An Army At Dawn by Rick Atkinson - ISBN: 9780349116365
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North Africa, 1942: An untested army fights its way to victory.

An Army At Dawn

The War in North Africa, 1942-1943

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  • Paperback

    704 pages

  • Release Date

    14 September 2004

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Summary

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.

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 …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349116365
ISBN-10:0349116369
Author:Rick Atkinson
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:704
Release Date:14 September 2004
Weight:500g
Dimensions:199mm x 127mm x 46mm
Series:Liberation Trilogy
What They're Saying

Critics Review

There is much to applaud in this impressively researched work … An Army at Dawn makes utterly absorbing reading

Every military history buff should read An Army at Dawn - Sunday Telegraph

There is much to applaud in this impressively researched work … An Army at Dawn makes utterly absorbing reading - BBC History

More of a biography of a generation than of a class at West Point… Stark, shocking, jolting - John Eisenhower, Chicago Tribune

A compelling and highly readable story that provides a valuable corrective for a British reader - Hew Strachan, Telegraph

About The Author

Rick Atkinson

Rick Atkinson is a former staff writer and assistant managing editor at The Washington Post, and the bestselling author of THE LONG GREY LINE and CRUSADE. His many awards include the Pulitzer Prize.

Author Location: Washington, D.C.

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