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Summary: A great book but slightly biased
Review: This book, like most of Ambrose's other books, is just awesome. It is a moving tale of ordinary citizens who became tough fighting soldiers. It tells the story of E Coy, 101 A/B from its birth to its end. Ambrose's style of going into the details of the men's lifes while not losing sight of the overall theme is magnificent. The story is very riveting and I could not put the book down until I finished it. However, I found that the book has a slight tendency to be unbalanced. The author praises the soldiers of E Coy as being extremely brave (They definitely were brave men!) while putting down their opponents as being much much less competent. I find this to be rather distasteful as I am sure the other soldiers fought with as much bravery and competence. All said, the book is otherwise excellent
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Summary: Fighting the good war
Review: Growing up just as the Viet Nam era was drawing to a close, I always felt I missed one of life's valuable experiences by not being in the service. Therefore, I've tried to live vicariously through great books. This is one of them. What made it even more memorable was a startling discovery as I was reading the book. I came upon the a soldier named Forrest Guth. This also happened to be the name of my shop teacher at Brandywine High School in Wilmington Delaware. I wondered how many "Forrest Guths" there could be in America. Checking the postscript on what happened to the "Brothers" after the war, sure enough it said he became a shop teacher in Wilmington Delaware. I was overcome with gratitude, but remorse that I didn't know his bravery and courage and willingness to put his life on the line for what he would later find to be a bunch of snot-nosed privileged high school kids. Mr. Guth, you are a true hero. I'm sorry I never had the chance to tell you that.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book is great! Buy it!
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Summary: Been there, done that.
Review: Let me be clear. I like Stephen Ambrose's work a lot. I really enjoyed Citizen Soldiers and his book on Lewis and Clark. But this book struck me as just being a repackaging of Citizen Soldiers, fleshed out a bit with respect to this particular unit. So I was disappointed by it.
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Summary: excellent reading
Review: This book went into great detail on the events that E company went through and told about the camaraderie between the members. I especially like how Mr. Ambrose uses humor at times to lighten the atmosphere and how he goes into detail on the member's personalities and feelings. Is a must read
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Summary: Gripping account, a page-turner
Review: I read Band of Brothers based on my enjoyment of another of SA's works, Citizen Soldiers. This is a really fantastic book, blending historical facts with personal accounts. The amount of research is very impressive and it goes a long way to help create a comprehensive picture of the people and places of the period. The matter-of-fact tone that SA uses to describe death, especially the deaths of Germans at the hands of Easy Company soldiers, is appropriate given that WWII was an all-out, desperate war. I would classify their (E co. men) actions not as "war crimes," rather, as justifiable homicides. Also, the writing was excellent. This is not a Henry James novel. SA's telling a story.
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Summary: Compelling subject and research; mediocre writing
Review: This book confounds the reader with its compelling story and research and its careless translation. Perhaps history has provided a story that could not miss on impact. The writer continuously contradicts his own writing ("As is the case in all wars [this]", and, one paragraph later, "As is the case in all wars [that]") and provides less than a graphic picture of what actually occurred on the ground. Nonetheless, in the end, the reader feels connected to the men of Easy Company, as if they had become close friends. Too much stock was paid to the word and recollection of one protagoninst, and too much insult to his antagonists. In addition, one cannot help but reflect on the apparent war crimes committed by certain soldiers in Easy Company and think that, at least on a one-to-one basis, we did nothing different than the Germans. If I were able to elect to read it for the first time again, I would, but, given the obvious depth of research and work put into the book, I would think that editing could have produced a more lucid and objective account.
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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: Wow. I never knew that a company of soldiers would be this interesting. The books looks at a small number of men, so you can relate to them better than the other Ambrose books. It is not too long, and not too short. I can only remember a couple of dull momments, that that's about it. This is a great book to start on, and after that you should read "Citizen Soldier" also by Stephen Ambrose.
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Summary: Excellent, vivid and true to account
Review: Another stormer from Ambrose! Well researched and excellently portrayed and put together to give a vivid and accurate account of E Company's trials and tribulations. DEFINATELY worth the read.
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Summary: Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne
Review: Absolutely gripping from start to finish. Another Ambrose tale from the heart of the American soldier. A wonderful reminder of what we owe to those who serve.
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