TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stephenson,Michael
TI  - The last full measure: how soldiers die in battle 
SN  - 9780307395849
AV  - D25.5 .S74 2012
U1  - 305.9/06950973 22
PY  - 0000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown Publishers
KW  - Battle casualties
KW  - History
KW  - Military history
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-452) and index; First blood : Death and the Heroic in ancient combat -- Te deum and non nobis : death on the medieval battlefield -- A terrible thunder : combat death in the black powder era -- All glory, all hell : dying for the cause : the American Civil War -- An investment of blood : death and honor in colonial warfare -- This high place of sacrifice : "going west" in World War I -- A confraternity of ghosts : how soldiers died in World War II -- Diamonds in the mire : death and the heroic in modern combat -- Appendix. For pity's sake : a brief history of battlefield medicine
N2  - 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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UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2011005874-b.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2011005874-d.html
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