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Americans at War
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.00973
EAN: 9780425165102
ISBN: 0425165108
Label: Berkley Trade
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: October 01, 1998
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Studio: Berkley Trade
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Editorial Review:
Stephen E. Ambrose, one of the foremost historians of the European theater of World War II, shares his vast knowledge of that conflict as well as the Civil War, Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War in this compelling narrative about the American way of war. From Vicksburg to My Lai, Ambrose recounts the history of these wars with extensive coverage of the battlefields and believable portrayals of those involved, creating the perspective that the country's conflicts both reflect and shape American democratic society. "Compelling." (The Indianapolis Star) "Ambrose has the great gift of making history come alive." (The Anniston Star) "Fascinating...insightful." (The Houston Chronicle)
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - mostly sloppy and uniformed with a few good bits
Ambrose writes in a mostly accessible style which is not a bad thing, but this book is a mish mash of different magazine pieces that have virtually nothing in common and are quite uneven in quality. Further, some of his work is just pure opinion based on almost no real scholarship, (his arguments about the bombing of japan or the cold war come to mind). For armchair historians who think they "know" alot about history, Ambrose is the man, unfortunately his unfaultering US boosterism which results ... Read More
Rating: - An American Journey Across Mars' Stage
"Americans At War" is another of Stephen Ambrose's works in which he focuses on topics and heroes which have formed the bases of prior books. Through them he tells the story saga of the American scenes on Mars' stage. Although he occassionally gets down to the common soldier, sailor and airman, this book deals largely with the leaders, consistent with Ambrose's belief that nothing is inevitable. Things happen because people make them happen.
This book begins with the siege of Vicksburg, ... Read More
Rating:  - NOT THE BEST OF AMBROSE - BUT AN EXCELLENT READ!
While this may not be some of Ambrose's best work, it is never-the-less very good stuff. As one reviewer pointed out, Ambrose is not only a pretty good historian, but he is an excellent teller of stories. That is a good combination. Ambrose writes popular historical books. This is good. With this collection of writings, and the many others of which he is responsible for, he has brought history to the general public, in a readable form, and not just let it molder in academic land. This is a collection ... Read More
Rating: - Mediocre and very uneven collection of military articles
This isn't really a book, or even an essay collection. Instead, the publisher decided to put this out when Stephen Ambrose was at the height of his popularity. It's a collection of magazine articles and essays that Ambrose wrote over the course of about 30 years. Some are long and detailed (the first piece, on the Vicksburg campaign, is about 40 pages long, and 30+ years old) while others are much shorter, and some are very new. One (the piece on The Christmas bombing in Viet Nam) is a reprint from MHQ, the ... Read More
Rating: - well-written history is always a pleasure.
Ambrose was a prolific military historian and this book is a re-print of 15 articles he had published in various magazines over the years. Most are short and full of insight. The only one that I found tedious was the first one, concerning the Battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War - an irony for me considering that I love to study the Civil War.
The articles about Eisenhower were particularly of interest to me - prior to this book I had a pretty low opinion of the man (a grandpa president who played ... Read More
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