Title: The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes
First published: September 17, 1987
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.
Subjects: History, Military art and science, Anecdotes, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, Anthologie, Krijgsmacht, Anekdote, Militär, Wit and humor, Humor, general, Art et science militaires, Military art and science, history