- Military History, Battles, Sommeschlacht <1916>, Battles. 0
*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.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- John Keegan
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Random House of Canada, Limited, Blackstone Audiobooks, J. Cape
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780712650908
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“I have not been in a battle; not near one, nor heard one from afar, nor seen the aftermath.”
Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan was a British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist. He was the author of many published works on the nature of combat between the 14th and 21st centuries concerning land, air, maritime, and intelligence warfare, as well as the psychology of battle. - Wikipedia
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