An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy Export

@book{citeulike:4982471, abstract = {In \_An Army at Dawn,\_, a comprehensive look at the 1942-1943 Allied invasion of North Africa, author Rick Atkinson posits that the campaign was, along with the battles of Stalingrad and Midway, where the "Axis ... forever lost the initiative" and the "fable of 3rd Reich invincibility was dissolved."Additionally, it forestalled a premature and potentially disastrous cross-channel invasion of France and served as a grueling "testing ground" for anas-yet inexperienced American army. Lastly, by relegating Great Britain towhat Atkinson calls the status of "junior partner" in the war effort, NorthAfrica marked the beginning of American geopolitical hegemony. Although hisprose is occasionally overwrought, Atkinson's account is a superior one, an agile, well-informed mix of informed strategic overview and intimate battlefield-and-barracks anecdotes. (Tobacco-starved soldiers took to smoking cigarettes made of toilet paper and eucalyptus leaves.) Especially interestingare Atkinson's straightforward accounts of the many "feuds, tiffs and spats"among British and American commanders, politicians, and strategists and his honest assessments of their--and their soldiers'--performance and behavior,for better and for worse. This is an engrossing, extremely accessible account of a grim and too-often overlooked military campaign. \_--H. O'Billovich\_}, author = {Atkinson, Rick}, citeulike-article-id = {4982471}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0805062882}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&path=ASIN/0805062882}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike06-21&path=ASIN/0805062882}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.amazon.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805062882}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805062882/citeulike00-21}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0805062882}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0805062882}, citeulike-linkout-7 = {http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0805062882}, citeulike-linkout-8 = {http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=0805062882&index=books&linkCode=qs}, citeulike-linkout-9 = {http://www.librarything.com/isbn/0805062882}, edition = {1st}, howpublished = {Hardcover}, isbn = {0805062882}, keywords = {history, war}, month = {October}, posted-at = {2009-06-26 22:23:08}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Henry Holt and Co.}, title = {An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0805062882}, year = {2002} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:4982471 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4982471 N2 - In _An Army at Dawn,_, a comprehensive look at the 1942-1943 Allied invasion of North Africa, author Rick Atkinson posits that the campaign was, along with the battles of Stalingrad and Midway, where the "Axis ... forever lost the initiative" and the "fable of 3rd Reich invincibility was dissolved."Additionally, it forestalled a premature and potentially disastrous cross-channel invasion of France and served as a grueling "testing ground" for anas-yet inexperienced American army. Lastly, by relegating Great Britain towhat Atkinson calls the status of "junior partner" in the war effort, NorthAfrica marked the beginning of American geopolitical hegemony. Although hisprose is occasionally overwrought, Atkinson's account is a superior one, an agile, well-informed mix of informed strategic overview and intimate battlefield-and-barracks anecdotes. (Tobacco-starved soldiers took to smoking cigarettes made of toilet paper and eucalyptus leaves.) Especially interestingare Atkinson's straightforward accounts of the many "feuds, tiffs and spats"among British and American commanders, politicians, and strategists and his honest assessments of their--and their soldiers'--performance and behavior,for better and for worse. This is an engrossing, extremely accessible account of a grim and too-often overlooked military campaign. _--H. O'Billovich_ SN - 0805062882 TI - An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy PB - Henry Holt and Co. KW - history KW - war AU - Atkinson, Rick PY - 2002/10/02/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0805062882 ER -