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.
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| 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 ReviewsCritique Of Books Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
I'm on a little world war II kick right now and I realized that this book would basically tell me what my grandfather and Kate's grandfather were doing in 1944. Turns out, things were not that fun for them. Although, thank god my grandfather was in the anti-aircraft part of the army, because if he had been in the front line infantry, according to this book, chances are I would not be around. There are lots of great first-person stories of the war here, although it is a little jumpy all around"... 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
This is a great book, either read on its own or as a sequel to D-Day, Ambrose's book about June 6, 1944. There are lots of anecdotes about events and conditions of the war, mainly on the front lines but also elsewhere in Europe. You really come away with a sense of what it was like for the men who fought WWII.My only complaint about the book is that Ambrose's outline of operations in Europe is so barebone that you don't already have a good understanding of the campaign. I had to do a little
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 enough
I just couldn't finish it. It was neither very informtive or interesting for me personally.
I've been thinking a lot about story structure lately. How many wonderful stories (books or movies) have a structure something like this: Hero reluctantly gets involved in a struggle. Hero faces setbacks, makes mistakes, takes a few steps forward and then a few steps back. Hero learns, grows, and changes on way to achieving goal. Hero has to make some sacrifices, but comes out on top.I love Stephen Ambrose. He makes history read like a good novel. Citizen Soldiers was packed with information. It
A very good book on the American campaign in Europe. It has many first-hand accounts from the common GI, all woven in with the big picture of the war. Ambrose also has chapters on the Air war, battlefield medicine, military justice, morale and many other aspects of the American war effort in ETO. The only drawback to this book for me was a little to much rah, rah cheerleading , from the author. Otherwise I really enjoyed the book.
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