Stephen Ambrose
(*
10. januar
1936
,
Lovington
,
Illinois
,
USA
? †
13. oktober
2002
,
Bay St. Louis
,
Mississippi
) bol americky
historik
a
spisovate?
, autor
bestsellerov
Citizen Soldiers
,
Band of Brothers
,
D-Day - June 6, 1944
a
Undaunted Courage
.
Narodil sa v Lovingtone v ?tate Illinois v rodine lekara. Po vypuknuti
2. svetovej vojny
otec Dr. Ambrose vstupil do namornictva a jeho rodina s nim cestovala po roznych ?astiach USA. Patrioticka atmosfera vojnoveho obdobia pozna?ila cely Stephenov ?ivot a pracu. Na konci vojny sa usadili vo
Whitewater
v ?tate
Wisconsin
.
Planoval pokra?ova? v ??apajach svojho otca a preto za?al ?tudova? na
University of Wisconsin?Madison
, ale jeho prvy kontakt s americkou historiou natrvalo zmenil smerovanie jeho ?ivota. Na?iel za?ubu v objavovani a rozpravani pribehov americkych hrdinov.
Po ziskani titulu doktora historie sa za?ala jeho tridsa?ro?na u?ite?ska kariera na University of New Orleans. Prvu knihu
Halleck
vydal v roku
1962
. Sice sa jej predalo menej ako 1000 kusov v prvom vydani, zaujala ale byvaleho prezidenta
Eisenhowera
, ktory si vybral 28 ro?neho profesora Ambroseho, aby napisal jeho oficialny ?ivotopis.
Ambrose sa po?as piatich rokov pravidelne stretaval s Eisenhowerom na farme v
Gettysburgu
, ?tat
Pensylvania
. Spolupracoval s Eisenhowerovymi priate?mi a mal neobmedzeny pristup k jeho prezidentskym listom. Dvojzvazkovy ?ivotopis 34 prezidenta spravil zo Stephena Ambroseho jedneho z poprednych americkych historikov.
Ambroseho praca dosiahla vrchol popularity s jeho majstrovskym opisom expedicie
Lewis and Clark ? Undaunted Courage
. Tato kniha sa dostala na vrchol rebri?ka
bestsellerov
. K nej sa pripojila ?al?ia Ambroseho praca ?
Citizen Soldiers
? 2.svetova vojna odo d?a D po kapitulaciu Nemecka poh?adom pechoty (
GI
). Kniha
Lewis and Clark
podnietila o?ivenie zaujmu o historiu
Missouri
.
Citizen Soldiers
priniesol obrovsky verejny zaujem o
2.svetovu vojnu a
Ameri?anov, ktory v nej bojovali. Ambrose spolupracoval ako poradca pre
film
Stevena Spielberga
Zachra?te vojaka Ryana
. Neskor bol na zaklade Ambroseho knihy
Band of Brothers
v Spielbergovej a Hanksovej produkcii nato?eny rovnomenny televizny serial.
Po odchode do dochodku z pozicie profesora historie na
University of New Orleans
Ambrose zastaval poziciu ?estneho riadite?a
Eisenhowerovho centra
a zakladate?a a prezidenta
National D-Day Museum
v
New Orleans
. Tie? prispieval do
Quartely Journal of Military History
a bol ?lenom
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council Board
.
Spolu so svojou man?elkou si postavili domy v Bay St.Louis v Mississippi a v
Helene
, ?tat
Montana
.
Zomrel
13. oktobra
2002
vo veku 66 rokov. Jeho posledna kniha
To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian
bola publikovana v
novembri
2002
. Za?al ju pisa? potom, ako mu lekari diagnostikovali
rakovinu
? ?es? mesiacov pred jeho smr?ou.
Je pochovany na
Garden of Memory Cemetery
v Bay St.Louis, ?tat
Mississippi
.
- 1967
-
Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbe
- 1967
-
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
- 1970
-
The Supreme Commander: The War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1973
-
General Ike: Abilene to Berlin
- 1981
-
Ike's Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment
- 1983
-
Eisenhower: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890-1952
- 1985
-
Eisenhower: The President
- 1990
-
Eisenhower: Soldier and President
- 1992
-
Eisenhower and the German POWs: Facts Against Falsehood
- 1962
/
1972
-
Nixon: The triumph of a Politician
- 1975
-
Crazy Horse and Custer: The epic clash of two great warriors at the Little Bighorn
- 1994
-
D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
- 1996
-
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
- 1997
-
Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beachs to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
- 1998
-
The Victors: Eisenhower and his Boys
- 2000
-
Nothing Like it in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
- 2001
-
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
- 2001
-
The Wild Blue: The Men and the Boys who Flew the B-24s over Germany
- 2002
-
To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian
- 2003
-
Dlouha ?elezna stuha
(Nothing like it in the World: The Men who Built the Transcontinental Railroad)
- 2004
-
Ob?ane vojaci
(Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany)
- 2006
-
Den D
(D-Day June 6, 1944)
- 2006
-
Vit?zove
(The Victors: Eisenhower and his Boys)
- 2006
-
Bratrstvo neohro?enych
(Bands of Brothers)
- 2006
-
V nebezpe?nych vy?inach
(The Wild Blue: The Men and the Boys who Flew the B-24s over Germany)