http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 2 Jan 2005 23:09:07 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/01/02/214354.php#comment-106506 I wasn't aware that the plagiarism scandal was associated with Band of Brothers in any way. At any rate, Ambrose seemed to be a victim of his own success to a small extent near the end of his life. From what I could surmise, there was no willful plagiarism going on: he was simply pumping out too many readable history reads at once. ~ Eric B. 106506@blogcritics.org Sun, 2 Jan 2005 23:09:07 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/01/02/214354.php#comment-106502 It is sad that Ambrose's name was tarnished toward the end of his career by accusations of plagarism, specifically in the novels <em>Band of Brothers</em> and <em>Nothing Like It in the World</em>. I'm not sure about <em>Band of Brothers</em>, but <em>Nothing Like It in the World</em> is extensively foot-noted and indexed, with all due credit (as any historical writer must) given to his <strong>published</strong> sources. 106502@blogcritics.org Sun, 2 Jan 2005 23:02:44 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/01/02/214354.php#comment-106496 This sounds like an engaging read by one of the great modern popular historians. Band of Brothers, for those who haven't read it, is a compulsive page-turner and striking (and strikingly personal) history lesson rolled into one. This book sounds like a great story of America. Maybe they should make students in school read works by top-notch story tellers like Ambrose to get our kids interested in where we've been and where we're headed? Eric Berlin <a href="http://dumpsterbust.blogspot.com">Dumpster Bust</a>: Miracles from Mind Trash http://dumpsterbust.blogspot.com 106496@blogcritics.org Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:28:40 EST