Stephen E. Ambrose
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| Title | : | Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany |
| Author | : | Stephen E. Ambrose |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 528 pages |
| Published | : | September 24th 1998 by Simon Schuster (first published October 7th 1997) |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. War. Military Fiction. World War II. Military. Military History |
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From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II. In this riveting account, historian Stephen E. Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Citizen Soldiers opens at 0001 hours, June 7, 1944, on the Normandy beaches, and ends at 0245 hours, May 7, 1945, with the allied victory. It is biography of the US Army in the European Theater of Operations, and Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war. From the high command down to the ordinary soldier, Ambrose draws on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany, Ambrose tells the real story of World War II from the perspective of the men and women who fought it.Itemize Books During Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
| Original Title: | Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany |
| ISBN: | 0684848015 (ISBN13: 9780684848013) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.21 From 19512 Users | 438 ReviewsWeigh Up About Books Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
Whatever else Ambrose does, he does his homework. There's enough primary material in this book to make it worthwhile just for that, for telling the story of the men and women who were there. It's hung together with enough filler material to make it interesting and coherent, and enough background to make it accessible to those without a solid grounding in WWII history. It stands out as perhaps his best book about the period, simply because it focuses on the people, not the action, which is enoughI gave this book four stars because it is one of the best histories of World War II I have ever read despite occasional episodes of fierce language. There wasn't a lot of bad language but it was intense when it was present. Ambrose brings richness, life, and new perspectives to a subject that has been written to exhaustion. He relates all of the expected events and gives enough detail to understand the strategic and tactical situation. He helps the reader to understand the causes and effects of
This book took me forever to read...almost a month! It's not that it's very long (just under 500 pages), but that it's dense. It probably wasn't the best choice for a 'summer read' - but it was still a pretty good book.Ambrose (who wrote the awesome book "Band of Brothers") is a military historian for military historians. If you're out of the look (like I am), some of the details in his book can get heavy and difficult to handle. Once I decided to read this book as a collection of thousands of
Was a good book and very informative, seemed to drag in a few places, but other than that a good read.
When people know you like history, especially military history, you are probably doomed to get Ambrose books. And so I did, and dutifully read it. The fault of Ambrose is not bad prose (he can write a passable sentence), but in his perspective. I forget the exact line, but the effect is definitely that of "There is much that is good, and much that is original. But that which is original is not good, and that which is good is not original." The fault of plagiarism leveled against Ambrose I mind
"... only in the extremity of total war does a society give so much responsibility for life-and-death decision-making to men so young"I have read other books by Stephen E. Ambrose. Among them Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest and D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II. One of the things I like about the author is the readability of his books and that you feel like you get to know the people. Their thoughts and
A must read for any of our military holidays. I finished it last night, gripping and heartwarming & heartbreaking. These men, these ordinary few, is there really anything more to say? I miss these brave men......Stephen Ambrose is a National Treasure. One day Ill get thru all his books. On a side note: I read this with my sons. Over the course of the week of Memorial Weekend thru DDay the other day. Im not impressed with their history curriculum, so most of the books I read in Autobiography
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