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This 3 page paper gives a synopsis of the book The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson, and three things that a reader might like about it, as well as three they might dislike. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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identifies three things that would appeal to readers and three that might be off-putting. Discussion Atkinsons book is the second in what he calls The Liberation Trilogy, his narrative history
of the Second World War. This book deals with the Italian campaign that took place in 1943-44, beginning with the massive landing of British and American troops on Sicily and
following the troops as they fought their way up the "boot" of Italy until they liberated Rome in June 1944. The book is called a "narrative" history, meaning that it
weaves the two forms together: its not a pure history book, nor is it a narrative story, but both. The effect is to relate historical events accurately, but flesh them
out with the remarks and feelings of the people who were there. Atkinson uses letters, speeches, diaries, journals and other original materials to add in these personal remarks, and it
brings the events to life vividly. The quintessential narrative history of American history is probably Shelby Footes The Civil War: A Narrative History; readers who know that book will see
the same format followed here, with the same result. It makes the war personal. Its one thing to read that the leaders disagreed on whether or not to invade Italy;
its quite another to read about the meeting between FDR and Churchill, the dickering that took place, and the input from British and American generals as to whether or not
this effort should be made, all punctuated with personal quotes from the men involved. Atkinson manages to take some of the biggest figures in history and make them human; and
in one particularly beautiful passage, he explains the essential difference between the Allied forces and their enemies: the men planning this campaign were the absolute embodiment of the word "humanity.
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