European History : Band Of Brothers
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 The Book That Started It All
Here it is! The book that started it all! It launched the wildly popular HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" and the dozen or so spin-off books that followed the TV show. It made household names out of previously unknown soldiers and brought their deeds and sacrifices out of the recesses of history into the light of day.
Ambrose's gift was that he was able to empathize with the common GI because he loved them all! He related to them extremely well, understood them even better and told their stories as well as they could be told. It says a lot about the man when his subjects refer to their interviewer and semi-biographer as a "friend".
The chronicle of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment starts out a year before the regiment joined the 101st Airborne Division. As an experiment, the regiment was destined to take its basic, weapons and parachute training together as a single unit. They remained together for 2 years before going into combat. This elongated training regimen served to bond the men together far more tightly than other units. It also served to infuse a spirit of camaraderie and brotherhood that was exceptional and unique even among elite units. They called themselves "Toccoa Men" after the camp they trained in and "Currahee" was their motto after the mountain they ran six miles up and down on a regular basis.
From its inception with an insidious and demanding commanding officer through four major campaigns through the end of the war, Ambrose weaves a compelling and absorbing account of many of the major players of Easy Company. Through their nightmares and recollections, he recreates history as seen and felt through these men. Fully indexed, well written and fast moving, it should be read both before and after viewing the HBO miniseries. It's an outstanding book, one of the very few that I have read four times!
John E. Nevola
Author of The Last Jump: A Novel of World War II
Great gift!
I've purchased this book for multiple people. Mostly men who are huge history buffs. There is so much more information provided for the reader that is not in the TV series. Though the TV series is genious too. I would buy it along with The Pacific for the perfect gift.
Good book better mini series
This is ok but I would skip this book and watch the mini series instead. If you want to read about this there are better books.
A WWII Must
Very informative about a group of soldiers from the beginnings of boot camp to the jump behind enemy lines at Normandy, all the way to Hitler's secret bunker. A very good Stephen Ambrose book that everyone should read to get a perspective on WWII.
Best book I've ever read
Great book that brought us the great HBO series based upon perhaps one of the finest groups of men ever to have put on an army uniform.
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