Band of Brothers
by Stephen E. Ambrose · first published 1992
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Follows the 101st Airbone as it drops into Normandy on D-Day and fights its way through Europe to the end of World War II.
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on “Know your NeRD: What submariners can expect from their new e-readers” ↗…stories of the foot soldier can be told but they are usually closer to a biography rather than over-arching history. Author Stephen Ambrose was one of the best at it. His books "Citizen Soldier" and "Band of Brothers" (among others) are excellent.
on “First Battle of the Marne – Entente forces counter attack” ↗Brilliant novel. I was thinking about it recently. Many years after reading it, I can still remember many of the battle/combat sequences as if I’d seen them on screen. Maybe someone could do a big Band of Brothers type adaptation, given how far along VFX have come.
on “Hunt for Red October 1990 (2016)” ↗…Higgins (p:272); De Zeven Vinkjes by Joris Luyendijk (p:200); Waarom vuilnismannen meer verdienen dan bankiers by Rutger Bregman (p:104) Comedy: The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams (p:336) History: Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose (p:432); The Nuclear Jihadist by Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins (p:413) +; The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre (p:384) +; De Heineken Ontvoering by Peter R. de Vries…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023” ↗…Black folks, and how talented and capable they are. And my son and I have listened to Stephen E. Ambrose's "D-Day" and "Citizen Soldier" multiple times, and we all love his book and Tom Hanks' miniseries "Band of Brothers". My son and I have also listened to a lot of the excellent podcast "Fall of Civilizations". They understand the importance of love and they know enough of history to understand how brutal most of this…
on “What's Happening to Students?” ↗It really is. I can't imagine the havoc that an actually-trained strike team with some real equipment could cause. I was reading Band of Brothers recently, and the description of how accurate and deadly their mortar-men were in a number of engagements was impressive. A light mortar is not the most high-tech weapon, is mass-produced by every army…
on “How America Could Go Dark” ↗A similar example comes to mind from Stephen E. Ambrose's book "Band of Brothers". He interviewed WW2 veterans who talked about how every soldier going into combat for the first time believes that he's going to survive. It's only when he actually starts to see his comrades fall that…
on “Are we on American Idol?” ↗Stephen Ambrose actually wrote 2 books that detail the logistics of the invasion of Normandy. D-Day and Band of Brothers.
on “Monumental Record: the lives of the workers building the Great Pyramid of Giza” ↗…as one can without having actually gone through it themselves. We are actually also pretty knowledgeable about WWII history (via Stephen E. Ambrose's unabridged audiobooks D-Day, Citizen Soldier, and Band of Brothers) so we are also aware of what our German kin are capable of, as are all human beings. Peace be with you, friend. "We gonna be alright." --Kendrick
on “The ideal candidate will be punched in the stomach” ↗…Jen Sincero The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco Mastery by Robert Greene Models by Mark Manson The Godfather by Mario Puzo Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss Infinite Jest by David…
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