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Band of Brothers
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Topeka Bindery (2000-08)
ISBN: 0613501225
EAN: 9780613501224
Dewey Decimal #: 940.5421
Binding/Media: Library Binding
SKU: B36-090521-7
Condition: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
From D-Day to victory in World War II with the men of Easy Company: Utah Beach, Market-Garden, the Bulge, and on to Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden. They came together, citizen soldiers, in the summer of 1942, drawn to Airborne by the $50 monthly bonus and a desire to be better than the other guy. And at its peak -- in Holland and the Ardennes -- Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From the rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the disbanding in 1945, esteemed WWII historian Stephen Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company. In combat, the reward for a job well done is the next tough assignment, and as they advanced through Europe, the men of Easy kept getting the tough assignments, from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to capturing Hitler's Barvarian outpost. Band of Brothers is a story of the men who fought, of the martinet they hated who trained them well, and of the captain they loved who led them. E Company was a company of men who went hungry, froze, and died for each other, a company that took 150 percent casualties, a company where the Purple Heart was not a medal -- it was a badge of office.
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Amazon.com Review
The men of E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, volunteered for this elite fighting force because they wanted to be the best in the army--and avoid fighting alongside unmotivated, out-of-shape draftees. The price they paid for that desire was long, arduous, and sometimes sadistic training, followed by some of the most horrific battles of World War II. Actor Cotter Smith--a veteran of numerous TV movies and Broadway plays--spins Stephen Ambrose's tale with almost laconic ease. Anecdote by anecdote, he lets the power of the story build. By the time the company has gotten through D-day and seized Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Bavaria, we feel we know as much about the men and their missions as we do about our own brothers. (Running time: 5 hours, 4 cassettes) --Lou Schuler
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Customer Reviews
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The Book That Started It All
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-08-01
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
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Great gift!
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-07-18
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.
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Good book better mini series
Rating  (4)
Date: 2010-07-18
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.
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A WWII Must
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-06-26
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.
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Best book I've ever read
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-06-07
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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