Monographie
Soldiers : great stories of war and peace / chosen, edited and introduced by Max Hastings
Type de contenu
- Texte
Type de médiation
- sans médiation
Type de support
- Volume
Titre(s)
- Soldiers : great stories of war and peace / chosen, edited and introduced by Max Hastings
Auteur(s)
Publication
- London Dublin : William Collins, 2021
Description matérielle
- 1 vol. (X-517 p.-[16] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 24 cm
ISBN
- 978-0-0084-5422-7
- 0-00-845422-1
- 978-0-0084-5423-4
- 0-00-845423-X
- 978-0-00-845426-5
EAN
- 9780008454265 br.
Classification décimale Dewey
- 355.009 22
Note sur l'édition et l'histoire bibliographique
- Edition brochée de 20 cm parue en 2024
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
- Bibliogr. p. [481]-497. Index
Résumé ou extrait
- 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.
Sujet - Nom commun
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