Killing Patton

Killing Patton | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

so-so

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This is a book that claims to be a historical account of the military career of 4 Star General, George Patton. It's wrapped in a conspiratorial claim that Patton was murdered. I would have given it a higher ranking if I wasn't concerned about the validity of the factual claims of the text. This book should be viewed as a stepping stone to additional research about Patton's death.

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Vivlio_Gnosi

Killing Patton | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

Started reading this Christmas gift.
#Nonfiction #history

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Villo

Killing Patton | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

pick

Nice surprise: I wasn‘t expecting this could be so interesting. Well written, setting scenes alla around WWII, well documented facts that happened during that war from France to Russia and USA, keeping a good pace. I will try for sure another one this Killing series. #2019

kricheal

Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General | Bill O'Reilly

so-so

The story itself was very compelling and would've been a pick for me, however the narration was very distracting to me. There were quite a few mispronounced words that irked me throughout the entire read, for example Reich was pronounced reish(definitely the shh be quiet noise not "ch" throaty noise we associate with Reich). Genghis Khan was pronounced was a soft g instead of a hard g which I've never heard before. #24 #2019

kricheal In my opinion the material is solid but read the book don't listen to the audio. 5y

KathyWheeler One of our museums hosted a Genghis Khan exhibit that included video — all of the people on those videos pronounced Genghis with a soft g. I‘d never heard that before either, but apparently it‘s a thing. 5y

kricheal @KathyWheeler Now I'm wondering if I've been saying it wrong my entire life 😂😂 5y

KathyWheeler @kricheal According to one of those videos, there are several ways to say it. I‘m probably remembering this wrong, but the Chinese, according to the video, say it Gingus with a soft g and and i sound. 5y

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kricheal

Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General | Bill O'Reilly

Starting this next on #overdrive #currentlylistening I can't stand O'Reilly BUT I do really like his Killing series. 😬😬

readinginthedark Are they good then? I've been hesitant to read them, 'cause I assumed they'd be pretty biased. 5y

kricheal @readinginthedark Well I've only read three of them so far and I don't think they're biased.. at least not in the way you'd expect from him. If there are slight leanings here and there I don't even pick up on them.. they seem to be pretty straight forward, however I'm attributing that to the co-author aka real author. I honestly think he's only involved in name only to drive sales.. that's how unlike Bill O'Reilly it IS. 5y

kricheal @readinginthedark Killing Lincoln is the best one followed closely by Kennedy. 5y

readinginthedark Good to know! Thanks! 5y

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AmericanStNick

Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General | Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

so-so

Another in the "killing of..." books by O'Reilly that although well researched regurgitates known facts and threads them together tenuously to support the book's title and premise.

MrBook I find that to be the case as well. I'm well-versed in the topics he tends to choose, so I almost yawn throughout. For folks not knowledgable on the material though, his series makes a great intro. 8y

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