The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes
By: edited by Max Hastings.
Contributors: Hastings, Max.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Oxford, England; New York, United States of America
Language: eng
Number of pages: 514
Subjects: Military art and science -- History -- Anecdotes
Description: This collection is principally concerned with American and British conflicts with occasional forays into foreign armies - notably the Greeks, the Romans, and Napoleon's soldiers. Hastings has sought stories which illustrate the military condition through the ages, both on the battlefield and in the barracks: comic, eccentric, heroic, tragic.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [495]-506.
Includes index.