Publisher's Synopsis
The book comprises three sections: part 1 is made up of general comments on the nature of war; part 2, offers quotations about actual wars and battles; part 3 is about the personalities, the individual commanders,the heroes and the wrongdoers. There are indexes of authors cited and the proper names in the quotations.;Justin Wintle's previous books include "The Dictionary of Biographical Quotations", "Makers of Modern Culture", "Makers of Nineteenth Century Culture".