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An Army at Dawn
- The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
- Lu par : Rick Atkinson
- Durée : 7 h et 2 min
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The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of miscalculation and enduring triumph. An Army at Dawn begins 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.
Many great battle captains emerged in North Africa, including Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and Montgomery. Atkinson brings these commanders vividly to life. He takes us to the front lines of every major battle - from Oran to Kasserine to Tunis. 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.
Atkinson casts a clear eye on the dark tragedies that haunt every war. The first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, An Army at Dawn is history of the highest order - brilliantly researched, rich with new material and surprising insights, the deeply human story of a monumental battle for the future of civilization.
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- Pulitzer Prize Winner, Non-Fiction, 2003
"[An] intellectually convincing and emotionally compelling narrative." (Publishers Weekly)
"A fascinating story...that is hard to stop reading, even though one knows the outcome." (Library Journal)
"An absolute masterpiece....This book is storytelling - and
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- dgrv
- 28/11/2021
Very disappointed
The storytelling is good, as well as the author's work, but :
- it's an abridged version, which I saw nowhere when I bought this, which is only told at the end of the audiobook. I feel betrayed and lied to.
- this book is way way WAY too short for all of the material. I have recently finished the trilogy by Ian Toll about the War in the Pacific, and I was very disappointed by the very superficial treatment of most battles in this book, some of which are barely evoked in one sentence. This is not serious.
- Where are the maps ??? There should be an accompanying PDF with the maps of the battle, that I can look at to understand the geography of it all? They aren't included. This should be standard practice. This is disappointing.
- the reading by the author is not ideal, and I would recommend hiring an actual professional reader, as it is sometimes not easy to follow along. The pronunciation is not always clear. it requires an additional effort.
So I am very disappointed, and I think the publishing house should, at the bare minimum, put in the description of the book, on the first line, that this is an abridged version. The only reason I'm not giving one star is because the work in and of itself is good. But the way this has been done is simply appalling as a whole.
Do not buy this book, sadly. Ask for a real version of this book, and maybe a better, more in-depth work on this fascinating and too little known theatre of operation.
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