeman
  • Caesar’s Gallic War
  • Infantry Attacks, Rommel

For further study in the importance of professional reading and how it can shape a soldier I recommend the following:

  • Dietrich, Steve E. “The Professional Reading of General George S. Patton, Jr.”  Journal of Military History 53 (October 1989)
  •  Nye, Roger H., The Patton Mind:  The Professional Development of an Extraordinary Leader.  Garden City, N.Y.:  Avery Publishing Group, Inc., 1993.
  •  _____, “Whence Patton’s Military Genius?” Parameters 21 (Winter 1991-92),  pp. 60-73.
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