Citizen Soldiers
by Stephen E. Ambrose
From Normandy to the surrender: the US Army in Europe through the eyes of enlisted men and junior officers, replacements, medics, and the Bulge. Companion to D-Day and an argument for the citizen army.
Read it if…
you want the rest of the campaign after D-Day.
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Skip it if…
you want generals; they are peripheral.
Try instead: The Victors →
Three things you will actually use
- Civilians learned war fast.
- Replacements need integration.
- Endurance is a military virtue.
Do this first
Read the chapters on the Hürtgen Forest.
Our verdict
After D-Day.
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