Biography

America's preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose is the author of numerous bestselling books about World War II, including D-Day, Citizen Soldiers and The Victors, plus biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He is the founder of the Eisenhower Center and President of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans.
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Shortly before his death in 2002, Ambrose was accused of plagiarizing work from several sources. It was later shown that the material was simply cited incorrectly rather than stolen; Ambrose contained source information in footnotes, but neglected to place the passages in traditional quotation marks.

Father of Hugh Ambrose.

[Dwight D. Eisenhower] is my choice as the American of the 20th century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best.

I thought [Richard Nixon] was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.

The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is a disgrace that the United States has not done the same.

The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.