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Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
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it was ok

If you want a good summary of E Company's experience in WW2 that also follows the HBO series fairly closely, this is an interesting, not overly tactical read.

Though, you should be warned that Ambrose editorializes quite a bit throughout the book, e.g., "because we were a democracy, we had better trained soliders and won the war..." and so forth. Statements like that smack a bit of triumphalism to me.

It's also very coarse prose--no elegantly written passages in Band of Brothers. In fact, there are quite a few typos--glaring typos in some instances. You'd think after all the books Ambrose authored, and the fact that he's a high-profile historian/author, that he'd have a halfway decent editor and proofreader. Not the case!
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November 2, 2008 – Shelved
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Bruce Can appreciate Jennifer's view.


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Betty On page 109 and agree. I'm not at all invested in the characters. It reads like a high-school term paper. Hoping it gets better.


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