Rick Atkinson

Los cañones del atardecer presta especial atención a la vertiente humana de la guerra: a esa combinación de nobleza, maldad y sufrimiento que marcó las vidas de millones de seres humanos. Los cañones del atardecer es una impresionante epopeya sobre el fin de la segunda guerra mundial en Europa, desde Normandia hasta la rendicion en Berlin, con la que Rick Atkinson completa su monumental Trilogia de la Liberacion, que se inicio en 2002 con Un ejercito al amanecer, galardonado con el Premio Pulitzer, y siguio en 2007 con El dia de la batalla.Atkinson, nacido en una familia de militares y distinguido en 2010 con el premio Pritzker, el mas prestigioso de los que se conceden a la literatura sobre temas militares, ha dedicado años a investigar en los mas diversos archivos, con un interes especial por la documentacion personal de los dirigentes militares, lo que le permite contarnos una historia distinta a la habitual de los libros de guerra, donde no solo se nos muestran aspectos ignorados hasta ahora de algunos acontecimientos que pudieron haber mudado el curso de la historia, sino que se presta una especial atencion a la vertiente humana de la guerra: a esa combinacion de nobleza, maldad y sufrimiento que marco las vidas de millones de seres humanos y pervivira para siempre en la historia.

El mejor libro de historia sobre la segunda guerra mundial según The Wall Street Journal.Este libro, galardonado con el Premio Pulitzer de Historia 2003, ha sido considerado por el Wall Street Journal como el mejor relato sobre la segunda guerra mundial, desde las obras clasicas de Cornelius Ryan El dia mas largo y Un puente demasiado lejano. La liberacion de Europa y la destruccion del Tercer Reich es una historia epica de valor y sufrimiento, de aciertos, errores y de triunfo final. Pero ningun lector de nuestros dias puede entender la victoria de los Aliados sin partir del inmenso drama que se desarrollo en el norte de Africa en 1942 y 1943. El relato de Atkinson comienza con la operacion Antorcha y la lucha inicial contra los franceses para proseguir con el enfrentamiento de las tropas aliadas con el ejercito aleman. En aquel escenario terrible fue donde aquellas aprendieron el coste de vencer a un enemigo formidable y donde se forjaron la mayoria de los grandes generales de la segunda guerra mundial como Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley o Montgomery frente a guerreros tan prestigiosos como Rommel o Kesselring. Pero mas alla de los grandes nombres, Atkinson nos conduce hasta la primera linea de fuego donde el combate, la muerte en las trincheras y las anonimas tragedias comunes a todas las guerras nos muestran el rostro profundamente humano de una batalla crucial para el destino de la civilizacion.

La esperada segunda parte de Un ejército al amanecer de Rick Atkinson, premio Pulitzer de Historia 2003.En Un ejército al amanecer –que fue ganador del Premio Pulitzer de Historia 2003- Rick Atkinson

Una apasionante epopeya sobre el fin de la segunda guerra mundial en Europa.Los cañones del atardecer es una impresionante epopeya sobre el fin de la segunda guerra mundial en Europa, desde Normandia hasta la rendicion en Berlin, con la que Rick Atkinson completa su monumental Trilogia de la Liberacion, que se inicio en 2002 con Un ejercito al amanecer, galardonado con el Premio Pulitzer, y siguio en 2007 con El dia de la batalla. Atkinson, nacido en una familia de militares y distinguido en 2010 con el premio Pritzker, el mas prestigioso de los que se conceden a la literatura sobre temas militares, ha dedicado años a investigar en los mas diversos archivos, con un interes especial por la documentacion personal de los dirigentes militares, lo que le permite contarnos una historia distinta a la habitual de los ?libros de guerra?, donde no solo se nos muestran aspectos ignorados hasta ahora de algunos acontecimientos que pudieron haber mudado el curso de la historia, sino que se presta una especial atencion a la vertiente humana de la guerra: a esa combinacion de nobleza, maldad y sufrimiento que marco las vidas de millones de seres humanos y pervivira para siempre en la historia.

