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A 7 page paper. It is September 1939. The war in Europe has just begun. The writer is the Army Chief of Staff and has been called by the President who needs to decide who the commanders of the U.S. Army will be if the U.S. is drawn into the war. The Chief of Staff is presenting facts and opinions about General George S. Patton, who is currently a highly decorated Colonel. The essay discusses the highlights of Patton's career to that point and compares Patton to the factors/elements of generalship as presented by Fuller. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Chief of Staff his opinion about the best military men in the United States Army. The President needs to decide who the commanders of the U.S. Army will be if
the U.S. is drawn into the war. The Chief of Staff is presenting facts and opinions about General George S. Patton, who is currently a highly decorated Colonel (but would
be promoted to Brigadier General in just a few short months). General George S. Patton and Generalship As of the date of this discussion, Colonel George S. Patton is
54 years old. He has had both a non-remarkable and remarkable career thus far, rising from the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Calvary in 1909 to the permanent rank
of Colonel in 1939 (The Patton Society, 2007). Patton has served successfully both in peacetime and during armed conflicts during his career (The Patton Society, 2007). Reviewing Pattons exploits and
the events in his career thus far, one finds that people who refer to him as a war machine or as a genius are quite correct in their analysis.
Fuller (1936) identified a number of factors or elements necessary for effective generalship. Three of these factors are: courage, brains, and good health (Fuller, 1936). Each of these are found
in an abundance in Col. Patton. The first example we have of Pattons intelligence is his experience in various educational/academic pursuits. He entered West Point in 1904 at the age
of 19; he was not as diligent as he should have been in his studies, scored too low in mathematics and chose to repeat his Plebe year (The Patton Society,
2007). Others in the same situation chose to just leave but not Patton; once he decided to do something, he did it. He graduated in 1909 and was commissioned as
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