The last full measure : how soldiers die in battle / Michael Stephenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephenson, Michael, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Battle casualties--History.

Battle casualties.

Military history.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 464 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

This epic, stunningly researched work of military history answers a simple question--how have soldiers through the ages met their deaths? This book reveals an astonishing wealth of insight about the nature of combat, the differences between cultures, and the unchanging qualities of humanity itself.

Contents:

First blood : Death and the Heroic in ancient combat

Te deum and non nobis : death on the medieval battlefield

A terrible thunder : combat death in the black powder era

All glory, all hell : dying for the cause : the American Civil War

An investment of blood : death and honor in colonial warfare

This high place of sacrifice : "going west" in World War I

A confraternity of ghosts : how soldiers died in World War II

Diamonds in the mire : death and the heroic in modern combat

Appendix. For pity's sake : a brief history of battlefield medicine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-452) and index.

ISBN:

9780307395849

0307395847

9780307952776

0307952770

OCLC:

702647794

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