On War: The Best Military Histories

Rick Atkinson; Carlo D'Este; Max Hastings; James McPeherson; Allan Millet; Tim O'Brien; Gerhard Weinberg

ISBN 10: 0989792811 / ISBN 13: 9780989792813

Edité par Pritzker Military Museum and Library, 2013

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• Titre: On War: The Best Military Histories
• Éditeur: Pritzker Military Museum and Library
• Date de parution: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0989792811
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780989792813
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: New

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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. The surreal fiction of Tim O'Brien's Vietnam is just pages from an in-depth look at General George S. Patton by today's leading biographer, Carlo D'Este. Max Hastings and Rick Atkinson use their backgrounds to add a journalistic touch to modern studies of World War I and World War II, respectively. Gerhard Weinberg examines global leaders during World War II as Allan Millett discusses the developing technology that allowed them to further their causes. And James McPherson, the preeminent living Civil War scholar examines crisis in America with accessible and articulate literary skill. This anthology provides just a sample of the remarkable works by these renowned authors, who will be read by military history enthusiasts and the general public for generations to come.