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Stephen E. Ambrose Books in Order

36 books are credited to Stephen E. Ambrose, published between 1962 and 2003; 1 of them appeared after Stephen E. Ambrose's death in 2002. The first book is Halleck (1962) and the newest is This Vast Land: A Young Man's Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
36
Published
1962–2003
Pages on record
11,980 in 30 of 36 books
Reading time
200–300 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,980 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 36 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Stephen E. Ambrose, author

Stephen Edward Ambrose, January 10, 1936 to October 13, 2002, was an American historian whose books concentrate on the Second World War, the American West, and the presidencies of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. Ambrose taught history from 1960 to 1995, joined the University of New Orleans in 1971 and became Boyd Professor of History there in 1989. Ambrose founded the Eisenhower Center at that university and was a co-founder of the National D-Day Museum, since renamed the National World War II Museum. The catalogue holds 36 books from Halleck (1962) to This Vast Land (2003), with Nixon and Eisenhower recorded as multi-volume series.

How many Stephen E. Ambrose books are there?

Stephen E. Ambrose has 36 books, released between 1962 and 2003. 1 of them were published after Stephen E. Ambrose's death in 2002. They include 2 series and 29 titles listed outside any series.

Stephen E. Ambrose Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 36 Stephen E. Ambrose books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Halleck by Stephen E. Ambrose (1962)
  2. Cover of Upton and the Army by Stephen E. Ambrose (1964)
  3. Cover of Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point by Stephen E. Ambrose (1966)
  4. Cover of Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945 by Stephen E. Ambrose, book 1 of the Norton Essays in American History series (1967)
  5. Cover of Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938 by Stephen E. Ambrose (1971)
  6. Cover of Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors by Stephen E. Ambrose (1975)
  7. Cover of Eisenhower, Volume #1 by Stephen E. Ambrose, book 1 of the Eisenhower series (1983)
  8. Cover of Eisenhower, Volume #2 by Stephen E. Ambrose, book 2 of the Eisenhower series (1984)
  9. Cover of Pegasus Bridge: D-Day: The Daring British Airborne Raid by Stephen E. Ambrose (1984)
  10. Cover of Nixon Volume #1 by Stephen E. Ambrose, book 1 of the Nixon series (1987)
  11. Cover of Nixon Volume #2 by Stephen E. Ambrose, book 2 of the Nixon series (1987)
  12. Cover of Eisenhower: Soldier and President by Stephen E. Ambrose (1990)
  13. Cover of Nixon Volume #3 by Stephen E. Ambrose, book 3 of the Nixon series (1991)
  14. Cover of Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E.…
  15. Cover of D-Day: June 6, 1944, The Climactic Battle of World War II by Stephen E. Ambrose (1994)
  16. Cover of Eisenhower by Stephen E. Ambrose, book 2 of the Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace series (1995)
  17. Cover of Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose
  18. Cover of Americans at War by Stephen E. Ambrose (1997)
  19. Cover of American Heritage: New History of World War II by Stephen E. Ambrose (1997)
  20. Cover of Citizen Soldiers: From the Normandy Beaches to the Surrender of Germany by Stephen E. Ambrose (1997)
  21. Cover of The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of WWII by Stephen E. Ambrose (1998)
  22. Cover of Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery by Stephen E. Ambrose (1998)
  23. Cover of Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals by Stephen E. Ambrose (1999)
  24. Cover of Witness to America by Stephen E. Ambrose (1999)
  1. 1
    Halleck1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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  2. 2
    Upton and the Army1964 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1964190
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  3. 3
    Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point1966 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966400
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  4. 4
    Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945Norton Essays in American History #11967 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1967120
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  5. 5
    Institutions in Modern America1967 · 157 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1967157
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  6. 6
    The Supreme Commander: The War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower1970 · 732 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970732
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  7. 7
    Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 19381971 · 570 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971570
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  8. 8
    The Military and American Society1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  9. 9
    Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors1975 · 527 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975527
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  10. 10
    Ike's Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment1981 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981368
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  11. 11
    Eisenhower, Volume #1Eisenhower #11983 · confirmed 2/4
    1983–
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  12. 12
    Milton S. Eisenhower: Educational Statesman1983 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983352
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  13. 13
    Eisenhower, Volume #2Eisenhower #21984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  14. 14
    Pegasus Bridge: D-Day: The Daring British Airborne Raid1984 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984224
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  15. 15
    Nixon Volume #1Nixon #11987 · 768 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987768
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  16. 16
    Nixon Volume #2Nixon #21987 · confirmed 2/4
    1987–
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  17. 17
    Eisenhower: Soldier and President1990 · 640 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990640
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  18. 18
    Nixon Volume #3Nixon #31991 · 672 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991672
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  19. 19
    Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest1992 · 333 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992333
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    D-Day: June 6, 1944, The Climactic Battle of World War II1994 · 656 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994656
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  21. 21
    EisenhowerEisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace #21995 · 281 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995281
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  22. 22
    Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West1996 · 521 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996521
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  23. 23
    Americans at War1997 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997252
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  24. 24
    American Heritage: New History of World War II1997 · 628 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997628
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  25. 25
    Citizen Soldiers: From the Normandy Beaches to the Surrender of Germany1997 · 528 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997528
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  26. 26
    The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of WWII1998 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998400
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  27. 27
    Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery1998 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998255
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  28. 28
    Victory in Europe, May 19451998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  29. 29
    Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals1999 · 139 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999139
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  30. 30
    Witness to America1999 · 605 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999605
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  31. 31
    Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-18692000 · 431 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000431
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    The Wild Blue: The Men And Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany, 1944-452001 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001304
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    The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won2001 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200196
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  34. 34
    To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian2002 · 265 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002265
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  35. 35
    The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana Purchase to Today2002 · 273 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002273
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  36. 36
    This Vast Land: A Young Man's Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition2003 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003293
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Stephen E. Ambrose books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Nixon in order

3 books
  1. 1. Nixon Volume #1
  2. 2. Nixon Volume #2
  3. 3. Nixon Volume #3

Eisenhower in order

2 books
  1. 1. Eisenhower, Volume #1
  2. 2. Eisenhower, Volume #2

Norton Essays in American History in order

1 book
  1. 1. Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945

Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace in order

1 book
  1. 2. Eisenhower

Standalone books

29 books

29 Stephen E. Ambrose titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Stephen E. Ambrose books in order?

You only need to read Stephen E. Ambrose books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Stephen E. Ambrose

Start with Halleck (1962), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Stephen E. Ambrose book?

This Vast Land: A Young Man's Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (2003) is the newest Stephen E. Ambrose book released so far.

Is there a new Stephen E. Ambrose book coming?

No next Stephen E. Ambrose book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Stephen E. Ambrose has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Stephen E. Ambrose. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • St. Louis Literary Award1997Won

Stephen E. Ambrose at a glance

Died
Stephen E. Ambrose died in 2002, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Stephen E. Ambrose are still being published after Stephen E. Ambrose's death in 2002; the newest appeared in 2003.
Release pace
Stephen E. Ambrose books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
11,980 pages across the 30 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 360 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stephen E. Ambrose books, 14 of 36, were published in the 1990s.

What the Stephen E. Ambrose books are about

35 of the 36 Stephen E. Ambrose books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 13 of 35. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.