A History of Warfare, John Keegan
A History of Warfare, John Keegan
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A History of Warfare

Author: John Keegan

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 19 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/22/2005

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

With the premise that all civilizations owe their origins to war making, Keegan probes the meanings, motivations, and methods underlying war in different societies over the course of some two thousand years, from the ritualistic combat of Stone Age people to the mass destruction warfare of the present age.

About John Keegan

John Keegan is the defense editor of the Daily Telegraph (London) and Britain’s foremost military historian. He is the author of many bestselling books, including The First World War, Intelligence in War, and The Battle for History. He lives in Wiltshire, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by William2 on September 16, 2023

Brilliant. A cultural history of war from antiquity to the present day in a single volume. Keegan starts with the symbolic forms of war among the so called "primitives," including those from the neolithic, using much archaeological evidence to do so. He then moves on to the advent of the chariot by......more

Goodreads review by Costas on April 25, 2020

Μετά το τέλος των ναπολεόντειων πολέμων ο Πρώσος στρατιωτικός Καρλ φον Κλαούζεβιτς έγραψε ένα βιβλίο το οποίο άσκησε καθοριστική επίδραση στην παγκόσμια πολιτική σκέψη για τους επόμενους δύο αιώνες. Ο λόγος για το Περί του πολέμου, ένα έργο του οποίου η διδασκαλία σε κάθε σοβαρή σχολή πολέμου θε......more