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    Lawrence Rush "Rick" Atkinson IV (born November 15, 1952) is an American author, most recently of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington...
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    origin date of 1940–1944, generally attributing it to the U.S. Army. Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU, FUBAR, and a bevy of other terms to cynical...
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  • United States' involvement in World War II, written by American author Rick Atkinson and published by Henry Holt & Co. The first volume, An Army at Dawn...
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  • This has started to change, with books such as The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson, in which he describes Allied war crimes in Italy, and D-Day: The Battle...
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  • interservice rivalries. A number of military slang terms are acronyms. Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU (Situation Normal, All Fucked Up), FUBAR...
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  • basket weaving and things like that," as Vonda contemptuously put it. — Rick Atkinson, The Long Gray Line This is no surprise, as normal office job functions...
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  • 2307/1984650. JSTOR 1984650. Atkinson, Rick (2002). An Army at Dawn. New York: Picador. ISBN 978-0-8050-8724-6. Atkinson, Rick (2013). The Guns at Last Light...
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  • generally attributing it to the United States Army.[citation needed] Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU, FUBAR, and a bevy of other terms to cynical...
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    formidable obstacle to any attacking force. Other historians, including Rick Atkinson, assign lesser importance for Ortona. He quotes Field Marshal Albert...
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  • commercially powerful, but artistically vapid." The Record critic Rick Atkinson said of the album that it used the same formula as Foreigner's debut...
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  • impeccable vocal layering lacks the surprises that Open Our Eyes provides." Rick Atkinson of The Record wrote "Any album that can hit the album charts, the single...
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    the burning city and rescued civilians during the night. According to Rick Atkinson, this was "the only large, long-range air strike by German bombers during...
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    ounces [57 g] and has a muzzle velocity of 900 meters per second.) — Rick Atkinson, The Washington Post EFPs have been used in improvised explosive devices...
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  • Atkinson (1920–1994), British prehistorian and archaeologist Richard Merrill Atkinson (1894–1947), U.S. Representative from Tennessee Rick Atkinson (born...
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  • Prize–winning book written in 2002 by long-time Washington Post correspondent Rick Atkinson. The book is a history of the North African Campaign, particularly focused...
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    June 22, 2010. Atkinson, Rick (January 7, 2007). "Iraq Will be Petraeus' Knot to Untie". The Washington Post. p. A15. Atkinson, Rick, In the Company...
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  • wandering around a city alone with nothing to do." The Record critic Rick Atkinson described "Hot Blooded" as using a common rock and roll opening and...
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    American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Rick Atkinson. On September 17, 2009, Blitzer competed on an episode of Celebrity...
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    decisive." Historian Rick Atkinson considered Schwarzkopf "the most theatrical American in uniform since Douglas MacArthur." Atkinson further contended that...
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  • Martin "Rick" Atkinson III is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 11th district. "Governor...
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    the Evolution of Flight. Texas A&M UP. p. 78. ISBN 978-1585444137. Rick Atkinson (2013). The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945...
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    Jim Lovell, as well as military authors such as Doris Kearns Goodwin, Rick Atkinson, and W.E.B. Griffin. Retired CIA agent Sandra Grimes also paid a visit...
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    virtually ceased to exist; only 40 men made it back to the Allied lines. Rick Atkinson described the intense German resistance: Artillery and Nebelwerfer drumfire...
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    from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America Finalist 2003 Rick Atkinson An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943 Winner Philip Dray...
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  • (2001) The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand (2002) An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson (2003) A Nation Under Our Feet by Steven Hahn (2004) Washington's Crossing...
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  • 2008 (2008): Allan R. Millett 2009 (2009): Gerhard Weinberg 2010 (2010): Rick Atkinson 2011 (2011): Carlo D'Este 2012 (2012): Sir Max Hastings 2013 (2013):...
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  • multiple people Rebecca Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people Richard Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people Rick Atkinson, American writer and...
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    in the streets of Mogadishu. According to Washington Post reporter Rick Atkinson, most U.S. commanders in Mogadishu had underestimated the number of...
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    Grand Strategy, IV, August 1942 – September 1943 (1972) pp 279–81. Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn Pratt, Julius W. "De Gaulle and the United States:...
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    incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Atkinson, Rick (1993). Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War. Houghton...
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