War Slang American Fighting Words & Phrases from the Civil War to the Gulf War

Dickson -- the country's foremost authority on American slang & author of the critically acclaimed Slang! -- offers the first comprehensive collection of fighting words & phrases used by Americans at war. Arranged war by war, this definitive dictionary reveals military slang at its most colorful, innovative, brutal, & ironic -- & shows how language mirrors the unique experience of each war. Dickson's brief but carefully thought-out informal introductions to each section help define the flavor of the period. An excellent compilation.Ó An A-1 blockbuster of a book.Ó Recommended by William Safire in his New York Times Magazine column.Dickson, Paul is the author of 'War Slang American Fighting Words & Phrases from the Civil War to the Gulf War', published 1999 under ISBN 9780788167065 and ISBN 0788167065.