The Face of Battle
A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
About this book
The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'. It examines the physical conditions of fighting, the particular emotions and behaviour generated by battle, as well as the motives that impel soldiers to stand and fight rather than run away. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles, John Keegan vividly conveys their reality for the participants, whether facing the arrow cloud of Agincourt, the levelled muskets of Waterloo or the steel rain of the Somme.
Subjects
- agincourt, battle of, agincourt, france, 1415
- agincourt, battle of (france : 1415) fast (ocolc)fst00800291
- azincourt, bataille d', 1415
- batailles
- batallas
- battles
- battles. 0
- battles--history
- d25 .k43 1976
- entscheidungsschlacht
- europe, history, military
- gewonden
- histoire militaire
- history
- history, military
- long now manual for civilization
- militärpsychologie
- military architecture
- military art and science
- military history
- military science
- nonfiction
- soldiers in art
- somme, 1st battle of the, france, 1916
- somme, 1st battle of the (france : 1916) fast (ocolc)fst01125774
- somme, bataille de la, 1916
- sommeschlacht <1916>
- unabhängigkeitskrieg
- veldslagen
- warfare
- waterloo, bataille de, 1815
- waterloo, battle of (belgium : 1815) fast (ocolc)fst01172689
- waterloo, battle of, waterloo, belgium, 1815
- weltkrieg
- weltkrieg (1914-1918)