Soldiers
Subtitle: a history of men in battle
By: John Keegan and Richard Holmes with John Gau ; foreword by Frederick Forsyth.
Contributors: Holmes, Richard, 1946-; Gau, John.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Soldiers; War; Combat
Description: Celebrated military historian, John Keegan, and co-author, Richard Holmes, chart the changes in the conduct of warfare through history with an instructive combination of analysis and illustration. In the process they reveal that what has not changed is that an army ultimately has to depend on the courage and determination of its fighting men.
Notes: "Elisabeth Sifton books."
Includes index.