If anecdotes are marginal notes on the pages of history, these will delight any reader who has ever been moved or entertained by the condition of the soldier. Few fields of human endeavor have inspired so many memorable anecdotes as warfare, from the Bible and Livy through Gibbon and Froissart, to the imperial wars of the nineteenth century and the world conflicts of the twentieth. This collection of is principally concerned with American and British conflicts, with, as the author says, "occasional forays among the ranks of foreign armies"--notably the Greeks, the Romans, and Napoleon's...
If anecdotes are marginal notes on the pages of history, these will delight any reader who has ever been moved or entertained by the condition of the ...
Heroism in battle has been celebrated throughout history, yet it is one of the least understood virtues. What makes some men and women perform extraordinary deeds on the battlefield? What makes them risk their lives in the pursuit of victory?Max Hastings, one of our foremost military historians, has seen combat up close and written about it for decades. In Warriors, he brings us the experiences of fourteen soldiers who fought in the wars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From an exuberant cavalry officer in Napoleon s army to an abused orphan who in World War II became America...
Heroism in battle has been celebrated throughout history, yet it is one of the least understood virtues. What makes some men and women perform extraor...
It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Now Max Hastings, preeminent military historian takes us back to the bloody bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interviews with more than 200 vets--including the Chinese--Hastings follows real officers and soldiers through the battles. He brilliantly captures the Cold War crisis at home--the strategies and politics of Truman, Acheson, Marshall, MacArthur, Ridgway, and Bradley--and...
It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Now Max Hastings, preeminent milita...
A brand-new history of the Dambusters raid from best-selling and critically acclaimed military historian, Max Hastings. Hastings sets the Dams Raid in the big picture of the bomber offensive and of the Second World War, with moving portraits of the young airmen; of Barnes Wallis; the monstrous Harris; the tragic Guy Gibson, together with superb narrative of the action.
A brand-new history of the Dambusters raid from best-selling and critically acclaimed military historian, Max Hastings. Hastings sets the Dams Raid in...