War as I Knew It

By: George Patton

Narrated by: Ray Atherton

Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

A military classic by a legendary American general.

War as I Knew It is the personal and candid account of General George S. Patton, Jr.'s celebrated, relentless crusade across Europe during World War II.

First published in 1947, this absorbing narrative draws on Patton's vivid memories of battle and his detailed diaries, from the moment the Third Army exploded onto the Brittany Peninsula to the final Allied casualty report. The result is not only a grueling, human account of daily combat but also a valuable chronicle of the strategies and fiery personality of a brilliant warrior.

©1947 Beatrice Patton Waters, Ruth Patton Totten, George Smith Patton (P)1989 Recorded Books, LLC

Great book terrible narrator!

The book/ memoir written by General Patton himself is a great read as it is told by he the man himself. But the narrator they chose is terrible! He sounds so dull and bored. You can tell he's only doing it for a paycheck. He lacks charisma and fails to draw you into the story at all. The story itself is great, but told by this boring narrator, finishing the title seemed like a chore. It's a shame really

Horrible Narration.

The story is excellent, but the narrator sounds like the teacher from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. If you enjoy feeling like you are in a boring lecture hall, then this is the book for you.

Patton in his own words

All students of mi!itary history, especially the twentieth century should read all the
memoirs of major and minor participant's, which they can. General Patton sadly died before he ds diary and the work he was doing with the 15th Army after losing the
3rd Army marks a candid ,compelling and truthfully.. I recommend not only lisiintercluding in your personal library..

Disappointed in this book

The vast majority of this book seemed to be written like a bland "after action" debrief, which makes sense coming from a general. A debrief while informative with historical facts is not very exciting. Also the reader of the book is one note away from being considered monotone. The only way I was able to get through the book was to speed it up to 1.30

Section 3 was the most interesting in regards to combat leadership principles.

A must read for anyone in a leadership position.

The narrator did a splendid job illustrating the words of the late great General. The only person who could one up this performance would be George C. Scott.

Best Patton read

story's great. feels like Patton himself is taking you the story the nartor just has that feel.

The best!

United State needs more Generals like Patton.
In this new century United States has declined in the world. It has diminished the values that made us unique and successful for two centuries.
Hopefully a new figure, of Patton stature, will arise to lead us in our future.

Pure Enjoyment

Patton's memoirs allowed me a different perspective on this mythical hero. The performance itself made me feel like Patton was telling me his story, as I listened awestruck.

Outstanding for What It Is

It was such a delight to hear these first hand accounts of war by one of the greatest practitioners of the art of war in the history of war.

There’s no doubt that Eisenhower was right: we were so fortunate that it was George Patton who drove the campaign on the ground for the Allies in such crucial ways and at crucial times in WW II.

To hear how he made decisions and hear of the impact of his decisions at major times in the War was so instructive to me about how the war took the turns it took at crucial times of the war.

These accounts, therefore, add so much to understanding about the War and its turns and, ultimately, its outcomes.

Further, it was great to have the final chapters in which Patton tackles specific issues and analyzes them and how they played out.

One gets a hint at the very end about some of the odd political and personal views Patton held. Many of his superiors were glad that his duties had been fulfilled and that it was time for him to “hang ‘em up.” It’s very sad how Patton died at the end, but it’s also clear that his mind was, how best to put it, highly confused at the end.

BUT none of this takes away from the extraordinary service he gave to the American (and Western) cause. In fact, our winning the war against the Nazis was significantly dependent on his extraordinary leadership in carrying out military campaigns against the Axis powers in the war.

Here we see a lot about how he did it and why we should appreciate it.

So dry.

Im a big fan of patton but found this laborious to listen to. Can we still return titles?