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I am Soldier: War stories, from the Ancient World to the 20th Century [NOOK Book]
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Introduction Richard Holmes Holmes, Richard 8
Pt. 1 The Ancient World
Pekah, son of Remaliah 12
Aristodemos the Spartan 15
Two generals and a satrap 19
P. Sextus Baculus, Roman centurion 23
Abbinaeus, Alaric, Theoderic and Narses 25
Pt. 2 War In The East
Theodore, cavalry trooper 30
Subadai Ba'adur, Mongol general 34
Konstantin Mihailovic, Serbian janissary 37
Kato Kiyomasa, one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake 42
Pt. 3 The Medieval World
Two crusaders and two Fursan 48
Viking legend, English patriot, and two Norman earls 50
Bertrand du Guesclin, Andrew Trollope and Osbern Mundeford, Companions at arms 53
Nicholas Harpsfield, Yorkist 57
Pt. 4 16th And 17th Centuries
Two soldier-writers and a Huguenot captain 62
Colonel Robert Monro, Scots mercenary 65
Nehemiah Wharton, Parliamentarian and Richard Atkyns, Royalist 67
Marie Magdelaine Mouron, deserter 70
Pt. 5 18th Century
A soldier of the British 68th Foot Regiment 76
Benjamin Gould, Massachusetts professional 78
Thomas Brown, Rogers' Ranger 80
Midshipman William Henry Dillon, RN 83
Pt. 6 War in the Americas
Juan Almonte, soldier and diplomat 90
Ulysses S. Grant, soldier and US President 93
Black Hawk, Sauk war chief 96
John Beatty, Union soldier 100
McHenry Howard, Confederate soldier 104
Survivors of the battle of Little Bighorn 107
Pt. 7 Wars of Empire
Private Edward Costello, 95th Rifles 114
Barclay de Tolly, Russian commander and Jacob Walter, Napoleonic soldier 117
Captain Cavalie Mercer, Royal Horse Artillery 123
Captain Lewis Edward Nolan, cavalry officer 128
Captain Leonce Patry, 6th Infantry Regiment of the Line 131
Pt. 8 Piracy, Risings andMutiny
Commodore Stephen Decatur, US Navy 136
Brevet-Major O. H. S. G. Anson, 9th Lancers 138
Captain William Cochrane, 32nd (Duke of Cornwall's) Light Infantry 142
Deneys Reitz, Boer commando 146
Pt. 9 Civil War in the 20th Century
David Neligan, Irish revolutionary 152
Major-General James Emmet Dalton MC 155
Jose Duran, Antonio Izu, Saturnino Carod and Jason Gurney 158
Pt. 10 The World Wars
Private Frederick 'Fen' Noakes, 3rd Coldstream Guards 164
Cecil, Harold and Noel Wright, Brothers in arms 166
A Trooper, an Ensign and a Sergeant 171
Private Donald Edgar, East Surrey Regiment and prisoner of war 175
Soldiers of the German and Russian Eastern Fronts 179
Lieutenant Thomas Currie Derrick VC, Australian soldier 182
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham VC and Bar, New Zealand soldier 185
Donald Burgett, 506th PIR 190
Pt. 11 Modern Warfare
Corporal Martin Russ, US Marines 196
John Young, Infantry Squad Leader, 9th Infantry 199
Ahmed and Samir, Iranian boy soldiers 202
Comrades and conscripts 205
Lieutenant Alex Vernon, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) 208
Lieutenant-Colonel Bob Stewart, UN warrior 212
Index 217
Overview
I am Soldier brings together the profiles of sixty soldiers who have fought over the past 2,500. These vivid accounts graphically depict the role of the soldier in battle often using the soldiers’ own words to reveal what they felt during the chaos of war and its aftermath. From the Spartans at Thermopylae to the war in the Persian Gulf, this book shows the lives of the individual men and woman who made up the great armies that changed the world.