In searching for a rationale to go to war, Bush settled on the notion of Saddam as an incarnation of evil, basically,… — Rick Atkinson Acting Copy Share Image
Hitler had a police state of the first order. And those who showed any sign of being weak-kneed faced prison or often… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
I conduct very few interviews with veterans. The contemporaneous, or near-contemporaneous, record for WWII is so spectacularly deep that latter-day recollections are… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
“A soldier would snake his way painfully through rocks and rubble to set up a light machine gun, raise his head cautiously… — Rick Atkinson Computers Copy Share Image
“A soldier doesn’t fight to save suffering humanity or any other nonsense. He fights to prove that his unit is the best… — Rick Atkinson Peace Copy Share Image
“pump,” Marshall added. Brooke had spotted a whimbrel, a yellow wagtail, and five small owls. He had also seen this American argument… — Rick Atkinson War Room Copy Share Image
“If U-boats torpedoed a transport during the Atlantic passage, how many destroyers should be left behind to pick up survivors? Hewitt was… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
“more than 300 other ships bound for Algeria steamed from anchorages on the Clyde and along England’s west coast. For all these… — Rick Atkinson Royal navy Copy Share Image
“In contemplating who should command the Army’s multiplying regiments and divisions, Marshall and his training chief, Lesley J. McNair, kept a list… — Rick Atkinson American military Copy Share Image
“Ernie Pyle, who was with them as usual, wrote: “They were dead weary, as a person could tell even when looking at… — Rick Atkinson Exhaustion Copy Share Image
“In the first half of 1944, battle casualty rates for every 1,000 bomber crewmen serving six months in combat included 712 killed… — Rick Atkinson Japanese Copy Share Image
“Derrien had issued his battle cry, he annulled it by order of Vichy. “November 8, we fight everybody,” he wrote privately. “November… — Rick Atkinson Battle cry Copy Share Image
“TWO hundred and thirty nautical miles southeast of Gibraltar, Oran perched above the sea, a splinter of Europe cast onto the African… — Rick Atkinson Red wine Copy Share Image
