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 enlarge | Manufacturer: Henry Holt
Category: EBooks
List Price: $35.00
Buy New: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 973
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 816
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.54215
ASIN: B000UZQIWE
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
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 Best d**** war history ever May 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The depth of anecdotes, the overview of strategy, the on the scene feelings of battle make this book one of, if not the, best books I have read of WW11.
Brilliant Work... April 29, 2008
To put it simply, boy can this guy write! He combines an immense wealth of detail with a brilliant facility for language. The amount of anecdotes, diary excerpts, and historical facts, interwoven with a story that is told with enormous empathy for the foot soldiers who suffered and died in Italy, is simply breathtaking.
Another page turner from the trilogy series April 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is another great product written by Atkinson in line with his masterpiece "army at Dawn". Again, the author covers all topics - the generals, the home front, political leaders and the war through the soldiers' eyes. His writing style is superb and captivating. This is history come alive. It has covered the Italian campaign seamlessly from the African campaign. This was one book I could not put down and truly was a page turner. It showed the progression from the American army of amateurs in African on their way to a veteran force to be reckoning with. Old leaders gone from the African campaign are now replaced with new exciting characters. The authors objective coverage of the controversial Mark Clark was excellent. Again as in the 1 volume, Atkinson focuses mostly on the Americans, secondly the British and distantly on the French and the Germans. His depictions of the battles are riveting and vivid - no movie would be able to paint and exciting and vivid a picture. I would rank this in my top 5 favorite books (history) of all time. I can't wait for the final volume on this trilogy. Mr. Atkinson - type faster!
The Day of Battle April 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an outstanding book about the Second World War. A fine follow on to Rick Atkinson's An Army at Dawn.
 Did we win ? April 10, 2008
0 out of 12 found this review helpful
I did'nt learn my lesson from reading "Army at Dawn". I know war is hell, but my goodness Mr. Atkinson, this book seems so focused on the negative aspects of the struggle, even more so than "Army", that I'm skipping the third book. I think this is an unfair and unbalanced portrayal of the battle in Europe.
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