Bibliograph

Americans at war, by Stephen E. Ambrose

Type

Label

Americans at war, by Stephen E. Ambrose

Language

eng

Form of composition

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Literary text for sound recordings

history

Main title

Americans at war

Music parts

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Oclc number

49562548

Responsibility statement

by Stephen E. Ambrose

Summary

Ambrose depicts the personalities of American military and political leaders and those who were led during various wars.--, (Source of description not identified)

Table Of Contents

Struggle for Vicksburg: battles and siege that decided the Civil War -- Custer's Civil war -- "Just dumb luck:" American entry into World War II -- SIGINT: Deception and the liberation of western Europe -- D-Day revisited -- Victory in Europe: May 1945 -- The atomic bomb and its consequences -- General MacArthur: a profile -- A fateful friendship: Eisenhower and Patton -- The war on the homefront -- My Lai: atrocities in historical perspective -- The Christmas bombing -- Eisenhower and NATO -- The cold war in perspective -- War in the twenty-first century

Target audience

adult

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