The Mask of Command
A Study of Generalship
$47.24
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
2 August 2004
Summary
The brilliant, vivid pictures of each subject are interspersed with reflections on the relation between society and the use of force. The framework of four masks gives the author the opportunity to display not only his encyclopaedic knowledge of military history, but also his sparkling literary skill.
Field Marshal Lord Carver, Sunday Telegraph
The Mask of Command is about generals—who they are, what they do, and how they affect the world we live in. Through portraits…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844137381 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1844137384 |
| Author: | John Keegan |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2004 |
| Weight: | 271g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Pimlico Military Classics |
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As well as being a rare military historian who can also write gracefully, John Keegan has a distinguished capacity for peering behind the conventional view of events – Alistair Horne * Sunday Times *
About The Author
John Keegan
John Keegan was the Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Britain’s foremost military historian. He is the author of many bestselling books including The Face of Battle, Six Armies in Normandy, Battle at Sea, The Second World War, A History of Warfare (awarded the Duff Cooper Prize), Warpaths, The Battle for History, The First World War, and most recently, Intelligence in War. For many years John Keegan was the Senior Lecturer in Military History at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and he has been a Fellow of Princeton University and Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He received the OBE in the Gulf War honours list, and was knighted in the Millennium honours list in 1999. John Keegan died in August 2012.
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