
About this book
This collection is principally concerned with American and British conflicts with occasional forays into foreign armies - notably the Greeks, the Romans, and Napoleon's soldiers. Hastings has sought stories which illustrate the military condition through the ages, both on the battlefield and in the barracks: comic, eccentric, heroic, tragic.
Subjects
HistoryMilitary art and scienceAnecdotesAnecdotes, facetiae, satireAnthologieKrijgsmachtAnekdoteMilitärWit and humorHumor, generalArt et science militairesMilitary art and science, history