John Keegan
John Keegan
Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE FRSLwas a British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist. He was the author of many published works on the nature of combat between the 14th and 21st centuries concerning land, air, maritime, and intelligence warfare, as well as the psychology of battle...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth15 May 1934
John Keegan quotes about
compared difference people saw
I think the people saw the difference between someone who said he would do things, compared to someone who comes in with new ideas.
english-historian
We may have to have a geo-political regrouping or major geo-political changes.
gentleman natural wellington
If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.
extinction nukes situation
I can't visualize the situation in which we nuke ourselves into extinction.
pieces speech energy
Hitler ... lacked the [inclination] for anything more than the occasional sensational display of emotion, in particular the great set-piece speech which mesmerized the mob and left him drained of ... energy.