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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 Volume Three of Edition
Contributor(s): Atkinson, Rick (Author)
ISBN: 1250037816     ISBN-13: 9781250037817
Publisher: Picador USA
OUR PRICE:   $24.29  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - World War Ii
- History | Military - United States
Dewey: 940.542
Series: Liberation Trilogy
Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (1.55 lbs) 928 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
 
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Publisher Description:

It is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how they fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all--the titanic battle for Western Europe.

D-Day marked the commencement of the European war's final campaign, and Atkinson's riveting account of that bold gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows. The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster that was Operation Market Garden, the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and finally the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich--all these historic events and more come alive with a wealth of new material and a mesmerizing cast of characters. With The Guns at Last Light, the stirring #1 New York Times bestseller and final volume of this monumental trilogy, Atkinson has produced the definitive chronicle of the war that unshackled a continent and preserved freedom in the West.


Contributor Bio(s): Atkinson, Rick: - Rick Atkinson is the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy--An Army at Dawn, The Day of Battle, and The Guns at Last Light--as well as The Long Gray Line and other books. His many awards include Pulitzer Prizes for history and journalism. A former staff writer and senior editor at The Washington Post, he lives in Washington, D.C.