John Keegan First World War

  john keegan first world war: The First World War John Keegan, 2012-11-21 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The definitive account of the Great War from one of our most eminent military historians. Elegantly written, clear, detailed, and omniscient.... Keegan is...perhaps the best military historian of our day. —The New York Times Book Review The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times—modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, radical thoughts about economics and society—and in so doing shattered the faith in rationalism and liberalism that had prevailed in Europe since the Enlightenment. The First World War probes the mystery of how a civilization at the height of its achievement could have propelled itself into such a ruinous conflict and takes us behind the scenes of the negotiations among Europe's crowned heads (all of them related to one another by blood) and ministers, and their doomed efforts to defuse the crisis. Keegan reveals how, by an astonishing failure of diplomacy and communication, a bilateral dispute grew to engulf an entire continent. But the heart of Keegan's superb narrative is, of course, his analysis of the military conflict. With unequalled authority and insight, he recreates the nightmarish engagements whose names have become legend—Verdun, the Somme and Gallipoli among them—and sheds new light on the strategies and tactics employed, particularly the contributions of geography and technology. No less central to Keegan's account is the human aspect. He acquaints us with the thoughts of the intriguing personalities who oversaw the tragically unnecessary catastrophe—from heads of state like Russia's hapless tsar, Nicholas II, to renowned warmakers such as Haig, Hindenburg and Joffre. But Keegan reserves his most affecting personal sympathy for those whose individual efforts history has not recorded—the anonymous millions, indistinguishably drab, undifferentially deprived of any scrap of the glories that by tradition made the life of the man-at-arms tolerable. By the end of the war, three great empires—the Austro-Hungarian, the Russian and the Ottoman—had collapsed. But as Keegan shows, the devastation ex-tended over the entirety of Europe, and still profoundly informs the politics and culture of the continent today. His brilliant, panoramic account of this vast and terrible conflict is destined to take its place among the classics of world history.
  john keegan first world war: An Illustrated History of the First World War John Keegan, 2001 Illustrates life on the home front, important battles, war from the perspective of generals and soldiers, the collapse of empires, and glimpses of World War II through photographs, paintings, cartoons, and posters.
  john keegan first world war: War and Our World John Keegan, 2011-02-02 John Keegan, widely considered the greatest military historian of our time and the author of acclaimed volumes on ancient and modern warfare--including, most recently, The First World War, a national bestseller--distills what he knows about the why’s and how’s of armed conflict into a series of brilliantly concise essays. Is war a natural condition of humankind? What are the origins of war? Is the modern state dependent on warfare? How does war affect the individual, combatant or noncombatant? Can there be an end to war? Keegan addresses these questions with a breathtaking knowledge of history and the many other disciplines that have attempted to explain the phenomenon. The themes Keegan concentrates on in this short volume are essential to our understanding of why war remains the single greatest affliction of humanity in the twenty-first century, surpassing famine and disease, its traditional companions.
  john keegan first world war: The Face of Battle John Keegan, 1983-01-27 John Keegan's groundbreaking portrayal of the common soldier in the heat of battle -- a masterpiece that explores the physical and mental aspects of warfare The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the point of maximum danger. Without the myth-making elements of rhetoric and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions, John Keegan has written what is probably the definitive model for military historians. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles representative of three different time periods, he manages to convey what the experience of combat meant for the participants, whether they were facing the arrow cloud at the battle of Agincourt, the musket balls at Waterloo, or the steel rain of the Somme. The Face of Battle is a companion volume to John Keegan's classic study of the individual soldier, The Mask of Command: together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.
  john keegan first world war: The American Civil War John Keegan, 2010-12-07 The greatest military historian of our time gives a peerless account of America’s most bloody, wrenching, and eternally fascinating war. In this magesterial history and national bestseller, John Keegan shares his original and perceptive insights into the psychology, ideology, demographics, and economics of the American Civil War. Illuminated by Keegan’s knowledge of military history he provides a fascinating look at how command and the slow evolution of its strategic logic influenced the course of the war. Above all, The American Civil War gives an intriguing account of how the scope of the conflict combined with American geography to present a uniquely complex and challenging battle space. Irresistibly written and incisive in its analysis, this is an indispensable account of America’s greatest conflict.
  john keegan first world war: The Iraq War John Keegan, 2004-05-25 The 2003 Iraq war remains among the most mysterious armed conflicts of modernity. In The Iraq War, John Keegan offers a sharp and lucid appraisal of the military campaign, explaining just how the coalition forces defeated an Iraqi army twice its size and addressing such questions as whether Saddam Hussein ever possessed weapons of mass destruction and how it is possible to fight a war that is not, by any conventional measure, a war at all. Drawing on exclusive interviews with Donald Rumsfeld and General Tommy Franks, Keegan retraces the steps that led to the showdown in Iraq, from the highlights of Hussein’s murderous rule to the diplomatic crossfire that preceded the invasion. His account of the combat in the desert is unparalleled in its grasp of strategy and tactics. The result is an urgently needed and up-to-date book that adds immeasurably to our understanding of those twenty-one days of war and their long, uncertain aftermath.
