The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle - Hardcover

Stephenson brings the face of battle even closer to us than John Keegan did over thirty years ago -- Hew Strachan, author of The First World War and Chicele Professor of the History of War, Oxford University Plainly ranks among the most important works of history Ive encountered over the last quarter century a comprehensive, readable, humane, moving and enlightening achievement of analysis and scholarship. This brilliant book will endure -- Tim OBrien, author of The Things They Carried and Going After Cacciato A great achievement of research, perception and fine writing. Few other books have managed to convey the true experience of war with such power and clarity -- Antony Beevor

Behind every soldiers death lies a story, a tale not just of the cold mathematics of the battlefield but of an individual human being who gave his life. What psychological and cultural pressures brought him to his fate? What lies and truths convinced him to march towards his death? Covering warfare from prehistory through the present day, The Last Full Measure tells these soldiers stories, ultimately capturing the experience of war as few books ever have.