The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943.Beginning with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, An Army at Dawn follows the British and American armies as they fight the French in Morocco and Algeria, and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia. Battle by battle, an inexperienced and sometimes poorly led army gradually becomes a superb fighting force. Central to the tale are the extraordinary but fallible commanders who come to dominate the battlefield: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery and Rommel.

The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943. Beginning with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, An Army at Dawn follows the British and American armies as they fight the French in Morocco and Algeria, and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia. Battle by battle, an inexperienced and sometimes poorly led army gradually becomes a superb fighting force. Central to the tale are the extraordinary but fallible commanders who come to dominate the battlefield: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery and Rommel.

Este libro, galardonado con el Premio Pulitzer de Historia 2003, ha sido considerado por el Wall Street Journal como el mejor relato sobre la segunda guerra mundial, desde las obras clásicas de Cornelius Ryan El dia mas largo y Un puente demasiado lejano. La liberacion de Europa y la destruccion del Tercer Reich es una historia epica de valor y sufrimiento, de aciertos, errores y de triunfo final. Pero ningun lector de nuestros dias puede entender la victoria de los Aliados sin partir del inmenso drama que se desarrollo en el norte de Africa en 1942 y 1943. El relato de Atkinson comienza con la operacion "Antorcha" y la lucha inicial contra los franceses para proseguir con el enfrentamiento de las tropas aliadas con el ejercito aleman. En aquel escenario terrible fue donde aquellas aprendieron el coste de vencer a un enemigo formidable y donde se forjaron la mayoria de los grandes generales de la segunda guerra mundial como Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley o Montgomery frente a guerreros tan prestigiosos como Rommel o Kesselring. Pero mas alla de los grandes nombres, Atkinson nos conduce hasta la primera linea de fuego donde el combate, la muerte en las trincheras y las anonimas tragedias comunes a todas las guerras nos muestran el rostro profundamente humano de una batalla crucia

En Un ejercito al amanecer –que fue ganador del Premio Pulitzer de Historia 2003- Rick Atkinson proporcionaba una historia dramática y autorizada del triunfo de los aliados en Çfrica del Norte. Ahora

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the second volume of the landmark American Revolution trilogy by the bestselling author of The British Are Coming, George Washingtons army fights on the knife edge between victory and defeat.Rick Atkinson is featured in the new Ken Burns documentary The American Revolution, premiering ahead of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.This is great history . . . compulsively readable . . . There is no better writer of narrative history than the Pulitzer Prizewinning Atkinson.The New York Times (Editors Choice)ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POSTS TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Kirkus ReviewsThe first twenty-one months of the American Revolutionwhich began at Lexington and ended at Princetonwas the story of a ragged group of militiamen and soldiers fighting to forge a new nation. By the winter of 1777, the exhausted Continental Army could claim only that it had barely escaped annihilation by the worlds most formidable fighting force.Two years into the war, George III is as determined as ever to bring his rebellious colonies to heel. But the kings task is now far more complicated: fighting a determined enemy on the other side of the Atlantic has become ruinously expensive, and spies tell him that the French and Spanish are threatening to join forces with the Americans.Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson provides a riveting narrative covering the middle years of the Revolution. Stationed in Paris, Benjamin Franklin woos the French; in Pennsylvania, George Washington pleads with Congress to deliver the money, men, and materiel he needs to continue the fight. In New York, General William Howe, the commander of the greatest army the British have ever sent overseas, plans a new campaign against the Americanseven as he is no longer certain that he can win this searing, bloody war. The months and years that follow bring epic battles at Brandywine, Saratoga, Monmouth, and Charleston, a winter of misery at Valley Forge, and yet more appeals for sacrifice by every American committed to the struggle for freedom.Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolution, Atkinsons brilliant account of the lethal conflict between the Americans and the British offers not only deeply researched and spectacularly dramatic history, but also a new perspective on the demands that a democracy makes on its citizens.

This striking graphic edition adapts the first half of the New York Times bestselling The British Are Coming, the opening volume in Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinsons extraordinary trilogy about the American RevolutionFrom the battles at Lexington and Concord in the spring of 1775 through the Siege of Boston in 1776, American militiamen and the newly created Continental Army take on the worlds most formidable adversary: the British Empire. The gripping saga is alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; and George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between redcoats and rebels all the more compelling. Full of riveting details and iconic stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Expertly rendered in gripping graphic novel-style artwork, the battle for our nations independence is brought to life like never before. Discover the first act of Americas creation in this vividly illustrated graphic history.

