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John Keegan
Discover the days of the Great Depression, World War II and the post-war years through the eyes and ears of a young Irish-American Catholic boy who grew up in Jersey…
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Concentrating on four key conflicts - Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic - the author takes us into the heart of the fighting, examining the realities of…
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Military history and geography explain each other in North America as nowhere else in the world. In this book, the author explores their relationship and examines the battles fought over…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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One of the greatest military historians of our time and the author of acclaimed volumes on ancient and modern warfare–including the bestselling The First World War –distills what he knows…
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With the same erudition, discernment, and crisp prose that made his A History of Warfare an international bestseller, Keegan surveys the literature of World War II, identifying the works he…
Simplified Chinese edition of A History of Warfare by military historian John Keegan (19342012).
In this extraordinary chronicle of the 1944 invasion of Normandy, Keegan observes each of the six armies in their most challenging battle sequence and shows how each army is a…
Keegan’s significant and original contribution to military history focuses on the experience of the common soldier–his fears and wounds, the intrusions of cruelty and compassion, the very din and blood.
Who's Who in World War II brings together over 300 of the most important characters from every sphere of responsibility and reflects the truly global nature of World War II.
Who’s Who in World War II brings together over 300 of the most important characters from every sphere of responsibility and reflects the truly global nature of World War II.
Military historian John Keegan illustrates that only when paired with force has military intelligence been an effective tool, as it may one day be in besting al-Qaeda.
Acclaimed historian Keegan offers a very human portrait of one of the 20th centurys enduring symbols of heroic defiance. From Churchills youth as a poor student to his leadership during…
Acclaimed historian John Keegan brings together an amazing array of war writings, largely drawn from the protagonists themselves or firsthand accounts of the battles they describe. Includes descriptions by Caesar…
A wide-ranging, forceful, and fascinating analysis of generals - who they are, what they do, and how they affect the world we live in. Other books by the same author…
Praised as the best military historian of our generation by Tom Clancy, John Keegan now reconstructs his masterful study of World War II with a new Foreword. Maps & photos…
‘No war can be conducted successfully without early and good intelligence,’ wrote Marlborough, and from the earliest times commanders have sought knowledge of the enemy, his strengths and weaknesses, his…
The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. In this magisterial history of the first modern war, the distinguished military historian John Keegan unpicks…
Although he has never fought in a war the author creates a realistic picture of the fears, pressures, and mechanics of fighting a battle, emphasizing three particular campaigns.
While offering original and perceptive insights into psychology, ideology, demographics, and economics, Keegan reveals the war’s hidden shape–a consequence of leadership, the evolution of strategic logic, and, above all, geography.
In the definitive account of the Great War, Keegan sheds fascinating light on weaponry and technology; shows the doomed negotiations between the monarchs and ministers of 1914; and takes readers…
The Allied assault on Normandy was an almost flawless success, but it was to take three months of fighting before the German forces were beaten and Paris liberated. This account…
/KEEGAN JOHN 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…
In this history of World War II, the author explores both the technical and the human impact of the conflict. The text concentrates on five crucial battles with the aim…
The definitive account of the Great War and a national bestseller from eminent military historian John Keegan 2018 marks the centenary of the First World War - the war that…
The greatest politician and statesmen of the 20th century.
This title is about generals: who they are, what they do and how they affect the world we live in.
A History of Warfare stresses that warmaking, for all its destructiveness, has been an inescapable feature of human culture since organised societies emerged.
John Keegan has assembled a cast of seventeen generals whose reputations were made (and some of them broken) by Churchill and the Second World War.
The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: an imperishable account of the direct experience of individuals at ‘the point of maximum danger’.
It’s 1959 in the town of Clearwater, there are no cell phones or laptops, Eisenhower is President and the country is at peace. Or is it? Three seemingly aimless teenagers…
Recreates the military accomplishments and delineates the nationalistic characters of each of the armies of the Normandy invasion.
Philip John Keegan
This series of essays aims to clarify and enlighten the position of Jesus as the one unifier of all Spiritual Truth and religious beliefs.
John Keegan Casey
A Wreath of Shamrocks: Ballads, Songs, and Legends is a collection of traditional Irish folk tales, songs, and poems compiled by John Keegan Casey and published in 1867. The book…
John Wilsey
A biography of H Jones - the Falklands War hero whose death in the battle for Darwin and Goose Green was one of the turning points in the whole campaign.
Sir John Keegan
The Iraq War is an authoritative, timely, and vitally important contribution to our understanding of the causes, complications, costs, and consequences of a conflict whose full ramifications are as yet…
Written with special access to many sources, this book is an authoritative and challenging account of a war which could both set the pattern for military conflicts in the 21st…
K F Breene
The DDVN World story continues, largely told from Reagan's point of view, but including all major players.
Reagan's trip down to the underworld was never going to remain a mystery…
John Keegan,Andrew Wheatcroft
Providing detailed biographies of the most interesting and important figures in military history from 1450 to the present day, this book is a unique and valuable source of information for…
John E Keegan
In the tradition of National
Velvet, the 1944 film starring Mickey
Rooney and a young horse-crazy
girl Elizabeth Taylor, Keegan tells
the story of Dean Hostler, the fender
repair guy…
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