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    • Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE FRSL (15 May 1934 – 2 August 2012) was an English military historian, lecturer, author and journalist. He wrote many published works on the nature of combat between prehistory and the 21st century, covering land, air, maritime, intelligence warfare and the psychology of battle. … See more

    Life and career

    Keegan was born in Clapham to an Irish World War I veteran and was evacuated to Somerset when World War II broke … See more

    Published work

    In A History of Warfare, Keegan outlined the development and limitations of warfare from prehistory to the modern era. It looked at various topics, including the use of horses, logistics, and "fire". A key concept put forwar… See more

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    BornJohn Desmond Patrick Keegan · 15 May 1934 · Clapham, London, England
    Died2 August 2012 (aged 78) · Kilmington, Wiltshire, England
    Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
    Main interestsMilitary history, history of warfare, First World War
    Views on contemporary conflicts

    • Keegan stated: "I will never oppose the Vietnam War. Americans were right to do it. I think they fought it in the wrong way. I don't think it's a war like fighting Hitler, but I think it was a right war, a correct war."
    • Keegan bel… See more

    Criticism

    Keegan was also criticised by peers, including Sir Michael Howard and Christopher Bassford for his critical position on Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian officer and author of Vom Kriege (On War), one of the basic te… See more

    Honours

    On 29 June 1991, as a war correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, Keegan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "in recognition of service within the operations in the Gulf". In the 2000 New … See more

    Works

    • Waffen SS: The asphalt soldiers (New York: Ballantine, 1970) ISBN 0-345-32641-5
    • Barbarossa: Invasion of Russia, 1941 (New York, 1971) ISBN 0-345-02111-8
    • Opening Moves – August 1914 (New York: Ballantine, … See more

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