The Day of Battle : The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 1943年-1944年西西里与意大利战记

作者： Rick Atkinson著

出 版 社： 延边人民出版社

出版时间： 2008-9-1字数：版次： 1页数： 791印刷时间： 2008/09/01开本： 32开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780805088618包装： 平装编辑推荐

作者简介：

Rick Atkinson was a staff writer and senior editor at The Washington Post for more than twenty years. He is the bestselling author of An Army at Dawn, The Long Gray Line, In the Company of Soldiers, and Crusade. His many awards include Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and history. He lives in Washington, D.C.

内容简介

Topping a Pulitzer Prize-winning effort is tough; finding originality in a World War II narrative is even tougher. Yet Rick Atkinson accomplishes both with The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944. His previous work, An Army at Dawn, won the 2003 Pulitzer in history, but Atkinson has managed to set the bar even higher with his second installment in "The Liberation Trilogy." He descends upon each battlefield with rich historical perspective, tactical analysis, and chilling frontline observations. Cocksure Hollywood bravado is sparse, as Atkinson depicts soldiers fighting for honor, not glory. "We did it because we could not bear the shame of being less than the man beside us," explains one soldier's diary. "We fought because he fought; we died because he died." The result is an incredible portrayal of the courage, sorrow, and determination that came to define our greatest generation. --Dave Callanan --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Starred Review. Atkinson surpasses his Pulitzer-winning An Army at Dawn in this empathetic, perceptive analysis of the second stage in the U.S. Army's grassroots development from well-intentioned amateurs to the most formidable fighting force of World War II. The battles in Sicily and Italy developed the combat effectiveness and the emotional hardness of a U.S. Army increasingly constrained to bear the brunt of the Western allies' war effort, he argues. Demanding terrain, harsh climate and a formidable opponent confirmed the lesson of North Africa: the only way home was through the Germans: kill or be killed. Atkinson is pitilessly accurate demonstrating the errors and misjudgments of senior officers, Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Gen. Mark Clark and their subordinates commanding corps and divisions. The price was paid in blood by the men at the sharp end: British and French, Indians and North Africans—above all, Americans. All that remained of the crew of one burned-out tank were the fillings of their teeth, for one example. The Mediterranean campaign is frequently dismissed by soldiers and scholars as a distraction from the essential objective of invading northern Europe. Atkinson makes a convincing case that it played a decisive role in breaking German power, forcing the Wehrmacht onto a defensive it could never abandon.

目录

LIST OF MAPS

MAP LEGEND

ALLIED CHAIN O F COMMAND

PROLOGUE

PART ONE

1.ACROSS THE MIDDLE SEA

Forcing the World Back to Reason

Calypso’SIsland

“The Horses ofthe Sun”

Death or Glory

2.THE BuRNING SHORE

Land oftheCyclops

The Loss of IrrecQyerable Hours

“Tonight Wear White Pajamas”

“TheDarkWdfldIsNot FarfromUs”

3.AN I SLAND REDOUBT。

“Into Battle with Stout Hearts”

“HOWI LoveWars”

Snaring the Head Devil

Fevers of an Unknown Origin

A Great Grief

“In a Place Like This”

PART TWO

4.SALERNO

“Risks Must Be Calculated”

Plots，Counterplots，and Cross—plots

The Stillest Shoes the World Could Boast

TheMoanofLost Souls

A PortalWon

5.CoRPSE OF THE SlREN

“I GiveYou Naples”

“Watch Where You Step and Have No Curiosity at All”

The Mountainous Hinterland

“The EntireWorldWas Burning”

6.WINTER

The Archangel Michael，Here and Everywhere

“ATankTooBigfortheVillage Square”

A Gangster’S Battle

Too Many GoneWest

PART THREE

7.A RIvER AND A RoCK

ColonelWardenMakes aPlan

“Nothing Was Right Except the Courage”.

The Show Must Go On

8.PERDlTION

“Something’S Happening'’

ThroughtheLookingGlass

Ierryland

9.THE MURDER SPACE

PART FOUR

10.FOUR HORSEMEN

11.A KETTLE OF GRIEF

12.THE GREAT PRIZE

EPILOGUE

NOTES

SELECTED SOURCES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX