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An Army at Dawn

The War in Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy (The Liberation Trilogy, Vol 1)

By Rick Atkinson

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| Paperback | 9780805074482

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The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of miscalculation and incomparable courage, of calamity and enduring triumph. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson focuses on 1942 and 1943, showing how central the great drama that unfolded in North Continue

The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of miscalculation and incomparable courage, of calamity and enduring triumph. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson focuses on 1942 and 1943, showing how central the great drama that unfolded in North Africa was to the ultimate victory of the Allied powers and to America's understanding of itself.

Opening with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, An Army at Dawn follows the American and British armies as they fight the French in Morocco and Algiers, and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia. Battle by battle, an inexperienced and often poorly led army gradually becomes a superb fighting force. Central to the tale are the extraordinary but flawed commanders who come to dominate the battlefield: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery, and Rommel.

Brilliantly researched, rich with new material and fresh insights, Atkinson's vivid narrative provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa.

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  • Partial in both senses

    The general reader is prey to the reporter-historian, who recounts the past not as it was but as he is able to imagine it, often imputing to the past the preoccupations of the present. Professional historians dig much deeper, but seldom describe read ... (read full critics)

    spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • An Army at Dawn By Rick Atkinson

    America's first WWII battlesIn a passage in Moby Dick, Herman Melville offered this counsel to other authors: To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. Rick Atkinson emphatically does both in his newest work, An Army at Dawn: The War ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 736 Pages
  • Edition: 2 Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0805074481
  • ISBN-13: 9780805074482
  • Publisher: Owl Books
  • Pub date: Oct 01, 2003
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD and Audio Cassette
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