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005    20201222021240.0 
008    200622s2020    nyu    e      001 0 eng   
010      2020028406 
020    9781250217080|q(hardcover) 
020    1250217083|q(hardcover) 
020    |z9781250217097|q(ebook) 
035    (OCoLC)1159628945 
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100 1  Walsh, Michael,|d1949-|eauthor. 
245 10 Last stands :|bwhy men fight when all is lost /|cMichael 
       Walsh. 
246 30 Why men fight when all is lost 
250    First edition. 
263    2012 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2020. 
300    x, 358 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 0  "Go Tell the Spartans" The Battle of Thermopylae (480 
       B.c.) -- "Varus, Give Me Back My Legions" Cannae (216. 
       B.c.) and the Teutoburg Forest (9 a.d.) -- "We Have It in 
       Our Power to Die Honorably As Free Men" Masada (73/74 
       a.d.) and Warsaw (1943) -- "We Have Come to Rue Your 
       Prowess, Roland!" The Battle of Roncevaux Pass and the 
       Chanson De Roland (778 / 1115) -- "Look at Me. I Am Still 
       Alive" The Battle of Hastings (1066) -- "I Must Perform 
       Some Action Worthy of a Man" The Last Stand of the Swiss 
       Guards (1527) -- "Today We Bring Dignity Upon Our Names" 
       The Siege of Szigetvar (1566) -- "These Aren't Men, They 
       Are Devils!" The Alamo (1836) and Camarón (1863) -- "Lick 
       'em Tomorrow, Though" Grant at Shiloh (1862) -- "Big 
       Village" Custer at the Little Bighorn (1876) -- "Each 
       Individual Soldier Did His Work And Duty Well. Ay, and 
       Right Well" Rorke's Draft (1879) and Khartoum (1885) -- 
       "Not One Step Back" The Battle of Pavlov's House: 
       Stalingrad -- Epilogue: "Iron Mike" The Chosin Reservoir. 
520    "Walsh does a service to patriots everywhere. His must-
       read book allows the reader to work 'the why' around in 
       his mind-and come to an understanding of real heroism." -
       Steve Bannon What are we willing to die for? Michael Walsh
       restores the dignity of lost concepts like honor, duty, 
       sacrifice and patriotism for our unheroic age. What is 
       heroism? What are its moral components-altruism, love, 
       self-sacrifice? Why was it once celebrated, and now often 
       dismissed as anachronistic? In this dramatic and readable 
       account of last stands in history-famous or otherwise-
       Walsh explores the stakes that led men at very different 
       times and places to face overwhelming odds and certain 
       death for the sake of family, home and country. In Last 
       Stands, Walsh writes about battles in which a small group 
       faced overwhelming odds, and all too often died to the 
       last man-battles like Thermopylae, the Ronceveaux Pass, 
       the Alamo, the siege of Malta, Little Big Horn, Stalingrad,
       Rorke's Drift, and the Warsaw Ghetto-explaining why they 
       were fought, what their ultimate outcome was, and their 
       afterlife in history, myth and culture"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Battles|xHistory. 
650  0 Military history|vMiscellanea. 
650  0 Courage. 
650  0 Honor. 
650  7 Battles.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00828915 
650  7 Courage.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00881609 
650  7 Honor.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00960005 
650  7 Military history.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01021222 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
655  7 Trivia and miscellanea.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01921748 
994    C0|bCKE