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Face of Battle, The

By: Viking Press

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Viking Press)


Product Info

Title
Face of Battle, The
Publisher
Category
Author
John Keegan
Publish Year
1976
Pages
354
Dimensions
5.5x8.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147609309
Type
Hardcover

Description

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 of Agincourt, the musket balls at Waterloo, or the steel rain of the Somme.