| Citizen Soldiers: The U S Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany Contributor(s): Ambrose, Stephen E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684848015 ISBN-13: 9780684848013 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1998 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - United States - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 940.542 |
| LCCN: 98197744 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.45 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 54430 Reading Level: 8.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 32.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, 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. In this riveting account, historian Stephen E. Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Citizen Soldiers 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ambrose, Stephen E.: - "Stephen E. Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than thirty books. Among his New York Times bestsellers are Nothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, and Undaunted Courage. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for the Quarterly Journal of Military History." |