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THE GUNS AT LAST LIGHTTHE WAR IN WESTERN EUROPE, 1944-1945VOLUME THREE OF THE LIBERATION TRILOGYbyRick AtkinsonHenry Holt and Company, New York, 2013. Hardcover
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The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II
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 the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now, inThe Guns at Last Light, he tells the most dramatic story of all―the titanic battle for Western Europe.
D-Day marked the commencement of the final campaign of the European war, 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. Atkinson tells the tale from the perspective of participants at every level, from presidents and generals to war-weary lieutenants and terrified teenage riflemen. When Germany at last surrenders, we understand anew both the devastating cost of this global conflagration and the enormous effort required to win the Allied victory.
With the stirring final volume of this monumental trilogy, Atkinson's accomplishment is manifest. He has produced the definitive chronicle of the war that unshackled a continent and preserved freedom in the West.
One ofThe Washington Post's Top 10 Books of the YearAKirkus ReviewsBest Nonfiction Book of 2013Reviews
“A magnificent book… Though the story may seem familiar, I found surprising detail on every page… Atkinson's account of D-Day is both masterly and lyrical… [He] is an absolute master of his material.” ―Max Hastings, The Wall Street Journal
“A tapestry of fabulous richness and complexity… Atkinson is a master of what might be called ‘pointillism history,' assembling the small dots of pure color into a vivid, tumbling narrative. . . . The Liberation Trilogy is a monumental achievement, about 2,500 pages in all, densely researched but supremely readable.” ―The New York Times Book Review
“Breathtaking, unforgettable… Atkinson provides us with especially poignant descriptions in a blaze of writing and research that matches the drama and significance of the moment, all without peer in modern history … This volume is a literary triumph worthy of the military triumph it explores and explains.” ―The Boston Globe
“Monumental… As befits a journalist who knows his material inside and out, Atkinson can provide the incisive explanation to a complex situation or personage… A masterpiece of deep reporting and powerful storytelling.” ―The Los Angeles Times
“[Atkinson] reconstructs the period from D-Day to V-E Day by weaving a multitude of tiny details into a tapestry of achingly sublime prose… With great sensitivity, Atkinson conveys the horrible reality of what soldiers had to become to defeat Hitler's Germany.” ―The Washington Post
“Detailed in its research, unsparing in its judgments and confident in its prose…This trilogy--on which [Atkinson has] spent 12 years, twice as long as the war itself--may well be his masterpiece.” ―Time
“Great characters, vivid details…The final volume of Rick Atkinson's ‘Liberation Trilogy' proves again that few can re-tell a story as well as he.” ―USA Today
“A glorious epic… [Atkinson] never stoops to breathless prose in this perfectly paced account and always comes up with fresh and revealing details.” ―Antony Beevor, The Wall Street Journal
“A remarkable conclusion to his three parts on WWII… A fabulous book.” ―Tom Brokaw on MSNBC's Morning Joe
“The Guns at Last Light. . . is history written at the level of literature . . . Atkinson's story is propelled by vivid descriptions and delicious details . . . World War II's reverberations will roll down the centuries in its geopolitical consequences, and in the literature it elicited in letters and in histories like Atkinson's trilogy.” ―George Will, The Washington Post
“The same qualities that garnered Atkinson a Pulitzer Prize forAn Army at Dawn--meticulous research married to masterful narrative--are apparent inThe Guns at Last Light. The new book relates the oft-told (but never better) story of the war's final year, from D-Day to the German surrender.” ―The Chicago Tribune
“Epic, set-piece battle sequences are balanced by deft portraiture. The Greatest Generation is nearly gone…. TheLiberation Trilogyis the monument it deserves.” ―Vanity Fair
About the Author
Rick Atkinsonis the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy―An Army at Dawn(winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History),The Day of Battle, andThe Guns at Last Light―as well asThe Long Gray Lineand other books. His many additional awards include a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, a George Polk Award, and the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award. A former staff writer and senior editor atThe Washington Post, he lives in Washington, D.C.
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