There isn't any denying that normal George S. Patton was once one of many heroes of global battle II and one in every of its identifying components. there's additionally no denying that Patton’s own kind of commanding troops was once fueled by way of self-aggrandizement, satisfaction, and a feeling of entitlement up to it used to be through sound strategizing. during this unflinching examine Patton’s storied occupation, Jim Sudmeier examines each side of him—the fearless strive against chief and the egomaniac. have been they at odds in the course of the struggle, or used to be it this mixture that formed his specific management style?

In this broadly researched biography, Sudmeier starts the place the seeds of Patton’s temperament have been planted. Born with each virtue, Patton used to be raised to think that his undertaking in existence was once to revive the relatives honor by means of successful glory at the battlefield. Sudmeier strains the beginning of Patton’s narcissistic character affliction (NPD) via West aspect and the Western entrance. He sheds mild on Patton’s earlier, together with a slender get away from a court docket martial for killing one among his personal males with a shovel to the pinnacle. Sudmeier additionally exhibits, notwithstanding, that Patton’s psyche helped produce impressive victories—triumphs that decided the future of the whole world.