Background
Atkinson, Rick was born on November 16, 1952 in Munich. Son of Larry Rush and Margaret Jean (Howe) Atkinson.
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Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War
( This definitive account of the Gulf War relates the pre...)
This definitive account of the Gulf War relates the previously untold story of the U.S. war with Iraq in the early 1990s. The author follows the 42-day war from the first night to the final day, providing vivid accounts of bombing runs, White House strategy sessions, firefights, and bitter internal conflicts.
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) by Atkinson, Rick (2014) Hardcover
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy 1st edition by Atkinson, Rick (2003) Paperback
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Liberation Trilogy #02) THE DAY OF BATTLE: THE WAR IN SICILY AND ITALY, 1943-1944 (LIBERATION TRILOGY #02) BY Atkinson, Rick ( Author ) Sep-16-2008 THE DAY OF BATTLE: THE WAR IN SICILY AND ITAL
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In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat 1st (first) Paperback Prin Edition by Atkinson, Rick 2005
("A beautifully written and memorable account of combat fr...)
"A beautifully written and memorable account of combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and front-line grunts battle their way to Baghdad.... A must-read."--Tom Brokaw For soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division, the road to Baghdad began with a midnight flight out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in late February 2003. For Rick Atkinson, who would spend nearly two months covering the division for The Washington Post, the war in Iraq provided a unique opportunity to observe today's U.S. Army in combat. Now, in this extraordinary account of his odyssey with the 101st, Atkinson presents an intimate and revealing portrait of the soldiers who fight the expeditionary wars that have become the hallmark of our age. At the center of Atkinson's drama stands the compelling figure of Major General David H. Petraeus, described by one comrade as "the most competitive man on the planet." Atkinson spent virtually all day every day at Petraeus's elbow in Iraq, where he had an unobstructed view of the stresses, anxieties, and large joys of commanding 17,000 soldiers in combat. And all around Petraeus, we see the men and women of a storied division grapple with the challenges of waging war in an unspeakably harsh environment. With the eye of a master storyteller, a brilliant military historian puts us right on the battlefield. In the Company of Soldiers is a compelling, utterly fresh view of the modern American soldier in action.
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By Rick Atkinson - An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (9.2.2002)
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (The Liberation Trilogy) (CD-Audio) - Common
(Fifteen Sermons: Together with as Many Prayers, from Fift...)
Fifteen Sermons: Together with as Many Prayers, from Fifteen Universalist Clergymen of Maine (1845)
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THE DAY OF BATTLE:The Day of Battle: The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Liberation Trilogy) by Rick Atkinson (Sep 16, 2008)
("Majestic... Atkinson's achievement is to marry prodigiou...)
"Majestic... Atkinson's achievement is to marry prodigious research with a superbly organized narrative and then to overlay the whole with writing as powerful and elegant as any great narrative of war." -The Wall Street Journal In An Army at Dawn-winner of the Pulitzer Prize-Rick Atkinson provided an authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa during World War II. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight their way north toward Rome. The decision to invade the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was controversial, but once under way, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, the Rapido River, and Monte Cassino were particularly lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. And with the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory at last began to seem inevitable. Drawing on a wide array of primary source material, written with great drama and flair, The Day of Battle is a masterly account of one of history's most compelling military campaigns.
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In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat by Atkinson, Rick Published by Holt Paperbacks Illustrat 4th (fourth) printing edition (2005) Paperback
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Reprint
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 Volume Two 2 of the Liberation Trilogy First Edition
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (The Liberation Trilogy, Vol. 1) 1st edition by Atkinson, Rick (2002) Hardcover
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The Long Gray Line Publisher: Holt Paperbacks; 20th Anniversary Edition
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Long (The) Gray Line, The American Journey of West..
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy) ( Hardcover )
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Liberation Trilogy) Paperback 2008 Reprint Ed. Rick Atkinson
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The Long Gray Line First edition by Atkinson, Rick (1990) Hardcover
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The Day Of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy 1943-44 (Liberation Trilogy) by Rick Atkinson (2-May-2013) Paperback
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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966 by Atkinson, Rick (2009) Paperback
(20th Anniversary Edi)
20th Anniversary Edi
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Crusade - The Untold Story Of The Persian Gulf War
(Crusade by Rick Atkinson. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,1993)
Crusade by Rick Atkinson. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,1993
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By Rick Atkinson - In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat (1st Edition) (1/30/05)
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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966
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An Army at Dawn: the War in North Africa, 1942-1943
(In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Atkinson ...)
In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943. Illustrations. 18 maps.
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 { AN ARMY AT DAWN: THE WAR IN NORTH AFRICA, 1942-1943 } By Atkinson, Rick ( Author ) May/15/2007 Paperback
(Never Smile at a Crocodile)
Never Smile at a Crocodile
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)
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By Rick Atkinson - The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Liberation Trilogy) (Reprint) (8/17/08)
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy Paperback - May 15, 2007
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Crusade : The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War by Atkinson, Rick (1993) Hardcover
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An Army At Dawn - War In North Africa 1942-1943 - Volume One Of The Liberation Trilogy
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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966
( "A story of epic proportions and an awesome feat of bio...)
