In the great storytelling tradition of my longtime friend, Stephen Ambrose, Monuments Men is a marvelous addition to the many great books on World War II & is a reminder that we fought to save western civilization as well as our freedom. Robert Edsels brilliant work tells the story of how a small unit of American soldiers raced across the front lines in Europe to rescue the art treasures of western culture that had been stolen by the Nazis. Edsels book is a thriller, in the style of Indiana Jones, but in this case its all fact & great history. "I read the book from cover to cover
- couldnt put it down!" (Dr. Gordon, Nick, Mueller, CEO/ President & co-founder of the National World War II Museum )