Another excellent article from Sir John.
I have been a bit behind on my reading of late and missed posting on John Keegan’s article in the New York Sun yesterday. Never fear! I got it in the Telegraph this morning. Be sure to check out the comments with the Telegraph piece, that is a feature more news papers need.
For those of you not familiar with Mr Keegan’s work, get so. His analysis of matters political/military are extremely insightful and well written, for a civ. He has written a great deal on the cause and effect of war and political infighting.
I would suggest Faces of War as a good starting point. It gives a broad perspective on the effects of warfare on society at 3 points in western history. From there you can move into his more specific works, as well as his published papers from universities and the War College, as well as West Point.
And a big hattip to Scott and Paul over at powerline, fellow fans of Sir John!
