Last stands : why men fight when all is lost
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250217080
- ISBN: 1250217083
- ISBN: 9781250217097
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Physical Description:
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x, 358 pages ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "Go Tell the Spartans" The Battle of Thermopylae (480 B.c.) -- "Varus, Give Me Back My Legions" Cannae (216. B.c.) and the Teutoburg Forest (9 a.d.) -- "We Have It in Our Power to Die Honorably As Free Men" Masada (73/74 a.d.) and Warsaw (1943) -- "We Have Come to Rue Your Prowess, Roland!" The Battle of Roncevaux Pass and the Chanson De Roland (778 / 1115) -- "Look at Me. I Am Still Alive" The Battle of Hastings (1066) -- "I Must Perform Some Action Worthy of a Man" The Last Stand of the Swiss Guards (1527) -- "Today We Bring Dignity Upon Our Names" The Siege of Szigetvar (1566) -- "These Aren't Men, They Are Devils!" The Alamo (1836) and CamarĂ³n (1863) -- "Lick 'em Tomorrow, Though" Grant at Shiloh (1862) -- "Big Village" Custer at the Little Bighorn (1876) -- "Each Individual Soldier Did His Work And Duty Well. Ay, and Right Well" Rorke's Draft (1879) and Khartoum (1885) -- "Not One Step Back" The Battle of Pavlov's House: Stalingrad -- Epilogue: "Iron Mike" The Chosin Reservoir. |
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Subject: | Battles History Military history Miscellanea Courage Honor Battles Courage Honor Military history |
Genre: | History. Trivia and miscellanea. |
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