In this major and wholly original contribution to military history, John Keegan
reverses the usual convention of writing about war in terms of generals and
nations in conflict, which tends to leave the common soldier as cipher. Instead
he focuses on what a set battle is like for the man in the thick of it -- his
fears, his wounds and their treatment, the mechanics of being taken prisoner,
the nature of leadership at the most junior level, the role of compulsion in
getting men to stand their ground, the intrusions of cruelty and compassion, the
very din and blood. Set battles, with their unities of time and place, may be a
thing of the past, but this anatomy of what they were for the men who fought
them is an unforgettable mirror held up to human nature.
Abridgement: Unabridged
Run Time: 11:40:00
Author:
John Keegan
Narrator:Robert Whitfield
ISBN #: 9781606402733
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