A Band of Brothers Unite
Book review, Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Well, I've finished reading another book. The title was 'Band of Brothers', the author Stephen E. Ambrose. This book tells the story of Easy Company from the 2nd batallion of 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) of th 101st Army Airborne Division during training and their campaigns in World War II. I came to know this book by watching the HBO miniseries by the same title.
All I can say is that this book is very recommended for those who are interested in military, World War II, and those who watched the miniseries and came to like it and want to know more about Easy Company and their stories.
The book and the miniseries compelement each other. There are some things that you would find in the book that you would not find in the miniseries and there are some things that are put in more light in the miniseries, and you would not find these new details in the book. This might be due to the fact that Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg did a set of new interviews with the still existing veterans before producing the miniseries. By the way, the book was published in 1991 and the miniseries was made in 2002. So it is to be expected that some new things that were not in the book would be in the movie. But there are other things that you would find in the book but not put into the miniseries.
The difference between this book and Jarhead (the one I just read before this) is very glaring. For one, Band of Brothers was written by an author who was not involved in the story. The author of 'Band of Brothers' interviewed the members of 101st Airborne, mostly from Easy Company, in writing the book. Jarhead was written by an author who was involved in the story (the first Gulf War). Jarhead was a personal account of the author about his experiences during the first Gulf War. Band of Brothers was full of idealism, of heroism, of sacrifice. Jarhead was filled mostly by disappointment and anger. But one thing in common between these two books is that both are intelligent.
I recommend both books for those who are into military in general.
Well, I've finished reading another book. The title was 'Band of Brothers', the author Stephen E. Ambrose. This book tells the story of Easy Company from the 2nd batallion of 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) of th 101st Army Airborne Division during training and their campaigns in World War II. I came to know this book by watching the HBO miniseries by the same title.
All I can say is that this book is very recommended for those who are interested in military, World War II, and those who watched the miniseries and came to like it and want to know more about Easy Company and their stories.
The book and the miniseries compelement each other. There are some things that you would find in the book that you would not find in the miniseries and there are some things that are put in more light in the miniseries, and you would not find these new details in the book. This might be due to the fact that Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg did a set of new interviews with the still existing veterans before producing the miniseries. By the way, the book was published in 1991 and the miniseries was made in 2002. So it is to be expected that some new things that were not in the book would be in the movie. But there are other things that you would find in the book but not put into the miniseries.
The difference between this book and Jarhead (the one I just read before this) is very glaring. For one, Band of Brothers was written by an author who was not involved in the story. The author of 'Band of Brothers' interviewed the members of 101st Airborne, mostly from Easy Company, in writing the book. Jarhead was written by an author who was involved in the story (the first Gulf War). Jarhead was a personal account of the author about his experiences during the first Gulf War. Band of Brothers was full of idealism, of heroism, of sacrifice. Jarhead was filled mostly by disappointment and anger. But one thing in common between these two books is that both are intelligent.
I recommend both books for those who are into military in general.
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