Americans at War
by Stephen E. Ambrose
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Author: Stephen E. AmbroseEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-10-01
ISBN: 0425165108
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Berkley Trade
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Book Review: Wonderful history book
Summary: 5 Stars
I actually bought this book for one of my college courses. I was assigned to read certain sections, but i read this book from the front cover to the back. Ambrose is one of the best history writers on that planet, and this book is no exception to his wonderful accounts of historical events that happened during WW2. Ambrose has a way of making history fun to read about, throwing in funny quirks and other humorous but meaningful stories to make the read much more enjoyable. This book accounts many of the major campaigns as they happened in the war, but it also brings to life many of the major generals and leaders of the war, whether Patton or Monte, or Bradley, this books covers them all. The plans and operations are detailed and too the point. This is definately a Ambrose book that is worth the money if you are interested in WW2.
Summary of Americans at War
Collected here for the first time are fifteen essays that span over 100 years of American history--and the remarkable thirty-year career of America's foremost historian. Ambrose's vivid and compelling essays take you to the heart of America's wars, from Grant's stunning Fourth of July victory at Vicksburg, to Nixon's surprise Christmas bombing of Hanoi. Ambrose brings to life the ambition and charisma that led to Custer's great success in the Civil War and fateful disaster at Little Big Horn. With vivid imagery and precise commentary, he puts you on the beaches of Normandy with the common footsoldier and in the headquarters of America's great commanders, Eisenhower, Patton and MacArthur. He takes you to the trenches of the homefront, ground zero of the Atomic Bomb, and into the arsenals of the twenty-first century.
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