A History of Warfare

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-11-01
Publisher(s): Vintage
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Summary

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 the most original of living military historians . . . A History of Warfare is perhaps the most remarkable study of warfare that has yet been written."--The New York Times Book Review. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author Biography

John Keegan was for many years senior lecturer in military history at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and has been a fellow at Princeton University and a visiting professor of history at Vassar College. He is the author of twenty books, including the acclaimed The Face of Battle and The Second World War. He lived in Wiltshire, England until his death in 2012.

Table of Contents

Introduction
War in Human History Interlude: Limitations on Warmaking
Stone Interlude: Fortification
Flesh Interlude: Armies
Iron Interlude: Logistics and Supply
Fire
Conclusion
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