First published in the United States by St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
LAST STANDS. Copyright © 2020 by Michael Walsh. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
Cover design: Nikolaas Eickelbeck
Cover photographs: Marines in Korean War © Interim Archives/Getty Images; Germanicus After the Disaster of Varus painting © Leonard de Selva/Bridgeman Images; paper texture © photolinc/Shutterstock.com
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Names: Walsh, Michael, 1949– author.
Title: Last stands: why men fight when all is lost / Michael Walsh.
Other titles: Why men fight when all is lost
Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2020. | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020028406 | ISBN 9781250217080 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250217097 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Battles—History. | Military history—Miscellanea. | Courage. | Honor.
Classification: LCC D25.5 .W34 2020 | DDC 355.4/8—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020028406
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First Edition: 2020