An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943)
by:
Rick Atkinson (author)
In the first volume of a remarkable trilogy, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa.The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of miscalculation and enduring triumph. An Army at...
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In the first volume of a remarkable trilogy, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa.The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of miscalculation and enduring triumph. An Army at Dawn begins on the eve of Operation TORCH, the daring amphibious invasion of Morocco and Algeria. After three days of hard fighting against the French, American and British troops push deeper into North Africa.But the confidence gained after several early victories soon wanes;casualties mount rapidly; battle plans prove ineffectual, and hope fora quick and decisive victory evaporates. The Allies discover that theyare woefully unprepared to fight and win this war. North Africabecomes a proving ground: it is here that American officers learnhow to lead, here that soldiers learn how to hate, here that an entirearmy learns what it will take to vanquish a formidable enemy.Many...
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780743570992 (0743570995)
Publish date: October 2nd 2007
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Cultural,
Africa,
War,
Military,
Politics,
American History,
World War II,
Military History,
World History
Series: World War II Liberation Trilogy (#1)
This is a masterful, wonderfully researched presentation of the initial battles of WWII. Precisely described, in plain language, it brings the war and its character to the readers, depositing them right onto the battlefield, enabling them to hear the sound of the fighting, the cries of the wounded, ...
This is a masterful, wonderfully researched presentation of the initial battles of WWII. Precisely described, in plain language, it brings the war and its character to the readers, depositing them right onto the battlefield, enabling them to hear the sound of the fighting, the cries of the wounded, ...
it's so hard to find military writers who can write like Beevor or Toland, so if it's a toss-up between four or five, i guess one must err on the five.Atkinson picks a relatively "small" topic; north africa is an incidental theater, but he characterizes it well, and of course, more and more books on...
I started Atkinson’s Liberation Trilogy with his second book - The Day of Battle - but that was such an informative and well written account of the Italian campaign that when I came across a copy of An Army at Dawn in a local used bookstore, I picked it up immediately.Overall, I wasn’t disappointed....
A book that I found to be very readable and informative on the Allied front in North Africa. Many stories here that I didn't find any where else. Won the Pulitzer Prize and deserved it too!For the complete review, please go here:http://www.epinions.com/review/An_Army_at_Dawn_The_War_in_North_Africa_...
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