The Wit & Wisdom of General George S. Patton

by George S. Patton Jr.

The wit and wisdom of one of our greatest military leaders in a compact, highly readable edition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Soldier's Testament
Patton's Letter to His Son on D-Day
Patton on Leadership
Patton on God & the Bible
Patton on Conviction & Decision
Patton on Courage & Fear
Patton on Discipline
Patton on Health
Patton on Success
Letters by George S. Patton

"I don't know what a Philadelphia lawyer might say, but I know what I mean by Country. It is the Constitution 'Just the greatest document ever written by man' according to an English Prime Minister. You know why we serve the Constitution? Simple Recall what you said when you got your first commission or got a promotion. You take an oath to God 'to support the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.' We are fighting for our great Constitution. We are not fighting for any man, president, senator, congressman nor potentate. This is what I mean by Country."

General George S. Patton

Audio CD

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

George Smith Patton, Jr. was a United States Army officer best known for his leadership while commanding corps and armies as a general during World War II. He was also well known for his eccentricity and controversial outspokenness.

Patton was commissioned in the U.S. Army after his graduation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1909. In 1916–17, he participated in the unsuccessful Pancho Villa Expedition, a U.S. operation that attempted to capture the Mexican revolutionary. In World War I, he was the first officer assigned to the new United States Tank Corps and saw action in France.

In World War II, he commanded corps and armies in North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations. In 1944, Patton assumed command of the U.S. Third Army, which under his leadership advanced farther, captured more enemy prisoners, and liberated more territory in less time than any other army in military history.

On December 9, 1945, Patton was severely injured in a road accident in Heidelberg, Germany. In the crash Patton received a severe cervical spinal cord injury. Paralyzed from the neck down, he was rushed to the military hospital in Heidelberg. Patton died of a pulmonary embolism on December 21, 1945.

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