Author

Contributions

  • William Manchester - Foreword

Publication

1993 - Smithmark Publishers, New York, New York, United States of America, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

102,000 words, Guess

Page Count

408 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivechronicleof20thc00gran
  • ISBN-100831713712
  • ISBN-139780831713713
  • Goodreads3685165
  • WikidataQ15054618
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC909.82
  • LCCD431 .G68 1993

Alternate Titles

  • Chronicle of twentieth-century conflict.

Description

Chronology of news stories about warfare in from 1900-1992

First Sentence

It is a savage paradox that as mankind has become more civilized, the homicidal skills of soldiers, legitimized on the battlefield, have become increasingly ruthless, protracted, and indifferent to the plight of innocent civilians, including women and children who, in ages we regard as primitive, were spared in the name of chivalry.

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