  john keegan first world war: Fields of Battle John Keegan, 2012-09-19 At once a grand tour of the battlefields of North America and an unabashedly personal tribute to the military prowess of an essentially unwarlike people. • [A] magisterial narrative history, enriched by an authorial voice.--The Washington Post Fields of Battle spans more than two centuries and the expanse of a continent to show how the immense spaces of North America shaped the wars that were fought on its soil.
  john keegan first world war: Intelligence in War John Keegan, 2003-10-28 A masterly look at the value and limitations of intelligence in the conduct of war from the premier military historian of our time, John Keegan. Intelligence gathering is an immensely complicated and vulnerable endeavor. And it often fails. Until the invention of the telegraph and radio, information often traveled no faster than a horse could ride, yet intelligence helped defeat Napoleon. In the twentieth century, photo analysts didn’t recognize Germany’s V-2 rockets for what they were; on the other hand, intelligence helped lead to victory over the Japanese at Midway. In Intelligence in War, John Keegan illustrates that only when paired with force has military intelligence been an effective tool, as it may one day be in besting al-Qaeda.
  john keegan first world war: The Second World War Martin Gilbert, 2014-06-05 “Mr. Gilbert brings the strongest possible credentials to his history of World War II, and the result is a magisterial work” (The New York Times). In the hands of master historian Martin Gilbert, the complex and compelling story of the Second World War comes to life. This narrative captures the perspectives of leading politicians and war commanders, journalists, civilians, and ordinary soldiers, offering gripping eyewitness accounts of heroism, defeat, suffering, and triumph. This is one of the first historical studies of World War II that describes the Holocaust as an integral part of the war. It also covers maneuvers, strategies, and leaders operating in European, Asian, and Pacific theatres. In addition, this book brings in survivor testimonies of occupation, survival behind enemy lines, and the experience of minority groups such as the Roma in Europe, to offer a comprehensive account of the war’s impact on individuals on both sides. This is a sweeping narrative of one of the most deadly wars in history, which took almost forty million lives, and irrevocably changed countless more. “Gilbert’s flowing narrative is spiced with anecdotal details culled from diaries, memoirs, and official documents. He is especially skillful at interweaving summaries of military strategy with vignettes of civilian suffering.” —Newsweek “[A] masterful account of history’s most destructive conflict.” —Publishers Weekly
  john keegan first world war: The First World War Hew Strachan, 2005-04-05 “This serious, compact survey of the war’s history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available.” (Los Angeles Times) Nearly a century has passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan (winner of the 2016 Pritzker Literature Award) argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book, the legacy of the “war to end all wars” is with us still. The First World War was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles fought in or directly affecting the Balkans, Africa, and the Ottoman Empire. Even more than World War II, the First World War continues to shape the politics and international relations of our world, especially in hot spots like the Middle East and the Balkans. Strachan has done a masterful job of reexamining the causes, the major campaigns, and the consequences of the First World War, compressing a lifetime of knowledge into a single definitive volume tailored for the general reader. Written in crisp, compelling prose and enlivened with extraordinarily vivid photographs and detailed maps, The First World War re-creates this world-altering conflict both on and off the battlefield—the clash of ideologies between the colonial powers at the center of the war, the social and economic unrest that swept Europe both before and after, the military strategies employed with stunning success and tragic failure in the various theaters of war, the terms of peace and why it didn’t last. Drawing on material culled from many countries, Strachan offers a fresh, clear-sighted perspective on how the war not only redrew the map of the world but also set in motion the most dangerous conflicts of today. Deeply learned, powerfully written, and soon to be released with a new introduction that commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, The First World War remains a landmark of contemporary history.
  john keegan first world war: The Battle For History John Keegan, 2014-04-01 With the same erudition, discernment, and crisp prose that made his A History of Warfare an international bestseller, Keegan surveys the literature of World War II, identifying the works he finds most important and illuminating while examining the sometimes savage controversies raised by two generations of the war's historians.
  john keegan first world war: The Second World War John Keegan, 2011-08-31 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.
  john keegan first world war: A World Undone G. J. Meyer, 2007-05-29 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Drawing on exhaustive research, this intimate account details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world “Thundering, magnificent . . . [A World Undone] is a book of true greatness that prompts moments of sheer joy and pleasure. . . . It will earn generations of admirers.”—The Washington Times On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken. In less than a month, a combination of ambition, deceit, fear, jealousy, missed opportunities, and miscalculation sent Austro-Hungarian troops marching into Serbia, German troops streaming toward Paris, and a vast Russian army into war, with England as its ally. As crowds cheered their armies on, no one could guess what lay ahead in the First World War: four long years of slaughter, physical and moral exhaustion, and the near collapse of a civilization that until 1914 had dominated the globe. Praise for A World Undone “Meyer’s sketches of the British Cabinet, the Russian Empire, the aging Austro-Hungarian Empire . . . are lifelike and plausible. His account of the tragic folly of Gallipoli is masterful. . . . [A World Undone] has an instructive value that can scarcely be measured”—Los Angeles Times “An original and very readable account of one of the most significant and often misunderstood events of the last century.”—Steve Gillon, resident historian, The History Channel
