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First Edition |
| Description |
x, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
All contributing authors are recipients of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. |
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"The trade edition of On War: The Best Military Histories was preceded by a limited leather-bound edition of 26 lettered copies signed by each of the authors, as well as 100 numbered copies, each housed in a clamshell case, accompanied by a sterling silver commemorative coin and signed by each of the authors." -- verso. |
| Contents |
"We Are All Americans," from Battle Cry of Freedom / James M. McPherson -- "Assault from the Sea," from Military Innovation in the Interwar Period / Allan R. Millett -- "Adolf Hitler" and "Franklin D. Roosevelt," from Visions of Victory / Gerhard L. Weinberg -- Prologue, from An Army at Dawn / Rick Atkinson -- "Patton's Finest Hour," adapted from Patton: A Genius for War / Carlo D'Este -- "The British Fight," from Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War / Max Hastings -- "How to Tell a True War Story," from The Things They Carried / Tim O'Brien. |
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World War, 1914-1918.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Korean War, 1950-1953.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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War -- History.
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Military art and science -- History.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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| Added Author |
Atkinson, Rick, author.
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D'Este, Carlo, 1936- author.
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Hastings, Max, author.
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McPherson, James M., author.
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Millet, Allan Reed, author.
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O'Brien, Tim, 1946- author.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L., author.
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| Other Form: |
Limited edition : On War : The Best Military Histories (OCoLC)865557396 |
| ISBN |
9780989792813 |
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0989792811 |
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