In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all - the titanic battle for Western Europe. D-Day marked the commencement of the European wars final campaign, and Atkinsons riveting account of that bold gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows. The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster that was Market Garden, the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and finally the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich - all these historic events and more come alive with a wealth of new material and a mesmerizing cast of characters. With the stirring final volume of this monumental trilogy, Rick Atkinsons remarkable accomplishment is manifest. He has produced the definitive chronicle of the war that unshackled a continent and preserved freedom in the West.

In An Army at Dawn - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of the Battle, 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.The Italian campaigns outcome was never certain; in fact, Roosevelt, Churchill and their military advisors engaged in heated debate about whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even a good idea. But once underway, 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 push the Germans up the Italian peninsula. And with the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory at last began to seem inevitable.Drawing on an astonishing array of primary source material, written with great drama and flair, this is narrative history of the first rank.

Este libro, galardonado con el Premio Pulitzer de Historia 2003, ha sido considerado por el Wall Street Journal como el mejor relato sobre la segunda guerra mundial, desde las obras clásicas de Cornelius Ryan El dia mas largo y Un puente demasiado lejano. La liberacion de Europa y la destruccion del Tercer Reich es una historia epica de valor y sufrimiento, de aciertos, errores y de triunfo final. Pero ningun lector de nuestros dias puede entender la victoria de los Aliados sin partir del inmenso drama que se desarrollo en el norte de Africa en 1942 y 1943. El relato de Atkinson comienza con la operacion Antorcha y la lucha inicial contra los franceses para proseguir con el enfrentamiento de las tropas aliadas con el ejercito aleman. En aquel escenario terrible fue donde aquellas aprendieron el coste de vencer a un enemigo formidable y donde se forjaron la mayoria de los grandes generales de la segunda guerra mundial como Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley o Montgomery frente a guerreros tan prestigiosos como Rommel o Kesselring. Pero mas alla de los grandes nombres, Atkinson nos conduce hasta la primera linea de fuego donde el combate, la muerte en las trincheras y las anonimas tragedias comunes a todas las guerras nos muestran el rostro profundamente humano de una batalla crucial para el destino de la civilizacion.

La Trilogía de la Liberación es la crónica definitiva sobre la liberación de Europa en la segunda guerra mundial. Un ejército al amanecer. La guerra en el norte de África, 1942-1943 -ganadora del premio Pulitzer- , El dia de la batalla.La guerra en Sicilia y en Italia, 1943-1944 y Los cañones del atardecer. La guerra en Europa, 1944-1945 describen las arduas batallas que marcaron la victoria de los Aliados en la segunda guerra mundial. Rick Atkinson narra con exquisito detalle estas batallas y da vida a un importante elenco de personajes.

En Un ejército al amanecer –que fue ganador del Premio Pulitzer de Historia 2003- Rick Atkinson proporcionaba una historia dramática y autorizada del triunfo de los aliados en África del Norte. Ahora

To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about [Americas] origins as a people and a nation. It is difficult to imagine any reader putting this beguiling book down without a smile and a tear. New York TimesIn June 1773, King George III attended a grand celebration of his reign over the greatest, richest empire since ancient Rome. Less than two years later, Britains bright future turned dark: after a series of provocations, the kings soldiers took up arms against his rebellious colonies in America. The war would last eight years, and though at least one in ten of the Americans who fought for independence would die for that cause, the prize was valuable beyond measure: freedom from oppression and the creation of a new republic.Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prizewinning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about the Second World War has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. In this new book, he tells the story of the first twenty-one months of Americas violent effort to forge a new nation. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 177677, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the worlds most formidable fighting force and struggle to avoid annihilation.It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes one of Americas greatest battle captains; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves himself the nations wiliest diplomat; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost.Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of Americas creation drama.

La esperada segunda parte de Un ejército al amanecer de Rick Atkinson, premio Pulitzer de Historia 2003. En Un ejército al amanecer -que fue ganador del Premio Pulitzer de Historia 2003- Rick Atkins