  john keegan first world war: Who's Who in World War II John Keegan, 2002-09-11 First Published in 2004. World War II, unlike World War I, was truly a global conflict, fought in every one of the five continents, from the Caribbean to the South China Sea, from New Guinea to the North Cape, and by combatants from every continental region, Latin America, the Balkans, Scandinavia, the Middle East, South Asia and Africa as well as from Europe and North America. It was also, as World War I had not been, a conflict of ideologies. Its dramatis personae was therefore of a peculiar richness, including not only soldiers and statesmen of orthodox background but three dictators of world stature—Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin, demagogues like Goebbels and ideologues like Alfred Rosenberg, politicians of charismatic power, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, prophets of national renaissance, like Charles de Gaulle, and of national liberation like Mahatma Gandhi, showmen, mountebanks, martyrs, heroes, traitors and quislings—a word we owe to the politics of World War II. This book attempts to assemble the most important among this vast cast of characters, from every country and from every sphere of responsibility— or irresponsibility—and to convey not only the salient facts about the life and career of each but also the flavor of their individuality.
  john keegan first world war: A History of Warfare John Keegan, 2012-09-19 The acclaimed author and preeminent military historian John Keegan examines centuries of human conflict. From primitive man in the bronze age to the end of the cold war in the twentieth century, Keegan shows how armed conflict has been a primary preoccupation throughout the history of civilization and how deeply rooted its practice has become in our cultures. Keegan is at once the most readable and the most original of living military historians . . . A History of Warfare is perhaps the most remarkable study of warfare that has yet been written.--The New York Times Book Review.
  john keegan first world war: Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" Patrick J. Buchanan, 2009-07-28 Were World Wars I and II inevitable? Were they necessary wars? Or were they products of calamitous failures of judgment? In this monumental and provocative history, Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen– Winston Churchill first among them–the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided and the British Empire might never have collapsed into ruins. Half a century of murderous oppression of scores of millions under the iron boot of Communist tyranny might never have happened, and Europe’s central role in world affairs might have been sustained for many generations. Among the British and Churchillian errors were: • The secret decision of a tiny cabal in the inner Cabinet in 1906 to take Britain straight to war against Germany, should she invade France • The vengeful Treaty of Versailles that mutilated Germany, leaving her bitter, betrayed, and receptive to the appeal of Adolf Hitler • Britain’s capitulation, at Churchill’s urging, to American pressure to sever the Anglo-Japanese alliance, insulting and isolating Japan, pushing her onto the path of militarism and conquest • The greatest mistake in British history: the unsolicited war guarantee to Poland of March 1939, ensuring the Second World War Certain to create controversy and spirited argument, Churchill, Hitler, and “the Unnecessary War” is a grand and bold insight into the historic failures of judgment that ended centuries of European rule and guaranteed a future no one who lived in that vanished world could ever have envisioned.
  john keegan first world war: The Mask of Command John Keegan, 1987 This book discusses generals: who they are, what they do, and how they do it affects the world in which we live.
  john keegan first world war: The First World War William Kelleher Storey, 2010-09-16 A second edition of this book is now available. In a compact but comprehensive and clear narrative, this book explores the First World War from a genuinely global perspective. Putting a human face on the war, William Kelleher Storey brings to life individual decisions and experiences as well as environmental and technological factors such as food, geography, manpower, and weapons. Without neglecting traditional themes, the author's deft interweaving of the role of environment and technology enriches our understanding of the social, political, and military history of the war, not only in Europe, but throughout the world.
  john keegan first world war: An Illustrated History of the First World War John Keegan, 2001-01-01 From a premier military historian comes a stunningly illustrated volume incorporating an abridged text of his bestselling The First World War. Now Keegan has gathered together 475 photos, maps, and other illustrations that allow readers to see what his text so brilliantly describes. Full color and b&w.
  john keegan first world war: The Pity of War Niall Ferguson, 2008-08-05 From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War I The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England's fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a Continental conflict into a world war, which it then badly mishandled, necessitating American involvement. The war was not inevitable, Ferguson argues, but rather was the result of the mistaken decisions of individuals who would later claim to have been in the grip of huge impersonal forces. That the war was wicked, horrific, and inhuman is memorialized in part by the poetry of men like Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, but also by cold statistics. Indeed, more British soldiers were killed in the first day of the Battle of the Somme than Americans in the Vietnam War. And yet, as Ferguson writes, while the war itself was a disastrous folly, the great majority of men who fought it did so with little reluctance and with some enthusiasm. For anyone wanting to understand why wars are fought, why men are willing to fight them and why the world is as it is today, there is no sharper or more stimulating guide than Niall Ferguson's The Pity of War.
  john keegan first world war: Warpaths John Keegan, 2004 'He combines personal experiences with professional observations in a way that makes this sterling book an engrossing blend of anecdotal reminiscence and analytical reflection-Like all good writers of good history, Keegan distils the complex into the essence. He describes the contours of the American land which caused one force to succeed and the other to succumb. And he profiles the leaders who hesitated fatally. And all the while, he chats about the nature of war, casually passing on one arresting observation after another. ' Daily TelegraphMilitary history and geography explain each other in North America as nowhere else in the world. Award-winning historian John Keegan explores their relationship and examines the battles fought over three centuries between Frenchman and Indian, Royalist and colonist, Union and Confederacy.'Keegan visits all the battle sites in turn and brings them to life with the evocative prose that his admirers will remember from The Face of Battle-This opus is a labour of love.' Mail on Sunday
