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The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won Hardcover - 2001

by Stephen E. Ambrose

One of today's most preeminent historians presents the story of World War II for young readers. Each spread highlights a specific conflict with spectacular color and black-and-white photos, and Ambrose's narrative is further highlighted with factual sidebars, maps, glossary, and more.


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Stephen E. Ambrose, one of the finest historians of our time, has written an extraordinary chronicle of World War II for young readers. From Japanese warplanes soaring over Pearl Harbor, dropping devastation from the sky, to the against-all-odds Allied victory at Midway, to the Battle of the Bulge during one of the coldest winters in Europe's modern history, to the tormenting decision to bomb Nagasaki and Hiroshima with atomic weapons, The Good Fight brings the most horrific -- and most heroic -- war in history to a new generation in a way that's never been done before.
In addition to Ambrose's accounts of major events during the war, personal anecdotes from the soldiers who were fighting on the battlefields, manning the planes, commanding the ships -- stories of human triumph and tragedy -- bring the war vividly to life.
Highlighting Ambrose's narrative are spectacular color and black-and-white photos, and key campaign and battlefield maps. Stephen E. Ambrose's singular ability to take complex and multifaceted information and get right to its essence makes The Good Fight the book on World War II for kids.

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Stephen E. Ambrose, one of the finest historians of our time, has written an extraordinary chronicle of World War II for young readers. From Japanese warplanes soaring over Pearl Harbor, dropping devastation from the sky, to the against-all-odds Allied victory at Midway, to the Battle of the Bulge during one of the coldest winters in Europe's modern history, to the tormenting decision to bomb Nagasaki and Hiroshima with atomic weapons, The Good Fight brings the most horrific--and most heroic--war in history to a new generation in a way that's never been done before. In addition to Ambrose's accounts of major events during the war, personal anecdotes from the soldiers who were fighting on the battlefields, manning the planes, commanding the ships--stories of human triumph and tragedy--bring the war vividly to life. Highlighting Ambrose's narrative are spectacular color and black-and-white photos, and key campaign and battlefield maps. Stephen E. Ambrose's singular ability to take complex and multifaceted information and get right to its essence makes The Good Fight the best book on World War II for kids.

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  • Title The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won
  • Author Stephen E. Ambrose
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001-05-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780689843617 / 0689843615
  • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.28 x 10.32 x 0.57 in (26.11 x 26.21 x 1.45 cm)
  • Ages 11 to 15 years
  • Grade levels 6 - 10
  • Reading level 1110
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Theometrics: Secular
    • Topical: Holocaust
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00049600
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.53

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Citations

  • Atlantic Monthly, 06/01/2001, Page 100
  • Booklist, 07/01/2001, Page 2008
  • BookPage, 06/01/2001, Page 29
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2001, Page 426
  • Ingram Children's Advance, 05/01/2001, Page 79
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 05/01/2001, Page 654
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/09/2001, Page 76
  • School Library Journal, 05/01/2001, Page 161
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