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Churchill's Generals by John Keegan
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History | Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks Ser.
John Keegan has assembled a cast of seventeen generals whose reputations were made (and some of them broken) by Churchill and the Second World War.Churchill's reputation as prime minister during the Second World War fluctuated according to the successes and failures of his generals. Most of them were ho ...Show more
Intelligence in War - Knowledge of the enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda by John Keegan
$32.99 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
'No war can be conducted successfully without early and good intelligence', wrote Marlborough, and from the earliest times commanders have sought knowledge of the enemy, his strengths and weaknesses, his dispositions and intentions. But how much effect, in the 'real time' of a battle or a campaign, can ...Show more
Mask of Command by John Keegan
$30.00 NZD
Category: Miscellaneous | Series: Pimlico Military Classics Ser.
"The Mask of Command is about generals- who they are, what they do and how they affect the world we live in. Most studies of generalship have focused on individual character and behaviour. While these are not neglected in this remarkable book, its central argument is that, like warfare itself, generalsh ...Show more
The American Civil War by John Keegan
$34.00 NZD
Category: World History
The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. It is also one of the most mysterious. It has captured the imagination of writers, artists and film-makers for decades but the reality of it confuses and divides historians even today. In this magisterial history of the first mo ...Show more
The First World War by John Keegan
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
John Keegan's The First World War is already established as the classic single volume history of the conflict. This large format edition gives an illustrative treatment both of the political and historical issues of the war, and of the experience of fighting it throughout the world on land, at sea and i ...Show more
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