Master military historian John Keegan's groundbreaking analysis of combat and warfare The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the "point of maximum danger." Without the myth-making elements of rhetoric and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions, John Keegan has written what is probably the definitive model for military historians. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles representative of three different time periods, he manages to convey what the experience of combat meant…mehr
Master military historian John Keegan's groundbreaking analysis of combat and warfare The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the "point of maximum danger." Without the myth-making elements of rhetoric and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions, John Keegan has written what is probably the definitive model for military historians. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles representative of three different time periods, he manages to convey what the experience of combat meant for the participants, whether they were facing the arrow cloud at the battle of Agincourt, the musket balls at Waterloo, or the steel rain of the Somme. "The best military historian of our generation." -Tom Clancy
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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Acknowledgments Chapter I: Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things A Little Learning The Usefulness of Military History The Deficiencies of Military History The "Battle Piece" "Killing No Murder?" The History of Military History The Narrative Tradition Verdict or Truth? Chapter 2: Agincourt, 25 October 1415 The Campaign The Battle Archers versus Infantry and Cavalry Cavalry versus Infantry Infantry versus Infantry The Killing of the Prisoners The Wounded The Will to Combat Chapter 3: Waterloo, 18 June 1815 The Campaign The Personal Angle of Vision The Physical Circumstances of Battle Categories of Combat Single Combat Cavalry versus Cavalry Cavalry versus Artillery Cavalry versus Infantry Artillery versus Infantry Infantry versus Infantry Disintegration The Wounded Chapter 4: The Somme, 1 July 1916 The Battlefield The Plan The Preparations The Army The Tactics The Bombardment The Final Preliminaries The Battle Infantry versus Machine-Gunners Infantry versus Infantry The View from across No-Man's-Land The Wounded The Will to Combat Commemoration Chapter 5: The Future of Battle The Moving Battlefield The Nature of Battle The Trend of Battle The Inhuman Face of War The Abolition of Battle Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Chapter I: Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things A Little Learning The Usefulness of Military History The Deficiencies of Military History The "Battle Piece" "Killing No Murder?" The History of Military History The Narrative Tradition Verdict or Truth? Chapter 2: Agincourt, 25 October 1415 The Campaign The Battle Archers versus Infantry and Cavalry Cavalry versus Infantry Infantry versus Infantry The Killing of the Prisoners The Wounded The Will to Combat Chapter 3: Waterloo, 18 June 1815 The Campaign The Personal Angle of Vision The Physical Circumstances of Battle Categories of Combat Single Combat Cavalry versus Cavalry Cavalry versus Artillery Cavalry versus Infantry Artillery versus Infantry Infantry versus Infantry Disintegration The Wounded Chapter 4: The Somme, 1 July 1916 The Battlefield The Plan The Preparations The Army The Tactics The Bombardment The Final Preliminaries The Battle Infantry versus Machine-Gunners Infantry versus Infantry The View from across No-Man's-Land The Wounded The Will to Combat Commemoration Chapter 5: The Future of Battle The Moving Battlefield The Nature of Battle The Trend of Battle The Inhuman Face of War The Abolition of Battle Bibliography Index
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