The Face of Battle

Keegan, John

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Author
Keegan, John
Publish Date
01/01/1983
Book Type
paperback
Publisher Name
PENGUIN
Subtitle
A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
Number of Pages
368
ISBN-10
0140048979
ISBN-13
9780140048971
citemno
146231
Edition
Later Printing (28th)
SKU
9780140048971

Description

John Keegan's groundbreaking portrayal of the common soldier in the heat of battle -- a masterpiece that explores the physical and mental aspects of 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 Face of Battle is a companion volume to John Keegan's classic study of the individual soldier, The Mask of Command: together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.