"A magnificent book... (Atkinson) is an absolute master of his material. "-Max Hastings, The Wall Street Journal. It is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how they fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. In the final volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the gripping story of the conclusive campaigns in Western Europe.