Ebook {Epub PDF} The Last Full Measure: Death in Battle Through the Ages by Michael Stephenson

Quotes by Michael Stephenson “About them clung that impenetrable silence I have mentioned before, by which I think the dead compel our reverence” ― Michael Stephenson, The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle/5.  · The Last Full Measure.: How Soldiers Die in Battle. Michael Stephenson. Broadway Paperbacks, Jun 4, - History - pages. 1 Review. Behind every soldier's death lies a story. What psychological and cultural pressures brought him to his fate? What lies--and truths--convinced him to march toward his death?4/5(1).  · The Last Full Measure.: In this brilliantly researched, deeply humane work of history, Michael Stephenson traces the paths that have led soldiers to their graves over the centuries, revealing a wealth of insight about the nature of combat, the differences among cultures, and the unchanging qualities of humanity itself.4/5(1).

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Michael Stephenson’s work The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle follows somewhat in the tradition of classics such a Keegan’s The Face of Battle and Victor David Hanson’s The Western Way of War. Where it differs from these two works as that while Keegan and Hanson focus on specific battles or time periods this book aims to be a more general description of the experience of combat throughout recorded history. The Last Full Measure.: How Soldiers Die in Battle. Michael Stephenson. Broadway Paperbacks, Jun 4, - History - pages. 1 Review. Behind every soldier's death lies a story. What psychological and cultural pressures brought him to his fate? What lies--and truths--convinced him to march toward his death?. Michael Stephenson’s The Last Full Measure chronicles these methods and tools, from the early Greek wars to Iraq and Afghanistan today—a vast period of military history compressed into a very dense read. Each of the seven chapters examines recurring themes through the ages: strategy, tactics, logistics, leadership, behavior, and most exhaustively, weaponry.