‘THE FIGHTING MAN’
From Alexander the Great’s army to the present day
By Brigadier Peter Young
Edited by The Rutledge Press
New York 1981
Livro de capas duras (hardcover), sobrecapa (jacket) e muito ilustrado (fotografias e ilustrações) e em muito bom estado de conservação. Excelente.
De muito difícil localização.
Muito raro.
Photo cover:
“Portuguese infantryman in action against guerrillas in Angola.
Photograph by Black Star.”
Do ÍNDICE: / CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
By Lieutenant General Haim Laskov (Israeli Army)
1. - The army of Alexander
2. - The Roman Legions
3. - The soldiers of Byzantium
4. - The Vikings
5. - The Normans of the First Crusade
6. - The Flowering of Chivalry
7. - The Condottieri
8. - From mercenaries to standing army
9. - Cromwell’s ironsides
10. - The Army of Frederick The Great
11. - From National Guard to Grande Armée
12. - Billy Yank and Johnny Reb
13. - Poilus and Old contemptibles
14. - The Groussdeutschland Division
15. - The Commandos
16. - The Warriors of bushido
17. - The US Marines
18. - The Viet Minh
19. - The French Foreign Legion
20. - The Israeli Army
Index
Acknowledgements
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