The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy) by Rick Atkinson
|
List Price: Our Price: $14.75 You Save: $20.25 (58%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $10.97 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)
Book Review: Great Job
Summary: 5 Stars
Another wow from Rick Atkinson. Loved this book as much as an Army at Dawn. Can hardly wait for #3 in the liberation trilogy.Book Review: The Day of Battle
Summary: 2 Stars
Makes every Allied Commander a complete DUNDERHEAD. Atkinson has evidently joined the "Blame America First" crowd! I would think he could find some positive snippet in the data he reviewed (173 pages of notes & selected sources). In his exaustive research,
it seems he fails to realize that we did infact win the war.
Book Review: Another Winner
Summary: 5 Stars
Rick has followed the first volume of his WWII trilogy with another winner. The first book "An Army at Dawn" captures the amatuer performance of a great Army learning to fight. This book captures the beginning of the Army's maturity as a fighting force and the growth of it's leadership.The tragic Airborne operation is painful to read. The unending battle of egos between Patton and Mongomery is tragic. Rick captures the story of the Sicily and Italian campaign with the great skill.
Well worth any WWII History Buffs time.
Book Review: Focus on Sicily and Italian Campaign in WWII
Summary: 4 Stars
This book focus' on Sicily and the Italian campaign in World War II. However, in my opinion, it is not as good as the first book, Army at Dawn. Some examples of why are the following. (1) The author must have used the phrase "Marcus Aurelius Clarkus" six times at least to describe General Mark Clark. This sort of repetitiveness gets annoying. (2) In the first book, the focus was on the US Army. This time that isn't the focus of the book. The book shares what the New Zealanders did, what the Poles did, what the French did, what the English did and what the Canadians did. Now, to some level that makes sense, since all of these forces fought at Monte Cassino. But when the book moved to the other side of the peninsula to focus on a Canadian action. Consequently, I found myself unclear on what the focus was. (3) There was less of the soldiers experiences this time and more of the general's experiences. I was hoping for a book that shared the perspective of the GI, but didn't get it as much this time. In spite of these comments, this is a good book, on a theater that hasn't been written about adequately.Book Review: Best d**** war history ever
Summary: 5 Stars
The depth of anecdotes, the overview of strategy, the on the scene feelings of battle make this book one of, if not the, best books I have read of WW11.