Rick Atkinson
Historian, Author
1952 –
Who is Rick Atkinson?
Rick Atkinson is an American author who has won Pulitzer Prizes in history and journalism.
After working as a newspaper reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, Atkinson turned to writing military history. His six books include narrative accounts of four different American wars. His Liberation Trilogy, a history of the American role in the liberation of Europe in World War II, concluded with the publication of The Guns at Last Light in May 2013. In 2010, he received the $100,000 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
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- Born
- Nov 16, 1952
Munich - Also known as
- Lawrence Rush Atkinson IV
- Parents
- Spouses
- Jane Ann Chestnut
(1979 - )
- Jane Ann Chestnut
- Children
- Ethnicity
- German American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- East Carolina University
- University of Chicago
- Lived in
- Kansas
- Munich
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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