The latest book by revered military historian Rick Atkinson will be the focus of an upcoming webinar hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army.

During the webinar, part of AUSA’s Noon Report series, Atkinson will discuss The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780. The bestselling book, the second in a trilogy, focuses on the middle of the Revolutionary War, the suspenseful years when George Washington’s forces were on the knife-edge between victory and defeat.

The presentation by Atkinson will take place at noon Eastern on Dec. 2. It is free, but registration is required here.

Atkinson is the bestselling author of eight works of narrative military history, including The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944–1945; The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944; An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943; The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966; In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat; and Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War.

He also was the lead essayist in Where Valor Rests: Arlington National Cemetery, published by National Geographic. He was a reporter, foreign correspondent, war correspondent and senior editor at The Washington Post for more than 20 years. His many awards include Pulitzer Prizes for history and journalism, the George Polk Award, the George Washington Prize and the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.

A fellow historian once quipped, “To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing.”

Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolution, The Fate of the Day provides a riveting narrative covering the middle years of the Revolution. Stationed in Paris, Benjamin Franklin woos the French; in Pennsylvania, George Washington pleads with Congress to deliver the money, men and materiel he needs to continue the fight. In New York, Gen. William Howe, commander of the greatest army the British have ever sent overseas, plans a new campaign against the Americans—even as he is no longer certain that he can win the war.

The months and years that follow bring epic battles at Brandywine, Saratoga, Monmouth and Charleston, a winter of misery at Valley Forge, and yet more appeals for sacrifice by every American committed to the struggle for freedom.