The Book of War: 25 Centuries of Great War Writing

The Book of War: 25 Centuries of Great War Writing

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Acclaimed military historian John Keegan’s anthology of war writing from 25 centuries of battle In The Book of War, John Keegan marshals a formidable host of war writings to chronicle the evolution of Western warfare through the voice of the most eloquent participants—from Thucydides’ classic account of ancient Greek phalanx warfare to a blow-by-blow description of ground fighting against the Iraqi troops in Kuwait during the Gulf War. Keegan gathers more than eighty selections, including Caesar’s Commentaries on the Roman invasion of Britain; the French Knight Jehan de Wavrin at the battle of Agincourt; Davy Crockett in the war against the Creek; Wellington’s dispatch on Waterloo; Hemingway after Caporetto; and Ernie Pyle at Normandy.“The best military historian of our generation.” –Tom Clancy “A monumental piece of literary military history.” –Chicago TribuneA brilliantly edited and comprehensive anthology.”—The New York Times Book Review.

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Weight0.45 kg
Dimensions2.62 × 14.03 × 21.16 cm
PubliCanadanadation City/Country

USA

ISBN 10

0140296557

About The Author

Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan (1934–2012), was one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians and was for many years the senior lecturer at Sandhurst (the British Royal Military Academy) and the defense editor of the Daily Telegraph (London). Keegan was the author of numerous books including The Face of Battle, The Mask of Command, The Price of Admiralty, Six Armies in Normandy, and The Second World War, and was a fellow at the Royal Society of Literature.

Table Of Content

Editor's AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart IThucydides: The Melian DialogueThucydides: The Final Sea BattleXenophon: The Battle of Cunaxa and Death of CyrusXenophon: A Plundering ExpeditionJulius Caesar: First British ExpeditionJosephus: The Horrors of the SiegeUsamah Ibn-Munqidh: An Arab-Syrian GentlemanJean Froissart: The Battle of Crécy, 26 August 1346Jehan de Wavrin: A French Knight's Account of AgincourtAndrew Wheatcroft: The Fall of ConstantinopleDiego Hurtado de Mendoze: Such Botching, Disorder and ChaosFrancesco Balbi di Correggio: The Siege of MaltaInga Clendinnen: AztecsGeorge Peele (1558-1596): Farewell to ArmsFather Paul Ragueneau: An Attack by Iroquois WarriorsWilliam Dunbar: Braddock at the MonongahelaRobert Southey (1774-1843): The Battle of BlenheimAnna Myers: The Revolution Remembered (1)John Scott of Amwell (1730-1793): The DrumJacob Zimmerman: The Revolution Remembered (2)David Crockett: Davy CrockettJohn D. Hunter: Captivity Among the IndiansThomas Campbell (1777-1844): HohenlindenPart IISergeant William Lawrence: Fugitive and Recruit 1804-6Sergeant William Lawrence: Badajoz March-April 1812A Gentleman Volunteer: The Battle of VitorioHelen Roeder: Captain RoederVictor Hugo (1802-1885): Russia 1812Private Wheeler: The Letters of Private WheelerDuke of Wellington: Wellington's Waterloo DespatchJames Bodell: A Soldier's View of EmpireHenry Clifford: Clifford in the CrimeaColin Frederick Campbell: Letters from CampW. H. Fitchett: The Relief of LucknowLieutenant-Colonel Fremantle: The Fremantle DiaryStephen Crane (1871-1900): War is KindElizabeth B. Custer: General CusterRudyard Kipling (1865-1936): TommyIsandhlwana and Rorke's Drift, 1879: Four eyewitness accountsSir Henry Newbolt (1862-1938): Vitaï LampadaPart IIIStephen Graham: How the News of War Came to a Village on the Chinese FrontierThomas Hardy (1840-1928): In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'Erwin Rommel: Infantry AttacksCompton Mackenzie: Gallipoli MemoriesSidney Rogerson: Twelve DaysJohn McCrae (1872-1918): In Flanders FieldsJohn Glubb: A Soldier's Diary of the Great WarBrigadier-General E.L. Spears: Prelude to VictoryW.B. Yeats: An Irish Airman Foresees His DeathRobert Graves: Goodbye to All ThatErnest Hemingway: Wounded (1)Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967): The HeroGerald Uloth: Riding to WarSiegfried Sassoon (1886-1967): The GeneralIsaac Babel: Red CavalryWilfred Owen (1893-1918): Anthem for Doomed YouthJohn Masters: Bugles and a TigerAlexander Stahlberg: Bounden DutyTim Bishop: One Young SoldierGeorge Orwell: Wounded (2)Bruce Shand: Previous EngagementsWinston Churchill: BBC Broadcast, London, 19 May 1940Stuart Milner-Barry: CodebreakersPeter Cremer: U-333Hugh Dundas: Flying StartGeorge Kennard: LoopyStuds Terkel: The Good WarObituary: David StirlingKeith Douglas (1920-44): AristocratsAlexander Stahlberg: Bounden Duty (2)Geyr von Schweppenburg: On the Other Side of the HillMarie-Louise Osmont: Normandy DiaryErnie Pyle: Battle and Breakout in NormandyDavid Smiley: Albanian AssignmentFranklin Lindsay: Beacons in the NightAlexander Stahlberg: Bounden Duty (3)George MacDonald Fraser: Quartered Safe Out HereEric Lomax: The Railway ManWilliam Laurence: Bombing NagasakiC.W. Bowman: Red Thunder, Tropic LightningJames Fenton: The Fall of SaigonAndy McNab: Bravo Two ZeroSources and AcknowledgmentsIndex of AuthorsIndex

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