Stephen E. Ambrose (1936–2002)

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1. Stephen E. Ambrose

   Author of Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West, Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, No End Save Victory: Perspectives on World War II

2. David McCullough

   Author of John Adams, The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

3. John Keegan

   Author of The First World War, A History of Warfare, Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris

4. Joseph J. Ellis

   Author of Founding Brothers, His Excellency: George Washington, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

5. Rick Atkinson

   Author of An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, The Long Gray Line, In the Company of Soldiers

6. Harry Turtledove

   Author of Worldwar: In the Balance, How Few Remain, The Great War: American Front

7. Cornelius Ryan

   Author of The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far, Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin

8. Nathaniel Philbrick

   Author of Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

9. Bruce Catton

   Author of A stillness at Appomattox, Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road

10. Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream

11. Barbara W. Tuchman

    Author of The Guns of August, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, The Zimmermann Telegram

12. Robert Cowley

    Author of What Ifs? of American History : Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, More What If?: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been?, With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War

13. Edmund Morris

    Author of Theodore Rex, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

14. Max Hastings

    Author of Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, The Korean War, Victory in Europe: D-Day to V-E Day

15. James Bradley

    Author of Flags of Our Fathers, Flyboys: A True Story of Courage, The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War

16. Jeff Shaara

    Author of Gods and Generals, The Last Full Measure

17. William Manchester

    Author of American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964, The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940, Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War

18. James M. McPherson

    Author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War

19. Shelby Foote

    Author of The Civil War, a narrative : Fort Sumter to Perryville, The Civil War, a narrative : Red River to Appomattox, The Civil War, A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian

20. Walter Isaacson

    Author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Kissinger: A Biography, The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made