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The Second World War (English, Paperback, Keegan John)

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Keegan John

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Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780712673488, 0712673482
Edition: 1998
Pages: 528

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In this comprehensive history, John Keegan explores both the technical and the human impact of the greatest war of all time. He focuses on five crucial battles and offers new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In knowledgable, perceptive analysis of the airborne battle of Crete, the carrier battle of Midway, the tank battle of Falaise, the city battle of Berlin, and the amphibious battle of Okinawa, Keegan illuminates the strategic dilemmas faced by the leaders and the consequences of their decisions on the fighting men and the course of the war as a whole.

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Book Details

Imprint	Pimlico
Publication Year	1998

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Author Info

John Keegan is the Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Britain's foremost military historian. The Reith Lecturer in 1998, he is the author of many bestselling books including The Face of Battle, Six Armies in Normandy, Battle at Sea, The Second World War, A History of Warfare (awarded the Duff Cooper Prize), Warpaths, The Battle for History, The First World War, and most recently, Intelligence in War. For many years John Keegan was the Senior Lecturer in Military History at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and he has been a Fellow of Princeton University and Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He received the OBE in the Gulf War honours list, and was knighted in the Millennium honours list in 1999. John Keegan died in August 2012.

Dimensions

Width	42 mm
Height	234 mm
Length	153 mm
Weight	667 gr

Ratings & Reviews

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A fine but complex History

John Keegans WWII History is a compelling read. Keegan in his inimitable way looks at the topic in a very unusual and previously untouched way. The impact of war is discussed in detail as well as the course .The book is richly detailed and requires more than one read to go through its entire content. But this is not a easy book to read. Its highly technical and may be quite dull to a casual reader. For a serious military history buff though it might well be the best you can get.

Barun Medhi

Apr, 2014

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