Stephen E. Ambrose

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Stephen E. Ambrose Criticism

Stephen E. Ambrose (1936-2002) was a prominent American historian and biographer, renowned for his engaging narrative style and comprehensive historical works. Ambrose's career spanned nearly four decades, during which he authored numerous influential books focusing on pivotal events in American history. His works include Band of Brothers, D-Day, June 6, 1944, and biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. Ambrose's biography of Eisenhower is considered definitive, capturing the complexity of the president's leadership, as similarly noted by The Good General and Unearthing the Real Ike. His Nixon biography series, while criticized for lack of speculative analysis by The Best Man, is praised for its exhaustive research and balanced narrative by critics such as The Vocation of Politics.

Contents

  • Principal Works
  • Essays
    • The Good General
    • Unearthing the Real Ike
    • The Real Ike
    • The Man Who Would Be President
    • Resurrecting Poor Richard
    • Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962
    • A Classical Hero with Blue Jowls
    • He's the One
    • The Best Man
    • The Vocation of Politics
    • Richard Nixon Revisited
    • Nixon Before the Fall
    • Eisenhower: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890-1952 and Eisenhower: The President
    • The Rediscovery of Richard Nixon
    • The High Cost of Watergate
    • By Hook or By Crook
    • The Man Who Came Back
    • Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990
    • Eisenhower and the German POWs
    • Eisenhower and the German POWs
    • D-Day: New Book Pays Tribute to the Heroism of Individual Soldiers
    • Operation Overlord from the Inside
    • The Culprits of Market-Garden
    • D-Day, June 6, 1944
    • Where the Wild Things Were
    • The Epic Journey of Capt. Lewis: A Young Man's Life on an Incredible Expedition
    • The Writingest Explorers
    • The Blank Page, the Final Frontier
    • Eisenhower: A Centenary Assessment
    • Undaunted Courage
    • Undaunted Courage
    • The Search for American Heroes
    • Fighting Words
    • Citizen Soldiers
    • Linking a Nation: Stephen Ambrose's Story of the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
    • Railroaded History
  • Further Reading