The Mammoth Book of True War Stories

by John Lewis-Stempel

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The 50 stories in this collection are about men and war, ranging in time from the Ancient Greeks to Operation Desert Storm. The stories reveal the different aspects of war; heroism, excitement and terror. It also includes first-hand accounts of the soldiers who participated in military events.

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John Lewis-Stempel
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Jon E. Lewis is a historian and writer whose books on history and military history are sold worldwide. He is also editor of many The Mammoth Book of anthologies, including the bestselling On the Edge and Endurance and Adventure. He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees-in history. His work has appeared in New Statesman, the Independent, Time show more Out, and the Guardian. show less

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Akizuki, Tatsuichiro (Contributor)
Barker, Ralph (Contributor)
Brown, Dee Alexander (Contributor)
Caeser, Julius (Contributor)
Chinnery, Philip (Contributor)
Comer, John (Contributor)
Cook, Graeme (Contributor)
Crane, Stephen (Contributor)
de Joinville, Jean (Contributor)
Dimbleby, Richard (Contributor)
English, Jeffrey (Contributor)
Farrar-Hockley, Anthony (Contributor)
Fleming, Peter (Contributor)
Foley, Charles (Contributor)
Foot, M. R. D. (Contributor)
Fuller, J. F. C. (Contributor)
Gellhorn, Martha (Contributor)
Gibson, Guy (Contributor)
Graves, Robert (Contributor)
Guevara, Che (Contributor)
Hastings, Max (Contributor)
Hemingway, Ernest
Herr, Michael (Contributor)
Hersey, John (Contributor)
Herzog, Chaim (Contributor)
Hodgson, Vere (Contributor)
Johnson, J. E. (Contributor)
Kennedy, Ludovic (Contributor)
Kipling, Rudyard (Contributor)
Knoke, Heinz (Contributor)
Lamb, James B. (Contributor)
Lawrence, T. E. (Contributor)
Livy (Contributor)
Lodwick, John (Contributor)
McPherson, James M. (Contributor)
Mercer, Alexander (Contributor)
Minney, R. J. (Contributor)
Morison, Samuel Eliot (Contributor)
Moulson, Tom (Contributor)
Ogburn, Charlton (Contributor)
Orwell, George (Contributor)
Poppel, Martin (Contributor)
Reed, John (Contributor)
Reid, P. R. (Contributor)
Reynolds, Quentin (Contributor)
Richards, Frank (Contributor)
Rickenbacker, Eddie V. (Contributor)
Rommel, Erwin (Contributor)
Russell, William Howard (Contributor)
Schaefer, Heinz (Contributor)
Schmitt, Eric (Contributor)
Shipp, John (Contributor)
Simpson, John (Contributor)
Smalley, George (Contributor)
Southey, Robert (Contributor)
Thucydides (Contributor)
Tillman, Barrett (Contributor)
Trevor-Roper, Hugh (Contributor)
von Richthofen, Manfred (Contributor)
Weigley, Russell F. (Contributor)

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The Mammoth Book of True War Stories

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Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
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355 — Society, government, & culture Public administration & military science The Military - Land, Air & Sea / Warfare
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D25 .M36 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania History (General) Military and naval history
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