A History of Warfare - Hardcover

Keegan, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394588010 ISBN 13: 9780394588018

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993

Synopsis

The acclaimed author of The Face of Battle examines centures of conflict in a variety of diverse societies and cultures. "Keegan is at once the most readable and the most original of living military historians . . . A History of Warfare is perhaps the most remarkable study of warfare that has yet been written."--The New York Times Book Review.
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From the Publisher:

"Perhaps the most remarkable study of warfare that has yet been written."--The New York Times Book Review
"A masterpiece...This is one of those rare books which could still be required reading in its field a hundred years from now."--The New Yorker

About the Author:

Britain's most distinguished military historian and senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst for many years, Sir John Keegan is the author of THE FACE OF BATTLE, widely considered a classic of military history. His other books include THE MASK OF COMMAND, THE PRICE OF ADMIRALTY, SIX ARMIES IN NORMANDY and THE SECOND WORLD WAR. His book THE HISTORY OF WARFARE sold 60,000 copies in the US and 25,000 in the UK. He is Defence Editor of The Daily Telegraph and was knighted in 2000.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0394588010
• ISBN 13: 9780394588018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472