The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle - Softcover
'A great achievement of research, perception and fine writing. Few other books have managed to convey the true experience of war with such power and clarity.' Antony Beevor
Behind every soldier's death lies a story, a tale not just of the cold mathematics of the battlefield but of an individual human being who gave their life. What psychological and cultural pressures brought them to their fate? What lies and truths convinced them to march towards their death? Covering warfare from prehistory through the present day, The Last Full Measure tells these soldiers's stories, ultimately capturing the experience of war as few books ever have.
Behind every soldier's death lies a story, a tale not just of the cold mathematics of the battlefield but of an individual human being who gave their life. What psychological and cultural pressures brought them to their fate? What lies and truths convinced them to march towards their death? Covering warfare from prehistory through the present day, The Last Full Measure tells these soldiers's stories, ultimately capturing the experience of war as few books ever have.
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'A great achievement of research, perception and fine writing. Few other books have managed to convey the true experience of war with such power and clarity.' Antony Beevor
'Stephenson brings the face of battle even closer to us than John Keegan did over thirty years ago.' Hew Strachan, author of The First World War and Chicele Professor of the History of War, Oxford University
'Plainly ranks among the most important works of history I've encountered over the last quarter century a comprehensive, readable, humane, moving and enlightening achievement of analysis and scholarship. This brilliant book will endure.' --Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried and Going After Cacciato
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'Stephenson brings the face of battle even closer to us than John Keegan did over thirty years ago.' Hew Strachan, author of The First World War and Chicele Professor of the History of War, Oxford University
'Plainly ranks among the most important works of history I've encountered over the last quarter century a comprehensive, readable, humane, moving and enlightening achievement of analysis and scholarship. This brilliant book will endure.' --Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried and Going After Cacciato
Michael Stephenson is the author of, most recently, Patriot Battles: How the War of Independence Was Fought. In addition to his writing, he spent more than twenty-five years as a professional book editor, for much of that time with a particular focus on military publishing. For six years he was the editor of the Military Book Club. He lives in New York City.
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- PublisherDuckworth
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0715646958
- ISBN 13 9780715646953
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages480
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