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A modern master of the historical novel, Jeff Shaara has painted brilliant depictions of the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and World War I. Now he embarks upon his most ambitious epic, a trilogy about the military conflict that defined the twentieth century. The Rising Tide begins a staggering work of fiction bound to be a new generation’s most poignant chronicle of World War II. With you-are-there immediacy, painstaking historical detail, and all-inclusive points of view, Shaara portrays the momentous and increasingly dramatic events that pulled America into the vortex of this monumental conflict. As Hitler conquers Poland, Norway, France, and most of Western Europe, England struggles to hold the line. When Germany’s ally Japan launches a stunning attack on Pearl Harbor, America is drawn into the war, fighting to hold back the Japanese conquest of the Pacific, while standing side-by-side with their British ally, the last hope for turning the tide of the war. Through unforgettable battle scenes in the unforgiving deserts of North Africa and the rugged countryside of Sicily, Shaara tells this story through the voices of this conflict’s most heroic figures, some familiar, some unknown. As British and American forces strike into the “soft underbelly” of Hitler’s Fortress Europa, the new weapons of war come clearly into focus. In North Africa, tank battles unfold in a tapestry of dust and fire unlike any the world has ever seen. In Sicily, the Allies attack their enemy with a barely tested weapon: the paratrooper. As battles rage along the coasts of the Mediterranean, the momentum of the war begins to shift, setting the stage for the massive invasion of France, at a seaside resort called Normandy. More than an unprecedented and intimate portrait of those who waged this astonishing global war, The Rising Tide is a vivid gallery of characters both immortal and unknown: the as-yet obscure administrator Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose tireless efficiency helped win the war; his subordinates, clashing in both style and personality, from George Patton and Mark Clark to Omar Bradley and Bernard Montgomery. In the desolate hills and deserts, the Allies confront Erwin Rommel, the battlefield genius known as “the Desert Fox,” a wounded beast who hands the Americans their first humiliating defeat in the European theater of the war. From tank driver to paratrooper to the men who gave the commands, Shaara’s stirring portrayals bring the heroic and the tragic to life in brilliant detail. A new level of accomplishment from this already acclaimed author, The Rising Tide will leave readers eager for the next volume of this superb saga of the war that saved and changed the world.

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Honestly, I didn't know much about the African campaign and even though this book is Historical Fiction, I feel like I actually know something now. I kept running to the computer to check the "facts" of this book and the facts are accurate, it's only t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 12:16:32 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 12:22:00 -0700 2009
While it is non-fiction, I am sure that at times the fly is telling us what it thinks it saw and/or heard.

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Having read Shaara's book taking place in the American War Between the States and in WW I, I was eager to experience his writing about WW II.

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"The Ri...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 11:04:53 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 11:10:51 -0700 2009 My sense of adventure was awaken again as I read about the Desert Fox,
Field Marshall Rommell and about General Patton, along w/the Tank duels in the desert.

Good overview and look at main characters involved w/American entering the ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 22:02:34 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 23:28:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 17:07:06 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 10:20:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri May 08 05:44:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 05:46:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 19:31:49 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 19:18:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:03:40 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 13:45:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=29917