Americans at War

Perhaps no other historian has concentrated on modern America at war so strikingly as Stephen E. Ambrose. Although World War II has been the backdrop for most of his acclaimed historian's work, he writes here of America's other wars too -- the Civil War, Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War. From Vicksburg to My Lai, Ambrose covers the fields of battle so authoritatively, portrays the figures and the personalities so convincingly, and recounts the history so compellingly that his reader feels present as momentous issues are considered and as decisions are made. Ranging over the many wars that have enveloped Americans and their leaders (Custer, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, FDR, and Nixon), these exemplary commentaries show leadership as it is tested, confirmed, or refuted in the theater of war.