Citizen Soldiers - by Stephen E Ambrose (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Drawing on hundreds of interviews and oral histories, Ambrose recreates life on the front lines during one of the bloodiest periods of World War II: from D-Day to the surrender of Germany. "The most gripping account of the second World War that I have ever read".--Joseph Heller. of photos. Maps.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of <i>Band of Brothers </i>and <i>D-Day</i>, 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.</b> <p/>In this riveting account, historian Stephen E. Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller <i>D-Day.</i> <i>Citizen Soldiers </i>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>John Omicinski Detroit Free Press Ambrose's <i>Citizen Soldiers</i> is his best book ever, the culmination of a career largely spent immersed in the details of Ike's war.<br><br>R. Z. Sheppard Time <i>Citizen Soldiers</i> [is] a high point in Ambrose's long fascination with the nature of leaders and followers.<br><br>John Lehman The Wall Street Journal History boldly told and elegantly written....Gripping.<br><br>Kyle Smith People Ambrose proves once again he is a masterful historian....Spellbinding....The book captures the bizarre contradictions, random kindness and unexpectedly comic moments of the push to Berlin as memorably as a great war novel.<br>
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