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John Keegan asks us to consider questions that are seldom asked: What makes a great military leader? Why is it that men, indeed sometimes entire nations, follow a single leader, often to victory, but with equal dedication also to defeat?
Dozens of names come to mind...Napoleon, Lee, Charlemagne,Continue
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- English Books
- Paperback 400 Pages
- Edition: Reprint
- ISBN-10: 0140114068
- ISBN-13: 9780140114065
- Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Pub date: Oct 04, 1988
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette and eBook
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Xavier Rubio 
Death of the Hero
Among the distinguished group of military historians which has flourished in this country since the Second World War, John Keegan is outstanding. His talents are remarkable: a wide-ranging and speculative mind; clarity in analysis; a deep understandi ... (read full critics)