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bluedigger

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3. Keegan is very readable.

Reply to Jack Sprat (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 5, 2013, 12:45 AM

Apr 2013

He doesn't get into root causes much, but he explains campaigns and battles like nobody's business. I also liked A History of Warfare and Fields of Battle: The Wars for North America which is an interesting look at how geography shaped American history.

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