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The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
The Face of Battle A Study of Agincourt Waterloo and the Somme
Author: John Keegan
What is it like to be in battle? John Keegan, a senior instructor at Sandhurst, the British Military Academy, speaks for soldiers who were present in the fray. — For examples, Keegan selects Agincourt in 1415, Waterloo in 1815, and the Somme in 1916. What is common about them, what is different? Agincourt was hand-to-hand combat, thrust and cut -...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140048971
ISBN-10: 0140048979
Publication Date: 1/27/1983
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
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"This is without any doubt is one of the half-dozen best books on warfare to appear in the English language since the end of the Second World War"- Michael Howard in the Sunday Times of London.
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