The Patton Mind: The Professional Development of an Extraordinary Leader

By Roger H. Nye

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, History

Army officer and West Point historian Roger H. Nye studies how George S. Patton prepared himself for command through decades of disciplined reading. Drawing on Patton's personal library, including his notes and marginal comments, Nye traces how the young cavalry officer studied military history, biography and tactics. Nye argues that this self-directed education shaped the general who led armies across North Africa, Sicily and Europe in World War II, making a case for reading as preparation for leadership.

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