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Name: The Face of Battle

Author: John Keegan
Year: 1976
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Genres/categories: History, War/Military, Psychology

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9780140048971
9780786121090
9780786196425
9780844671260
0140048979
0786121092
0786196424
0844671266
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 of Waterloo or the steel rain of the Somme.
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