The Face of Battle by John Keegan

[For rambam1776} What is it like to be in battle? John Keegan, a senior instructor at Sandhurst, the British Military Academy, speaks for soldiers who were present in the fray. For examples, Keegan selects Agincourt in 1415, Waterloo in 1815, and the Somme in 1916. What is common about them, what is different? Agincourt was hand-to-hand combat, thrust and cut--a fearful and personal encounter. At Waterloo, 400 years later, the battle was still largely personal. As it swayed back and forth, men on opposite sides came to recognize the same individuals they had fought off in previous charges. Keegan closes his book with the Somme. For him it stands as the distillation of wars in the industrial age: long-distance killing of faceless men by others who merely activate the instruments of destruction.

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 spanikopita (2008-06-05)

I did find other audio files by Keegan, just not that one.

 spanikopita (2008-06-05)

Try a torrent search:
[I'm not able to put in the address at btjunkie]

 rambam1776 (2008-06-05)

I have this book - I didn't know they had done an audio version of it. I've tried to create a few audiobooks using pdf's and text-to-speech software, but the results just aren't worth it.
Keegan is about the best military historian working today. Grab his stuff wherever you can find it.

thunderbum (2008-07-05)

Excellent! thanks for a great share!

ErnieLedbetter (2008-09-11)

I've seen the First World War thing in full on SoulSeek.

mUnTe (2008-10-13)

Guess this is a straight history read..
Hoping to sink my ears into it hehe
I cant wait for Bernard Cornwell's Azincourt/Agincourt to pop up in audio format tho.
A little historical fiction aint all that bad ;P
especially not when Bernards the author.
Check out the first chapter/prologue on his official homepage..