Paperback, 704 pages
Published Aug. 5, 2004 by Abacus.
The liberation of Europe and defeat of the Third Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of miscalculation and enduring triumph. Sixty years after America joined the struggle, Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the Allied victory without a grasp of what unfolded in North Africa in 1942-943, where American officers learned how to lead, soldiers learned how to hate, and an army learned what it takes to vanquish a formidable enemy.
An excellent overview of the US involvement in North Africa in WWII. A good place to start if you are not very familiar with WWII and are looking to become better educated on the subject.
