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| An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy | 
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Category: Book
Author: Rick Atkinson
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Studio: Holt Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks
Label: Holt Paperbacks
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 768
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0805087249
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5423
EAN: 9780805087246
ASIN: 0805087249
Publication Date: May 15, 2007
Release Date: May 15, 2007
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In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WW II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war in North Africa
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 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. That first year of the Allied war was a pivotal point in American history, the moment when the United States began to act like a great power.
Beginning 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 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.
Brilliantly researched, rich with new material and vivid insights, Atkinson's narrative provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa.
Amazon.com Review
In An Army at Dawn,, a comprehensive look at the 1942-1943 Allied invasion of North Africa, author Rick Atkinson posits that the campaign was, along with the battles of Stalingrad and Midway, where the "Axis ... forever lost the initiative" and the "fable of 3rd Reich invincibility was dissolved." Additionally, it forestalled a premature and potentially disastrous cross-channel invasion of France and served as a grueling "testing ground" for an as-yet inexperienced American army. Lastly, by relegating Great Britain to what Atkinson calls the status of "junior partner" in the war effort, North Africa marked the beginning of American geopolitical hegemony. Although his prose is occasionally overwrought, Atkinson's account is a superior one, an agile, well-informed mix of informed strategic overview and intimate battlefield-and-barracks anecdotes. (Tobacco-starved soldiers took to smoking cigarettes made of toilet paper and eucalyptus leaves.) Especially interesting are Atkinson's straightforward accounts of the many "feuds, tiffs and spats" among British and American commanders, politicians, and strategists and his honest assessments of their--and their soldiers'--performance and behavior, for better and for worse. This is an engrossing, extremely accessible account of a grim and too-often overlooked military campaign. --H. O'Billovich
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 An Army At Dawn October 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
 US Army and its WWII baptism October 15, 2008
A in depth and fair treatment of all the partys involved in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa.
Good Read October 6, 2008
This book is a good read for history buff or just the regular person wanting to know more about WWII
It's a Page Turner October 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.)
A terrific book. September 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
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