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- Keegan spent his life studying war, but he never fought in one and described himself as more or less a pacifist.
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Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE FRSL (15 May 1934 – 2 August 2012) was an English military historian, lecturer, author and journalist. He wrote many published works on the nature of combat between prehistory and the 21st century, covering land, air, maritime, intelligence warfare and the psychology of battle .
Feb 13, 2013 · KEEGAN: I did vote conservative in the last two or three elections. … LAMB: With American conservatives hearing you say, “How could he be a pacifist, almost, and be a conservative at the same time?” KEEGAN: No difficulty at all. Even a pacifist, I think, should admire the military virtues.
Aug 8, 2012 · Keegan spent his life studying war, but he never fought in one and described himself as more or less a pacifist. The British military historian, who died last week at age 78,...
Aug 7, 2012 · Keegan mostly considered himself a pacifist, he told the Chicago Tribune in 1999. “Ultimately, I would hope one would run the world without having to resort to war,” he said.
Aug 3, 2012 · By David Binder. Aug. 2, 2012. John Keegan, an Englishman widely considered to be the pre-eminent military historian of his era and the author of more than 20 books, including the masterwork...
Keegan spent his life studying war, but he never fought in one and described himself as more or less a pacifist. The British military historian, who died last week at age 78, chronicled the history of warfare from Alexander the Great to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Mar 16, 2013 · When John Keegan died on August 2, 2012, it escaped me -- I'm embarrassed to admit that I was unaware of his existence. Keegan, a lecturer in military history of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and later military affairs editor at the Telegraph, wrote influential books on military history designed to appeal to the…
