The Other Face of Battle: America's Forgotten Wars and the Experience of Combat

by David Silbey, David L Preston, Wayne E Lee, et al.

Taking its title from The Face of Battle, John Keegan's canonical book on the nature of warfare, The Other Face of Battle illuminates the American experience of fighting in "irregular" and "intercultural" wars over the centuries. Sometimes known as "forgotten" wars, in part because they lacked triumphant clarity, they are the focus of the book. David Preston, David Silbey, and Anthony Carlson focus on, respectively, the Battle of Monongahela (1755),...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190920645
• ISBN13: 9780190920647
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"