Beyond Band of Brothers : the war time memoirs of Major Dick Winters / Dick Kingseed Winters and Cole C. Kingseed.
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TextPublication details: New York : Berkley Caliber ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2008.ISBN: - 9780425213759 (pbk.)
- 0425213757 (pbk.)
- 940.542 WIN
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Clonmel Library Main Collection | 940.542 WIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 940.52 WIN | 1 | Available | R19560AKRC |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose, whose Band of Brothers was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries...laced with Winters's soldierly exaltations of pride in his comrades' bravery."-- Publishers Weekly
Look for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix!
They were called Easy Company--but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150% casualties while liberating Europe--an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Winner of the Distinguished Service Cross, Dick Winters was their legendary commander. This is his story--told in his own words for the first time.
On D-Day, Winters assumed leadership of the Band of Brothers when its commander was killed and led them through the Battle of the Bulge and into Germany--by which time each member had been wounded. Based on Winters's wartime diary, Beyond Band of Brothers also includes his comrades' untold stories. Virtually none of this material appeared in Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers . Neither a protest against nor a glamorization of war, this is a moving memoir by the man who earned the love and respect of the men of Easy Company--and who is a hero to new generations worldwide.
Includes photos
They were called Easy Company-but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150% casualties while liberating Europe-an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Dick Winters was their commander-"the best combat leader in World War II" to his men. This is his story-told in his own words for the first time.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Author's Preface (p. vii)
- Foreword to the Paperback Edition (p. xi)
- Prologue (p. xiii)
- Part I Band of Brothers
- 1 Beginnings (p. 3)
- 2 There Is Nothing Easy in Easy Company (p. 15)
- 3 From Benning to Shanks (p. 35)
- 4 Old Beyond My Years (p. 49)
- Part II In the Time of Achilles
- 5 Day of Days (p. 77)
- 6 Carentan (p. 97)
- 7 Holland (p. 117)
- 8 The Island (p. 135)
- Part III In War's Dark Crucible
- 9 Interlude (p. 151)
- 10 Surrounded Again (p. 167)
- 11 The Final Patrols (p. 193)
- 12 Victory (p. 209)
- Part IV Finding Peace After a Lifetime of War
- 13 Occupation (p. 227)
- 14 Coming Home (p. 245)
- 15 Steve Ambrose Slept Here (p. 263)
- 16 Reflections (p. 283)
- Leadership at the Point of a Bayonet (p. 293)
- Index (p. 295)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Major Dick Winters was born near Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1918. One of the initial officers assigned to Easy Company of the 101st Airborne, Winters jumped into France on D-Day and commanded the unit now known as the Band of Brothers. He led his men through the Battle of the Bulge and captured Berchtesgaden, Hitler's Bavarian retreat. Released from military service in November 1945, he returned briefly to active duty during the Korean War, then spent his life on a small Pennsylvania farm and was a highly successful businessman. He passed away in 2011.Cole C. Kingseed is a thirty-year Army veteran who served in a variety of command and staff positions. He earned his M.A. in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College and his Ph.D. in history from Ohio State. He taught at West Point, where he served as chief of military history for four years. Kingseed is the author of thirty-seven articles on corporate and military leadership and such books as Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis of 1956 and Old Glory Stories: Combat Leadership in World War II . He is president of his own leadership consulting firm, The Brecourt Leadership Experience, Inc., whose clients, to name a few, include General Electric, FreddieMac, International Paper, and Bayer Corporation.