An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy
by Rick Atkinson
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Author: Rick AtkinsonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-15
ISBN: 0805087249
Number of pages: 768
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Book Reviews of An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy
Book Review: A Fascinating Read...BUT
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this book after reading a considerable spectrum of the reviews. I really liked this book because Atkinson includes instructive, and sometimes amusing, details, minutiae, and facts. After all is presented, often he intermingles his impressions and interpretations of what was "probably" the truth. I need not mention all of the other accolades already applied by so many others. Suffice it to say that I agree with them. The big "BUT" however, is the author's inclination to flaunt his overwhelming command of the English language. Before reading this book I used a 300,000 word electronic dictionary to supplement my limited vocabulary. As I got into this book and continued into the second book of the trilogy I was forced to purchase a newer 500,000 word dictionary! I found his overuse of archaic words a major distraction for me. I found that it was truly necessary to look up these words in order to appreciate the nuances he was trying to articulate. Obviously, the variable interruptions seriously disrupted the flow of many an exciting passage. By the way, he did manage, on one occasion, to stump my new dictionary.
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