  john keegan first world war: Battle At Sea John Keegan, 2011-09-30 In Battle at Sea, Sir John Keegan applies to maritime warfare the technique that he put to such brilliant effect in his classic of war on land, The Face of Battle. He concentrates on four key conflicts: Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic. He takes us into the very heart of the fighting while providing a remarkable panoramic view of naval warfare through the centuries.
  john keegan first world war: Six Armies in Normandy John Keegan, 1994-06 The man who writes about the war better than almost anyone in our century ( The Washington Post Book World) here details how the armies of six nations met on the battlefields of Normandy in what was to be the greatest allied achievement of World War II.
  john keegan first world war: The Price of Admiralty John Keegan, 1990-02-01 Military historian John Keegan’s gripping history of naval warfare’s evolution. In The Price of Admirality, leading military historian John Keegan illuminates the history of naval combat by expertly dissecting four landmark sea battles, each featuring a different type of warship: the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland in World War I, the Battle of Midway in World War II, and the long and arduous Battle of the Atlantic. “The best military historian of our generation.”—Tom Clancy “The Price of Admirality stands alongside Mr. Keegan’s earlier works in its power to impart both the big and little pictures of war.”—The New York Times
  john keegan first world war: Winston Churchill John Keegan, 2002 A biography of Winston Churchill, examining his family and youth, his life as a soldier, his entry into politics, and his leadership as British Prime Minister during World War II, and discussing his place in history.
  john keegan first world war: The First World War Martin Gilbert, 2014-06-05 “A stunning achievement of research and storytelling” that weaves together the major fronts of WWI into a single, sweeping narrative (Publishers Weekly, starred review). It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended: Many of the horrors we live with today are rooted in the First World War. The Great War left millions of civilians and soldiers maimed or dead. It also saw the creation of new technologies of destruction: tanks, planes, and submarines; machine guns and field artillery; poison gas and chemical warfare. It introduced U-boat packs and strategic bombing, unrestricted war on civilians and mistreatment of prisoners. But the war changed our world in far more fundamental ways than these. In its wake, empires toppled, monarchies fell, and whole populations lost their national identities. As political systems and geographic boundaries were realigned, the social order shifted seismically. Manners and cultural norms; literature and the arts; education and class distinctions; all underwent a vast sea change. As historian Martin Gilbert demonstrates in this “majestic opus” of historical synthesis, the twentieth century can be said to have been born on that fateful morning in June of 1914 (Publishers Weekly, starred review). “One of the first books that anyone should read . . . to try to understand this war and this century.” —The New York Times Book Review
  john keegan first world war: The Other Face of Battle Wayne E. Lee, Anthony E. Carlson, David L. Preston, David Silbey, 2021 Taking its title from The Face of Battle, John Keegan's canonical book on the nature of warfare, The Other Face of Battle illuminates the American experience of fighting in irregular and intercultural wars over the centuries. Sometimes known as forgotten wars, in part because they lackedtriumphant clarity, they are the focus of the book. David Preston, David Silbey, and Anthony Carlson focus on, respectively, the Battle of Monongahela (1755), the Battle of Manila (1898), and the Battle of Makuan, Afghanistan (2020) - conflicts in which American soldiers were forced to engage inirregular warfare, confronting an enemy entirely alien to them. This enemy rejected the Western conventions of warfare and defined success and failure - victory and defeat - in entirely different ways. Symmetry of any kind is lost. Here was not ennobling engagement but atrocity, unanticipatedinsurgencies, and strategic stalemate.War is always hell. These wars, however, profoundly undermined any sense of purpose or proportion. Nightmarish and existentially bewildering, they nonetheless characterize how Americans have experienced combat and what its effects have been. They are therefore worth comparing for what they hold incommon as well as what they reveal about our attitude toward war itself. The Other Face of Battle reminds us that irregular or asymmetrical warfare is now not the exception but the rule. Understanding its roots seems more crucial than ever.
  john keegan first world war: Churchill's Generals John Keegan, 2012-09-06 John Keegan has assembled a cast of seventeen generals whose reputations were made (and some of them broken) by Churchill and the Second World War. Churchill's reputation as prime minister during the Second World War fluctuated according to the successes and failures of his generals. Most of them were household names, and often heroes, during the war years. All of them were prey to the intolerance, interference, irascibility - and the inspiration - of the man who wanted to be both the general in the field and the presiding strategic genius. He sacked his warlords ruthlessly, yet in the end he came to be served by perhaps the greatest generals this country has ever produced. Includes chapters on Wavell, Ironside, Ritchie, Auchinleck, Montgomery, Alexander, Percival, Wingate, Slim and Carton de Wiart. Note: The Publisher regrets that the biographical note for Gary Sheffield is incorrect in the book. Please refer to the Orion website (www.orionbooks.co.uk) for the correct version.
  john keegan first world war: World War II Evan Mawdsley, 2020-04-30 The World in 1937 -- Japan and China, 1937-1940 -- Hitler's Border Wars, 1938-1939 -- Germany Re-fights World War I, 1939 fights World War I,1939-1940 -- Wars of Ideology, 1941-1942 -- The Red Army versus the Wehrmacht, 1942-1944 -- Japan's Lunge for Empire, 1941-1942 -- Defending the Perimeter: Japan, 1942-1944 -- The 'World Ocean' and Allied Victory, 1939-1945 -- The European Periphery, 1940-1944 -- Wearing down Germany, 1942-1944 -- Victory in Europe, 1944-1945 -- End and Beginning in Asia, 1945 -- Conclusion.
