request for indulgence
January 2nd, 2009 From
>From: “Francis.Timothy”
>To: rickt@cris.com, “‘mahan@microworks.net‘”
>Subject: RE: request for indulgence
>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 17:22:35 -0500
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> >If I was to assign just one book on military history,
> >it would be _Face_. Keegan is probably the most important
>military >historian of his generation. Even if you disagree with his
>conclusions, his >work has stimulated a mountain of new research in
>military history.
>
> I’d chime in and say that the most important chapter of *Face of
>Battle* is chapter one. The later battle analysis chapters are ok but
>nothing to get excited about. The really good stuff deals with his
>critique of battle history.
>
> Tim Francis