![]() ![]() The class of 1966 straddled a fault line in American history, and Atkinson's masterly book speaks for a generation of American men and women about innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreams. Westmoreland, and a score of other memorable figures. The rich cast of characters also includes Douglas MacArthur, William C. With a novelist's eye for detail, Rick Atkinson illuminates this powerful story through the lives of three classmates and the women they loved - from the boisterous cadet years, to the fires of Vietnam, to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war. The first volume, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, received the Pulitzer Prize and was acclaimed by. military’s role in the liberation of Europe in World War II. This program includes an original foreword, read by Rick Atkinson, and exclusive to the audiobook, as well as a bonus conversation between the author and Ty SeiduleĪ classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the 25-year saga of the West Point class of 1966. Rick Atkinson recently completed The Guns at Last Light: The War in Europe, 1944-1945, the final volume of his Liberation Trilogy, a narrative history of the U.S. "A story of epic proportions an awesome feat of biographical reconstruction." ( The Boston Globe ) Crusade : the untold story of the Persian Gulf War by Atkinson, Rick. ![]()
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