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Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
In this riveting account, historian Stephen Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war, from the high command down to the ordinary soldier, drawing 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. more
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- Posted: Nov-29-2008
A MUST Book of WW2
I bought this book to understand my father better. Having an 87-year old father (Ray Koenig) who experienced D-Day (he was in the glider Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne), the fighting through the hedgerows of France, the terrible winter in The Ardennes, and the final push to Berlin, I wanted to...
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- Posted: Nov-21-2008
Biased love letter
Band of Brothers was very appropriate for Ambrose...a true story about the shared experience of a company of soldiers..great book, great mini series and very powerful. Ambrose falls on his face when he writes about the War more generally and his naked pandering always shines through. I think one...
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- Posted: Oct-10-2008
good narrative
I enjoyed this book. I felt it was repeating alittle,but that would be the nature of this type of book. It read well, and left me in awe several time. I enjoyed the immense amount of details.My grandfather landed at Normandy on D-Day + 2. I read that part and felt a deep connection, like I...
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- Posted: Sep-10-2008
Excellent Read
Citizen Soldier is another excellent read into history from the author. The one thing that I enjoy about this book is the authors focus on the soldiers on the ground and not necessarily the major commanders that one reads a lot about. Very educational. This book is packed with well documented...
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- Posted: Aug-29-2008
Citizen Soldiers
As a wounded veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, I found this book spell binding. I found a few facts that I never knew even when I was there as rifleman in the 90th Division. The ineptitude of a great number of our generals and colonels was plainly laid out for all to see.His telling of the...
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- Posted: Apr-30-2008
Another WWII classic from Ambrose
Ambrose has a great writing style of interweaving the basics of battlefield strategy and tactics in enough detail to explain the historical significance of events, while keeping the focus on the men who fought the battles.This book, like Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st...
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- Posted: Jan-28-2008
Pemberley Remembered
Maggie Joyce, an idealized young American living in post World War II London, is an avid fan of Jane Austen and specifically Pride and Prejudice. Taking advantage of her stay in England, she attempts to learn the true identities on which Jane Austen's characters in P&P were based. There is a...
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- Posted: Jan-28-2008
The Interviews Make It an Exceptional Read
Call me a late bloomer but I never had much of an interest in history or World War II until fairly recently. The light went on for me after I read Playing with the Enemy by Gary Moore. Shortly after finishing that book I asked a good friend of mine, who happens to be a history buff, what he...
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- Posted: Dec-09-2007
Front Row Seat!
Steven Ambrose's "Citizen Soldiers" is a front-row seat and a bird's eye of the last year of WWII, from D-Day to VE-Day, June 6, 1944 to May 7, 1945. The story seemed to be in real-time as it reflected thousands of interviews with injured soldiers just off the battle fields, and eventually stored...
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- Posted: Oct-16-2007
Excellent Oral History of the GI in Europe
Ambrose's book takes up where his prequel left off - the battle of Normandy. He continues their saga as they battle their way into the heartland of Germany. Especially riveting are the conditions under which the GIs fought during the battle of the Bulge. Also, what makes this a riveting read is...
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