An Army at Dawn - The War in North Africa, 1942-1943. by Atkinson, Rick - 2003

2003. London, Little, Brown, 2003. 15.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 681 pages. Several black and white maps and photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector's Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out of print. [Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy]. Includes for example the following essays: On the Knees of the Gods / "In the Night, All Cats Are Grey" / "An Orgy of Disorder" / A Cold Country With a Hot Sun / "Go for the Swine With a Blithe Heart" / The Ice-Cream Front / "A Good Night for a Mass Murder" / A Hostile Debouchment / Vigil in Red Oak / "Give Them Some Steel!" / Hammering Home the Cork etc. "Brilliantly researched, rich with new material and startling insights, Atkinson's vivid narrative provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa" (from front flap) Lawrence Rush "Rick" Atkinson IV (born November 16, 1952) is an American author, most recently of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777, the first volume in the Revolution Trilogy. He has won Pulitzer Prizes in history and journalism. After working as a newspaper reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, Atkinson turned to writing military history. His seven books include narrative accounts of five different American wars. His Liberation Trilogy, a history of the American role in the liberation of Europe in World War II, concluded with the publication of The Guns at Last Light in May 2013. In 2010, he received the $100,000 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. (Wikipedia)