The last full measure : how soldiers die in battle / Michael Stephenson.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephenson, Michael, 1946-
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2012], ©2012.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Battle casualties > History.
Military history.
Physical Description:xvi, 464 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • First blood : prehistoric and ancient warfare
  • 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.