The Face of Battle

Vorwort
'The most brilliant evocation of military experience in our time.' C. P. Snow

Autorentext

John Keegan

Klappentext

Trade paperback. A new edition of the classic work of military history, which looks at the direct experience of individuals at the point of maximum danger. Scrupulous reassesses three battles: Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme. 'The book that changed how military history is written.' Bernard Cornwell, "Daily Express"

Zusammenfassung
The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: an imperishable account of the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'.