Stephen E Ambrose: 32 books
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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 Stephen E. Ambrose
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Dwight D. Eisenhower dreamed of serving under George S. Patton, Jr., but history reversed their roles. Their stormy relationship dramatically shaped the Allied assault on the Third Reich. Here, in this short-form book from acclaimed historian Stephen Ambrose, is their story.
Undaunted Courage
Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
From the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time.
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson...
De Pegasusbrug
de opzienbarendste luchtlandingsoperatie tijdens D-day
Language: Dutch
Release Date: December 17, 2014
In de vroege uren van 6 juni 1944 bestormde een kleine groep van de Britse luchtmacht de Duitse verdedigingsmachten en bereidde de weg voor op de invasie van de geallieerden in Europa. De Pegasusbrug was de eerste horde die genomen werd en een van de keerpunten van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Dit aangrijpende...
Crazy Horse and Custer
The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
A New York Times bestseller from the author of Band of Brothers: The biography of two fighters forever linked by history and the battle at Little Bighorn.
On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of Little Bighorn in the Montana...