内容简介
JohnKeeganmarshalsaformidablehostofwarwritingstochronicletheevolutionofwesternwarfarethroughthevoicesofitsmosteloquentparticipants.FromThucydides'classicaccountofancientGreekphalanxwarfaretoablow-by-blowdescriptionofgroundfightingagainsttheIraqitroopsinKuwaitduringtheGulfWar,TheBookofWarpresentsthefaceofbattleinitsvariousguisesoverthecourseofnearlytwenty-fivecenturies.