John Keegan passes away

[eddie]

The great British author John Keegan has passed away at the age of 78. May he rest in peace.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/eur...gAP/story.html

[Skybird]

Fine military historian. In his branch there are not many of his callibre. Have read him myself.

[Oberon]

Fully agreed with Skybird, his military writing was top notch stuff. RIP.

Some very good work.
RiP

[nikimcbee]

• Barbarossa: Invasion of Russia, 1941 (New York, 1971) ISBN 0-345-02111-8
• Opening Moves - August 1941 (New York: Ballantine, 1971) ISBN 0-345-09798-X
• The Face of Battle (London, 1976) ISBN 0-670-30432-8
• Six Armies in Normandy (1982) ISBN 0-14-005293-3
• Zones Of Conflict: An Atlas Of Future Wars with Andrew Wheatcroft (New York, 1986) ISBN 0-671-60115-6
• Soldiers, A History of Men in Battle with Richard Holmes (New York: Viking Press, 1986) ISBN 0-670-80969-1
• The Mask of Command (London, 1987) ISBN 0-7126-6526-9
• The Price of Admiralty (1988) ISBN 0-09-173771-0
• Who Was Who In World War II (1978) ISBN 0-85368-182-1
• The Illustrated Face of Battle (New York and London: Viking, 1988) ISBN 0-670-82703-7
• The Second World War (Viking Press, 1990) ISBN 0-670-82359-7
• A History of Warfare (London, 1993) ISBN 0-679-73082-6
• The Battle for History: Refighting World War Two (Vintage Canada, 1995) ISBN 0-679-76743-6
• Warpaths (Pimlico, 1996) ISBN 1-84413-750-3
• Fields of Battle: The Wars for North America (1997) ISBN 0-679-74664-1
• War and Our World: The Reith Lectures 1998 (London: Pimlico, 1999) ISBN 0-375-70520-1
• The Book of War (ed.) (Viking Press, 1999) ISBN 0-670-88804-4
• The First World War (London: Hutchinson, 1998) ISBN 0-09-180178-8; (New York: Knopf, 1999) ISBN 0-375-40052-4
• Winston Churchill (2002) ISBN 0-670-03079-1
• Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda (2003) ISBN 0-375-40053-2
• The Iraq War (2004) ISBN 0-09-180018-8
• Atlas of World War II (ed.) (London: Collins, 2006) ISBN 0-00-721465-0 (an update of the 1989 Times Atlas)
• The American Civil War (London, Hutchinson, 2009) ISBN 978-0-09-179483-5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keegan

PBS a looooooooong time ago did a show about his book "Face of Battle." Great show/book.

[nikimcbee]

oops, it's called "Soldiers".
oohh, look what I found:


I still have this on video.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

oops, it's called "Soldiers".
oohh, look what I found:


I still have this on video.

Good link Nik, that's going into Faves.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Good link Nik, that's going into Faves.

It's a great series. They need to update the "Tanker" episode for the Gulf War (91).

Here's the sapper episode:

[nikimcbee]

God, I love google:
Here's the series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier..._Men_in_Battle

http://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-A-his.../dp/1568521103

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Fine military historian. In his branch there are not many of his callibre. Have read him myself.

Originally Posted by Oberon

Fully agreed with Skybird, his military writing was top notch stuff. RIP.

Agree...RIP Sir