by Stephen E. Ambrose
HUGE, huge disappointment. I expected a book about the Liberator and it's missions, not a life of George McGovern. Who cares about him? First time I didn't finish a book and I blame it on poor research. I should have read people's reviews. Stephen Ambrose's worst book.
A creation of a crack marketing team, Stephen Ambrose is one of those rare authors whose name appears in larger font than the book in question. Unfortunately, the snowball has accumulated far too much mass to be stopped: this relatively weak work, which appears to be 80% a homage to George McGovern,...
Note that I wrote this review before the plagarism controversy. See my review of Wings Over MorningAmbrose 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 Heller, author of ...
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