On Monsters and Critics

Book Review: Patton by Alan Axelrod

Axelrod (Patton on Leadership, 2001, etc.) kicks off editor General Wesley Clark's 'Great Generals Series' with a compact but insightful volume on one of the most controversial military leaders in American history, a man who, in his own mind, was born and bred to be a warrior. Descended from a long line of military men on his father`s side, Patton decided at a young age to make war his business. Accolades and controversy followed him in equal measure from the moment he arrived at West Point in 1904. For every brilliant tactical maneuver he conceived and executed, he managed to alienate those around him, whether by cheating on his wife, offending his fellow officers or being too hard on his men.

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Washington Whispers had the story the other day. Clark has joined the international academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan as editor of their new "Great Generals Series." Patton will be available February 2; Ulysses S. Grant coming in June.