General George S. Patton, Jr. died under mysterious circumstances in the months following the end of World War II. For almost seventy years, there has been suspicion that his death was not an accident--and may very well have been an act of assassination. "Killing Patton" takes readers inside the final year of the war and recounts the events surrounding Patton's tragic demise, naming names of the many powerful individuals who wanted him silenced. Killing...

Patton was the most controversial American general in World War II-- and also one of the most successful. In 1945, he was involved in a mysterious car crash that left him partially paralyzed. Two weeks later he was dead. Witness testimony on the crash conflicted, key players in the incident disappeared, official reports vanished-- and there was no autopsy.