Globe Pequot / Lyons Press
Pages: 272
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-59228-858-8 • Hardback • May 2006 • $24.95 • (£18.95)
978-1-4617-4898-4 • eBook • May 2006 • $23.99 • (£17.95)
Iain C. Martin is a freelance writer and historian, with an MA in history from Southern Connecticut State University. He lives with his family in Connecticut.
Greatest U.S. Army Stories Ever Told
Edited by Iain Martin
Contents
Introduction1
1Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer0
2Battle of Yorktown by Private Joseph Plum Martin00
3Dispatches from the Mexican War by George Wilkins Kendall00
4Bayonet Forward: Gettysburg by Colonel Lawrence Chamberlain00
5Appomattox Courthouse by Ulysses S. Grant00
6The Battle of San Juan by Richard Harding Davis00
7The Argonne by John S. D. Eisenhower000
8Argonne War Diary by Sergeant Alvin York000
9Normandy Invasion by Andy Rooney000
10And Yet We Got On by Ernie Pyle000
11Point du Hoc by Stephen Ambrose000
11H-Hour from The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan000
12The Road to Bastogne by Martha Gellhorn000
13NUTS!-The Battle of the Bulge by John Toland000
14Dachau by Martha Gellhorn000
15Pork Chop Hill by S. L. A. Marshall000
16A Reporter's Journal from Hell: Ia Drang Valley by Joe Galloway000
17If I Die in a Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien000
18Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War by Rick Atkinson000
19Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden000
20Among Warriors in Iraq by Mike Tucker000
“In The Greatest U.S. Army Stories Ever Told, Editor Iain Martin assembled a series of articles that tell the story of American soldiers of all eras and all ranks, from the American Revolution to Operation Iraqi Freedom, and from privates to generals. The book is a wonderful mix of stories and authors: Louisa May Alcott's articulate accounting of her service as a nurse in the Civil War; Lakota Chief Red Horse on the Battle of the Little Big Horn; Cornelius Ryan in an extract from The Longest Day.
“Martin has introduced each chapter with a brief description of the setting and added a few lines after each presentation. His work is very effective, both in his selection of articles and in the organization and presentation. Military historians and others who have read extensively in the field of American military history will be familiar with much of the contents of the volume, although there may be a few surprises. For the casual reader of Army history, this volume will inspire further reading.”
- BG Philip L. Bolte, USA, Ret. / On Point Magazine
"This book is another title that should be included in your personal library. Martin has searched many known and little known documents for poignant quotes. This book is also an excellent gift for the Civil War student who you think has a complete library or young enough to start one."
- George Khoury