The Americans at D-Day: The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion
Praise for John C. McManus' The Americans at D-Day and The Americans at Normandy"McManus has written an epic, an American Illiad, of the ordinary, mortal men who fought and won the pivotal battle of World War II. From generals and prime ministers to the G.I. Joes who carried the destiny of nations in their hands, his scope in monumental. An extraordinary achievement."---Stephen Coonts"Required reading on a bitter battle that won't be---and never should be---forgotten."---W. E. B. Griffin"Far more gripping than Saving Private Ryan. 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."---Walter J. Boyne, New York Times bestselling author of Operation Iraqi Freedom"Awesome! A definitive account of a turning point in American and world history."---Thomas Fleming"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 int in perspective and made it real."---David Hagberg, winner of the American Book Award, three-time winner of the American Mystery Award, and USA Today bestselling a