<div>In this succeeding volume to <i>The Americans at D-Day,</i> McManus does the same for the Battle of Normandy as a whole. Never before has the American involvement in Normandy been examined so thoroughly or exclusively as in <i>The Americans at Normandy.</i> For D-Day was only one part of the battle, and victory came from weeks of sustained effort and sacrifices made by Allied soldiers.<br><br>Presented here is the American experience during that summer of 1944, from the aftermath of D-Day to the slaughter of the Falaise Gap, from the courageous, famed figures of Bradley, Patton, and "Lightning" Joe Collins to the lesser-known privates who toiled in torturous conditions for their country.<br> <br>Engrossing, lightning-quick, and filled with real human sorrow and elation, <i>The Americans at Normandy</i> honors those Americans who lost their lives in foreign fields and those who survived. Here is their story, finally told with the depth, pathos, and historical perspective it deserves.<br></div>