kookbreaker
Evil Fokker
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What's wrong with Keegan? I found his History of Warfare and Face of Battle to be exceptional.
History of Warfare promotes the 'Beuatiful People' myth. Keegan makes it seem as if primitive tribes all fight without violence.
Face of Battle? Parts are OK, but his take on Waterloo might just as well be yanked straight out of the Capt. Mercer diary.
Nohting the man has written has impressed me much. I usually only read him when there is not much alternative. (such as with is book on the Iraq war)
I did a little online checking, and it seems you may be wrong about Keegan's claims. I don't have the books in front of me, but others seem to indicate that Keegan's comments are against the idea of the 'Conventry sacrifice' myth.
