An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943

Summary

Atkinson recounts the American and Allied campaign to drive Axis forces from North Africa during the opening phase of the war in the West. He blends battlefield detail, command rivalries, and the hard lessons a green American army learned under fire. The book matters as the first volume of his Liberation Trilogy and a vivid portrait of how the United States grew into a fighting power.