SOURCE: "Patton Preferred," in The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 180, No. 6, December, 1947, pp. 128, 130, 132.

In the following review of War As I Knew It, Miles offers a positive appraisal of a book that aids in understanding of both the war and Patton himself

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War As I Knew It, by George S. Patton, Jr., is the first personal narrative of an Army Commander in the late war—the most picturesque and probably the most brilliant of them all. And for good measure, the Navy's counterpart, Admiral Halsey, simultaneously tells his story. Decades hence, historians will turn to such narratives in drawing the true picture of those who won our war. If their hard-earned victory finally results in a reasonably durable peace, we shall all the sooner come to a just appreciation of them. But the issue of peace is no longer in their hands. Secretary Marshall serves today as a statesman, not...