A Personal History of Americans at War
Simon & Schuster
November 2014
On Sale: November 11, 2014
384 pages ISBN: 1476759650 EAN: 9781476759654 Kindle: B00IWTWNFQ Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
John McCain’s evocative history of Americans at war, told
through the personal accounts of thirteen remarkable
soldiers who fought in major military conflicts, from the
Revolutionary War of 1776 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As a veteran himself, a member of the Senate Armed Services
Committee, and a long-time student of history, John McCain
brings a distinctive perspective to this subject. Thirteen
Soldiers tells the stories of real soldiers who personify
valor, obedience, enterprise, and love. You’ll meet Joseph
Plumb Martin, who at the tender age of fifteen fought in the
Revolutionary War; Charles Black, a freeborn African
American sailor in the War of 1812; and Sam Chamberlain, of
the Mexican American War, whose life inspired novelist
Cormac McCarthy.
Then there’s Oliver Wendell Holmes, an aristocratic idealist
disillusioned by the Civil War, and Littleton “Tony” Waller,
court-martialed for refusing to massacre Filipino civilians.
Each account illustrates a particular aspect of war, such as
Mary Rhoads, an Army reservist forever changed by an Iraqi
scud missile attack during the Persian Gulf War, and Monica
Lin Brown, a frontline medic in rural Afghanistan who saved
several lives in an ambushed convoy.
From their acts of self-sacrifice to their astonishing
bravery, these thirteen soldiers embody the best America has
to offer.
© 2003-2025 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy