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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest [Paperback]

Stephen E. Ambrose
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Aug 7 2001
As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments -- responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. In Band of Brothers, Ambrose tells of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150 percent casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers' journals and letters, Stephen Ambrose recounts the stories, often in the men's own words, of these American heroes.

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As grippingly as any novelist, preeminent World War II historian Stephen Ambrose tells the horrifying, hallucinatory saga of Easy Company, whose 147 members he calls the nonpareil combat paratroopers on earth circa 1941-45. Ambrose takes us along on Easy Company's trip from grueling basic training to Utah Beach on D-day, where a dozen of them turned German cannons into dynamited ruins resembling "half-peeled bananas," on to the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of part of the Dachau concentration camp, and a large party at Hitler's "Eagle's Nest," where they drank the madman's (surprisingly inferior) champagne. Of Ambrose's main sources, three soldiers became rich civilians; at least eight became teachers; one became Albert Speer's jailer; one prosecuted Bobby Kennedy's assassin; another became a mountain recluse; the despised, sadistic C.O. who first trained Easy Company (and to whose strictness many soldiers attributed their survival of the war) wound up a suicidal loner whose own sons skipped his funeral.

The Easy Company survivors describe the hell and confusion of any war: the senseless death of the nicest kid in the company when a souvenir Luger goes off in his pocket; the execution of a G.I. by his C.O. for disobeying an order not to get drunk. Despite the gratuitous horrors it relates, Band of Brothers illustrates what one of Ambrose's sources calls "the secret attractions of war ... the delight in comradeship, the delight in destruction ... war as spectacle." --Tim Appelo --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Ambrose ( Pegasus Bridge ) narrates in vivid detail the adventures, misadventures, triumphs and tragedies of a single U.S. Army infantry company over its span of organizational life. Formed in July 1944 and deactivated in November 1945, E Company was one of the most successful light infantry units in the European theater. Its troops saw their first action on D-Day behind the Normandy beachhead, took part in Operation Market Garden in Holland, held the perimeter around Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, and were the first to reach Hitler's Bavarian outpost at Berchtesgaden. The book is enlivened with pertinent comments by veterans of "Easy Company," who recall not only the combat action but their relations with their officers (one company commander was a petty tyrant of the worst type, but his oppressive ways had much to do with the unit's impressive esprit de corps ) and their impressions of the countries through which they campaigned (hated the French, loved the Germans). This is a terrific read for WW II actions buffs. Photos. Military Book Club main selection; Literary Guild alternate.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you feel like you were there... Jun 15 2003
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
After seeing the HBO series, I picked up the book, wanting to see what was missed/changed in the transition to television. I was very pleased to see that except for a few details, and some dramatization, the series was a very faithful retelling of the book. It fills in a lot of behind the scenes stuff you didn't see on TV. The book really helps make you feel like you were there. You get to know all the guys, you feel happy when they triumph, you feel sad when they get hurt or die. In that respect the book is great.

Ambrose's narrative is good, and full of quotes from the soldiers. The only part that got annoying was Ambrose's frequent opinions about how wonderful and amazing the American soldier was and how second rate everyone else was. The Airborne was an elite unit, but probably no better or worse than other elite units in the war. Having read some German accounts of the Normandy campaign, and taken in light of the enormous blunders made by the German high command in planning and carrying out its response to the invasion, Ambrose's "professional" analysis is dead wrong. If the German field commanders had their way, E company would have never gotten to the Eagle's Nest, most of them would have been buried in France by the Germans.

As a personal account of the soldiers journey from training to war, this is one of the best books I read, just take Ambrose's comments with a grain of salt. A good historian is supposed to be objective and take all points of view into account before making a conclusion, Ambrose does neither.

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By Lawrance M. Bernabo HALL OF FAME TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
If you have neither read Stephen Ambrose's book or seen the HBO mini-series "Band of Brothers" and are wondering which you should do first, then my recommendation would be to watch the mini-series first. This would be especially true if you are the sort of person who remembers books in vivid detail so that alarms go off in your brain every time there is a significant departure on the screen from the written word. In that case your enjoyment of the mini-series would be derailed by every "that is not how it really happened" or "it was not Person A but Person B who did X." However, if you start with the mini-series and then read the book you will discover how most of the episodes were based on the skimpiest details (the first two episodes are far and away the ones that most rely on the details of Ambrose's book).

