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**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** Foreword by Tom Hanks.
The book that inspired Steven Spielbergs acclaimed TV series, and its sequel,
Masters of the Air.
In
Band of Brothers
,
Stephen E. Ambrose pays tribute to the men of Easy Company
, a crack rifle company in the US Army. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the dangerous parachute landings on D-Day and their triumphant capture of Hitlers Eagles Nest in Berchtesgaden. Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company.
Repeatedly send on the toughest missions
, these brave men fought, went hungry, froze and died in the service of their country. Celebrating the 25th anniversary since the original publication, this reissue contains a new foreword from
Tom Hanks
who was an executive producer on the award-winning HBO series.
A tale of heroic adventures and soul-shattering confrontations
,
Band of Brothers
brings back to life, as only Stephen E. Ambrose can, the profound ties of brotherhood forged in the barracks and on the battlefields.
History boldly told and elegantly written . . . Gripping
Wall Street Journal
Ambrose proves once again he is a masterful historian . . . spellbinding
People
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Stephen E. Ambrose, leading World War II historian, was the author of numerous books on history including the Number 1 bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, D-DAY (on which SAVING PRIVATE RYAN was based) PEGASUS BRIDGE and WILD BLUE. He is founder of the Eisenhower Center and the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. He died in 2002.