The thing I really
didn’t like about this book was that, though trying to have a Christian aspect
to it, it didn't really succeed in anything but showing that many of the allied
forces were theists. One of the main persons
focused upon is a Catholic Priest rather than a protestant pastor. I found the parts that dealt with him and his
actions during the war, though obviously meant to be inspiring, were actually
quite disheartening because the man was not teaching or promoting the Gospel of
Christ but rather a works based salvation which will not save. Corsi also tries to demonstrate that Patton
was a devout Christian, but I didn't get that impression from all of Corsi's
arguments, rather it seemed that Patton viewed God as more of a tool to be
utilized rather than a God to be worshiped because He is what life is all
about. I just didn't get the idea that
Patton was a very godly man. Also, as
this book was published by Thomas Nelson and supposed to be from a more
Christian perspective(and is in Christian bookstores), I was quite shocked that
there is a quotation with Christ's name being taken in vain while swear words
are cut out and replaced with: [expletive].
Why didn't they take out the vain reference to Christ's name and put:
[blasphemy] instead? I mean, I find
Christ's name being taken in vain more offensive than references to Hell,
especially as it goes against the third commandment.
Anyway, the book
seemed to be written with more of a theistic perspective than a Christian
one. But again, if you like detailed
books about war/battles, you'd probably like this one. There are a lot of
references to other books about the siege of Bastogne and personal accounts of
various people who were involved, so if you just want more of the history,
overview/summary, this would probably be a good one to get. I just wasn't thrilled personally.
I received a free review copy of this book from the
Booklook blogger program in exchange for my review which did not have to be
favorable.