I found that my reaction to the book was basically the same as it had been to the mini-series: I have tremendous respect for Dick Winters and I wish there was much more to what I was reading/watching. When I got this book I was surprised "Band of Brothers" was "only" 333 pages long. One of the strengths of the book is how Ambrose takes advantage of the dual perspective of his sources, who not only recall what they were doing and thinking during World War II, but also what their thoughts are today about what happened back then. However, Ambrose does tend to repeatedly make some key points in his editorial commentary on the historical narrative.

It might be some sort of heresy, but it does not especially matter to me whether or not Easy Company was the premier unit of the United States military during World War II. What is of importance here is the story of the war told from the perspective of "common" soldiers. For the most part when I have read war books they have been big picture books and usually about the Civil War (e.g., Catton, Foote, McPherson), but there is certainly something to be said for the more personal memoirs (e.g., Sam Watkins' "Company Aytch"). That might be why I liked the sections where the actual soldiers provided first person narratives of their story; I would not have minded at all if this had been more of a cut and paste job where Ambrose linked his collection of interviews, letters, and memoirs. However, the thing I would stress is that if you liked the mini-series you should still read the book and get more of the true story of Easy Company.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A book for all Americans Aug 5 2002
By P. Zenk
Format:Paperback
Stephen Ambrose has proven again and again that he is the best WWII author since Ernie Pyle. As a historian and soldier, I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in military history, WWII, basic leadership, or the common bond gained between those in stressful situations. As a leader of soldiers and former combat qualified proven paratrooper myself, Ambrose captures the essence and exact profile required by strong leaders under fire. His painstaking research, extensive interviews, and the trust he gained by the surviving members led to the development of one of the best example of historical writings I've ever read. There are few books today that I, as a patriot and grateful American, would recommend to be mandatory in every high school classroom, but Band of Brothers is certainly one of them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you like the show, you'll LOVE the book
Most of what is written in here is actually in the TV show. But getting the unaltered story straight from the horse's mouth is still great. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Fournier
4.0 out of 5 stars Better than the movie.
Although the movie was excellent, as always the book was much better. The additional details and characters and their descriptions and actions made it a difficult book to put down. Read more
Published on Dec 28 2010 by Doc 106
4.0 out of 5 stars Band of Brothers
If you have seen the HBO series then read the book. This book has many extras that the series did not cover. The men of Easy Company knew what team work was about. Read more
Published on May 2 2010 by James Holmes
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
I cannot begin to say enough good things about Band of Brothers. It is one of the best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Read more
Published on Dec 13 2004
4.0 out of 5 stars Great look at a small group of heroic vets
If you're coming to this book after seeing the Stephen Spielberg miniseries of the same name, know this: Yes, you will get a load of new information on the "characters" you grew to... Read more
Published on Jun 11 2004 by Eric San Juan
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible book, read it if you get the chance
Stephen Ambrose is the most compelling historian ever and this book is proof. Because of this book I have read more into the 101st Airborne and actually more into WWII. Read more
Published on April 3 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars informative, riveting, good story...
This book provides some great insight into the events surrounding the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the fall of Germany, all from the perspective of the 101st... Read more
Published on Jan 20 2004 by R. Newman
5.0 out of 5 stars American Heros
This was my first W W 2 book to read and it set the bar for eney other book I have read . I even compare Vietnam books to this one. Mr.Ambrose has out done himself on this one. Read more
Published on July 14 2003 by amc153
4.0 out of 5 stars A strong look into what it means to be a WWII soldier
Stephen Ambrose wasn't the greatest writer in the world - he won't dazzle you with his prose here - but he was adept at giving the reader revealing glimpses of life as a soldier in... Read more
Published on July 7 2003 by Eric San Juan
4.0 out of 5 stars Too easy, short and not enough detail, but great story
Mr. Ambrose is a great writer, and has a very good knowledge of WWII. I saw the minseries for this on TV and it is the greatest war program you will ever watch. Read more
Published on July 3 2003 by Michael Wisotzkey
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