Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
by Stephen E. Ambrose
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Author: Stephen E. AmbroseBrand: HBO
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-09-06
ISBN: 074322454X
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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- ISBN13: 9780743224543
- Condition: New
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Summary: 4 Stars
Long ago I read World War Two history almost exclusively. Recently, I have largely moved to other interests, but I took the time to read "Band of Brothers" after seeing the superb miniseries and reading Dick Winters' autobiography "Beyond Band of Brothers." While I liked the Ambrose book, I found "Beyond Band of Brothers" by Winters himself far more compelling, interesting, and in several instances, better written.
"Band of Brothers" chronicles E Company, 506 PIR from training in Georgia through the post-war period. The book is quite easy to read, even for those with no military training, and in that regard I think it's an enormous positive that this important story of American heroism under horrifying circumstances has been read by so many people who might not otherwise read military history. Military historians would, no doubt, appreciate a more rigorous (and necessarily longer) treatment of the engagements (which Winters provides in his book), but I still found it a worthwhile book on balance.
The book does not take long to read, and the basic themes are easily grasped. I appreciate that Ambrose sought to single out a single Company to reveal longitudinally their progress through the war: too many books focus solely on a single engagement, leaving the reader to figure out how to fit the subject into the bigger picture. I never felt that way here, and it is one of the books best features. The actual prose in the book varies dramatically from sublime to "high school essay," with most of the book adequate. There are quite a few punctuation, grammatical, and spelling errors in the book, which I found surprising given the profile of the author. Ambrose also can't seem to figure out where he as the author fits in: sometimes he writes in first person, sometimes in third person, etc. Overall I got the feeling that the book was hastily written and edited, which Mr. Ambrose seems to refute in a concluding editorial passage contrasting this book to his earlier book "Pegasus Bridge."
I recommend this book, especially to those who have seen the miniseries (which I explicitly endorse), although if I could only choose one book on the subject, I would unhesitatingly select "Beyond Band of Brothers" by Major Dick Winters.
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