The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme by John Keegan

The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme

John Keegan

352 pages first pub 1976 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

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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 battl...

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