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Carlo D'Este (1936–2020)

Author of Patton: A Genius for War

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Carlo D'Este is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and a distinguished military historian. He lives in New Seabury, Massachusetts.
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Battle: The Story of the Bulge (1959) — Introduction, some editions — 337 copies
Few Returned: Twenty-eight Days on the Russian Front, Winter 1942-1943 (1990) — Foreword, some editions — 77 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1994 (1994) — Author "Falaise: The Trap Not Sprung" and "A Polish Battlefield" — 16 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1996 (1995) — Author "The Slaps Heard Round the World" — 14 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2001 (2001) — Author "Patton's Finest Hour" — 9 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2004 (2003) — Author "MacArthur's Whipping Boy" — 7 copies

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Excellent review of this aspect of Churchill. At times it becomes a bit of a hagiography, btu there's also a degree of balance. Definitely worth a read.
 
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expatscot | 7 other reviews | Nov 13, 2022 |
A great flip side to Ambrose's D Day book. This is HOW ccampaigns are PLANNED and then EXECUTED. But reading a great deal of background material will help enormausly
 
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graeme.bell3 | 6 other reviews | Jun 12, 2022 |
Gives a birds-eye perspective on the Normandy campaign, with an emphasis on Montgomery's leadership. One of the fairest assessments by an American, I think, concluding that Montgomery's strengths were not best suited to a campaign which required rapid readjustment and a high-degree of risk-taking. Readers who like to know what war was like for individual soliders may find the book disappointing, but those more interested in strategy and politics will enjoy it immensely.
 
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mark_read | 6 other reviews | Aug 13, 2020 |
Very well researched and even-handed work on the Allied Plan and Action (and how they differed, despite Montgomery's assertions) during the battle of Normandy, from the pre landing to the aftermath.
 
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LindaLeeJacobs | 6 other reviews | Feb 15, 2020 |

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