Last stands : why men fight when all is lost / Michael Walsh.

"Walsh does a service to patriots everywhere. His must-read book allows the reader to work 'the why' around in his mind-and come to an understanding of real heroism." -Steve Bannon What are we willing to die for? Michael Walsh restores the dignity of lost concepts like honor, duty, sacrifice and pat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walsh, Michael, 1949- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Battles > History.
Military history > Miscellanea.
Courage.
Honor.
Battles.
Military history.
History.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Genre:
Miscellanea.
History.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Physical Description:x, 358 pages ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Why men fight when all is lost
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "Go Tell the Spartans" The Battle of Thermopylae (480 B.c.)
  • "Varus, Give Me Back My Legions" Cannae (216. B.c.) and the Teutoburg Forest (9 a.d.)
  • "We Have It in Our Power to Die Honorably As Free Men" Masada (73/74 a.d.) and Warsaw (1943)
  • "We Have Come to Rue Your Prowess, Roland!" The Battle of Roncevaux Pass and the Chanson De Roland (778 / 1115)
  • "Look at Me. I Am Still Alive" The Battle of Hastings (1066)
  • "I Must Perform Some Action Worthy of a Man" The Last Stand of the Swiss Guards (1527)
  • "Today We Bring Dignity Upon Our Names" The Siege of Szigetvar (1566)
  • "These Aren't Men, They Are Devils!" The Alamo (1836) and Camarón (1863)
  • "Lick 'em Tomorrow, Though" Grant at Shiloh (1862)
  • "Big Village" Custer at the Little Bighorn (1876)
  • "Each Individual Soldier Did His Work And Duty Well. Ay, and Right Well" Rorke's Draft (1879) and Khartoum (1885)
  • "Not One Step Back" The Battle of Pavlov's House: Stalingrad
  • Epilogue: "Iron Mike" The Chosin Reservoir.