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The Americans at Normandy - by John C McManus (Paperback)

The Americans at Normandy - by  John C McManus (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In this succeeding volume to <i>The Americans at D-Day, </i> McManus does the same for the Battle of Normandy as a whole. Never before has the American involvement in Normandy been examined so thoroughly or exclusively as in <i>The Americans at Normandy.</i> For D-Day was only one part of the battle, and victory came from weeks of sustained effort and sacrifices made by Allied soldiers. <p/>Presented here is the American experience during that summer of 1944, from the aftermath of D-Day to the slaughter of the Falaise Gap, from the courageous, famed figures of Bradley, Patton, and Lightning Joe Collins to the lesser-known privates who toiled in torturous conditions for their country. <p/>Engrossing, lightning-quick, and filled with real human sorrow and elation, <i>The Americans at Normandy</i> honors those Americans who lost their lives in foreign fields and those who survived. Here is their story, finally told with the depth, pathos, and historical perspective it deserves.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"An American Iliad" --<i>Stephen Coonts on The Americans at D-Day and The Americans at Normandy</i> <p/>"Required reading on a bitter battle that won't be--and never should be--forgotten." --<i>W.E.B. Griffin on The Americans at D-Day and The Americans at Normandy</i> <p/>"Awesome! A definitive account of a turning point in American and world history." --Thomas Fleming on The Americans at D-Day and The Americans at Normandy <p/>"Far more gripping than <i>Saving Private Ryan</i>. Comprehensively detailed . . . Utterly fascinating. McManus' style fits the slam-bang fighting that characterized one of the most crucial periods of the war, and he makes every battle---and every soldier---count as if it were the last round in the clip." --<i>Walter J. Boyne, New York Times bestselling author of Operation Iraqi Freedom on The Americans at D-Day and The Americans at Normandy</i> <p/>"I thought I knew something about war and men at war until I read John C. McManus' deeply insightfiul book. I stand humbled by what I consider nothing less than a definitive work on a subject whose scope is simply so vast that no writer until now has put in perspective and made it real." --<i>David Hagberg on The Americans at D-Day and The Americans at Normandy</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>John C. McManus</b> is a professor of military history at the University of Missouri. He has traveled extensively in researching his books about the American experience in World War II.</p>

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