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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
Rick Atkinson
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Description for An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
Paperback. * First volume of Rick Atkinson's monumental trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History 2003. Series: Liberation Trilogy. Num Pages: 704 pages, Section: 32, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1H; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 46. Weight in Grams: 500.
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. 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 ... Read more
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. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Liberation Trilogy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349116365
SKU
V9780349116365
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Ref
99-10
About Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson is a former staff writer and assistant managing editor at The Washington Post, and the bestselling author of The Long Gray Line and Crusade. His many awards include the Pulitzer Prize.
Reviews for An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
A compelling and highly readable story that provides a valuable corrective for a British reader
Hew Strachan, Telegraph
More of a biography of a generation than of a class at West Point... Stark, shocking, jolting
John Eisenhower, Chicago Tribune
There is much to applaud in this impressively researched work . . . An Army at Dawn ... Read more
Hew Strachan, Telegraph
More of a biography of a generation than of a class at West Point... Stark, shocking, jolting
John Eisenhower, Chicago Tribune
There is much to applaud in this impressively researched work . . . An Army at Dawn ... Read more