"Joseph Balkoski is the top living D-Day historian." --<I>USA Today</I> <P>"Balkoski has fingertip command of his sources, and a sense of the dramatic that never loses touch with the brutal realities of combat." --Dennis Showalter, past president of the Society for Military History and author of <I>Patton and Rommel</I> <P><LI>Continues Balkoski's acclaimed multivolume history of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division in World War II <LI>Covers the division's vital role in the U.S. Army's November offensive, which Gen. Omar Bradley hoped would get the Allies to the Rhine River by Christmas <LI>A riveting story of heroism and tragedy, during which thousands of 29ers became casualties in a campaign that ultimately failed to end the war <LI>Balkoski blends meticulous research with masterful storytelling</LI>