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
Chapter 1. Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things
Chapter 2. Agincourt, October 25th, 1415
Chapter 3. Waterloo, June 18th, 1815
Chapter 4. The Somme, July 1st, 1916
Chapter 5. The Future of Battle
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