Stephen E. Ambrose

Stephen Edward Ambrose (* 10 Januarie 1936 – † 13 Oktober 2002) was 'n Amerikaanse geskiedkundige, en biograaf van die voormalige Amerikaanse Presidente Dwight D. Eisenhower en Richard Nixon. Hy was 'n professor in geskiedenis by die Universiteit van New Orleans en die skrywer van vele gewilde Amerikaanse geskiedenisboeke.

Daar was eertyds beweringe van plagiaat teen Ambrose gerig, asook kritiek betreffende onakkuraathede in sy werk. In 'n resensie van To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian vir die New York Times het William Everdell egter geskryf dat "hy sekerlik beter verdien het van sommige van sy afgunstige tydgenote"

Werke
As enigste outeur
 Halleck: Lincoln's Chief of Staff, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press (1962)
 Upton and the Army, Louisiana State University Press (1964)
 Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (1966)

 The Supreme Commander: the War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, New York: Doubleday (1970)
 Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors, New York: Doubleday (1975) 
 Ike's Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment, New York: Doubleday (1981) 
 Eisenhower Volume 1: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890-1952, New York: Simon & Schuster (1983) 
 Eisenhower Volume 2: The President, New York: Simon & Schuster (1984) 
 Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944, New York: Simon & Schuster (1985) 
 Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962, New York: Simon & Schuster (1987) 
 Eisenhower: Soldier and President, New York: Simon & Schuster (1990)  (a one-volume condensation of the 1983-84 two-volume Eisenhower biography)
 Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician, 1962-1972, New York: Simon & Schuster (1990) 
 Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990, New York: Simon & Schuster (1991) 
 Band of Brothers, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (1992) 
 D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, New York, Simon & Schuster (1994) 
 Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West, New York: Simon & Schuster (1996) 
 Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944 - May 7, 1945, New York: Simon & Schuster (1997) 
 Americans at War, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi (1997) 
 The Victors: Eisenhower and his Boys - The Men of World War II, New York: Simon & Schuster (1998) 
 Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals, New York: Simon & Schuster (1999) 
 Nothing Like it in the World: The Men who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869, New York: Simon & Schuster (2000) 
 The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who Flew the B-24s over Germany, New York: Simon & Schuster (2001) 
 To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian, New York: Simon & Schuster (2002) 
 This Vast Land, New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003) 

As gesamentlike outeur
 met Richard H. Immerman, Milton S. Eisenhower, Educational Statesman, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press (1983) 
 met Douglas Brinkley, Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938, New York: Penguin Books (1997) 
 met Sam Abell, Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery, Washington DC: National Geographic Society, (1998, 2002) 
 met Douglas Brinkley, Witness to America (1999) ; 2010: 
 met Douglas Brinkley, The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana Purchase to Today (2002), 

Geredigeerde werke
 Institutions in Modern America: Innovation in Structure and Process, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press (1967)
 met James A. Barber, The Military and American Society: Essays and Readings, New York, NY: The Free Press (1972) 
 met Gunter Bischoff, Eisenhower and the German POWs: Facts Against Falsehood, Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press (1992) 
 met Gunter Bischoff, Eisenhower" A Centenary Assessment, Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press (1995) 
 American Heritage New History of World War II(original text by C.L. Sulzberger), New York, NY: Viking Press (1997) 

Verwysings

Eksterne skakels
 The Real War: Stephen Ambrose's GIs are plaster saints engaged in a sanctified crusade
 PBS se biografie oor Ambrose 

 WorldCat soektog na werke deur Stephen_Ambrose
 Stephen E. Ambrose by FantasticFiction.co.uk
 Onderhoud met Stephen Ambrose (1998)
 Nagedagtenis in The Independent
 Obituary webplek van die American Historical Association
 Eisenhower and My Father, Stephen Ambrose deur Hugh Ambrose

 Booknotes onderhoud met Ambrose op D-Dag: 6 Junie 1944.
 In Depth onderhoud met Ambrose, 5 November 2000

Kategorie:Amerikaanse geskiedkundiges
Kategorie:Amerikaanse skrywers
Kategorie:Amerikaners in die Tweede Wêreldoorlog
Kategorie:Geboortes in 1936
Kategorie:Sterftes in 2002