Author:
Rick Atkinson
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Learn moreBeginning the trilogy that continues with The Day of Battle, An Army at Dawn opens on the eve of Operation TORCH, the daring amphibious invasion of Morocco and Algeria. After three days of hard fighting against the French, American and British troops push deeper into North Africa.
But the confidence gained after several early victories soon wanes; casualties mount rapidly, battle plans prove ineffectual, and hope for a quick and decisive victory evaporates. The Allies discover that they are woefully unprepared to fight and win this war. North Africa becomes a proving ground: it is here that American officers learn how to lead, here that soldiers learn how to hate, here that an entire army learns what it will take to vanquish a formidable enemy. In North Africa, the Allied coalition came into its own, the enemy forever lost the initiative, and the United States -- for the first time -- began to act like a great power.
Rick Atkinson was a staff writer and senior editor atย The Washington Postย for twenty years. He is the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy, which includesย An Army at Dawn,ย The Day of Battle, andย The Guns at Last Light, as well asย The British Are Coming,ย The Long Gray Line,ย In the Company of Soldiers,ย andย Crusade. His many awards include Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and history. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
George Guidall
ISBN:
9781442365537
Length:
26 hours 5 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication date:
April 16, 2013
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#3,882 Overall
Genre rank:
#241 in History