New Releases by John Keegan

World War II killed 50 million people, destroyed swathes of Europe''s cultural heritage, devasted its economy, depraved its politics and devalues the very basis of its civilization. It was the greatest and most terrible conflict in history, and as such, it has always been the centre of controversy.

Examines the place of warfare in human culture and the human impulse toward violence. Analyzing centuries of conflict, unveils the deepest motives behind humanity''s penchant for mass bloodshed.

A splendid new edition of a modern classic, illustrated with paintings, prints, engravings, battle plans, and photographs, and featuring a new introduction by the author. Illustrated.

The author asserts that generalship is a cultural activity as well as an exercise in power or military skill and that it provides great insights into particular eras or places

John Keegan''s groundbreaking portrayal of the common soldier in the heat of battle—a masterpiece that explores the physical and mental aspects of warfare The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the "point of maximum danger." Without the myth-making elements of rhetoric and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions, John Keegan has written what is probably the definitive model for military historians. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles representative of three different time periods, he manages to convey what the experience of combat meant for the participants, whether they were facing the arrow cloud at the battle of Agincourt, the musket balls at Waterloo, or the steel rain of the Somme. The Face of Battle is a companion volume to John Keegan''s classic study of the individual soldier, The Mask of Command: together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.

2. Verdenskrig; Frie Franske; Normandiet, 1944; Paris'' Befrielse; Frankrig, Historie, 1944; Panzer Korps; Dietrich, Sepp; General Bradley; General Bor-Komorowski; General Alan Brooke; Caen; Churchill; Second Front; Dieppr Raid, 1942; General Eberlach; Hitler; Jodl; Operation Goodwood; Eisenhower; Montgomery; Luftwaffe; General Marshall; Leclerc; de Gaulle; von Kluge; Rommel; RAF; D-Dag; Patton; Orne; Røde Hær; Seine; US Army; SHAEF; Vichy; Vimoutiers; Sikorski;

Broad in geographical and chronological scope, witnessn all the major conflicts in history from 1453 to the present day.