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Author Allen, Robert S. (Robert Sharon), 1900-1981, author.

Title Forward with Patton : the World War II diary of Colonel Robert S. Allen / Robert S. Allen ; edited by John Nelson Rickard
Published Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series American warriors
American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
Contents Introduction: a biographical sketch of Colonel Robert Sharon Allen -- From New Jersey to England -- Watching and waiting -- Third Army enters the fight -- The Lorraine Campaign -- The Battle of the Bulge -- Into Germany -- The Palatinate Campaign -- The end of the war in the European Theater of Operations
Summary Soldier, journalist, and Soviet spy Robert S. Allen (1900--1981) was a deeply controversial figure. After serving in France during World War I, he left the military, forged a successful career as a syndicated columnist, and even rose to become the Washington, DC, bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor. During this period, he developed a sideline as a paid informant for the KGB. Still, Allen returned to the army following America's entry into World War II and served as General George S. Patton's chief of situation and executive officer for operations. He was considered such an authority on Patton after the war that Twentieth Century-Fox asked him to develop a film script about the general. In Forward with Patton, John Nelson Rickard presents a complete, annotated edition of Colonel Allen's World War II diary for 1944-1945. The entries reflect Allen's private thoughts on his experiences, provide insight into the employment of the Third Army staff, and survey the strengths and weaknesses of individual staff members. They also provide an invaluable and rare perspective of Patton, with whom Allen worked closely while gathering intelligence, and whom he deeply admired. At times objective and at others intensely personal, Forward with Patton offers a distinctive eyewitness account of one of the US military's most important armies by one of its most colorful soldiers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Allen, Robert S. (Robert Sharon), 1900-1981 -- Diaries
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
SUBJECT Allen, Robert S. (Robert Sharon), 1900-1981 fast
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945 fast
Subject United States. Army. Army, 3rd -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 -- Sources
SUBJECT United States. Army. Army, 3rd fast
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Sources
Soldiers -- United States -- Diaries
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Military.
Military campaigns
Soldiers
United States
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
Genre/Form Electronic books
Diaries
History
Personal narratives
Sources
Form Electronic book
Author Rickard, John Nelson, 1969- editor.
ISBN 9780813169132
0813169135