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The Resource On War : The Best Military Histories, From the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Award-winning Authors

On War : The Best Military Histories, From the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Award-winning Authors

Work
Publication
Edition
First Edition
Extent
253 pages
Note
  • 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
Contents
  • "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
  • "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
Isbn
9780989792813
Instance
Label
On War : The Best Military Histories
Title
On War
Title remainder
The Best Military Histories
Statement of responsibility
From the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Award-winning Authors
Contributor
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
BTCTA
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1936-
  • 1946-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Atkinson, Rick
  • D'Este, Carlo
  • Hastings, Max
  • McPherson, James M.
  • Millet, Allan Reed
  • O'Brien, Tim
  • Weinberg, Gerhard L.
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • War
  • Military art and science
  • United States
Label
On War : The Best Military Histories, From the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Award-winning Authors
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • 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
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • "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
  • "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
Control code
ocn865495192
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Edition
Extent
253 pages
Isbn
9780989792813
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780989792813
  • (OCoLC)865495192
Label
On War : The Best Military Histories, From the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Award-winning Authors
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • 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
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • "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
  • "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
Control code
ocn865495192
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Edition
Extent
253 pages
Isbn
9780989792813
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780989792813
  • (OCoLC)865495192

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