The Face of Battle Infidels crisp and rigorously faithful to

crisp and rigorously faithful to the original

is attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain

" —Tom Hanks

and the arduous training that makes them the best on the battlefield

A devastating ambush in Iraq

The Face of Battle Infidels crisp and rigorously faithful toJohn Keegan's groundbreaking portrayal of the common soldier in the heat of battle a masterpiece that explores the physical and mental aspects of warfare The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the "point of maximum danger." Without the myth making elements of rhetoric and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions, John Keegan has written what is