Eyewitness to war : the finest writing about war by those who were there
2006
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A collection of prose and verse from those who have witnessed the intensity of war at first hand. Beginning with Elizabeth I's speech to her soldiers at Tilbury, and ending with the devastation surrounding the overthrow of Saddam Hussain's Iraqi dictatorship, this work introduces each piece by an analysis of the story behind the words.
Main title:
Eyewitness to war : the finest writing about war by those who were there / edited by Antony & Nicholas Bird ; foreword by Patrick Cordingley.
Author:
Imprint:
Chichester : Summersdale, c2006.
Collation:
308 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9781840245431 (hbk)
Dewey class:
808.80358
Language:
English
BRN:
243695