Book Review: The Face of Battle by John Keegan
I have to caveat this review somewhat. I wrote this book review for an undergrad military history course I took almost six-years ago. I still think that the The Face of Battle is an excellent book. I have modified my opinion of Keegan as a historian somewhat though. I think he is somewhat overrated and he tends to simplistic British-centric judgements in his analysis of military history. He is a good historian, but sometimes his interpretations of events are not all they could be. “The Face of Battle†by John Keegan has become a classic in the thirty years since it was published. The … More after the Jump…