War Stories and Poems

• Author(s): Rudyard Kipling,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 364
• ISBN_10: 0192836862
  ISBN_13: 9780192836861
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Fiction / Classics , Fiction / Short Stories (single author) , Fiction / War & Military , Literary Collections / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Poetry / General ,

Description:... This unique anthology of Kipling's war stories and poems provides critical comment on the ineptitude of the British in the Boer War. Including such stories as "Barrack-Room Ballads," this work provides tales of courage and adventure, as well as shameful episodes of retreat and failure.