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    <body><![CDATA[With such masterpieces as &quot;Undaunted Courage&quot;, &quot;Band of Brothers&quot; and &quot;D-Day&quot;, it is difficult to write a negative review of Stephen Ambrose's epitaph contemplation &quot;To America: Personal Reflections of An Historian&quot;. Ambrose applies 21st century thought to 18t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67299458">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  And, I am by no means a history buff!  I am bias although, because I have read several of Ambrose's books and have enjoyed them all.  Ambrose is one of my favorite authors and the only &quot;History Author&quot; I like.  I enjoyed the way Ambrose shared his insights ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76118550">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am listening to this book and have enjoyed it from the introduction.  The author wrote this book 2 years before his death.  Interestingly it is kind of a farewell to the country sharing what he has learned from his historical research.  So far I have been intrigued with his insight into famous, pr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48138176">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the book that completely changed the way I thought about many things. Ambrose tells the story of how he was a Dove during Vietnam, but how his exposure to veterans of WWII changed his perception of things. It made me realize that there is <strong>always</strong> two side to every story and that one side or t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53847343">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was actually given to me by two wonderful teachers of mine. To America is an interesting book that covers different events in history that the author found important. I got to see history in another perspective besides the textbook I've grown up reading. I also learned and got to better ex...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80800649">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ambrose's classic last lecture for America before his death. He has moved from cultural relativism of his early years to the recognition of the imapact of American exceptioanlism on the world and on us.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A (too short !!!) great review of many topics in American History -- from the Revolution to the Transcontinental Railroad to Vietnam to Nixon.  Wonderful read.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great selection of the figures from American history that Ambrose thinks are important.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great read... each chapter covers a different (yet important) event in US History.]]></body>
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