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''Deighton really is something special'' Sunday Times

Len Deighton''s only collection of short stories explores the devastating experiences of ordinary soldiers across over two thousand years of war. From Hannibal''s march on Rome to the American Civil War, and from a British Hurricane pilot in the Second World War to a modern conflict played out in the Mexican borderlands, each of these stories shows the effects of war on the human character, and how it can lead to extraordinary deeds, both great and terrible.

''Len Deighton is a fearless observer of the deceptive human world'' John Gray

Declarations of War Penguin Modern Classics

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 6 January 2022
      ISBN-13 9780241505335
      978-0241505335
      ISBN-10 024150533X
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      Fiction Anthologies & Short Stories Crime & Thrillers

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Deighton really is something special'' Sunday Times

      Len Deighton''s only collection of short stories explores the devastating experiences of ordinary soldiers across over two thousand years of war. From Hannibal''s march on Rome to the American Civil War, and from a British Hurricane pilot in the Second World War to a modern conflict played out in the Mexican borderlands, each of these stories shows the effects of war on the human character, and how it can lead to extraordinary deeds, both great and terrible.

      ''Len Deighton is a fearless observer of the deceptive human world'' John Gray

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