Last stands : why men fight when all is lost

Walsh, Michael, 1949- author.

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"Walsh does a service to patriots everywhere. His must-read book allows the reader to work 'the why' around in his mind-and come to an understanding of real heroism." -Steve Bannon What are we willing to die for? Michael Walsh restores the dignity of lost concepts like honor, duty, sacrifice and patriotism for our unheroic age. What is heroism? What are its moral components-altruism, love, self-sacrifice? Why was it once celebrated, and now often...

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ISBN:

9781250217080

Edition:

First edition

Description:

x, 358 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Why men fight when all is lost

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

"Go Tell the Spartans" The Battle of Thermopylae (480 B.c.)
"Varus, Give Me Back My Legions" Cannae (216. B.c.) and the Teutoburg Forest (9 a.d.)
"We Have It in Our Power to Die Honorably As Free Men" Masada (73/74 a.d.) and Warsaw (1943)
"We Have Come to Rue Your Prowess, Roland!" The Battle of Roncevaux Pass and the Chanson De Roland (778 / 1115)
"Look at Me. I Am Still Alive" The Battle of Hastings (1066)
"I Must Perform Some Action Worthy of a Man" The Last Stand of the Swiss Guards (1527)
"Today We Bring Dignity Upon Our Names" The Siege of Szigetvar (1566)
"These Aren't Men, They Are Devils!" The Alamo (1836) and Camarón (1863)
"Lick 'em Tomorrow, Though" Grant at Shiloh (1862)
"Big Village" Custer at the Little Bighorn (1876)
"Each Individual Soldier Did His Work And Duty Well. Ay, and Right Well" Rorke's Draft (1879) and Khartoum (1885)
"Not One Step Back" The Battle of Pavlov's House: Stalingrad
Epilogue: "Iron Mike" The Chosin Reservoir

LCCN:

2020028406

Control Number:

3004552

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