World War II The Rising Tide, Book 1, (Hardcover)

from moss_icon

This is a solid fictional account of the Allies efforts in North Africa, before moving to Sicily. I enjoy the format of the book, but the style is a little dry at times, and heavily biased in favour of the Americans. I was bored of reading about how great America was by the end, and had heard oft...

from Karlstar

This is a personal story about some key and not so key characters from the North African and Sicily campaigns during World War 2. The personal history of Patton, Eisenhower and Rommel is fascinating. However, this book is seriously lacking in detail and facts, enough so that the history suffers. ...

from ZoharLaor

This is the first book of a trilogy about WWII. The book explores the lesser known African campaign(s) which began in late1942. Mr. Shaara goes into the minds of such military greats as Eisenhower, Montgomery and Rommel as well as other generals and even the men in the field. The story moves chro...

from ChrisNorbury

Tight, crisp prose characterize this fact-based retelling of the first part of WW II. That style worked great for the combat scenes, but tended to shortchange individual character development. Nevertheless, Shaara captured the personalities of Rommel, Patton and Eisenhower quite well, in my opini...

from terbby

I'm not sure where it started but this is another in the historical fiction genre, the success of which depends on historical accuracy as much as the writer's skill at dialogue and characterization. Here the history is accurate and the drama of the book is carried by the magnitude of the events. ...