Citizen Soldiers

Citizen Soldiers

Author	Stephen E. Ambrose
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Historical
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	November 3, 1997 (hardcover)
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
Pages	512 (hardcover)
ISBN	0-684-81525-7 (hardcover)
OCLC	37201388

Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany is a non-fiction book about World War II written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published in 1997. It deals with Allied soldiers moving in from the Normandy beaches, and through Europe (between June 7, 1944 and May 7, 1945). In addition to telling short stories of countless soldiers experiencing the war, the author also explains the events before telling the stories. He interviewed dozens of soldiers in the making of the book.

The book picks up where his previous book describing the preparations and execution of the Normandy Landings, D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, left off.

Reviews

Praise

The book was well received and became a The New York Times best seller. Notable figures such as Colin Powell have praised the book. The Wall Street Journal has also credited the book.^[1]^[2]

Criticism

The book has also been criticized for overemphasizing the U.S. role in the liberation of Western Europe and limiting the role that British forces played in the course of the war.

List of chapters

Expanding the Beachhead, June 7-June 30, 1944
Hedgerow Fighting, July 1-July 24, 1944
Breakout and Encirclement, July 28-August 25, 1944
To the Siegfried Line, August 26-September 30, 1944
The Siegfried Line, October 1944
Metz and the Hurtgen Forest, November 1-December 15, 1944
The Ardennes, December 16-December 19, 1944
The Ardennes, December 20-December 23, 1944
The Holiday Season, December 24-December 31, 1944
Night on the Line
Replacements and Reinforcements, Fall 1944
The Air War
Medics, Nurses, and Doctors
Jerks, Sad Sacks, Profiteers, and Jim Crow
Prisoners of War
Winter War, January 1945
Closing to the Rhine, February 1-March 6, 1945
Crossing the Rhine, March 7-March 31, 1945
Victory, April 1-May 7, 1945

References

↑ "Editorial Reviews". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
↑ Lehman, John. "Ambrose, Stephen E. - Citizen Soldiers". Antiqbook. Retrieved 2008-09-25.

External links

An Elaborate Student-Created Chapter Summary Collaboration

Stephen Ambrose

Works

Halleck: Lincoln's Chief of Staff (1962)
Upton and the Army (1964)
Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point (1966)
Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbe (1967)
The Supreme Commander: the War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1970)
Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors (1975)
Ike's Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment (1981)
Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 (1985)
Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 (1987)
Eisenhower: Soldier and President (1990)
Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician, 1962-1972 (1990)
Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990 (1991)
Band of Brothers, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (1992)
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II (1994)
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (1996)
Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944 - May 7, 1945 (1997)
Americans at War (1997)
The Victors: Eisenhower and his Boys - The Men of World War II (1998)
Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals (1999)
Nothing Like it in the World: The Men who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 (2000)
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who Flew the B-24s over Germany (2001)
To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian (2002)
This Vast Land (2003)

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