Stephen Ambrose
Stephen Ambrose
Stephen Edward Ambrosewas an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many best selling volumes of American popular history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth10 January 1936
CityLovington, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Stephen Ambrose quotes about
grateful differences forever
At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn't want to live in a world in which wrong prevailed. So they fought, and won, and we all of us, living and yet to be born, must be forever profoundly grateful.
fire-burning people building
In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.
guiding-principles long promise
As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.