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An engrossing account of the myth and legend of George S. Patton and what his reputation illuminates about American culture and hero worship. Jones traces how the persona of Patton, a brash and brilliant general in the European theater of World War II, transcended an individual man and became a cultural icon and byword for triumphal American might.

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An engrossing account of the myth and legend of George S. Patton and what his reputation illuminates about American culture and hero worship. Jones traces how the persona of Patton, a brash and brilliant general in the European theater of World War II, transcended an individual man and became a cultural icon and byword for triumphal American might.
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Nathan C. Jones served as director, interim director, and curator at The General George Patton Museum at Fort Knox, Kentucky from 2010–2022. He is coauthor of Selecting and Training Army Officers for World War I and PostWar Years 1900–1935.