An Army at Dawn
by Rick Atkinson
Taste attributes: historicalwardocumentaryunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeanceunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, weighty non-fiction book, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.7 / 5
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About This Book
The liberation of Europe and defeat of the Third Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of miscalculation and enduring triumph. Sixty years after America joined the struggle, Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the Allied victory without a grasp of what unfolded in North Africa in 1942-943, where American officers learned how to lead, soldiers learned how to hate, and an army learned what it...
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- Author
- Rick Atkinson
- Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 704
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- Open Library
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