"A story of epic proportions and an awesome feat of biographical reconstruction."--The Boston Globe A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty-five-year saga of the West Point class of 1966. With a novelist's eye for detail, Rick Atkinson illuminates this powerful story through the lives of three classmates and the women they loved--from the boisterous cadet years, to the fires of Vietnam, to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war. The rich cast of characters also includes Douglas MacArthur, William C. Westmoreland, and a score of other memorable figures. The class of 1966 straddled a fault line in American history, and Atkinson's masterly book speaks for a generation of American men and women about innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreams
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
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In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat
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The Long Gray Line/My Turn/A Place for Us/Funny Business (Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction, Volume 8: 1990)
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy 1st (first) edition
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In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat
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The Day of Battle The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943 - 1944 Volume two of the Liberation Trilogy
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Rick Atkinson
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Rick Atkinson, German writer, journalist. Recipient Pulitzer prize for National Reporting, 1982, Livingston award for International Reporting, 1983, John Hancock award for Excellence, 1989, George Polk award for National Reporting, 1990, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Special Citation for Non-Fiction, 1990, Pulitzer prize for Public Service, 1999.
Education
Bachelor, East Carolina University, 1974. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1975.
Career
Reporter Pittsburg (Kansas) Morning Sun, 1976-1977, The Kansas City (Missouri) Times, 1977-1983, The Washington Post, 1983—1985, deputy national editor, 1985—1987, investigative reporter, 1989—1991, Berlin correspondent, 1993—1995, assistant managing editor, since 1996.
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An Army at Dawn: the War in North Africa, 1942-1943
(In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Atkinson ...)
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In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat 1st (first) Paperback Prin Edition by Atkinson, Rick 2005
("A beautifully written and memorable account of combat fr...)
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (The Liberation Trilogy) (CD-Audio) - Common
(Fifteen Sermons: Together with as Many Prayers, from Fift...)
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Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War
( This definitive account of the Gulf War relates the pre...)
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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966
( "A story of epic proportions and an awesome feat of bio...)
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 { AN ARMY AT DAWN: THE WAR IN NORTH AFRICA, 1942-1943 } By Atkinson, Rick ( Author ) May/15/2007 Paperback
(Never Smile at a Crocodile)
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Crusade - The Untold Story Of The Persian Gulf War
(Crusade by Rick Atkinson. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,1993)
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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966 by Atkinson, Rick (2009) Paperback
(20th Anniversary Edi)
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THE DAY OF BATTLE:The Day of Battle: The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Liberation Trilogy) by Rick Atkinson (Sep 16, 2008)
("Majestic... Atkinson's achievement is to marry prodigiou...)
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In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat by Atkinson, Rick Published by Holt Paperbacks Illustrat 4th (fourth) printing edition (2005) Paperback
(Reprint)
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) by Atkinson, Rick (2014) Hardcover
(Lrg)
- in the company of soldiers a Chronicle of Combat
- An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy 1st edition by Atkinson, Rick (2003) Paperback
- An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy
- The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Liberation Trilogy #02) THE DAY OF BATTLE: THE WAR IN SICILY AND ITALY, 1943-1944 (LIBERATION TRILOGY #02) BY Atkinson, Rick ( Author ) Sep-16-2008 THE DAY OF BATTLE: THE WAR IN SICILY AND ITAL
- By Rick Atkinson - An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (9.2.2002)
- The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 Volume Two 2 of the Liberation Trilogy First Edition
- An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (The Liberation Trilogy, Vol. 1) 1st edition by Atkinson, Rick (2002) Hardcover
- The Long Gray Line Publisher: Holt Paperbacks; 20th Anniversary Edition
- Long (The) Gray Line, The American Journey of West..
- The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy) ( Hardcover )
- The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Liberation Trilogy) Paperback 2008 Reprint Ed. Rick Atkinson
- The Long Gray Line First edition by Atkinson, Rick (1990) Hardcover
- The Day Of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy 1943-44 (Liberation Trilogy) by Rick Atkinson (2-May-2013) Paperback
- By Rick Atkinson - In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat (1st Edition) (1/30/05)
- The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966
- The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)
- By Rick Atkinson - The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Liberation Trilogy) (Reprint) (8/17/08)
- An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy Paperback - May 15, 2007
- Crusade : The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War by Atkinson, Rick (1993) Hardcover
- An Army At Dawn - War In North Africa 1942-1943 - Volume One Of The Liberation Trilogy
- The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
- In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat
- The Long Gray Line/My Turn/A Place for Us/Funny Business (Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction, Volume 8: 1990)
- An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy 1st (first) edition
- In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat
- The Day of Battle The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943 - 1944 Volume two of the Liberation Trilogy
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An Army at Dawn: the War in North Africa, 1942-1943
Connections
Married Jane Ann Chestnut, May 12, 1979. Children: Rush, Sarah.
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Recipient Pulitzer prize for National Reporting, 1982, Livingston award for International Reporting, 1983, John Hancock award for Excellence, 1989, George Polk award for National Reporting, 1990, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Special Citation for Non-Fiction, 1990, Pulitzer prize for Public Service, 1999.Recipient Pulitzer prize for National Reporting, 1982, Livingston award for International Reporting, 1983, John Hancock award for Excellence, 1989, George Polk award for National Reporting, 1990, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Special Citation for Non-Fiction, 1990, Pulitzer prize for Public Service, 1999.