Title

A history of warfare

Description

Examines the place of warfare in human culture and the human impulse toward violence.

Identifier

464232

394588010

Creator

Keegan, John

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1993

Program air date: May 8, 1994.

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on half-title: Hitler-Clausewitz, Marx, Blitzkrieg, Japanese--war machine. Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh-Sun Tzu. Freud. Tito, Mao, Ho, Napoleon, Genghis Khan, Hitler. Underlinings/notes: Underlinings: Keegan's background/education, career, about warriors, war, soldiers. Napoleon and Clausewitz, slave soldiers, warriors from Muhammad, samurai impact of war. Movement away from war nature of men. Notes: "Balliol, Sandhurst," "Winter Bridgman book is dedicated," "limp," "Spell," "Medals," "Uniforms," "Clausewitz death, Marx death," "Nuclear," "Western culture vs. Asia, open v. closed," "Warriors," "Future peacemakers."

Subject

"Military art and science--History."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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