  john keegan first world war: The First World War A J P Taylor, 1974-03-28 A. J. P. Taylor was one of the most acclaimed and uncompromising historians of the twentieth century. In this clear, lively and now-classic account of the First World War, he tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through the Marne, Gallipoli, the Balkans and the War at Sea to the offensives of 1918 and the state of Europe after the war. Containing photographs and maps, this an essential history of the war that 'cut deep into the consciousness of modern man'.
  john keegan first world war: Intelligence in War John Keegan, 2004-10-12 Pre-eminent war historian John Keegan sets out to answer the question, how much does military intelligence matter to victory? By examining case studies from Nelson’s pursuit of Napoleon’s Fleet across the Mediterranean in 1788 to the Battle of the Atlantic in 1940, Keegan gives us a new history of war through the prism of intelligence.
  john keegan first world war: The Second World War John Keegan, 2005-05-03 Praised as “the best military historian of our generation” by Tom Clancy, John Keegan reconsiders his masterful study of World War II, The Second World War, with a new foreword Keegan examines each theater of the war, focusing on five crucial battles and offering new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In eloquent, perceptive analyses 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. An extraordinary, definitive history, The Second World War will be required reading for generations to come. The Second World War merits the acceptance as the standard work that it will surely recieve. -The Washington Post If you want to know how it happened, read Keegan's thoughtful and elegant prose. -Los Angeles Times
  john keegan first world war: World Armies John Keegan, 1983
  john keegan first world war: Small Things Like These Claire Keegan, 2021-11-30 A New York Times Bestseller • Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century A hypnotic and electrifying Irish tale that transcends country, transcends time. —Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers Small Things Like These is award-winning author Claire Keegan's landmark new novel, a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church. An international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.
  john keegan first world war: Tombstone Tom Clavin, 2020-04-21 THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Tombstone is written in a distinctly American voice. —T.J. Stiles, The New York Times “With a former newsman’s nose for the truth, Clavin has sifted the facts, myths, and lies to produce what might be as accurate an account as we will ever get of the old West’s most famous feud.” —Associated Press The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill. On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, eight men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in thirty seconds, killing three men and wounding three others. The fight sprang forth from a tense, hot summer. Cattle rustlers had been terrorizing the back country of Mexico and selling the livestock they stole to corrupt ranchers. The Mexican government built forts along the border to try to thwart American outlaws, while Arizona citizens became increasingly agitated. Rustlers, who became known as the cow-boys, began to kill each other as well as innocent citizens. That October, tensions boiled over with Ike and Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne confronting the Tombstone marshal, Virgil Earp, and the suddenly deputized Wyatt and Morgan Earp and shotgun-toting Doc Holliday. Bestselling author Tom Clavin peers behind decades of legend surrounding the story of Tombstone to reveal the true story of the drama and violence that made it famous. Tombstone also digs deep into the vendetta ride that followed the tragic gunfight, when Wyatt and Warren Earp and Holliday went vigilante to track down the likes of Johnny Ringo, Curly Bill Brocius, and other cowboys who had cowardly gunned down his brothers. That vendetta ride would make the myth of Wyatt Earp complete and punctuate the struggle for power in the American frontier's last boom town.
  john keegan first world war: The Vanquished Robert Gerwarth, 2016-11-15 An account of the continuing ethnic and state violence after the end of WWI--conflicts that more than anything else set the stage for WWII--Provided by publisher.
  john keegan first world war: The Illustrated History of World War I Andrew Wiest, 2014-06-11 With the aid of more than 250 photographs and artworks, The Illustrated History of World War I recreates the battles and campaigns that raged across the surface of the globe, on land, at sea and in the air, including maps of specific actions and campaigns and feature boxes explaining important events and personalities involved in the conflict.
  john keegan first world war: The Great War Peter Hart, 2013 Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines, and other technologies appeared. -Total war- emerged as a grim, mature reality. In The Great War, Peter Hart provides a masterful combat history of this global conflict. Focusing on the decisive engagements, Hart explores the immense challenges faced by the commanders on all sides. He surveys the belligerent nations, analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, and strategic imperatives. Russia, for example, was obsessed with securing an exit from the Black Sea, while France--having lost to Prussia in 1871, before Germany united--constructed a network of defensive alliances, even as it held a grudge over the loss of Alsace-Lorraine. Hart offers deft portraits of the commanders, the prewar plans, and the unexpected obstacles and setbacks that upended the initial operations.
  john keegan first world war: 1914-1918 David Stevenson, 2012 Account of the major events of the First World War.
  john keegan first world war: The Myth of the Great War John Mosier, 2011-03-29 Based on previously unused French and German sources, this challenging and controversial new analysis of the war on the Western front from 1914 to 1918 reveals how and why the Germans won the major battles with one-half to one-third fewer casualties than the Allies, and how American troops in 1918 saved the Allies from defeat and a negotiated peace with the Germans.
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John Keegan was for many years 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

