The Liberation Trilogy - Book 1
An Army at Dawn
Read by
Rick Atkinson
Release:
10/01/2002
Release:
10/02/2007
Runtime:
7h 2m
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“One of the most compelling pieces of military history I've ever read, An Army at Dawn, will become a military history and strategy studies classic. Atkinson writes with incredible insight and mastery of the details, and he is always mindful of the larger picture. This is history at its finest.”
General Wesley K. Clark, USA (Ret.), former NATO supreme commander
Beginning 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.
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.
Release:
2002-10-01
2007-10-02
Runtime:
Runtime:
7h 2m
7h 2m
Format:
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.53 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780743541671
9780743570992
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Simon & Schuster Audio
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