John Keegan, Reconsidered

My love/hate relationship with John Keegan explored in two parts.

John Keegan is one of my favorite military historians. The Face of Battle is, I think, one of the more groundbreaking military history works. In it, Keegan hones in on the boots-on-the-ground ‘enlisted man’, observing the battles of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme through their eyes.

I can’t get enough of works like that, and Keegan’s is exceptional. …