I thought Stephen Ambrose's book Band of Brothers was very well done. It portrays the war from a totally different prospective then most World War II history is written. It gives you the prospective of what it was like for the grunts on the ground, verses the commanding Generals back at headquarters. The book goes much more indepth then the mini series. What the mini series did was very close to the book and very well done but they picked ten chapters out of almost thirty to choose. The book has a more complete story. I would recomend this book to anyone who finds heros and real life human events intresting, esspecially if you are a history buff.