The Face of Battle (1976)

Format: Hardcover ISBN: 0670304328 Condition: Very Good The front edge of the dust jacket is scuffed, and the book has a slight amount of shelf wear. Contents Description: John Keegan reverses the usual convention of writing about war in terms of generals and nations in conflict, which tend to leave the common soldier as cipher. Instead he focuses on what a set battle is like for the man in the thick of it—his fears, his wounds, and their treatment, the mechanics of being taken prisoner, the nature of leadership at the most junior level, the role of compulsion in getting men to stand their ground, the intrusions of cruelty and compassion, the very din and blood. - from the inside flap