Holman Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Just a note to point you to the third volume of Rick Atkinson's WW2 history: The Guns at Last Light was released last week and covers the war in Western Europe. The first two volumes (An Army at Dawn and The Day of Battle) of this series were excellent. I'm looking forward to this one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMolestCats Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Halfway through The Day of Battle, probably going to order The Guns at last light tonight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpig Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Great news, thanks! Adding it to my wish-list. Gpig 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I got my copy a few days ago. As I am presently swamped with other reading, I've only gotten a couple dozen pages into as yet. So far, it seems very much a journalist's eye view of things. Lots of details that add color and background. Not much historical "meat" as yet. Not that that invalidates the book, just thought you all should know. It may get "meatier" as it goes along...time will tell. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holman Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 I got my copy a few days ago. As I am presently swamped with other reading, I've only gotten a couple dozen pages into as yet. So far, it seems very much a journalist's eye view of things. Lots of details that add color and background. Not much historical "meat" as yet. Not that that invalidates the book, just thought you all should know. It may get "meatier" as it goes along...time will tell. Michael I think Atkinson's goal with this trilogy was to produce an accurate, engaging, and well-told narrative history of the American war in Europe--sort of a WW2 analogue to Shelby Foote's The Civil War. It's definitely not an academic treatment or an analytical investigation. I read the earlier volumes about the same time I was reading Russell Weigley's Eisenhower's Lieutenants. I learned more from the latter, but I enjoyed these more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I read the earlier volumes about the same time I was reading Russell Weigley's Eisenhower's Lieutenants. I learned more from the latter, but I enjoyed these more. I'd say that's a pretty fair evaluation. I did learn some things from the first two books that were worth knowing about and I hope to have the same experience from the new one. But I don't expect it to be loaded with tons of data or profound analysis. Worth the money just to have a pleasant reading experience. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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