Killing Patton

Killing Patton

Author	Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Subject	Death of General George Patton
Publisher	Henry Holt and Co.
Publication date	September 23, 2014
Media type	Hardcover
Pages	368
ISBN	978-0805096682

Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General is a book written by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard about the final year of World War II and the death of General George Patton, specifically about whether or not it was an accident or an assassination. The book is the followup to Killing Kennedy, Killing Lincoln, and Killing Jesus and was published in September 2014 through Henry Holt and Company.

Richard Cohen of the Washington Post commented on the book's "chaotic structure" and "considerable padding," and was especially critical of O'Reilly's "repellent admiration" for Patton, a well-documented anti-Semite. O'Reilly responded to critics, saying: "Killing Patton is not a biography of the general, but a look at his performance during the end of World War II and his very strange death. The narrative was tight; we stayed in that area. He [Patton] was a crusty guy, although there is no excuse vitriol against innocent people. The far-left is desperate, desperate to disparage Killing Patton because they despise General Patton and they despise me. It pains them to see the overwhelming success of the book."

Patton biographer and documentary film-maker Robert Orlando described ""Killing Patton" and O'Reilly's "Killing" series thusly: "it is not about new or penetrating discovery, but the same ol' same ol' only through this greatly successful marketer and his hired writer--a scheduled feeding for an audience already "on the farm.""