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The Face of Battle
Book Details
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Publish Date: Jan 27th, 1983
- Pages: 364
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.70in - 5.10in - 0.70in - 0.60lb
- EAN: 9780140048971
- Recommended age: 18-UP
- Categories: • Military - Strategy• Western Europe - General• Military Science
About the Author
Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan (1934-2012), was one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians and was for many years the senior lecturer at Sandhurst (the British Royal Military Academy) and the defense editor of the Daily Telegraph (London). Keegan was the author of numerous books including The Face of Battle, The Mask of Command, The Price of Admiralty, Six Armies in Normandy, and The Second World War, and was a fellow at the Royal Society of Literature.
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What people are saying
Op-Ed Columnist (Sinchew Daily, China Press). Intel, Cyber Defence (DSS). Business Specialist, Continental ASEAN. Elected Member of Parliament (2008-2018).
Shashank Joshi, TheEconomist defence editor, recommends 5 books to understand today's warfare: 1) The Face of Battle. By John Keegan. 2) Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle. By Stephen Biddle. 3) The Tank Debate: Armour and the Anglo-American… https://t.co/8YCKSHKoZE
Acquisitions and Development at Titanium Realty Group. I obsess over design - mostly interiors and clothes - in my free time.
Typically wonderful quote from John Keegan's 1976 book the Face of Battle. Perhaps not the most original thesis/prediction ("people seem to hunger for some intensity, if not violence"), but looking at the last 5-10 years, it feels fairly prescient. https://t.co/ojrB6PDgwC
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Some reflections on John Keegan's canonical work of military history, *The Face of Battle* A guest post on @BretDevereaux 's canonical blog! https://t.co/jGKn1hDiVE
Praise for this book
"The most brilliant evocation of military experience in our time" --C.P. Snow
"In this book, which is so creative, so original, one learns as much about the nature of man as of battle." --J.H. Plumb, The New York Times Book Review
"This without any doubt is one of the half-dozen best books on warfare to appear in the English language since the end of the Second World War." --Michael Howard, The Sunday Times (London)
"A totally original and brilliant book" --The New York Review of Books
"The book which changed how military history is written. Keegan set out to discover what it must have been like to be present at Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme - and he succeeded brilliantly."-- Bernard Cornwell (Chosen as number one of his six best books) ― Daily Express (London)
What people are saying
Op-Ed Columnist (Sinchew Daily, China Press). Intel, Cyber Defence (DSS). Business Specialist, Continental ASEAN. Elected Member of Parliament (2008-2018).
Shashank Joshi, TheEconomist defence editor, recommends 5 books to understand today's warfare: 1) The Face of Battle. By John Keegan. 2) Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle. By Stephen Biddle. 3) The Tank Debate: Armour and the Anglo-American… https://t.co/8YCKSHKoZE
Acquisitions and Development at Titanium Realty Group. I obsess over design - mostly interiors and clothes - in my free time.
Typically wonderful quote from John Keegan's 1976 book the Face of Battle. Perhaps not the most original thesis/prediction ("people seem to hunger for some intensity, if not violence"), but looking at the last 5-10 years, it feels fairly prescient. https://t.co/ojrB6PDgwC