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As evidence of the breadth of his expertise, he is at present editing a 24-volume history of war (to which, as it happens, the authors of this review have been assigned the volume on the first world war, while Keegan himself explores a quite dissimilar area: that of nomadic warfare).

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John Keegan's writing on the First World War remains a vital resource for understanding this pivotal conflict. His unique approach, emphasizing the human dimension and the complexities of modern warfare, continues to resonate with readers today. His work challenges simplistic narratives, encourages critical thinking, and provides invaluable ...

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The First World War is comprehensive, full of maps, photos, and detailed accounts of every battle fought in that war, but what makes it most valuable to me are the author’s insights about the consequences of that war. It produced its second phase, the very different World War II.

First World War John Keegan - archive.ncarb.org
The First World War John Keegan,2012-11-21 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The definitive account of the Great War from one of our most eminent military historians Elegantly written clear detailed and omniscient Keegan is perhaps the best

John Keegan First World War - legacy.tschecked.kent.gov.uk
An Illustrated History of the First World War John Keegan,2001 Illustrates life on the home front, important battles, war from the perspective of generals and soldiers, the collapse of...

Recent Historiography of the First World War (Part I)
This article attempts to chart a course through works published on the First World War approximately since 2001, with the focus primarily on research monographs in English, German, French, and Italian.

BookReview-Intelligence in War.fm - The World Factbook
Intelligence in War is an interesting collection of vignettes, some about battles and campaigns and others about intelligence work. The problem comes when Keegan tries to mold the two subjects into a larger synthesis. Keegan’s thesis is that, for command, intelligence is marginal.

John Keegan First World War
by renowned military historian John Keegan, specifically focusing on his work concerning the First World War. We'll analyze how Keegan's perspectives shed light on the key problems of WWI and offer a clearer understanding of its complexities. The Problem: Deciphering the …

John Keegan - Springer
John Keegan is the author of 20 books, including A History of Warfare (1993), which won the Duff Cooper Prize, and The First World War (1998), which was awarded the Westminster Medal. In 1998 he gave the BBC Reith Lectures, which were published as War and Our World.

The First World War John Keegan (book)
The First World War John Keegan,2012-11-21 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The definitive account of the Great War from one of our most eminent military historians Elegantly written clear detailed and omniscient Keegan is perhaps the best military historian of our day The

The Historian and Battle
John Keegan is senior lecturer of military history at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He is the author of The Face of Battle, and the editor of the forthcoming Oxford Companion of

REITH LECTURES 1998: War in Our World John Keegan Lecture 3: War …
REITH LECTURES 1998: War in Our World John Keegan Lecture 3: War and the State TRANSMISSION: 22 April 1998 – BBC Radio 4 ‘War made the state and the state makes war’, goes an academic...

REITH LECTURES 1998: War in Our World John Keegan Lecture 1: War …
The First World War killed at least 10 million people in battle, most of them young or very young men, and millions more died from war-related causes. The Second World War killed 50...

Clausewitz and the First World War* - Marshall Foundation
following this logic, John Keegan averred that, “Politics played no part in the conduct of the First World War worth mentioning. The First World War was, on the contrary, an extraordinary, a monstrous cultural aberration.”4 Unsurprisingly, five years later, when Keegan produced a book dedicated solely to the First World

Changing Attitudes towards War: The Impact of the First World War
The first section of this article investigates why the First World War had such an impact on war attitudes, and the second assesses the process or mecha- nism through which this remarkable change took place.6

The First World War John Keegan - staff.ces.funai.edu.ng
An Illustrated History of the First World War John Keegan,2001-01-01 From a premier military historian comes a stunningly illustrated volume incorporating an abridged text of his bestselling The First World War.

