The Face of Battle by John Keegan.
John Keegan brings military history down to the level of the individual soldier. The physical and psychological experience of combat becomes the center of the inquiry, rather than a distant view of armies moving across a map.
This is valuable reading for anyone interested in the gap between plans and experience. It asks what accounts of victory and defeat leave out when they lose sight of the people who endure a battle.
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