True War Stories

Informationen zum Autor JON E. LEWIS is an historian and author of numerous bestselling books on history and military history, including Voices from D-Day , Voices from the Holocaust , The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War and A Brief History of the First World War . He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in history and his work has appeared in New Statesman , the Independent , Time Out and the Guardian . He lives in Herefordshire. JON E. LEWIS is an historian and author of numerous bestselling books on history and military history, including Voices from D-Day , Voices from the Holocaust , The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War and A Brief History of the First World War . He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in history and his work has appeared in New Statesman , the Independent , Time Out and the Guardian . He lives in Herefordshire. Klappentext War, as the general said, is hell. But in a few it also brings out the best. Heroism and horror are the keynotes of this gripping new collection of war writing. From the Siege of Troy to the present day, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories includes battle analyses by celebrated historians, letters home by ordinary Gis, high-adrenaline memoirs by frontline combatants and memorable reportage by master chroniclers such as Ernest Hemingway and John Reed. Zusammenfassung An unmissable collection of true war stories from first-hand accounts of those on the front line to the master chroniclers such as Ernest Hemingway.

Product details

• Authors: Jon E. Lewis, John Lewsi
• Assisted by: Jon E. Lewis (Editor)
• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.03.2005
• EAN: 9781845291488
• ISBN: 978-1-84529-148-8
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 196 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Mammoth Book of; Mammoth Books; Mammoth Books; The Mammoth Book of
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Military / General, True stories: general, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence