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Praised as athe best military historian of our generationa by tom clancy, john keegan here reconsiders his masterful study of world war ii. In this history, the author explores both the technological and the human impact of the war. John keegan, widely considered the greatest military historian of our time and the author of acclaimed volumes on ancient and modern warfareincluding, most recently, the first world war, a national bestsellerdistills what he knows about the whys and hows of armed conflict into a series of brilliantly pdf concise essays. Not only, does he provide a crystal clear analysis of the development of the war, but he also makes the reader feel what the men who fought this war, the johnny rebs or the billy yanks, felt. The second world war merits the acceptance as the standard work that it will surely recieve. It killed 50 million human beings, left hundreds of millions of others wounded in mind or body and materially devastated much of the heartland of civilization. A european tragedy the first world war was a tragic and unnecessary conflict. He is the author of twenty books, including the acclaimed the face of battle and the second world war. The first world war audiobook written by john keegan. This volume also includes a certificate of authenticity and a publisher note on the twovolume collection. The washington post if you want to know how it happened, read keegan s thoughtful and elegant prose. After graduation, he went to the united states on a grant to study the civil war. John keegan, may 15, 1934 august 2, 2012 john keegan was born in london, england on may 15, 1934.
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