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There are no less than a half-dozen theories about General Patton's death and countless books on the subject, so where does In Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General by Bill O'Reilly fit in? Much of the same ground that has already been crossed before: from Josef Stalin to "Wild Bill" Donovan and Douglas Bazata, an OSS operative whose story has been discredited and debunked, O'Reilly's book seems to follow many of the threads in Robert Wilcox's 2010 book Target: Patton -- The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton. But this book has plenty to offer. O'Reilly and his editors do a decent job of tying in much of the history preceding Patton's death and attempts to find every angle on Patton's death. However, all it has ever been found to be was a tragic and unfortunate accident between a truck and Patton's limo. Nonetheless the mysterious death of one of our most high-profile generals is a hard thing to ignore. If anything, the book, as many of O'Reilly's other ones in the Killing series, serves as a general historical overview piece, albeit one with mystery and intrigue laced into it in attempts to keep the reader engaged. Though it is styled to be a work of nonfiction, it sensationalizes a contoversial ending of a greater-than-life individual who was both idolized and rankled by the people, military, and government. A good casual read if you have read and like O'Reilly's Killing series books. Note there are plenty other books too, for those who are into finding out more about Patton's history and the conspiracy theory books on his death will have to look somewhere else.