Author

Publication

1976 - Viking Press, New York, England

Language

English

Word Count

88,500 words, Guess

Page Count

354 pages

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Classifications

  • DDC355.4/8
  • LCCD25 .K43
  • LCCD25 .K43 1978
and 1 more
  • LCCD25

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'. It examines the physical conditions of fighting, the particular emotions and behaviour generated by battle, as well as the motives that impel soldiers to stand and fight rather than run away. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles, John Keegan vividly conveys their reality for the participants, whether facing the arrow cloud of Agincourt, the levelled muskets of Waterloo or the steel rain of the Somme.

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  • The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the SommeViking Press1976-01-01
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