Download or read book The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes written by Max Hastings and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1985 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This colleciton of anecdotes is principally concerned with American and British conflicts. Hastings has sought stories that illustrate the military condition through the ages, both on the battlefield and in the barracks.