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Forward with Patton: The World War II Diary of Colonel Robert S. Allen

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Biographies

The WWII diary of a US soldier and Soviet spy who worked closely with General Patton is presented in this fully annotated edition.

Robert S. Allen is one of the more controversial figures of the Second World War. After serving in France during World War I, he left the military to start a career as a syndicated columnist, eventually becoming the Washington, DC, bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor. In that time, he also developed a sideline as a paid informant for the KGB.

When American entered World War II, Allen rejoined the army to serve as General 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 the Third Army and provide an invaluable perspective on Patton, whom Allen deeply admired.

© 2017 The University Press of Kentucky (Ebook): 9780813169149

Release date

Ebook: 25 August 2017

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