The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes

By Max Hastings

Subjects: Military art and science, Humor, general, Krijgsmacht, Wit and humor, Anthologie, Anekdote, Art et science militaires, Military art and science, history, Anecdotes, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, History, Militär

Description: 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.