Warpaths: Travels of a Military Historian in North America - Couverture rigide

Keegan, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0340586559 ISBN 13 : 9780340586556

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

"Warpaths" begins with the establishment of New France on the St Lawrence; through the colonists' War of Independence with the six years of fighting which ended with an English defeat at Yorktown; the civil war over the constitution of the United States in 1861 and the battle at Little Big Horn. Keegan also examines the final twist in the story of European warfare in North America, as American and Canadian forces arrive to save Britain and liberate France from domination by Germany in World War II.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

John Keegan is the Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Britain's foremost military historian. The Reith Lecturer in 1998, 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.

Revue de presse

"Keegan visits all the battle sites in turn and brings them to life with the evocative prose that his admirers will remember from The Face of Battle...This opus is a labour of love" (Mail on Sunday)

"An excursus on the military sites of North America that cleverly marries theme and chronology" (History Today)

"He combines personal experiences with professional observations in a way that makes this sterling book an engrossing blend of anecdotal reminiscence and analytical reflection. Like all good writers of good history, Keegan distils the complex into the essence" (Daily Telegraph)

"A beguiling example of the trend for fusing history and travel" (Independent)

"This is a book by a historian in a confident mood" (Financial Times)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340586559
• ISBN 13: 9780340586556
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 385
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible