The Victors
Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II
A TRUE CELEBRATION OF HEROISM AND BRAVERY
From America's preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes a brilliant telling of World War II in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the end, eleven months later, on May 7, 1945. The author himself drew this authoritative narrative account from his five acclaimed books about that conflict, to yield what has been called "the best single-volume history of the war that most of us will ever read."
From America's preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes a brilliant telling of World War II in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the end, eleven months later, on May 7, 1945. The author himself drew this authoritative narrative account from his five acclaimed books about that conflict, to yield what has been called "the best single-volume history of the war that most of us will ever read."
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- Simon & Schuster |
- 400 pages |
- ISBN 9780684856292 |
- October 1999
$23.50 List Price
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Praise
“Nathaniel Tripp The New York Times Book Review Ambrose is a superb historian. ”
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“Nathaniel Tripp The New York Times Book Review Ambrose is a superb historian. ”
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“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. ”
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“Theo Lippman, Jr. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Fresh and riveting. ”
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“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. ”
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“John Gregory Dunne The New Yorker [Ambrose's] skill at weaving his interviews into a good read is impressive. ”
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“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. ”
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