The Fighting Pattons Book

Four stars in respect of the number of stars a good general should have?

A very good book, but I thought it might/should be more about the father than the son. (Though in the end the son may have had a tougher job.) Is the book more about America than the Pattons themselves? Is it as much about Creighton Abrams than Patton fils? Korea and Vietnam themselves and not who fought in them? Is it unfocused on the individual because, like any good soldier, Patton the son has a hard time taking credit and talking about himself?

Even so, I am glad to read books that debunk the myths of General Giap, that slam Kennedy, Johnson and McNamara, that provide models for leaders.

The meat of the book matters, and the leadership lessons at the end ought to be tattooed on every CEO in America. Thus there is much more to recommend it than to demote it; however, there was George the father, and then there was everyone who came after him.