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Allyson Patton, M.A.

Administrative Assistant, Department of Communication

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apatton@messiah.edu

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717-796-1800 x2611

Interest and areas of expertise
Education
  • M.A., History, Slippery Rock University
  • B.A., History, Clarion University
Classes I teach
Publications

Book Reviews

Patton, A. (2015, December). [Review of the book The German War: A Nation Under Arms, Citizens and Soldiers 1939-1945, by Nicholas Stargardt]. America in WWII Magazine.

Patton, A. (2015, October). [Review of the book American Warlords: How Roosevelt’s High Command Led America to Victory in WWII, by Johnathan Jordan]. America in WWII Magazine.

Patton, A. (2015, June). [Review of the book The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy, by Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles] America in WWII Magazine.  

Patton, A. (2015, April). [Review of the book The Battle of the Bulge: A Graphic History of the Allied Victory in the Ardennes, by Wayne Vasant]. America in WWII Magazine.

Patton, A. (2015, February). [Review of the book Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard]. America in WWII Magazine.

Patton, A. (2014, December). [Review of the book Disobeying Hitler: German Resistance After Valkyrie, by Randall Hansen]. America in WWII Magazine.

Patton, A. (2014, October). [Review of the book The 40s: The Story of a Decade, compiled from The New Yorker]. America in WWII Magazine.

Patton, A. (2014, August). [Review of the book Mission at Nuremburg, by Tim Townsend].
America in WWII Magazine.

Patton, A. (2014, April). [Review of the book Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War, by Mark Harris]. America in WWII Magazine.  

Patton, A. (2014, February). [Review of the book Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race, by Graham Farmelo]. America in WWII Magazine.

Patton, A. (2013, October). [Review of the book The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II, by Charles Glass]. America in WWII Magazine.  

Patton, A. (2013, October). [Review of the book What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II France, by Mary Louise Roberts]. America in WWII Magazine.

 

Articles

Patton, A. (2016). Brymesser Farms: Milking a Family Tradition.West Shore Connect.

Patton, A. (2014). Losing Dad. America in WWII Magazine.

Patton, A. (2011). Glamour Girls and Commando Girls: The Female Field Agents who Helped Fight the Allies’ Secret War. America in WWII Magazine, Top Secret special edition.

Patton, A. (2011). Janice Brougher-Roos: Making a Point Against Breast Cancer. Women-Connect Magazine.

Patton, A. (2006). The Ship that Weeps for her Dead. America in WWII Magazine.

Patton, A. (2006). 12/07/41: Pearl Harbor Survivors Recall the Day of Infamy. America in WWII Magazine.