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Chargement... Last Stands: Why Men Fight When All Is Lostpar Michael Walsh
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Examines ferocious truths--about war and human nature, about men in battle, about courage in the face of hopelessness, about honor, duty, sacrifice and profound respect that masculinity may command. I 100% agree with just about everything the author believes, however, some parts of the book were just boring especially if you have previously read about the battles he discusses. It is an excellent analysis of how men do not just fight for country, but they fight for the men next to them and their wives and children at home. This book is a great defense of the idea that war really is a part of our nature, more specifically, a part of being a man. As shown by some of the greatest battles in history where men choose to fight till the end and die rather than face surrender. The author is a soldier and is in awe of other soldiers who died for king and country. I don't share his appreciation for sacrifice but the histories he shared were quite interesting. All the chapters are peppered with the author's personal politics and the writing is very emotional throughout which feels out of place in a history book. He jumps around the chronology of events, often reiterates the same thing many times and comments on other battles outside of their chapter. The most disappointing thing about the book is that you will have to read the wikipedia article about each of those battle yourself because the author completely fails at laying out the basic facts about them. Maybe because he researched them very well and became so familiar with them it all seemed too obvious to mention to the reader? aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"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 dismissed as anachronistic? In this dramatic and readable account of last stands in history-famous or otherwise-Walsh explores the stakes that led men at very different times and places to face overwhelming odds and certain death for the sake of family, home and country. In Last Stands, Walsh writes about battles in which a small group faced overwhelming odds, and all too often died to the last man-battles like Thermopylae, the Ronceveaux Pass, the Alamo, the siege of Malta, Little Big Horn, Stalingrad, Rorke's Drift, and the Warsaw Ghetto-explaining why they were fought, what their ultimate outcome was, and their afterlife in history, myth and culture"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)355.48Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Military Science Tactics and strategy Wars, campaigns, battles, military exploitsClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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