On War
The Best Military Histories
Chicago [Illinois] : Pritzker Military Museum & Library, 2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First Edition.
Description: x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collected here for the first time are key works by this century's leading military historians, all recipients of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. The Pritzker Literature Award honors writers whose work adds to the public's understanding of military history and the role played by the military in civil society. In the tradition of historians dating back to ancient times, these authors and scholars demonstrate the numerous ways to write about military history.
Other Authors:
Atkinson, Rick, author.
D'Este, Carlo, 1936- author.
Hastings, Max, author.
McPherson, James M., author.
Millett, Allan Reed, author.
O'Brien, Tim, 1946- author.
Weinberg, Gerhard L., author.
Atkinson, Rick, author.
D'Este, Carlo, 1936- author.
Hastings, Max, author.
McPherson, James M., author.
Millett, Allan Reed, author.
O'Brien, Tim, 1946- author.
Weinberg, Gerhard L., author.
Contents:
"We Are All Americans," from Battle Cry of Freedom / James M. McPherson -- "Assault from the Sea," from Military Innovation in the Interwar Period / Allan R. Millett -- "Adolf Hitler" and "Franklin D. Roosevelt," from Visions of Victory / Gerhard L. Weinberg -- Prologue, from An Army at Dawn / Rick Atkinson -- "Patton's Finest Hour," adapted from Patton: A Genius for War / Carlo D'Este -- "The British Fight," from Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War / Max Hastings -- "How to Tell a True War Story," from The Things They Carried / Tim O'Brien.
Subjects:
Military history.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1939-1945.
Korean War, 1950-1953.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
War -- History.
Military art and science -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Military history.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1939-1945.
Korean War, 1950-1953.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
War -- History.
Military art and science -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
ISBN:
9780989792813
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War On | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes index.
All contributing authors are recipients of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
"The trade edition of On War: The Best Military Histories was preceded by a limited leather-bound edition of 26 lettered copies signed by each of the authors, as well as 100 numbered copies, each housed in a clamshell case, accompanied by a sterling silver commemorative coin and signed by each of the authors." -- verso.
All contributing authors are recipients of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
"The trade edition of On War: The Best Military Histories was preceded by a limited leather-bound edition of 26 lettered copies signed by each of the authors, as well as 100 numbered copies, each housed in a clamshell case, accompanied by a sterling silver commemorative coin and signed by each of the authors." -- verso.