title: Who's Who in Military History: From 1453 to the Present Day
author: John Keegan
description: Who's Who in Military History looks at those people who have shaped the course of war. Broad in geographical and chronological scope, it concentrates on all the periods and conflicts about which the reader is likely to want information, up to and including the Persian Gulf War. It provides detailed biographies of the most interesting and important figures in military history from 1453 to the present day, a series of maps showing the main theatres of war, a glossary of common words and phrases, an accessible and user-friendly A-Z layout, and a unique and invaluable source of information for the student and general reader alike.
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  Down the centuries, war 
  has exerted a unique 
  fascination on the human 
  mind. Partly this 
  fascination consists in 
  admiration at the heroism 
  and self sacrifice which 
  war has produced, partly in 
  horror at its brutality and 
  waste, but simply as 
  human drama war cannot 
  be surpassed. 
  This book is concerned 
  with those who have 
  shaped the cause of war. It 
  will provide a biography of 
  war presenting the most 
  interesting and important 
  figures in Military History 
  from 1453 to the 1980’s. 
  
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  John Keegan and 
  Andrew Wheatcroft 
  
  ©John Keegan, Andrew WheatcroftandJanetWheatcroft 1976 
  © Introduction to Second Edition John Keegan, Andrew 
  Wheatcroftand Janet Wheatcroft 1987 
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be 
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