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

Stephenson, Michael, 1946- (Author).

Summary:

Considers how soldiers through the ages have met their deaths in times of war, covering such subjects as weapons and battlefield strategies while offering insight into cultural differences and the nature of military combat.

Record details

ISBN: 0307395847
ISBN: 9780307395849
Physical Description: xvi, 464 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [2012]
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

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

Formatted Contents Note:

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.