The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle
- ISBN-10
- 0307395847
- ISBN-13
- 9780307395849
- Series
- The Last Full Measure
- Category
- Battle casualties
- Pages
- 464
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Crown Pub
- Author
- Michael Stephenson
Description
Considers how soldiers through the ages have met their deaths in times of war, covering such subjects as weapons and battlefield strategies while offering insight into cultural differences and the nature of military combat.
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- 2014-11-20
- 345 pages
- Ebook
- Minnesota Historical Society Press
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