Forward with Patton: The World War II Diary of Colonel Robert S. Allen (American Warrior Series)

Allen, Robert S.; Rickard Ph.D., John Nelson [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0813169127 / ISBN 13: 9780813169125

Published by University Press of Kentucky, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Forward with Patton: The World War II Diary of Colonel Robert S. Allen (American Warrior Series)
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813169127
• ISBN 13: 9780813169125
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 18 ounces

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Synopsis

Soldier, journalist, and Soviet spy Robert S. Allen (1900–1981) was a deeply controversial figure. After serving in France during World War I, he left the military, forged a successful career as a syndicated columnist, and even rose to become the Washington, DC, bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor. During this period, he developed a sideline as a paid informant for the KGB. Still, Allen returned to the army following America's entry into World War II and served as General George S. 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 his experiences, provide insight into the employment of the Third Army staff, and survey the strengths and weaknesses of individual staff members. They also provide an invaluable and rare perspective of Patton, with whom Allen worked closely while gathering intelligence, and whom he deeply admired. At times objective and at others intensely personal, Forward with Patton offers a distinctive eyewitness account of one of the US military's most important armies by one of its most colorful soldiers.

About the Author

John Nelson Rickard works in the Professional Military Education section of the Canadian Army Command and Staff College in Kingston, Ontario. He is the author of Advance and Destroy: Patton as Commander in the Bulge, winner of the US Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award (Operational/Battle History) in 2011.