They fought on Utah Beach, in Arnhem, Bastogne, the Bulge; they spearheaded the Rhine offensive and took possession of Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden. Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day and victory, Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company, which kept getting the tough assignments. Easy Company was responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. BAND OF BROTHERS is the account of the men of this remarkable unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150 percent casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers' journals and letters, Stephen Ambrose tells the stories, often in the men's own words, of these American heroes.

斯蒂芬·E．安布羅斯生於1936年，在威斯康星州懷特沃特長大。1960年，安布羅斯開始在新奧爾良大學任教，並著手撰寫一本名為《責任、榮譽、國傢》的西點軍校史。他28歲時，艾森豪威爾總統請他為自己寫傳。

自那時以來，安布羅斯已經齣版瞭二十多本書。其中的《D日——1944年6月6日》、《不屈不撓的意誌》，《世上獨一無二))被《紐約時報》列為暢銷書。他擔任過斯皮爾伯格的影片《拯救大兵瑞恩))的曆史顧問，還參加瞭許多美國全國性電視節目的工作，包括由曆史頻道和國傢地理頻道製作的節目，並參與瞭HBO史詩性連續劇《兄弟連》的製作。

安布羅斯曾任位於新奧爾良的艾森豪威爾中心榮譽主任、《軍事史學季刊》主筆、“美國河流”理事會成員、並且是“國傢D日博物館”的創建者。2002年10月13日因肺癌逝世，享年66歲。