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  <title><![CDATA[Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany]]></title>
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  <default_description>Stephen E. Ambrose combines history and journalism to describe how American GIs battled their way to the Rhineland. He focuses on the combat experiences of ordinary soldiers, as opposed to the generals who led them, and offers a series of compelling vignettes that read like an enterprising reporter's dispatches from the front lines. The book presents just enough contextual material to help readers understand the big picture, and includes memorable accounts of the Battle of the Bulge and other events as seen through the weary eyes of the men who fought in the foxholes. Highly recommended for fans of Ambrose, as well as all readers interested in understanding the life of a 1940s army grunt. A sort of sequel to Ambrose's bestselling 1994 book &lt;I&gt;D-Day&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;I&gt;Citizen Soldiers&lt;/I&gt; is more than capable of standing on its own.  </default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1997</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany</original_title>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 15 07:26:12 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Saya sudah dua kali membaca buku ini. Pertama kali saya begitu menggebu-gebu. Pun yang kedua kali.<br/><br/>Namun kemaren ketika saya akan membacanya untuk ketiga kalinya, saya berniat membuat review yang utuh dari awal hingga akhir buku ini. Namun ternyata buku itu masih belum tamat saya baca unt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15078421">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 05 06:29:08 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ambrose, an incredibly prolific and readable historian, focuses in this book on the soldiers who made up the ETO (European Theater of Operations). It’s at first somewhat difficult to categorize. His analysis of the men who made up the army could almost be called cheer-leading of the most nauseatin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45445514">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Feb 07 18:37:43 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/><em>Patton woke on Christmas morning, looked at the sky and said to himself, &quot;Lovely weather for killing Germans.&quot; ..</em> Hohohoho...<br/><br/>Selesai bagian 2 (Battle od the Bulge), masuk Bagian 3<br/><br/>------------------------------------------------<br/>Beres dah bagian satunya, m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45690767">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm on a little world war II kick right now and I realized that this book would basically tell me what my grandfather and Kate's grandfather were doing in 1944. Turns out, things were not that fun for them. Although, thank god my grandfather was in the anti-aircraft part of the army, because if he h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62539433">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Was a good book and very informative, seemed to drag in a few places, but other than that a good read.]]></body>
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    <review id="65387152">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of now three Stephen Ambrose histories I've done on audio while driving cross country. Honestly, I have a hard time imagining that reading Ambrose in print could be more fulfilling. <br/><br/>This book is a great record of the real soldiers on the ground doing the hard work. If you think you k...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65387152">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 21 08:48:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my first WWII book and so far, so good.  Ambrose tells the story of the War in Europe from the eyes of the ordinary, everyday soldier.  So, unlike other historical books I've read, this one does not focus on the &quot;major&quot; players.  I'm about 100 or so pages in.  The time period is ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60510584">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Whatever else Ambrose does, he does his homework.  There's enough primary material in this book to make it worthwhile just for that, for telling the story of the men and women who were there.  It's hung together with enough filler material to make it interesting and coherent, and enough background t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51693837">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24711192">
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  <date_added>Tue Jun 17 09:53:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yeah, a lot of history books I picked because I was a history teacher and wanted to stop telling my students, &quot;Um, I don't know but I can look it up for you.&quot;  THIS book, however, I choose because I wanted to understand my granfathers' generation a little better.  It fascinates me that, as...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24711192">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book covers the many WW II battles fought by the U.S. Army during their advance from Normandy across western Europe and into Germany.  Mostly based on personal rememberances gathered from veterans who had actually fought in the war.  Vivid descriptions of the danger and hardships faced by the U...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66910959">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67957637">
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 18 18:02:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A disappointment from one of my favorite authors.  In an attempt to paint a broad picture of the WWI experiences of so many veterans, it was difficult to become attached to any character and become part of the story.  That is what made Band of Brothers so good and, unfortunately, what this book lack...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67957637">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stephen Ambrose is the best historian ever, hands down. Unlike Band of Brothers which follows just one company through ETO, Citizen Soldiers is about the men throughout ETO who came into the war on D-Day +1 and after. <br/>Ambrose lets the veterans themselves tell the story in their own words which...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75120073">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A continuation of the Ambrose's book D-Day.  It details the struggles of the US army to move from Normandy to VE day.  I really enjoyed that author took time to talk about individual units and men and what it was like for them as well as highlighting what was going on in the upper echelons of the co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70355998">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Nov 17 19:47:11 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read almost everything Stephen Ambrose wrote and this is as good as any of his other books. His mix of stories told by average soldiers with an overall view of the war made the book quick reading and thoroughly enjoyable, but I always expect that from Ambrose.]]></body>
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    <review id="74695514">
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    <body><![CDATA[Mr. Ambrose is a good author. He can explain the detail, emotion and character of this war and include every element on it. He also can describe it in easy way to be understood by every people...salute to you..<br/><br/><br/><br/>Great &amp; Honor<br/><br/>Deorc Regnboga]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[On Veteran’s Day I got sucked into the HBO series Band of Brothers and watched the entire series over the course of a few days.  Stephen Ambrose wrote the novel about Easy Company that inspired the HBO series and I enjoyed his Lewis and Clark book Undaunted Courage.   Too bad he got in some troubl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30315721">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this was a very good book. It explained the process of the Allied invasion of Western Europe while detailing what it was like for the men who fought it. I learned a good deal from it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As always Mr. Ambrose delivers. I highly recommend this for anyone interested in developing a deeper understanding of World Warr II or that generation of Americans. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great book for getting a glimpse of what the war was like for the American troops, which increased my general understanding of the course of the post-Normandy war in Europe as well.<br/><br/>Extensively researched, the book draws on thousands of personal accounts, diaries, letters, and oral hist...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/262231">more...</a>]]></body>
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