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- Soldiers : great stories of war and peace / by Hastings, Max,compiler,editor,writer of introduction.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.A collection of the most extraordinary stories of war, courage, tragedy, strategy and survival. Soldiers is a collection of the very best stories about soldiers, brought together by historian Max Hastings. In his almost sixty years of military study and his work in the midst of modern conflicts as a foreign correspondent, these are the stories that left a mark. In these pages you will find heroes and cowards; triumphs, tragedies and comedies. It illustrates, mostly through people's own words, what it's been like to fight in wars, to live and die as a warrior, from Greek and Roman times through to today's Iraq and Afghanistan. The characters include the Black Prince and Cromwell, Wellington at Waterloo, Siegfried Sassoon at the Somme, George Orwell in the Spanish Civil War and Evelyn Waugh as a commando. But there are also Americans, Frenchmen, Israelis, Russians, not to mention the women warriors of Dahomey, Queen Boudicca and the women who serve today in the US Marines. There are more than 300 stories in all, and an astounding variety of soldiers' experiences through the ages. Many have been responsible for wonderful achievements but a few, also, for dreadful crimes. Some relate horrors, while others tell terrific jokes. In modern writing, we hear from the titans of historical writing with Ben Macintyre and Anthony Beevor. This is a book that might make you feel as grateful that whatever the troubles of our own times, we are spared the mud and blood and anguish, if also the moments of glory, that the soldiers in these pages bring so vividly to life.
- Subjects: Armed Forces; Battles; Civil war; Military history.; Soldiers; War; Women soldiers;
- Biggest, baddest book of warriors / by Hanson, Anders,1980-; Mann, Elissa,1990-;
- LSC
- Subjects: Soldiers; Military history;
- © c2013., ABDO Pub.,
- Canadian forces : an historical salute to those on the front line / by Montague, Art.;
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subjects: Canada. Armed Forces; Canada. Canadian Armed Forces;
- © c2011., MacIntyre Purcell Pub.,
- Ghosts of Sicily : Charles “Lucky” Luciano, US Naval intelligence, and the Cloak of Secrecy that Forever Changed the Military, the Mafia, and the Course of War. by Harmon, Mark.;
- 'Ghosts of Sicily' is the true story of how the Office of Naval Intelligence turned to the mafia to help the allies in WWII. From the authors of 'Ghosts of Honolulu' and 'Ghosts of Panama'.Library Bound Incorporated
- Subjects: HISTORY / Military / Naval; HISTORY / Military / World War II; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century;
- War : from ancient Egypt to Iraq / by David, Saul,1966-;
- LSC
- Subjects: War; Military art and science; War and civilization.;
- © 2009., DK Pub.,
- Ancient and medieval siege weapons : a fully illustrated guide to siege weapons and tactics / by Nosov, K.(Konstantin);
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-292) and index.
- Subjects: Siege warfare; Sieges; Military weapons; Military history, Medieval; Middle Ages;
- © c2005., Globe Pequot Press,
- Conflict : the evolution of warfare from 1945 to Ukraine / by Petraeus, David Howell,author.; Roberts, Andrew,1963-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."In this deep and incisive study, General David Petraeus, who commanded the US-led coalitions in both Iraq, during the Surge, and Afghanistan, and former CIA director, and the prize-winning historian Andrew Roberts, explore over 70 years of conflict, drawing significant lessons and insights from their fresh analysis of the past. Drawing on their different perspectives and areas of expertise, Petraeus and Roberts show how often critical mistakes have been repeated time and again, and the challenge, for statesmen and generals alike, of learning to adapt to various new weapon systems, theories and strategies"--
- Subjects: Military art and science; Military art and science; Military history, Modern; Military history, Modern;
- Accessory to war : the unspoken alliance between astrophysics and the military / by Tyson, Neil deGrasse,author.; Lang, Avis,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-549) and index.
- Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Astronautics, Military; Military art and science; Astrophysics;
- The fighting Canadians : our regimental history from New France to Afghanistan / by Bercuson, David Jay,1945-;
- Subjects: Canada. Canadian Armed Forces; Canada. Canadian Army;
- © 2008., HarperCollins,
- War in Britain / by Newark, Timothy.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects: Great Britain;
- © c2000., HarperCollins,
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