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    <body><![CDATA[   What makes war so horrible is what also makes it so vibrant. The inescapable human element again livens this book, to me the most straight-forward chapter of Ambrose's storied canon. It's simple--but with great tones of friendship &amp; ease, likely resulting from the author's close relationship with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65073280">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[          THE WILD BLUE:THE MEN AND BOYS WHO FLEW OVER GERMANY<br/>      For those who like to learn about WWII this is a great book. It describes many interviews from a lot of WWII pilots and crews. This book is more documentary than it is a novel. The way it described their missions is just beaut...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77314100">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There have been a lot of things written and a lot of movies and documentaries about the strategic bombing campaign in Europe in WWII.  But this was the first book I've read that really addressed the &quot;behind the scenes&quot; aspects - the training, the overseas airbases, the miserable conditions...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39451950">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nearly anyone who has an interest in World War II, especially America in World War II, knows of the late Stephen Ambrose. Eloquent historian. The thing that attracted me to, &quot;The Wild Blue,&quot; was not its author, however. It was word that George McGovern is central to this account. I admire ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56126027">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A well-focused little history. It gives a good overview of the B-24's significance and its contributions to the war in Europe, as well as a moving glimpse into the lives and stories of specific men and crews. The book centers on George McGovern, whose experiences as a bomber pilot were remarkable fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51592138">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A really good book. It's starts out a bit slow but after the first few chapters, things really begin to get good. Ambrose does a fantastic job sucking you into the world of the WWII bomber pilots and keeping you there. All of the accounts are real; based off of journals, interviews, letters, etc. so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62711773">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I was a teenager I, like many, put together plastic models of airplanes, onw of which was the B-24 Liberator. Unfortunately, that model was lost or tossed out many years ago. However, about ten or so years ago, in my &quot;I'm reliving my adolescence&quot; phase (which continues), I ordered a P...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65560884">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Note that I wrote this review before the plagarism controversy.  See my review of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Wings Over Morning" title=" Wings Over Morning"> Wings Over Morning</a><br/><br/>Ambrose became a widely popular popularizer of World War II history and he has managed to churn out several in the past few years that focus on the common soldier experience. Joseph Helle...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37608942">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[   I thought Wild Blue was a thrilling book with multiple stories of survival from the experiences of B-24 bomber crews in World War II. It gives us insight into what actually goes on up in the air during a war and how life and death is a very real problem umong the crew members. The stories start o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33833396">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Stephen E. Ambrose" title=" Stephen E. Ambrose"> Stephen E. Ambrose</a> is kind of the Ken Burns of WWII history--he is a popular historian with a dash of the sentimentalist, and an occasionally tedious excessive reverence for the men (mostly men, that is) who are his subjects.  All of his characters run together, the texture of his interviewees redu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25003499">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[	This is the second Ambrose's book I've read since Band of Brothers. It tells about the experiences of B-24 bomber crews in World War II; 741st Squadron, 455th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, to be exact. The stories are from the beginning, i.e. the crews’ background, their vigorous training (the high...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10076356">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, was the story of a bombardier during WWII. It is the funniest and possibly most profound book I've ever read, though that probably says more about me than it does about the book. The Wild Blue, by Joseph Heller, is the story of B-24 crew members during WWII. Although I li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6324137">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Whenever I go on a roadtrip I ask myself this question: &quot;What Stephen Ambrose history books have I not tried yet?&quot; <br/><br/>As a big fan of the movie <em>Memphis Belle</em>, I decided it would be a good idea to take in a non-fiction treatment of WWII bombers. And as he always does, Mr. Ambrose p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65388290">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the weakest of Stephen Ambrose WWII books.  It suffers from a lack of flow.  With the ground action accounts, he is able to move the reader forward geographically.  With the air war account, as with the air war itself, the story is repetitive: couldn't fly, it was rainy... flew today ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18306248">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Several things will pop out at you.  First, the youth of the airmen in book.  For the most part, they are teenagers or the really old guys are in their early 20s.  Let that sink in for awhile.  Now think about the knothead who just screwed up your pizza order.  Same age.  Think about putting Pizza H...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33550419">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The weakest of Ambrose's books. I did like the story of George McGovern's role in World War II. It was not something that McGovern flaunted, it was just an honest American doing his duty. His treatment by Nixon's boys in 1972 was nasty. I would recommend other Ambrose books on World War II, but not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74241829">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I am turning into a boy--all I've been reading lately is war books.  This one helped to understand the &quot;real stuff&quot; behind the satire in Catch-22, even had a cameo of Joseph Heller.  These WWII books really help me to understand the world I was born into and the lives of my parents...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not Ambrose's best effort. It was an ok account, but it wasn't what I expected, which may not be a valid criticism. It did however make me muse about Ambrose (God rest his soul), adn I came to the conclusion that he was not really a deep thinker (though a good historian and storyteller).  He...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7393612">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the start is painful.  i'm not a fan of ambrose's style of jumping from character to character.  the story is very interesting, though, about being in the team that flew the b-24s at the very end of the war.  don't really recommend unless you're passionate there though.]]></body>
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