by Rick Atkinson
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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