Stephen Ambrose: 42 books
by Stephen E. Ambrose, C.L. Sulzberger
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
The American Heritage History of World War II was first published in 1966. At the time, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist C.L. Sulzberger received widespread praise for his authoritative account of the six-year war that involved more than fifty-six nations, resulted in the death of some...
Comrades
Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2000
Comrades is a celebration of male friendships. Acclaimed historian Stephen Ambrose begins his examination with a glance inward -- he starts this book with his brothers, his first and forever friends, and the shared experiences that join them for a lifetime, overcoming distance and misunderstandings....
Nixon Volume II
The Triumph of a Politician 1962-1972
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Stephen E. Ambrose’s biography of one of the most complex and puzzling US presidents at the apogee of his career, rebounding from defeat to an innovative, high-risk presidency, already sowing the seeds of his ruin.
Starting with Nixon’s drive to the presidency, volume two of Ambrose’s...
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
In this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander’s leadership during World War II.
Ambrose brings Eisenhower’s experience of the Second World War to life, showing in vivid detail how the general’s skill...
Nothing Like It In the World
The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2000
In this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E. Ambrose offers a historical successor to his universally acclaimed Undaunted Courage, which recounted the explorations of the West by Lewis and Clark.
Nothing Like It in the World is the story of the men who built...
Band of Brothers
E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2001
Stephen E. Ambrose’s iconic New York Times bestseller about the ordinary men who became the World War II’s most extraordinary soldiers: Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, US Army.
They came together, citizen soldiers, in the summer of 1942, drawn to...
Nixon Volume I
The Education of a Politician 1913-1962
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
From acclaimed biographer Stephen E. Ambrose comes the life of one of the most elusive and intriguing American political figures, Richard M. Nixon. From his difficult boyhood and earnest youth to bis ruthless political campaigns for Congress and Senate to his defeats in '60 and '62, Nixon emerges...
Eisenhower Volume II
The President
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Eisenhower: The President, the second and concluding volume of Stephen Ambrose's brilliant biography, is the first assessment of a postwar President based on access to the entire record. It covers a wide range of subjects, including Eisenhower's rejection of the near-unanimous advice he received as...
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War II. This gripping account of it by acclaimed...
Halleck
Lincoln's Chief of Staff
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1996
“Halleck originates nothing, anticipates nothing, to assist others; takes no responsibility, plans nothing, suggests nothing, is good for nothing.” Lincoln’s secretary of the navy Gideon Welles’s harsh words constitute the stereotype into which Union General-in-Chief Henry Wager Halleck has...
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1993
Emory Upton (1839–1881) was “the epitome of a professional soldier,” according to Stephen E. Ambrose. Indeed, his entire adult life was devoted to the single-minded pursuit of a military career. Upton was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Fifth United States Artillery on May 6, 1861, the...
Van D-Day tot Berlijn
het amerikaanse leger vanaf de stranden van Normandie via de Ardennen naar de Duitse capitulatie 7 juni 1944 tot 7 mei 1945
Language: Dutch
Release Date: October 7, 2011
Van D-Day tot Berlijn begint op 7 juni 1944 op de stranden van Normandië en eindigt op 7 mei 1945, de dag dat Duitsland capituleert en er een einde komt aan de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Stephen E. Ambrose vertelt de geschiedenis van de geallieerde legers tijdens hun moeizame tocht van de Normandische...
Ike's Spies
Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
This classic Cold War-era history looks at the way President Dwight Eisenhower managed America’s secret operations as general and as commander in chief and is based on privileged access to the president and his private papers—from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose.
During his time...
by Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Henry James
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
The US Civil War (1861–1865) still serves as one of the milestones in American literary history, commonly representing the dividing line in survey courses and reference works on 19th-century American literature. Through seven short stories selected by the critic August Nemo you will be able to understand...