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    Quote Originally Posted by alexa View Post
    That's too bad. The hardcover weighs about 7 lbs, IIRC.
    I ordered a used hard copy that claims to be in very good condition. $6.64. Free shipping.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I ordered a used hard copy that claims to be in very good condition. $6.64. Free shipping.
    It's the best bio of Patton I've ever read.

    I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

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    Of course Stauffenberg's coup was launched in no small part because Germany was losing. So to say that the Bulge, auf Deutsch, Wacht am Rhein, was launched was 'political' kind've misses the whole point that the political situation was being thrust upon Hitler/Germany.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    The Real Reason Hitler Launched the Battle of the Bulge

    Also a bit on Patton, and why the German army used crystal meth. Cool read for history buffs.

    Read the entire article at the link.
    It is a thousand pages. Ten bucks for the book.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alexa View Post
    I recommend "Patton: A Genius for War" by Carlo D'Este if you haven't read it.
    Based on your recommendation I bought a hardbound copy. I had this in paperback from decades ago. The pages were falling out.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    Quote Originally Posted by alexa View Post
    My father told me about using Benzedrine inhalers during the war.

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