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The Book of War
By John Keegan (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Viking Pr
Publication date November 1, 1999
Pages 492
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780670888047
ISBN-10 0670888044
Dimensions 1.25 by 6 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.80 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $34.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Gathers eyewitness accounts of battle including Thucydides, Julius Caesar, Flavius Josephus, Davy Crockett, the Duke of Wellington, Ernest Hemingway, Ernie Pyle, and James Fenton, in wars ranging from the Peloponnesian War to the Vietnam War (view table of contents)
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780670852994 Book cover for 9780670888047
 
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from Viking Pr (November 1, 1999)
9780670888047 | details & prices | 492 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.80 lbs | List price $34.95
About: Gathers eyewitness accounts of battle including Thucydides, Julius Caesar, Flavius Josephus, Davy Crockett, the Duke of Wellington, Ernest Hemingway, Ernie Pyle, and James Fenton, in wars ranging from the Peloponnesian War to the Vietnam War
from Viking Pr (October 1, 1999)
9780670852994 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.80 lbs | List price $34.95
About: Gathers eyewitness accounts of battle including Thucydides, Julius Caesar, Flavius Josephus, Davy Crockett, the Duke of Wellington, Ernest Hemingway, Ernie Pyle, and James Fenton, in wars ranging from the Peloponnesian War to the Vietnam War
Paperback
Book cover for 9780140296556
 
from Penguin USA (November 1, 2000)
9780140296556 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $22.00
About: Almost three millennia of war is covered here in this startling collection of writings inspired by and about war, from Thucydides on Greek tactics to the Gulf War.
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780743800129
 
Abridged edition from Dove Entertainment Inc (August 1, 2000); titled "Book of War"
9780787123628 | details & prices | List price $36.00
About: A look at the place of warfare in civilization probes the meanings, motivations, and methods underlying war, discusses the world's greatest warrior cultures, and follows the progress of human aggression.
Unabridged edition from Natl Book Network (July 1, 2000)
9780743800129 | details & prices | List price $25.00

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