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Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5421
EAN: 9780684848013
ISBN: 0684848015
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: September 24, 1998
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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Editorial Review:
Stephen E. Ambrose combines history and journalism to describe how American GIs battled their way to the Rhineland. He focuses on the combat experiences of ordinary soldiers, as opposed to the generals who led them, and offers a series of compelling vignettes that read like an enterprising reporter's dispatches from the front lines. The book presents just enough contextual material to help readers understand the big picture, and includes memorable accounts of the Battle of the Bulge and other events as seen through the weary eyes of the men who fought in the foxholes. Highly recommended for fans of Ambrose, as well as all readers interested in understanding the life of a 1940s army grunt. A sort of sequel to Ambrose's bestselling 1994 book D-Day, Citizen Soldiers is more than capable of standing on its own.
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.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - 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 knew more now, and maybe understood my grandfather a little more.
Ambrose has his critics, but any historian would. The usually critism made is that they don't write their material, which maybe. ... Read More
Rating: - 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 information that is presented in a format foreign to many history authors and that is the ability to tell a story, keeping the the information fresh and informative.
Great book!
Rating: - 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 desolvment of the ASTP program in which I was enrolled
was very graphic and to the point. All in all, if you can read about violent and deadly warfare and call it interesting, then that describes ... Read More
Rating: - Perfect.
Just like a book from Barnes & Noble. Perfect Quality. No issues. No complaints. Delivered before it was supposed to be and arrived early. Great!
Rating: - 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 Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (see my review here), consists primarily of anecdotes from first-hand accounts of front-line soldiers on both sides of the front, and this is where it gets ... Read More
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