John Keegan — A History of Warfare

Pimlico 1994 Paperback, 448pp. The Author Has Been Preparing To Write This Book During Thirty Years Of Reading, Research, Teaching And Commenting On Military Affairs. It Brings Together In A Single Volume The Themes Explored In His Earlier Bestselling Books And Adds To Them The Insights Gained In His Visits To Many Of The World'S Major Battlefields, A Lifetime'S Friendship With Soldiers Of Different Armies And His More Recent Experience As A War Correspondent In The Lebanon And The Gulf. 'Our Foremost Military Historian. It Is The Breadth Of His Grasp Of Civilisation, As Well As The Soldier'S Art, That Makes This Book So Formidable. ' Evening Standard 'A Book Of Breathtaking Scope. A Tour De Force Daily Mail 'Swarms With Brilliant Analysis Ans An Unrivalled Command Of Military History'. Financial Times. (ISBN: 9780712698504). Fair.