Book Review of "The Face of Battle" by John Keegan

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Marcel G

 

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October 7, 2012

 

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In his words he is seeking "to catch a glimpse of the face of battle." The first chapter of his book titled "Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things" gives Keegan's recognition to the fact that historians do not focus enough on actual soldiers. To explain this further, what Keegan is saying is that a historian puts things in a pack of sequential dates and times; but to the soldier, these things happen very rapidly and many times without planning...
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In his words he is seeking "to catch a glimpse of the face of battle." The first chapter of his book titled "Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things" gives Keegan's recognition to the fact that historians do not focus enough on actual soldiers. To explain this further, what Keegan is saying is that a historian puts things in a pack of sequential dates and times; but to the soldier, these things happen very rapidly and many times without planning...
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