Heroic War Stories
by Alistair MacLean, David Niven, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. E. Bates, Richard Hillary, H.G. Wells, Erich Maria Remarque, Лев Толстой, Joseph Heller, Richard Alexander Hough, Stephen Crane, Airey Neave, Robert Graves, David Niven, Joseph Conrad, Larry Forrester, Norman Mailer, Cecil Woodham Smith, Ambrose Bierce, P. C. Wren, Nicholas Monsarrat, William Makepeace Thackeray, Guy Gibson, and Frederic Manning
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This exciting anthology combines in one volume many of the best war stories ever written, both real-life and fictional. From the romantic grandeur of the Napoleonic era to the dehumanising horrors of the two World Wars, from Europe to Africa, the collection spans two centuries and even extends into the future.
Stories by famous war writers like Nicholas Monsarrat and Alistair MacLean stand in company with those of authors better known in other areas, for example H. G. Wells' terrifying picture of England under threat of Martian invasion and Ambrose Bierce's eerie mystery of the American Civil War.
The panoramic vista of the clashing armies of Russia and France at Borodino is graphically described by Tolstoy. By contrast, there is the personal drama of H.E. Bates' love story Fair Stood the Wind For France, and the maniacal savagery of the trail blazing novel of war realism, The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer.
This varied and entertaining assortment of stories and extracts, reflecting the breadth and depth of human experience in time of war, provides cornFElling and satisfying reading.
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1988, Gallery Books, Brand: Gallery Books
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Fair stood the wind for France / H.E. Bates --
How Brigadier Gerard won his medal / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle --
The Invaders (from The Last enemy) / Richard Hillary -
The War of the worlds / H.G. Wells --
All quiet on the western front / Erich Maria Remarque --
The Battle of Borodino (from War and peace) / Leo Tolstoy --
Catch 22 / Joseph Heller --
Buller's guns / Richard Hough --
Arctic convoy (from H.M.S. Ulysses) / Alistair MacLean --
The Red badge of courage / Stephen Crane --
Escape from Colditz (from They have their exits) / Airey Neave --
Goodbye to all that / Robert Graves --
The Moon's a balloon / David Niven --
The Warrior's soul / Joseph Conrad
Fly for your life / Larry Forrester --
The Naked and the dead / Norman Mailer --
The Reason why / Cecil Woodham Smith --
The Affair at Coulter's Notch / Ambrose Bierce --
The Fort at Zinderneuf (from Beau Geste) / P.C. Wren --
The Cruel sea / Nicholas Monsarrat --
Waterloo (from Vanity fair / W.M. Thackeray --
Enemy coast ahead / Guy Gibson V.C. --
Into battle (from Her privates we) / Frederic Manning -
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