The Face of Battle
Subtitle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
By: John Keegan.
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Harmondsworth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Battles; Military history
Description: AThe Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'. It examines the physical conditions of fighting, the particular emotions and behaviour generated by battle, as well as the motives that impel soldiers to stand and fight rather than run away. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles, John Keegan vividly conveys their reality for the participants, whether facing the arrow cloud of Agincourt, the levelled muskets of Waterloo or the steel rain of the Somme.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 345-[350].