Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

by Mjr. Dick Winters w/Col. Cole C Kingseed, Cole C. Kingseed

Overview

Winters' memoir, based on his wartime diary, includes the untold stories of his comrades--the Band of Brothers who suffered 150 percent casualties while liberating Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594132360
Publisher:	Gale Group
Publication date:	05/06/2008
Series:	Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers Series
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	508
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Major Dick Winters took over command of Easy Company, an elite airborne unit, when its commander was killed after parachuting into France on D-Day. Winters continued to lead the outfit now immortalized as the Band of Brothers during the liberation of Europe and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

Table of Contents

Author's Preface     9
Prologue     15
Band of Brothers     21
Beginnings     23
There Is Nothing Easy in Easy Company     44
From Benning to Shanks     78
Old Beyond My Years     100
In the Time of Achilles     143
Day of Days     145
Carentan     178
Holland     211
The Island     240
In War's Dark Crucible     265
Interlude     267
Surrounded Again     294
The Final Patrols     339
Victory     365
Finding Peace After a Lifetime of War     393
Occupation     395
Coming Home     426
Steve Ambrose Slept Here     457
Reflections     489
Leadership at the Point of a Bayonet     505

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"There is a saying that 'Great leaders are born not made.' Such a man is Dick Winters... A beautifully written book about a truly great leader. This riveting read clearly reflects Dick Winters's solid character, great integrity, and unerring judgment in critical battlefield situations." —Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore, co-author of We Were Soldiers Once...And Young

"Its modesty, its candor, and its insights into the nature of front-line leadership and the fears and behaviors of men in combat make this memoir a classic ranking with Charles MacDonald's Company Commander." —Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel

"Dick Winters epitomizes the finest attributes of American citizen-soldiers….a poignant, riveting story with timeless application to the study of leadership in war." —Colonel Lance Betros, Chairman, Department of History, U.S. Military Academy, editor of West Point: Two Centuries and Beyond

"Winters's leadership inspired his soldiers to fight courageously under the most difficult and challenging conditions of battle. [An] extraordinary memoir." —H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Beyond Band of Brothers

“There is a saying that 'Great leaders are born not made.' Such a man is Dick Winters... A beautifully written book about a truly great leader. This riveting read clearly reflects Dick Winters's solid character, great integrity, and unerring judgment in critical battlefield situations.”—Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore, co-author of We Were Soldiers Once...And Young

“Its modesty, its candor, and its insights into the nature of front-line leadership and the fears and behaviors of men in combat make this memoir a classic ranking with Charles MacDonald's Company Commander.”—Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel

“Dick Winters epitomizes the finest attributes of American citizen-soldiers….a poignant, riveting story with timeless application to the study of leadership in war.”—Colonel Lance Betros, Chairman, Department of History, U.S. Military Academy, editor of West Point: Two Centuries and Beyond

“Winters's leadership inspired his soldiers to fight courageously under the most difficult and challenging conditions of battle. [An] extraordinary memoir.”—H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam

From the Publisher

Tom Weiner narrates in a deep, youthful voice that is easy to imagine as that of a forceful and charismatic Army officer.”

AudioFile

A poignant, riveting story with timeless application to the study of leadership in war.”

Colonel Lance Betros

An excellent narrative voice…Winters has been praised as an exemplar of leadership, and here he shows what he did to earn that praise and how he did it. Very well done, book as well as war service.”

Booklist

This riveting read clearly reflects Dick Winters’ solid character, great integrity, and unerring judgment in critical battlefield situations.”

coauthor of We Were Soldiers Once…And Young Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore

Its modesty, its candor, and its insights into the nature of frontline leadership and the fears and behaviors of men in combat make this memoir a classic.”

author of Patton and Rommel Dennis Showalter