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Citizen Soldiers
The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of G Ermany, June 7, 1944 - May 7, 1945
by Stephen E. Ambrose
ISBN: 0684815257
ISBN-13: 9780684815251
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
An oral history of the last European campaigns of the Second World War, from the landings at Normandy to the final surrender of the Axis powers. Ambrose, who has already chronicled the Second World War in UNDAUNTED COURAGE and D_DAY, concentrates on the experiences of the ordinary soldier in the ranks, and makes use of hundreds of interviews conducted over several years of research. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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"Ambrose solidly coheres disparate facts into a fully faceted story that is bound to be immensely popular."
-- Booklist
"Destined to rank among the finest books about the American fighting experience in World War II." -- Carlo D'Este
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 1997
Size: 6.5 x 10 inches
Weight: 1.95 pounds
Pages: 512
Publisher's Notes
Citizen Soldiers opens at 0001 hours, June 7, 1944, on the Normandy beaches, and ends at 0245 hours, May 7, 1945. In between come the battles in the hedgerows of Normandy, the breakout at St.-Lo, the Falaise Gap, Patton tearing through France, the liberation of Paris, the attempt to leap the Rhine in Operation Market-Garden, the near-miraculous German recovery, the battles around Metz and in the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge - the biggest battle in the history of the U.S. Army - the capture of the bridge at Remagen, and finally the overrunning of Germany. From the high command (including Eisenhower, Bradley, and Patton) on down to the enlisted men, Stephen E. Ambrose draws on hundreds of interviews and oral histories from men on both sides who were there. Ambrose once again re-creates the experiences of the individuals who fought the battles. The women who served as nurses, secretaries, clerks, code-breakers, and flyers are part of the narrative, as are the Germans who fought against us. Within the chronological story, there are chapters on medics, nurses, and doctors; on the quartermasters; on replacements; on what it was like to spend a night on the front lines; on sad sacks, cowards, and criminals; on Christmas 1944; on weapons of all kinds. Ambrose reveals the learning process of a great army - how to cross rivers, how to fight in snow or hedgerows, how to fight in cities, how to coordinate air and ground campaigns, how to fight in winter and on the defensive, how citizens become soldiers in the best army in the world. Ambrose evokes the suffering of warfare, fighting in the cold and wet, gruesome wounds, combat exhaustion, looting, shooting prisoners, random destruction, and more. Throughout, the perspective is that of the enlisted men and junior officers. Even when writing about Ike, Monty, Patton, and Bradley, Ambrose does so from the point of view of the men in the front lines and focuses on how the decisions of the brass affected them. Citizen Soldiers is a biography of the U.S. Army in the European Theater of Operations, June 7, 1944, to May 7, 1945. Allied citizen soldiers overcame their fear and inexperience, the mistakes of the high command, and the enemy to win the war. Once again, Stephen E. Ambrose shows that free men fight better than slaves, that the sons of democracy proved to be better soldiers than the sons of Nazi Germany.
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Stephen E. Ambrose
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997 The U.S. Army from the Normandy beaches to the Bulge to the surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945. First Edition. Excellent condition. Minor shelf wear. Text is clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. . ( more information) Offered by Ted Mihm, Bookseller (United States)
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CITIZEN SOLDIERS The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944 - May 7, 1945
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New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 1997. Hardcover. Shelfwear on book and DJ, minor DJ rubbing. ; Three black & white photo sections, black & white maps, introduction and acknowledgments, notes, bibliography, index. No. 7328cj. ; 8vo; 512 pages . ( more information) Offered by Past Perfect Florida History, Inc. (United States)
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Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Gentle bump to upper corner, otherwise a clean, bright, tight copy. "Stephen E. Ambrose combines history and journalism to describe how American GIs battled their way to the Rhineland. He focuses on the combat experiences of ordinary soldiers, as opposed to the generals who led them, and offers a series of compelling vignettes that read like an enterprising reporter's dispatches from the front lines." B&w photos. 528 pp., indexed. ISBN: 0-684-81525-7. ( more information) Offered by Muses Books (United States)
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Citizen Soldiers The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches, to the Bulge, to the Surrender of Germany June 7, 1944--May 7, 1945
Ambrose, Stephen E
Simon and Schuster, 1997. Hardcover in price-clipped dust-jacket. 512pp., Notes, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with numerous photographs and 9 maps. First edition, first printing with number line intact. No name, no book-plate, no remainder mark, etc. A clean, crisp copy. Fine in very good+ dust-jacket.. ( more information) Offered by Great Expectations Rare Books (United States)
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Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of G Ermany, June 7, 1944 - May 7, 1945
Ambrose, Stephen E. Jr
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Second Printing. Hardcover with unclipped ($27.50) dust jacket. Clean inside covers; end page is lightly creased at upper corner; slight erasure mark at top corner. Pristine text with three sections of b&w photographs. Clean white page ends. Excellent pictorial jacket. "...The inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U. S. Army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of the war.". ISBN: 0-684-81525-7. First Edition. Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SOLDIERS LIFE UNITED STATES ARMY. ( more information) Offered by Sabal Books (United States)
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Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945
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CITIZEN SOLDIERS: THE U.S. ARMY FROM THE NORMANDY BEACHES TO THE BULGE TO THE SURRENDER OF GERMANY, JUNE 7, 1944-MAY 7, 1945
Ambrose, Stephen E
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Ambrose, Stephen E
Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1997 Near-fine condition. Price inside dustcover: $27.50. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - bright pages. 512 pages. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. In this riveting account, historian Stephen Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war, from the high command down to the ordinary soldier, drawing on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany, Ambrose tells the real story of World War II from the perspective of the men and women who fought it. Synopsis The stories of the ordinary men who served in World War II in Europe are told by the bestselling author of Undaunted Courage, based on hundred of interviews with people from both sides of the war.. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)
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Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1997 Near-new condition. Appears unread. Price inside dustcover: $27.50. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - bright pages. 512 pages. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. In this riveting account, historian Stephen Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war, from the high command down to the ordinary soldier, drawing on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany, Ambrose tells the real story of World War II from the perspective of the men and women who fought it. Synopsis The stories of the ordinary men who served in World War II in Europe are told by the bestselling author of Undaunted Courage, based on hundred of interviews with people from both sides of the war.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. light and dark blue paper on boards, very lightly rubbed, clean. corners sharp, hinges tight. pastedowns and eps clean. text clean, photo illustrated, 512 pages. dust jacket intact, not price clipped, clean, very light edge wear. nice copy. ISBN: 0684815257. ( more information) Offered by The Corner Book Shop (United States)
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Simon and Schuster. VG+/VG+. 1997. 11th Printing. Hard Cover. 0684815257 THE U.S. ARMY FROM THE NORMANDY BEACHES TO THE BULGE TO THE SURRENDER OF GERMANY June 7, 1944 - May 7, 1945 Rubs; shelf wear on dust jacket. ((25)) . ( more information) Offered by McDuffie Books (United States)
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