The Mammoth Book of True War Stories
Subtitle: A New Selection of 60 Unforgettable Accounts of the Horror and Heroism of War Across the Ages
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: May 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780786715336
Subjects: Military History (General); History; History - Military / War; Military; Military - General; History / Military / General; Essays
First sentence: NEXT MORNING WE RETURNED ON our tracks to let a fold of the plain hide us from the railway, and then marched south across the sandy flat; seeing tracks of gazelle, oryx and ostrich; with, in one spot, stale padmarks of leopard.