Americans at War: Amazon.ca: Stephen E. Ambrose: Books

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In these loosely connected essays on various episodes and individuals in American military history, Ambrose has his say on topics ranging from the character of George Custer to the Cold War. An essay, even when gracefully written, is about as far from any oral tradition as literature can get, and gains little from oral interpretation. However, if one prefers listening to reading, Ambrose's essays are well served by Barrett Whitener, who reads them in a clear, pleasant voice with good phrasing. However, this collection is poorly packaged. Here are 15 stand-alone items, which the user may well wish to listen to separately. But the audiobook packaging doesn't even list their titles, let alone provide any kind of indexing. J.N. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient d'une �dition qui n'est plus publi�e ou qui est non diponible.

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In this collection of essays, Ambrose survey s the many wars that have enveloped Americans and depicts th e personalities of American leaders during wartime. '

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Excellent Topic Capture/Refreshing Format, Mai 8 2003

Par	T. Ralls (UT United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Americans At War (Paperback)

The format of Ambrose's essay compilation makes it wonderful topic read and a powerful reference book. The chapter addressing the Atomic Bomb and its consequences presents an objective, interesting, and extremely informative perspective on this overwhelming event. This refreshing and riviting approach provides the reader a method of sitting in Professor Ambrose's classroom while being taught by a master historian. The final essay provides a prophetic outlook to war in the 21st century that is amazingly accurate considering current world events; a perspective that can only be provided through years of study and education. This work is an absolute must own.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 The First But Not the Last., Nov. 5 2002

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This was the first of Stephen E.Ambrose's books that I have read. The book is a collection of independant essays on a variety of wars with American involvement. Although I found the book had alot of his own opinion on each battle or war I also discovered that he had some unique historical insight. He also posed some interesting questions as to the resoning behind the very critical decisions made in each war. After reading just the Introduction I became intrigued and aware that Ambrose has an amazing grasp on his material and understanding of the complexities of war. Ambrose has a rare gift of understanding, making each essay in the book remarkably easy to follow while at the same time passing along a great wealth of knowledge. After reading this book for the second time, I realized that if an author can make his reader think about his ideas and therories to the extent at which I was debating them within my own consciousness, then this book is well worth the time of others.

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1.0�toiles sur 5 Just a bunch of OP-ED pieces, Mai 16 2002

Par	David N. Thielen (Boulder, CO United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

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I loved Ambrose's Citizen Soldiers and Undaunted Courage.

That said, this book I thought was what happens when an author has written a couple of major best sellers. They come up with an idea and the publisher says sure before even looking at it.

This is not really a history book. It's Ambrose stating his opinion about a number of points in our history. In many cases there isn't even a real description of what happened - just his opinion.

For example, in 24 small pages, he tries to "understand" MacArthur. For someone that complex, giant books have struggled to understand him.

All in all, a waste of time (and paper).

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2.0�toiles sur 5 Ambrose the Hack!
Stephen Ambrose has recently been exposed as the extremely poor historian he truly is with charges of plagiarism being leveled against several of his books. Read more

Publi� le Janv. 19 2002

5.0�toiles sur 5 Wonderful history book
I actually bought this book for one of my college courses. I was assigned to read certain sections, but i read this book from the front cover to the back. Read more

Publi� le Janv. 7 2002 par D. Pachal

4.0�toiles sur 5 Short- to medium essays on different eras of conflict
A reader using this book will have an opportunity to read about different aspects of war as seen from American conflicts that include the Civil War, the World Wars, Vietnam, etc... Read more

Publi� le Nov. 28 2001 par David Traill