{"product_id":"9780805062892","title":"The Day of Battle : The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Day of Battle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Rick Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAn Army at Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e—winner of the Pulitzer Prize—Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Day of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, he follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight their way north toward Rome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, Roosevelt, Churchill, and their military advisers engaged in heated debate about whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even a good idea. But once under way, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizingly high price. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, and Monte Cassino were particularly difficult and lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. Led by Lieutenant General Mark Clark, one of the war's most complex and controversial commanders, American officers and soldiers became increasingly determined and proficient. And with the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory at last began to seem inevitable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a wide array of primary source material, written with great drama and flair, this is narrative history of the first rank. With \u003ci\u003eThe Day of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, Atkinson has once again given us the definitive account of one of history's most compelling military campaigns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Majestic... Atkinson's achievement is to marry prodigious research with a superbly organized narrative and then to overlay the whole with writing as powerful and elegant as any great narrative of war.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A triumph of narrative history, elegantly written, thick with unforgettable description and rooted in the sights and sounds of battle.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eThe Day of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, Rick Atkinson picks up where he left off in \u003ci\u003eAn Army at Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, his history of the North African campaign, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. A planned third volume, on the Normandy invasion and the war in Europe, will complete \u003ci\u003eThe Liberation Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, which is shaping up as a triumph of narrative history, elegantly written, thick with unforgettable description and rooted in the sights and sounds of battle . . . He excels at describing the furor of battle, and the Italian campaign provides him with abundant raw material. . . Mr. Atkinson, a longtime correspondent and editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, conveys all of this with sharp-edged immediacy and a keen eye for the monstrous and the absurd.” —\u003ci\u003eWilliam Grimes, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Monumental ... With this book, Rick Atkinson cements his place among America's great popular historians, in the tradition of Bruce Catton and Stephen Ambrose.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A very fine book .... Anyone who devoured \u003ci\u003eAn Army at Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e with relish will be delighted with Atkinson's account of the Sicilian and Italian campaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] fascinating account of the war in Sicily and Italy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gripping .... [Atkinson] combines an impressive depth of research with a knack for taut, compelling narrative.” —\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Splendid ... the infantrymen who did the fighting will grab at readers' hearts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With \u003ci\u003eThe Day of Battle,\u003c\/i\u003e Atkinson again proves himself to stand among the ranks of our most talented popular historians ... Required reading for anyone with an interest in the battles of World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eAustin American-Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A seamless, stunning narrative that is the equal of \u003ci\u003eAn Army at Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e .... Atkinson's success lies in his ability to render bare war's wretched realities in astounding prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eContra Costa Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780805062892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Henry Holt and Co.","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40594532073678,"sku":"9780805062892","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_f0c0ecce-8613-42e2-8c14-105779145a35.jpg?v=1637810108","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780805062892","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}