The Face Of Battle. A Study Of Agincourt, Waterloo And The Somme
Keegan John
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Pimlico
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: Second Edition
Description: 352 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.
Publishers Description: "The most brilliant evocation of military experience in our time." --C. P. Snow 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 physicial 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. In his scrupulous reassessment of three battles, John Keegan vividly conveys the reality for the participants, whether facing the arrow cloud of Agincourt, the levelled muskets of Waterloo or the steel rain of the Somme.
ISBN: 9781844137480
(207679)
