An Army at Dawn : The War in Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy (The Liberation Trilogy, Vol 1)

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Binding: Paperback Format: Bargain Price Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 736 Publication Date: 2003-10-01
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Editorial Reviews: The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of his "Liberation Trilogy", Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943. Beginning with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, "An Army at Dawn" follows the British and American armies as they fight the French in Morocco and Algeria, and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia. Battle by battle, an inexperienced and sometimes poorly led army gradually becomes a superb fighting force. Central to the tale are the extraordinary but fallible commanders who come to dominate the battlefield: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery and Rommel.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: An Army At Dawn Comment: Outstanding account of invasion of North Africa 1943. Well researched and written with an engrossing style. I have purchased other Atkinson books and they are all outstading historical narratives written in a manner that one can sense both the overall stratgic as well as human war experinces. Customer Rating: Summary: US Army and its WWII baptism Comment: A in depth and fair treatment of all the partys involved in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. Customer Rating: Summary: Good Read Comment: This book is a good read for history buff or just the regular person wanting to know more about WWII Customer Rating: Summary: It's a Page Turner Comment: Outstanding. Tight writing moves the narrative along quickly, with plenty of fascinating information. The initial incompetence of the American war effort is second only to the perpetual incompetence of the French. Eisenhower and Patton learn the ropes. Highly recommended. (I have the Kindle version, and the maps are illegible.) Customer Rating: Summary: A terrific book. Comment: I was very disappointed in one of Atkinson's later books (In the Company of Soldiers), in which his Washington Post political POV was evident throughout, but this one is top drawer. Any WWII reader or armchair general will thoroughly enjoy it. More Reviews