ISBN: 9781401324100

Edition: First edition.

Description: 406 pages ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• Washington's men : Yorktown, Virginia : October 1781
• The battle of the old men and the young boys : Petersburg, Virginia : June 1864
• The water cure : Balangiga, Philippines : September 1901
• Berlin stories : Berlin, Germany : April 1945
• The "living-room war" : Hué, South Vietnam : February 1968
• The bridge over the River Euphrates : Fallujah, Iraq : March 2004
• Afterword.

Control Number: 1190373

Subjects:

• Battles -- United States -- History.
• Civil-military relations -- United States -- History.
• Civilians in war -- United States -- History.
• Social change -- United States -- History.
• Soldiers -- United States -- History.
• United States -- History, Military.
• United States -- Military policy.
• United States -- Social conditions.
• War and society -- United States -- History.