The Victors: The Men of World War II - Softcover

Stephen E Ambrose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743492420 ISBN 13: 9780743492423

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2005

Synopsis

Stephen E. Ambrose draws from and integrates in this one-volume history of the Second World War his five acclaimed books about the conflict, making this the definitive history of the war. THE VICTORS is woven into a chronological continuing narrative, beginning with the preparation and training of the Allied armies and Eisenhower's decision to cross the English Channel to capture the Normandy beaches on D-DAY. From Utah bridge to The Bulge and on to Hitler's Eagle's nest in Germany, Ambrose describes the momentous events of the war until the final days when the Allied soldiers pushed the German troops out of France, chased them across Germany, and destroyed the Nazi regime, making this the definitive history of the Second World War. At the centre of this epic drama are the citizen soldiers, the boys who became men as they fought and rose to the occasion, proving eventually unbeatable. THE VICTORS displays Ambrose's scholarship and authority, his readability, and the powerful love and admiration for these young men that make his books on war so moving and popular.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen E. Ambrose, leading World War II historian, was the author of numerous books on history including the Number 1 bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, D-DAY (on which SAVING PRIVATE RYAN was based) PEGASUS BRIDGE and WILD BLUE. He is founder of the Eisenhower Center and the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. He died in 2002.

Review:

Theo Lippman, Jr.

"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

Fresh and riveting.

Nathaniel Tripp

"The New York Times Book Review"

Ambrose is a superb historian.

John Gregory Dunne

"The New Yorker"

İAmbrose's¨ skill at weaving his interviews into a good read is impressive.

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.

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.

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743492420
• ISBN 13: 9780743492423
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448