Morningstar brilliantly puts Patton back in thought in the evolution of American strategic and tactical concepts. He is full of reflections on the war…. This book is to advise all those who are interested in strategy and tactics.” —Politique étrangère “This book is one that every serious specialist of World War II should read. More importantly, it is an ac-count that any individual involved in developing doctrine in any professional army—be it the U.S., British, or South Korean—should read, study, and consider carefully.” —Naval War College “A very well referenced and footnoted book.... The author does an excellent job of making a strong case that Patton has not been properly understood as the visionary student and practitioner of war that he was. Nor has he been credited appropriately with the ability to understand, design, train and lead a modern force that did much more than anyone thought possible.” —Spotter Up “James Morningstar's book brilliantly replaces Patton's thinking in the evolution of American strategic and tactical concepts. It is full of particularly relevant reflections on war and maneuver, as Western armies seek to reinvent their modes of action for conventional, high-intensity combat. This book is for anyone interested in strategy and tactics.” —Foreign Policy “Patton’s Way is a compelling and thought-provoking study of Patton’s leadership and his revolutionary methods of planning and preparing for war—and how, since his untimely death in 1945, his ideas and principles have continued to have an influential impact on the Army’s postwar leaders.” —Carlo D’Este, author of Patton: A Genius for War “To most historians, George Patton’s legacy died with him at the end of World War II. Thankfully, James Kelly Morningstar has resurrected and extended Patton into the modern era. I’ve always suspected that Patton’s long shadow is with us still. Morningstar proves it with brilliant scholarship and an amazingly contemporaneous thesis that makes Patton’s genius relevant to today’s generation of soldiers.” —Maj. Gen. Robert Scales, USA (Ret.), author of Scales on War: The Future of America’s Military at Risk “Patton's Way is a must read for any U.S. or allied course that deals with leader development! West Pointer, combat veteran, and teacher, James Kelly Morningstar has done superb primary research to make this a must-have addition for any officer or leader development program, as well as for any scholar of warfare. . . . Patton had it right; if the U.S. Army had listened to him, the war in North Africa, Sicily, and Europe might had been won faster and at less cost. This book is so well written and researched that I am going to read it again!” —Maj. Donald E. Vandergriff, USA (Ret.), author of The Path to Victory: America's Army and the Revolution in Human Affairs “Morningstar makes a comprehensive and persuasive case for Patton’s development of an approach to war-making based on ‘shock and awe’ intelligence that focuses on weaknesses; planning that targets morale; execution that emphasizes initiative. . . . Anomalous in a World War II Army based on management, inapplicable to a current emphasis on counterinsurgency, Patton’s Way is no panacea. It remains, however, a powerful instrument of conventional land war—which remains a factor in the new century.” —Dennis Showalter, retired professor of history and past president of the Society for Military History, and author of Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth Century “Morningstar offers a decidedly admiring examination of Patton’s generalship that will be of interest to many students of the history of the U.S. Army in the twentieth century . . . and World War II in particular.” —Journal of Military History "[Morningstar] reminds us that command is a hands-on exercise, best conducted by well trained, free thinking professionals, whilst cautioning against thinking, as did one recently popular amateur historian, that Patton and the Third Army could settle the Middle East in a trice."—Strategy Page “Morningstar has crafted a volume that is clearly a fresh and intriguing look at Patton…an extremely focused volume that is true scholarship on the man. Patton’s Way is unquestionably a welcome addition to the ever-increasing collection of books written on Patton.” —Military Review
