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" The face of battle / "
John Keegan.
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BL
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984845
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b739215
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Keegan, John,1934-2012.
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The face of battle /\ John Keegan.
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| Publication Statement
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Harmondsworth :: Penguin,, 1978, ©1976.
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364 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 20 cm
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0140048979
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: 0224012320
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: 0844671266
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: 9780140048971
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: 9780224012324
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: 9780844671260
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-350) and index.
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| Contents
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Old, unhappy, far-off things. A little learning ; The usefulness of military history ; The deficiencies of military history ; The 'battle piece' ; 'Killing no murder?' ; The history of military history ; The narrative tradition ; Verdict or truth? -- Agincourt, 25 October 1415. The campaign ; The battle ; Archers versus infantry and cavalry ; Cavalry versus infantry ; Infantry versus infantry ; The killing of the prisoners ; The wounded ; The will to combat -- Waterloo, 18 June 1815. The campaign ; The personal angle of vision ; The physical circumstances of battle ; Categories of combat ; Single combat ; Cavalry versus cavalry ; Cavalry versus artillery ; Cavalry versus infantry ; Artillery versus infantry ; Infantry versus infantry ; Disintegration ; Aftermath ; The wounded -- Somme, 1 July 1916. The battlefield ; The plan ; The preparations ; The army ; The tactics ; The bombardment ; The final preliminaries ; The battle ; Infantry versus machine-gunners ; Infantry versus infantry ; The view from across No-Man's-land ; The wounded ; The will to combat ; Commemoration -- Future of battle. The moving battlefield ; The nature of battle ; The trend of battle ; The inhuman face of war ; The abolition of battle.
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The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield--a realistic picture of the fears, pressures, and mechanics of fighting a battle, emphasizing three particular campaigns: Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme.
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Battles.
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Military history.
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Battles.
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Military history.
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Military Science-- history.
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Warfare-- history.
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Azincourt, Bataille d', 1415.
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Batailles.
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Histoire militaire.
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Somme, Bataille de la, 1916.
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Waterloo, Bataille de, 1815.
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Battles.
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Battles.
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Military history.
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Europe, History, Military.
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Europe, Military history.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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355.409
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355.48
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909.08
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D25.K43 1978
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E19clc
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