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Summary: I highly recommend this and any of Ambrose's other works!
Review: As one who graduated with a B.A. in history years ago and is still very much involved in reading and research of the Second World War, I strongly urge people to read this book! Stephen Ambrose does for the reader what Steven Spielberg does for the viewer. If you've seen the intensity of "Saving Private Ryan," you will experience the same from reading Ambrose!
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Summary: Vast, fast and deadly accurate.
Review: Read this book and you will never look at the WWII veteran in the same way. The war at the level of the foot soldier, where grand strategy was invisible, hidden behind the never ending terror and misery that filled every moment. I sent the book to my father with a thank you note.
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Summary: Incredibly intresting and very easy to read
Review: This book has been amazing. I never read a more captivating book. Its easy to read and completely changed my view of warfare. I realised that warfare does not have the glory that it sometimes seems to have. Especially the chapters that relates to a night on the line and about the medics. He uses oral accounts by both German and American soldiers. I recomend this book for anybody who wants a great, realistic book on the last year of the second world war.
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Summary: 101 reasons why you shouldn't be a foot soldier
Review: Ambrose himslef didn't write much of the book. He took and compiled hunderds of GI accounts. Each story carriees with it a story of horror, of heroism, or simply just the soldier's life. This book has given me a great respect for the grunts of World War two and what they went through. I highly recommend this and Ambose's other books
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Summary: America would seem to have won WW2 alone...
Review: Firstly, may I say how much I enjoyed this book. I do not think I could have endured what these men went through, especially at so young an age. I also appreciated the German angle, and the sentiments that not all German soldiers were Nazi'. The last two paragraphs on pg. 487 are the most moving words I have read on the subject of war.My one critisim is that the book gives the impression that America won the War alone. Mr. Ambrose seems to feel that the British and other Allies where bit players at best, a hind- erance at worst. I am sure that Mr. Ambrose did not intend this, as I am sure he knows, the defeat of Nazi Germany was a JOINT effort. I just felt this was not reflected in this title. However, saying that, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will definately be reading more of his titles in the future.
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Summary: Hedgerows and foxholes aren't fun!
Review: This audio brings a more intimate sense of this period of the war from the ingenuity of getting through the hedgrow country to the hour-by-hour details of life on the line. One stark statement that stands out is that when you were fighting and marching all day if you didn't dig a foxhole at night, you died. Those who did lived, those who didn't died. The Germans loved to fight and shell at night. These details and countless others bring the listener to the front and provide countless vignettes of astonishment, rage and exasperation.
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Summary: a supurb book of american literature
Review: stephen ambroses book of world war 2 is very compelling to any reader. thats why i gave it 5 stars. this is the first book i read by stephen ambrose and i hope his book d-day is just as good.this book combined the fear of the americans of what each and every soldier went through and the courage of each citizen soldier right up to the end of the german defeat. after reading this book i could understand a little more of what they went through in one of the worst war in americas history. i recommend this to anybody who is interested.
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Summary: Fabulous account from the men and women who were there!
Review: Citizen Soldier is a must book for anyone who has interest in WWII. It is a refreshing look at what happened from the eyes of the people who were actually there.
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Summary: An excellent presentation of soldiers' experiences.
Review: Stephen Ambrose has spent a great deal of time researching the American soldier in World War II and that is very apparent in "Citizen Soldier". This book follow's the men and, in some cases, women of the Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF) on the day immediately following D-Day, June 7th, 1944. The author uses an exhaustive collection of stories gathered from the GI's who participated in the following year of battles, anxiety, boredom, fear, cold, pain, uncertainty and loss that trully characterizes war. - You won't find all the hoorah that many semi-history books portray. You will find the raw feelings of the men who participated in this great campaign. Stephen Ambrose's attention to detail, explaining at great length the thoughts and actions that were taken to breakout from the Normandy beachheads, gained at such great cost by the D-Day invasion force, is superb. He lists individual units and draws from the official histories. Not neglected in this fine book is the German soldier. He too felt fear and all of the emotions that the Allied soldiers felt. In many cases he too was a Citizen Soldier, fighting to defend his own country. Stephen does not miss this and makes every effort to provide them a chance to tell their stories as well. Stephen also has a writing style I find riveting, each step leading to another story. The only downside I found was that the book had to end. For anyone who is a reader and follower of History this is a remarkable book, few come along in a lifetime this good. Sit down, pick up "Citizen Soldier" and enjoy a great read.
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Summary: Buy it Now
Review: This book is great because it gives a very human slant to the story of the battles fought in WWII. Ambrose gives you a good sense of what it was like on the front lines. You get the feeling of the horrors these guys went through but also he gives you an idea of what it was like dealing with the "little" things people don't think about ( getting food to the front, how they lived in foxholes, etc. ). I'm also glad the author also spoke to the German soldiers and put some of their perspectives into the book. This book is great because you get a sense of what these people went through and sacrificed, and you wonder if you or the society you live in today could do the same thing.
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