An edition of The last full measure
(2012)
The last full measure
how soldiers die in battle
1st ed.
by Michael Stephenson
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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.
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The last full measure: how soldiers die in battle
2012, Crown Publishers
in English
- 1st ed.
0307395847 9780307395849
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Table of 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-452) and index.
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