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Four-Fisted Tales: Animals in Combat
By Ben Towle
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In virtually every military conflict in recorded history animals have fought--and often died--alongside their human counterparts. While countless stories of the men and women who've served in the trenches, jungles, and deserts of the world's battlefields have been told, Four-Fisted Tales: Animals in Combat shares the stories of the animals who fought alongside them. From Hannibal's elephants in ancient Rome to mine-sniffing rats in Vietnam and everything in between, Four-Fisted Tales highlights the real-life contributions of these underappreciated animal warriors. Whether in active combat or simply as companions, these animals served and made their mark on history.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Interesting subject matter shines through mediocre presentation. Each short chapter is a little vignette or simply a string of factoids about how animals have been used in warfare. The creator gives us mostly surface treatment, focusing on some individually famous animals and sort of glamorizing war rather than delving too much into the ethics of using animals in warfare and skirting around the abuse and cruelty experienced by countless animals during the course of war. Estimates I found online show that upwards of 8 to 9 million horses and other animals died in World War I alone, the vast majority from disease and working conditions, not even enemy fire.Also, I am confused by the epilogue and prologue framing sequence: I assume it simply means to show that war is hell and that's why it ends so bleakly, but am I meant to feel as badly about the deaths of glowworms as I am the deaths of African American soldiers? Was it meant to show that the glowworm technique used in the prologue was a failure? Did the soldiers do something else wrong? I am completely befuddled by it.
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