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Pogue's War

Diaries of a WWII Combat Historian

Pogue's War( )
Author: Pogue, Forrest C.
Foreword by: Ambrose, Stephen E.
Preface by: Anderson, Franklin D.
ISBN:978-0-8131-9160-7
Publication Date:Feb 2006
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $29.70
Book Description:

" With a foreword by Stephen Ambrose and a preface by Franklin D. Anderson Forrest Pogue (1912-1996) was undoubtedly one of the greatest World War II combat historians. Born and educated in Kentucky, he is perhaps best known for his definitive four-volume biography of General George C. Marshall. But, as Pogue's War makes clear, he was also a pioneer in the development of oral history in the twentieth century, as well as an impressive interviewer with an ability to relate to people...
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Book Details
Pages:432
Detailed Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Military Science
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War Ii / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 cm
Book Weight:0.705 Kilograms
Author Biography
Pogue, Forrest C. (Author)
Historian Stephen E. Ambrose grew up in Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin and the University of Louisiana.

Ambrose is considered to be one of the foremost historical scholars of recent times and has been a professor for over three decades. He is also the founder and president of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans.

His works include D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest and Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West. Abrose served historical consultant on the motion picture Saving Private Ryan.

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