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Steve Ambrose, not my favorite military scholar by a long shot, apparently fabricated some aspects ofhis contact with IKE. Ambrose, now dead, has issued no rebuttal, but the evidence seems to suggest thatmuch of his conversation time with IKE was real only in his mind. If true--shame.
I found passages in one of Ambrose's books that were lifted verbatim from a book by George Wilson called “If You Survive” (and OUTSTANDING first person memoir of combat) — Ambrose credited the attribution to a personal interview with Wilson.Ambrose did a lot to advance the literature on the American experience in World War II in Europe -- not sure he advanced "history" as much as he advanced literature, if you know what I mean.
I found passages in one of Ambrose's books that were lifted verbatim from a book by George Wilson called "If You Survive" (and OUTSTANDING first person memoir of combat) -- Ambrose credited the attribution to a personal interview with Wilson.Ambrose did a lot to advance the literature on the American experience in World War II in Europe -- not sure he advanced "history" as much as he advanced literature, if you know what I mean.
He did a bad bad thing--shame. In school you can get expelled for this although in truth it happens all the time.
To put it in perspective:
Shortly before his death, Ambrose was also accused of plagiarizing parts of a World War II history called "The Wild Blue" ? a charge he conceded, and chalked up to a series of research errors. But as serious as the charge of plagiarism is, fabricating research materials is a far graver offense for a professional historian. When Michael Bellesiles was found to have made up sources for his 2001 book on the origins of American gun culture, "Arming America," Columbia University's Bancroft Committee, a body that awards an annual prize for the most distinguished work of U.S. history, stripped him of the honor; he later resigned his professorship at Emory University's history department.
'Band of Brothers' author Stephen Ambrose accused of faking Eisenhower interviews
Dick Winters, one of the main figures in Ambrose's “Band of Brothers”, recently passed away.'Band of Brothers' inspiration dies at age 92
Sad that all these witnesses and actors are fading away …Btw , anyone saw The Pacific yet ? (Based on the books "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge and "Helmet For My Pillow" by Robert Leckie.)http://www.hbo.com/the-pacific/index.html#
Sad that all these witnesses and actors are fading away ...Btw , anyone saw The Pacific yet ? (Based on the books "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge and "Helmet For My Pillow" by Robert Leckie.)http://www.hbo.com/the-pacific/index.html#
I am in the middle of watching it right now. I got it for Christmas from my wife. ;D So far it is pretty good though not up to the standards of Band of Brothers.
