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The War In North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One Of The Liberation Trilogy
The Liberation Trilogy #1
Holt
May 2007
On Sale: May 15, 2007
768 pages ISBN: 0805087249 EAN: 9780805087246 Paperback
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLER "A splendid book... The emphasis throughout is on the human
drama of men at war."—The Washington Post Book World The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third
Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of
miscalculation and enduring triumph. In this first volume of
the 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. 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 sometimes
poorly led army gradually becomes a superb fighting force.
At the center of 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 vivid
insights, Atkinson's vivid narrative tells the deeply human
story of a monumental battle for the future of civilization.
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