CHEMICAL WARFARE IN THE GREAT WAR - JSTOR
In his recent. history, The First World War, John Keegan presents eloquent and portrayals of battles and leaders, with sympathetic attention to the. the millions who suffered and died. But Keegan shows little the tactical use or technical aspects of chemical warfare.

The American Civil War: A Military History - LSU
What Keegan has produced, The American Civil War: A Military History, is a single-volume synthesis that general readers interested in the subject will find to be accessible as an introductory survey of the military history of the Civil War.

DOI: 10.1 177/0968344510376466 http://wih.sagepub.com …
This article examines the British treatment of German prisoners of war on the Western Front during the First World War. Although historians have largely overlooked crimes against prisoners of war, it argues that British soldiers, like other combatants, sometimes pillaged, physically abused, or even murdered German prisoners following surrender.

REITH LECTURES 1998: War in Our World John Keegan Lecture 4: War …
they are the men and women who first averted defeat - how close did defeat loom in 1940 - and then brought total victory over a monstrous tyranny. It was a victory moreover not won at the wicked cost in lives of the First World War. The losses were grievous enough - nearly 400,000 deaths in battle - but fewer by nearly half than those of 1914-18.

The Oxford History of Modern War - The World Factbook
The French Army,1866–70 (1984); Firing Line (1985); [with John Keegan] Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle (1985); Riding the Retreat (1995); The First World War(1999). In 1996 he presented War Walkson BBC TV. He is currently editing The Oxford Companion to Military History. Richard Overy is Professor of History at King’s College, London ...

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
the carnage of the First World War. 14. John Keegan has more recently taken a similar point of view, calling Clausewitz “the apostle of a revolutionary philosophy of war making” and declaring that he advocated unconstrained warfare as being in the best interest of the state. 15. Although . On War. does open with an argument that, at first ...

World War I - दृष्टि आईएएस
World War I (WW I), also known as the Great War, lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. WW I was fought between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. ... became a first world power. The mass mobilization of men led to the incorporation of women into the workforce,

The First World War John Keegan
John Keegan's The First World War isn't just another account of the 1914-1918 conflict; it's a masterclass in military history, a profound reflection on the human cost of industrial warfare, and a testament to Keegan's unparalleled ability to weave

American Soldiers' Use of Weaponry in World War
European histories, such as John Keegan’s The First World War, delve into all aspects picking apart every decision and laying out every battle for analysis.8 The American contribution is dismissed or, at best, skimmed over with only a short chapter dedicated to their accomplishments. A chapter is not enough to discuss the American involvement.

John Keegan First World War (2024) - ishipper.com.ph
Keegan's work on the First World War, exploring his interpretations of the war's causes, conduct, and consequences, examining both his strengths and limitations. We'll also evaluate the impact of his contributions on the understanding of this pivotal period in human history. ## Keegan's Perspective on the First World War: A Historian's Lens ...

IS WAR STILL BECOMING OBSOLETE? ABSTRACT - Ohio State …
3 Aug 2012 · demonstrating that Europeans believe war is obsolete" that John Me arsheimer has called for (1990, 41), but it does suggest that the appeal of war, both as a desirable exercise in itself and as a sensible ... (see Mueller 1991a, 4 -11), the consequence of the First World War was that the vast majority of Europeans did forswear war--at least war ...

The American Civil War: A Military History by John Keegan
The American Civil War: A Military History by John Keegan London; Hutchinson, 2009. Illustrated. 394 pages. Images in this review are from the public domain John Keegan (1934-2012) was one of the twentieth century’s foremost military historians, writing on conflicts from the Medieval era to the Iraqi War. This was his last published book.

The Indian Army on the Western Front, 1914-1915: - JSTOR
During the First World War the Indian Army sent five expeditionary forces abroad, A to Europe, B and C to East Africa, D to Iraq, and E to Egypt. ... 90 years later John Keegan felt them capable of no more than 'barbaric ... (London, 1919), p. 84; J. Keegan, The First World War (London, 1999), pp. 198 and 213.

John Keegan The First World War - drive.ceasefiremagazine.co.uk
John Keegan's The First World War: A Century of Relevance John Keegan's The First World War stands as a landmark achievement in military history, offering a compelling and insightful narrative of the Great War that transcends mere chronological recounting. This analysis will explore its historical context, lasting relevance, and the authorial ...

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The First World War John Keegan The First World War John Keegan The First World War John Keegan PDF As recognized, adventure as capably as experience roughly lesson, amusement, as capably as pact can be gotten by just checking out a book The First World War John Keegan then it is not directly done, you

The Cambridge history of the First World War
the First World War J. Ε. SPENCE The Cambridge history of the First World War. Vol. I. Global war. Edited ... John Home: 'For the war as a whole, the 70 million men mobilized between 1914 and 1918 resolved the cognitive ... John Keegan and Eric Leed, with Keegan's emphasis on the 'soldiers' breaking point' (vol. I, p. 5) opening a 'new chapter ...

