The Face of Battle  -  John Keegan

A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme

KORTE INHOUD

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.

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 ...
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2004 1x BEKROOND Uitgever: Pimlico 352 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1844137481 ISBN-13: 9781844137480