{"product_id":"the-face-of-battle-9780140048971","title":"The Face of Battle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Keegan's groundbreaking portrayal of the common soldier in the heat of battle—a masterpiece that explores the physical and mental aspects of warfare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Face of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the point of maximum danger. Without the myth-making elements of rhetoric and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions, John Keegan has written what is probably the definitive model for military historians. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles representative of three different time periods, he manages to convey what the experience of combat meant for the participants, whether they were facing the arrow cloud at the battle of Agincourt, the musket balls at Waterloo, or the steel rain of the Somme.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Face of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e is a companion volume to John Keegan's classic study of the individual soldier, \u003ci\u003eThe Mask of Command\u003c\/i\u003e: together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...still widely regarded as his best despite more than 20 other works.\" - \u003cb\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most brilliant evocation of military experience in our time\" —C.P. Snow\u003cp\u003e\"In this book, which is so creative, so original, one learns as much about the nature of man as of battle.\" —J.H. Plumb, \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This without any doubt is one of the half-dozen best books on warfare to appear in the English language since the end of the Second World War.\" —Michael Howard, \u003cb\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/b\u003e(London)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A totally original and brilliant book\" —\u003cb\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book which changed how military history is written. Keegan set out to discover what it must have been like to be present at Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme - and he succeeded brilliantly.\"--\u003cb\u003e Bernard Cornwell (Chosen as number one of his six best books) ― \u003ci\u003eDaily Express (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter I: Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Little Learning\u003cbr\u003eThe Usefulness of Military History\u003cbr\u003eThe Deficiencies of Military History\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Battle Piece\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Killing No Murder?\"\u003cbr\u003eThe History of Military History\u003cbr\u003eThe Narrative Tradition\u003cbr\u003eVerdict or Truth?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Agincourt, 25 October 1415\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Campaign\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle\u003cbr\u003eArchers versus Infantry and Cavalry\u003cbr\u003eCavalry versus Infantry\u003cbr\u003eInfantry versus Infantry\u003cbr\u003eThe Killing of the Prisoners\u003cbr\u003eThe Wounded\u003cbr\u003eThe Will to Combat\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Waterloo, 18 June 1815\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Campaign\u003cbr\u003eThe Personal Angle of Vision\u003cbr\u003eThe Physical Circumstances of Battle\u003cbr\u003eCategories of Combat\u003cbr\u003eSingle Combat\u003cbr\u003eCavalry versus Cavalry\u003cbr\u003eCavalry versus Artillery\u003cbr\u003eCavalry versus Infantry\u003cbr\u003eArtillery versus Infantry\u003cbr\u003eInfantry versus Infantry\u003cbr\u003eDisintegration\u003cbr\u003eThe Wounded\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: The Somme, 1 July 1916\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Battlefield\u003cbr\u003eThe Plan\u003cbr\u003eThe Preparations\u003cbr\u003eThe Army\u003cbr\u003eThe Tactics\u003cbr\u003eThe Bombardment\u003cbr\u003eThe Final Preliminaries\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle\u003cbr\u003eInfantry versus Machine-Gunners\u003cbr\u003eInfantry versus Infantry\u003cbr\u003eThe View from across No-Man's-Land\u003cbr\u003eThe Wounded\u003cbr\u003eThe Will to Combat\u003cbr\u003eCommemoration\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: The Future of Battle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Moving Battlefield\u003cbr\u003eThe Nature of Battle\u003cbr\u003eThe Trend of Battle\u003cbr\u003eThe Inhuman Face of War\u003cbr\u003eThe Abolition of Battle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524419952983,"sku":"9780140048971","price":16.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140048971.jpg?v=1731856705","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-face-of-battle-9780140048971","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}