The First World War John Keegan
The First World War John Keegan Daniel F McAuley The First World War: John Keegan's Enduring Legacy Author: Dr. Alistair Horne, Military Historian and Author of A Savage War of Peace Publisher: Yale University Press, a renowned publisher with a strong history of publishing significant works on military history and the First World War.

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The First World War John Keegan The First World War John Keegan The First World War John Keegan PDF As recognized, adventure as capably as experience roughly lesson, amusement, as capably as pact can be gotten by just checking out a book The First World War John Keegan then it is not directly done, you

Swinging the sledgehammer: the combat effectiveness of German …
22 Oct 2022 · John Keegan, The Second World War The German Tiger and Tiger II tanks were legends in their own time. They were arguably the most feared weapon developed by the Germans. The men who commanded ... was very successful during the first part of World War II in encircling enemy forces. Their success in Poland, France, and during the first year in ...

Unsettling the Empire: Violent Migrations and Social Disaster in …
3 John Keegan, The First World War (New York, 1998), 8. Unsettling the Russian Empire 293 than these general works have recorded, even though the front lines were much more static in France than elsewhere.4 The situation on the eastern front is simpler: Keegan is just plain wrong.

LeMay and Harris the “objective” Exemplified - Air University
LeMay and Harris from World War II will be compared to the USAF doctrine of today to show the continued relevance and applicability. In 1996 John Keegan, arguably the preeminent historian of World War II, wrote a short book entitled The Battle For …

World War I Secondary Sources - University of Central Florida
Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2008. Keegan, John. First World War. New York, NY: Knopf, 1999. Keene, Jennifer. “A Comparative Study of White and Black American Soldiers during the First World War.” Annales de

John Keegan First World War - mathiasdahlgren.se
John Keegan First World War LL Leslie Understanding the Great War Through John Keegan's Lens: A Deep Dive into WWI The First World War, a conflict that shaped the 20th century and continues to resonate today, remains a complex and often misunderstood historical event. Understanding its intricacies can be daunting, especially with the sheer ...

War Losses (Africa) - 1914-1918-Online
warfare. As the eminent British military historian John Keegan (1934-2012) has observed about numbering European deaths during the First World War, “anything better than a rough calculation [of losses] is difficult with such notoriously unreliable statistics as casualty figures.”[2] The accounting of African losses is even more imprecise.

Pathfinder Military History Non-Fiction Guide to: **WORLD WAR …
John Keegan, a master historian and unparalleled expert in military science, recounts the full history of the war from the fields of Flanders to the Jungles of Africa. The book shows the evolution of the conflict and the strategies involved. It also provides a survey of the world that came to be after the war.

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3 John Keegan First World War Published at newredlist-es-data1.iucnredlist.org trauma endured by soldiers in the trenches. His vivid descriptions bring to life the brutal realities of trench warfare, including the relentless shelling, the constant threat of death, and the pervasive sense of hopelessness. He doesn't shy away from

Tragedy of Liberalism - ResearchGate
See John Keegan, The First World War (New York: Knopf, 1999), 1. 410 D. M. Rowe the fifth shows that these constraints undermined European order. Finally,

Sociology of War - University of Chicago
The first is John Keegan, A History of Warfare. This is probably the single best single volume treatment. The second is a textbook, The Sociology of War and Violence by Siniša Malešević. This is a really strong, comprehensive treatment and I would have assigned it if we didn’t have so many other things to read. Theory Warning!

John Keegan First World War
3 John Keegan First World War Published at newredlist-es-data1.iucnredlist.org trauma endured by soldiers in the trenches. His vivid descriptions bring to life the brutal realities of trench warfare, including the relentless shelling, the constant threat of death, and the pervasive sense of hopelessness. He doesn't shy away from

The First World War By John Keegan - mathiasdahlgren.se
John Keegan's "The First World War," published in 1998, remains a cornerstone of First World War scholarship, transcending mere historical recounting to offer profound insights into the nature of warfare and its impact on society. This article undertakes an in-depth analysis of Keegan's work, examining its strengths, limitations, and enduring ...

A HISTORY OF WARFARE. By John Keegan. New York: Alfred A.
When John Keegan published The Face of Battle in 1976, military history in the West did not appear to have a promising future. Two World Wars had done little to generate enthusiasm for the subject in Europe, and the post-World War II euphoria of victory in the United States had quickly dissipated with the Korean War and the nuclear arms race.

John Keegan First World War
3 John Keegan First World War Published at newredlist-es-data1.iucnredlist.org trauma endured by soldiers in the trenches. His vivid descriptions bring to life the brutal realities of trench warfare, including the relentless shelling, the constant threat of death, and the pervasive sense of hopelessness. He doesn't shy away from