The definitive account of the great war and a national bestseller from eminent military historian john keegan. John keegan s books include the iraq war, intelligence in war, the first world war, the battle for history, the face of battle, war and our world, the masks of command, fields of battle, and a history of warfare. As firsthand memory fades, the first world war honours the dead as only true history can. This is no surprise since john keegan is generally regarded as the gold standard for authors of military history. The first world war by keegan, john and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A conflict of unparalleled ferocity which extended far beyond its european epicentre, it broke the century of relative peace and prosperity which we associate with the victorian era and unleashed the demons of the twentieth century pestilence, military destruction and mass death and also the ideas which continue to shape our world today.
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Read free book excerpt from the first world war by john keegan, page 2 of 2. Sir john desmond patrick keegan obe frsl 15 may 1934 2 august 2012 was an english military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist. Knopfny 1999 1st edition1st printingusstated hardcover. Acclaim for john keegan s the first world war if you want a good, solid and reliable narrative of the war its causes. Therefore, this paper is an analysis of the whole book that explores different elements that have been brought out by the author as well as the goal that it aims to achieve.
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In the words of noted military historian john keegan, world war i was a tragic and unnecessary conflict. He is the author of twenty books, including the acclaimed the face of battle and the. The first world war by john keegan illustrated alfred a. It was a struggle of unprecedented ferocity that ended the rational, liberal culture that had prevailed in europe since the enlightenment, swept away the great european empires, and unleashed the demons mechanized warfare, mass death, totalitarian politics that have made the twentieth.
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In this magesterial history and national bestseller, john keegan shares his original and perceptive insights into the psychology, ideology, demographics, and economics of the american civil war. The definitive account of the great war and national bestseller from one of our most eminent military historians, john keegan. It destroyed a century of relative peace and prosperity and saw a continent at the height of its success descend into slaughter. John keegans most popular book is the first world war.
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