عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
D25 .K43 1978
D25
.
K43
1978
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0140048979
(Number (ISBN
0224012320
(Number (ISBN
0844671266
(Number (ISBN
9780140048971
(Number (ISBN
9780224012324
(Number (ISBN
9780844671260
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b739215
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The face of battle /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
John Keegan.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Harmondsworth :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Penguin,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1978, ©1976.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
364 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
20 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-350) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Old, unhappy, far-off things. A little learning ; The usefulness of military history ; The deficiencies of military history ; The 'battle piece' ; 'Killing no murder?' ; The history of military history ; The narrative tradition ; Verdict or truth? -- Agincourt, 25 October 1415. The campaign ; The battle ; Archers versus infantry and cavalry ; Cavalry versus infantry ; Infantry versus infantry ; The killing of the prisoners ; The wounded ; The will to combat -- Waterloo, 18 June 1815. The campaign ; The personal angle of vision ; The physical circumstances of battle ; Categories of combat ; Single combat ; Cavalry versus cavalry ; Cavalry versus artillery ; Cavalry versus infantry ; Artillery versus infantry ; Infantry versus infantry ; Disintegration ; Aftermath ; The wounded -- Somme, 1 July 1916. The battlefield ; The plan ; The preparations ; The army ; The tactics ; The bombardment ; The final preliminaries ; The battle ; Infantry versus machine-gunners ; Infantry versus infantry ; The view from across No-Man's-land ; The wounded ; The will to combat ; Commemoration -- Future of battle. The moving battlefield ; The nature of battle ; The trend of battle ; The inhuman face of war ; The abolition of battle.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield--a realistic picture of the fears, pressures, and mechanics of fighting a battle, emphasizing three particular campaigns: Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Terms of Availability
£1.25
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Face of battle.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Battles.
Military history.
Battles.
Military history.
Military Science-- history.
Warfare-- history.
Azincourt, Bataille d', 1415.
Batailles.
Histoire militaire.
Somme, Bataille de la, 1916.
Waterloo, Bataille de, 1815.
Battles.
Battles.
Military history.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Europe, History, Military.
Europe, Military history.
Europe.
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UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION (UDC)
Number
355.48
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
355
.
409
Number
355
.
48
Number
909
.
08
Edition
21
Edition
19
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
D25
Book number
.
K43
1978
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
E19
System Code
clc
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Keegan, John,1934-2012.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204001355.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
