MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2011005874
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008 110215s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aD25.5$b.S74 2012
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100 1 $aStephenson, Michael,$d1946-
245 14 $aThe last full measure :$bhow soldiers die in battle /$cMichael Stephenson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCrown Publishers,$cc2012.
300 $axvi, 464 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [441]-452) and index.
505 0 $aFirst 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.
650 0 $aBattle casualties$xHistory.
650 0 $aMilitary history.