Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers, 1993

Stephen E. Ambrose’s classic New York Times bestseller Band of Brothers tells of the ordinary men who became the World War II’s most extraordinary soldiers at the frontlines of the war's most critical moments. [Source]

Subtitled, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, the novel is an examination of a parachute infantry company in the 101st Airborne Division in the European Theater during World War II. While the book treats the flow of battle, it concentrates on the lives of the soldiers in and associated with the company. The book was later adapted into a 2001 miniseries for HBO by Tom Hanks, Erik Jendreson, and Steven Spielberg, also titled Band of Brothers. [Source]