Focusing on real soldiers rather than stereotypes, this book looks at the lives of more than 30 fighting men through the ages, from a Chinese soldier in the "terracotta army" of the Emperor Quinshi Huangdi, a Crusader, an American Indian brave, a French Foreign Legionnaire and a British Tommy on the Western Front, to a Japanese kamikaze pilot of World War II. There is a colour photograph of each soldier's uniform, the weapons he used, and the equipment he carried in his kit-bag. Answers are offered to questions such as how the soldier was recruited, what happened if he was wounded, and why he was prepared to give his life.
- ISBN10 0141300760
- ISBN13 9780141300764
- Publish Date 1 August 1998 (first published 21 January 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Puffin Books
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 48
- Language English