Rick Atkinson
Given his success with modern military history (Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War,
1993, etc.), the penetrating historical insights Atkinson brings to
bear on America’s 1942–43 invasion of the North African coast are not
surprising. Neither the American leadership under Eisenhower nor the GIs
themselves understood the level of fury it would take to defeat General
Rommel’s Afrika Corps, argues the author. He finds that the relative
ease American soldiers had in pushing aside lackluster Vichy French
forces led US generals to also expect a token resistance from the German
armies.
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson
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