''The Liberation Trilogy'' is a series of
military history
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books about the
United States
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' involvement in
World War II
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, written by American author
Rick Atkinson
Lawrence Rush "Rick" Atkinson IV (born November 15, 1952) is an American author and journalist.
After working as a newspaper reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent for ''The Washington Post'', Atkinson turned to writing military history. ...
and published by
Henry Holt & Co.
The first volume, ''
An Army at Dawn'', won the 2003
Pulitzer Prize for History
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and was a
''New York Times'' best seller. ''The Day of Battle'', the second book, was also a ''New York Times'' best seller, and the final installment, ''The Guns at Last Light'', debuted at the top of the Hardcover Nonfiction list.
Books
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943'' (2002)
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944'' (2007)
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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944–1945'' (2013)
References
External links
''Booknotes'' interview with Atkinson on ''An Army at Dawn'', November 17, 2002 C-SPAN
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Interview with Atkinson on ''An Army at Dawn'', October 4, 2003 C-SPAN
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''After Words'' interview with Atkinson on ''The Day of Battle'', November 24, 2007 C-SPAN
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Presentation by Atkinson on ''The Day of Battle'', September 27, 2008 C-SPAN
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Presentation by Atkinson on ''The Day of Battle'', June 28, 2014 C-SPAN
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Presentation by Atkinson on ''The Guns at Last Light'', September 22, 2013 C-SPAN
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Interview with Atkinson on ''The Guns at Last Light'', September 22, 2013 C-SPAN
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2002 non-fiction books
2007 non-fiction books
2013 non-fiction books
Henry Holt and Company books
History books about the United States
Literary trilogies
Series of history books about World War II
Book series introduced in 2002
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