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Product Details
Simon & Schuster, July 1999
eBook, 400 pages
ISBN-10: 0684864541
ISBN-13: 9780684864549
Description
From America's preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes a brilliant telling of the war in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the end, eleven months later, on May 7, 1945. This authoritative narrative account is drawn by the author himself from his five acclaimed works about that conflict, most particularly from the definitive and comprehensive D-Day and Citizen Soldiers.
But it is, as always with Stephen Ambrose, the ranks, the ordinary boys and men, who command his attention and his awe. The Victors tells their stories, how citizens became soldiers in the best army in the world. Ambrose draws on thousands of interviews and oral histories from government and private archives, from the high command -- Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton -- on down though officers and enlisted men, to re-create the last year of the Second World War when the Allied soldiers pushed Germany out of France, chased them across Germany, and destroyed the Nazi regime.
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Chapter 8Nathaniel Tripp The New York Times Book Review Ambrose is a superb historian.
William R. Wineke Wisconsin State Journal The Victors is an absolutely wonderful book...a compelling narrative of a time when the average American youth exhibited heroism and grace to save the world.
Theo Lippman, Jr. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Fresh and riveting.
Calvin L. Christman The Dallas Morning News A brief, readable, and necessary remembrance of a generation that met and overcome this century's greatest test.
John Gregory Dunne The New Yorker [Ambrose's] skill at weaving his interviews into a good read is impressive.
Harry Crumpacker St. Petersburg Times No historian writing today understands and empathizes with the World Ware II generation of Americans better than Stephen Ambrose...Reading this book will leave only a profound understanding of an undeniable truth.
Stephen E. Ambrose's Books
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Band of BrothersEasy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, the stories, often in the men’s own words, of these American heroes.Read More -
To AmericaIn TO AMERICA, Stephen Ambrose, one of America's most influential historians, reflects on his long career and what being a historian is all about.Read More
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The Wild BlueStephen E. Ambrose carries us along in the crowded and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to destroy the German war machine during World War II.Read More
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Citizen SoldiersIn his follow-up to D-Day, Stephen E. Ambrose tells the story of the battles of World War II from the perspective of the men who fought it.Read More
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Nothing Like It In The World LpIn this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E. Ambrose offers a historical successor to his universally...Read More
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Undaunted CourageIn this sweeping adventure story, Stephen E. Ambrose, the bestselling author od D-Day, presents the definitive account of one of the most momentous...Read More
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The Stephen Ambrose World War II Audio CollectionFrom The New York Times bestselling author Stephen Ambrose comes a timeless audio collection. D-DAY Read by the author Stephen Ambrose draws from...Read More
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The Good FightStephen E. Ambrose, one of the finest historians of our time, has written an extraordinary chronicle of World War II for young readers. From Japanese...Read More
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American Heritage's Great Minds of American HistoryIn a series of fascinating interviews, today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history. American...Read More
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EisenhowerStephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, including interviews with Eisenhower himself to offer an intimate portrait of this complicated man.Read More
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Pegasus BridgeThe first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War II. The stuff of all great adventures.Read More
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