The acclaimed author and preeminent military historian John Keegan examines centuries of human conflict. From primitive man in the bronze age to the end of the cold war in the twentieth century, Keegan shows how armed conflict has been a...

Die Kultur des Krieges

Master military historian John Keegan's groundbreaking analysis of combat and warfareThe Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the "point of maximum danger." Without...

In Battle at Sea, Sir John Keegan applies to maritime warfare the technique that he put to such brilliant effect in his classic of war on land, The Face of Battle. He takes us into the very heart of the fighting while providing a...

"World Armies" von John Keegan ist ein umfassendes Nachschlagewerk, das detaillierte Informationen über die Armeen der Welt bietet. Es deckt alle Länder ab und liefert Daten zu Themen wie Personalstärke, Organisation, Bewaffnung und...

"Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris June 6th-August 25th, 1944" von John Keegan bietet eine detaillierte Analyse der entscheidenden Phase des Zweiten Weltkriegs, die mit der Invasion der Alliierten in der...

Die Geschichte des Krieges und der Kriegskunst ist immer auch als Geschichte der menschlichen Zivilisation zu verstehen. Und umgekehrt: erst wenn sich ein technischer oder sozialer Fortschritt auch für die Zwecke des Krieges nutzen ließ,...

The AMERICAN CIVIL WAR was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. It is also one of the most mysterious. It has captured the imagination of writers, artists and film-makers for decades but the reality of it confuses and divides...

The definitive account of the Great War and national bestseller from one of our most eminent military historians, John Keegan.The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the...

Vulnerable and often confused after a stroke, So-nyo's family are desperately concerned when she is separated from them at Seoul station. The novel is told from four different view points as the family confront their emotions and as the...