Band of Brothers

Ambrose is the author of Band of Brothers.Ambrose, an academically-trained historian, nevertheless manages to translate military history into terms that are understandable to the ordinary reader. Instead of simply focusing on battles, strategies, and high-level leaders, Ambrose uses letters, interviews, company scrapbooks, newsletters, and research into the daily lives of ordinary soldiers to pull together a richly-detailed version of military history from the bottom up.

While Ambrose maintains objectivity throughout most of the text, his admiration for the men who are the subjects of the book is apparent in his sympathetic portrayal of them and his reliance on their perspectives in his history. This assumption of the perspective of his subjects is most apparent in his portrayal of the leadership of Easy Company, including his negative portrayal of Sobel. Although there is no indication that there are substantial, willful errors in Band of Brothers, Ambrose was accused of plagiarism and fabrication in some of his works shortly before and after his death.

Platoon leader and later commanding officer of Easy Company, Winters emerges as a natural leader during the company’s training in Camp Toccoa and throughout his service as recounted in the book. Winters’ low-key