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02061aam a2200337 i 4500 001 6F4D43CEDE4B11EC859A975B56ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220528010010 008 210601t20212021enkaf b 001 0ceng d 020 $a 000845423X 020 $a 9780008454234 020 $a 0008454221 020 $a 9780008454227 035 $a (OCoLC)1263815222 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d MNK $d YDXIT $d NYP $d NZLPP $d NYP $d OCLCO $d NZGPL $d IL4J6 $d OJ4 $d OCLCO $d VP@ $d UAP $d BDX $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 355.00922 $2 23 245 00 $a Soldiers : $b great stories of war and peace / $c chosen, edited and introduced by Max Hastings. 246 30 $a Great stories of war and peace 264 1 $a London : $b William Collins, $c 2021. 300 $a x, 517 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a It illustrates, mostly through people's own words, what it's been like to fight in wars, to live and die as a warrior, from Greek and Roman times through to today's Iraq and Afghanistan. The characters include the Black Prince and Cromwell, Wellington at Waterloo, Siegfried Sassoon at the Somme, George Orwell in the Spanish Civil War and Evelyn Waugh as a commando. But there are also Americans, Frenchmen, Israelis, Russians, not to mention the women warriors of Dahomey, Queen Boudicca and the women who serve today in the US Marines. There are more than 300 stories in all, and an astounding variety of soldiers' experiences through the ages. Many have been responsible for wonderful achievements but a few, also, for dreadful crimes. Some relate horrors, while others tell terrific jokes. 650 0 $a Soldiers $x History. 650 0 $a Military history. 655 7 $a Personal Narratives. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Hastings, Max, $e editor. 941 $a 2 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20220809011227.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220528010035.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6F4D43CEDE4B11EC859A975B56ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search