Stephen E. Ambrose

Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world....

Stephen E. Ambrose’s D-Day is the definitive history of World War II’s most pivotal battle, a day that changed the course of history.

D-Day is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their lives, when the horrors, complexities, and...

Meriwether Lewis and his partner, William Clark, endured incredible hardships and witnessed astounding sights on their 1803 cross-country trip to unexplored West....

In this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, best-selling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander's leadership during World War II....

When Hitler declared war on the United States, he bet that the young men brought up in the Hitler Youth would outfight...

In the early hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe....

From America's preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes a brilliant telling of the war in Europe...

What if Hitler had won the war, if Japan had another sneak attack, or if the cold war turned hot? What If? provides a fascinating new perspective...

Citizen Soldiers provides a compelling account of the extraordinary stories of ordinary men in their fight for democracy....

Nothing Like It in the World is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise comes to life....

Acclaimed historian Stephen Ambrose begins his examination with a glance inward....

In this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E. Ambrose offers an historical successor to his universally acclaimed Undaunted Courage....

A masterful biography of the U.S. Army in the European Theater of Operations....

In the summer of 1942, a band of citizen soldiers were brought together by the desire to be better than the other guy...

Captain Meriwether Lewis was hand-picked by President Thomas Jefferson to explore and acquire the American West...

Picking up where his previous memoir leaves off, Sledge, a young marine, charts his own difficult passage to peace following his horrific experiences in the Pacific....

The very young men who flew the B24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were an exemplary band of brothers....

On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the US 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where 3,000 Indians stood waiting for battle....

Reflecting on his career, Stephen E. Ambrose confronts America's failures and struggles as he explores both its moral and pragmatic triumphs....

In planes and foxholes, in deserts and jungles, on ships and beaches, Ambrose shines a light on the people involved - the leaders, the fighters, the victims....