A review by mosesp
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 by Rick Atkinson

4.0

More great history in the final volume of the trilogy. Again, great weaving of individual stories into the larger military and geopolitical context. A little too much about the internal politics of the Allies (everyone hates the French, OK, I get it) but some fascinating glimpses into the internal politics of the Reich, and to the German civilian experience of the end of WWII. I don't think I've ever read anything that so clearly conveyed the razor's edge between hallucinatory loyalty to a failing (and morally repugnant) cause, and the moment of capitulation to the reality of events, with the shame and terror that follows. Really interesting stuff at the end of this book.