TORCH was Eisenhower's first major operation: a gigantic air and sea strike that forced a green untrained army to mature on the spot. A vital and bloody invasion that brought Patton, Truscott, Clark, Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., and many others to the forefront of the Allied drive to victory Based on firsthand accounts and new interviews with participants, and illustrated with rare photographs, OPERATION TORCH is edge-of-the-seat reading-the long overdue full story.