Rick Atkinson
Author
Series
Liberation trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Atkinson focuses on 1942 and 1943, showing how central the great drama that unfolded in North Africa was to the ultimate victory of the Allied powers and to America's understanding of itself.
Author
Series
Revolution trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other masterly books about World War II, has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he tells the story of the first twenty months of the bloody struggle to shake free of King George's shackles. From the battles...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
xii, 575 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Integrating interviews with individuals ranging from senior policymakers to frontline soldiers, a look at the Persian Gulf War shows how the conflict transformed modern warfare.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 202 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents, for young readers, an adaptation of the best-selling "The guns at last light" to commemorate the historical significance of D-Day, tracing the Battle of Normandy and the Allied liberation of Western Europe through the end of World War II.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
190 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 x 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Photographs capture the people, places, events, and seasons of Arlington National Cemetery and pay tribute to heroes who gave their lives in the service of their country, from the birth of America to the victims of the 9/11 Pentagon attack.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 318
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 974 pages, 88 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany.
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