Been piling through Hollywood battle speeches for reference for the next blog and it is striking to me just how poor most of them are. Nearly all of the work is done by the soundtrack. Howard Shore or John Williams can make anything sound inspiring. But as speeches...eh?
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patton's diary entry for that speech was 'as in all my talks I stressed fighting and killing' my ww2 vet grandfather loved patton, I think he was a palatable leader to people who were slogging on the ground not surprised the reality is subtler
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He seems like a more competent version of MacArthur. How good exactly, I'll leave to the experts, but he seemed to have a talent for logistics, at least - just zero talent for the diplomatic side of the job, which turns out to be a real thing.
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