Heroism and horror are the keynotes of this gripping new collection of war writing. Includes analyses by celebrated historians, letters home by ordinary GI's, high-adrenalin accounts by front-line combatants and memorable reportage by top war correspondents.

A collection of sixty stories from the front lines of war includes accounts from Ernest Hemingway on the Spanish Civil War, Tim O'Brien on the War in Vietnam, and John Reed on the Mexican Revolution, among others. Original.

Gripping accounts of real-life horror and heroism from the history of human conflict. The 50 stories range in time from the Ancient Greeks to Operation Desert Storm; from the Crusades to Vietnam; from the Battle of Trafalgar to the dropping of the atomic bomb. They reveal the faces of war -- heroism, savagery, excitement and terror, on land, sea and in the air. Many are written by the greatest chroniclers of conflict: Thucydides on the wars between the Greek City States; John Reed on The Russian Revol.; Robert Graves on WW1; George Orwell on The Spanish Civil War; Ernest Hemingway on the D-Day Landings; Michael Herr on Vietnam; and John Simpson on the bombing of Baghdad.

This extensive collection presents vivid pieces of stunning, first-hand accounts from the front lines of some of the most historically significant battles of all time. A must-read for any military history buff, including Martha Gellhorn on the Battle of the Bulge, Michael Herr at Khe Sanh, John Pilger on the fall of Saigon, and more.