Beyond Band of Brothers
Ratings11
Average rating4.4
Major Dick Winters, one of the major characters in the HBO miniseries 'Band of Brothers' tells his story of World War II from the pages of his wartime diary. He also gives detailed accounts of what happened to many of the men of Easy Company after the war.
Combat can serve to bring out the best in men and Winters tells exactly how good, well-trained men reacted to rapidly changing situations and environments under remarkably difficult circumstances.
His summation, a discourse on leadership, is well worth serious study. Few men have had the privilege of serving in as many major engagements with as much success as Dick Winters and fewer still can communicate what they learned as well as he does in this book.
Tags
Reviews
Popular Reviews
Reviews with the most likes.
Humbling memoirs written by a wise, humble man. Enlightening complement to Ambrose's ‘band of brothers' book.
Major Dick Winters gives a more technical, tactical description of some of the stories Easy Company fans and followers know; the qualities that put him in charge of teaching others and leading them shine through the book, and his experience is certainly worth reading about. I enjoyed reading this book quite a lot, it gave quite a lot of insight to the way Winters worked and thought. He's also full of advice that applies to life in general, not simply life in battle – and that's always valuable.
