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The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme
John Keegan rebuilds three battles, Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme, from the soldier on the line upward, asking what combat actually felt like. The foundational modern work in military history. Every later book in the field is in conversation with this one.
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📄 366 pages⏱ ~3 hr read📅 1983
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John Keegan rebuilds three battles, Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme, from the soldier on the line upward, asking what combat actually felt like. The foundational modern work in military history. Every later book in the field is in conversation with this one.
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