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100	1		_aAtkinson, Rick
245	1	0	_aAn army at dawn : the war in North Africa, 1942-1943 _c/ Rick Atkinson
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Henry Holt and Company _c, c2002.
300			_axii, 681 p., (32) p. of plates _b: ill., maps _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	3		_aIn 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.
650		4	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _x-Campaigns _z-Africa, North
650		4	_aOperation Torch
651		4	_aAfrica, North _x-History, military
800	1		_aAtkinson, Rick _t. Liberation trilogy _v--v. 1
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