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Sir John Keegan - RIP
Daily Telegraph ^ | August 2, 2012 | Staff

Posted on 08/03/2012 5:16:17 AM PDT by C19fan

He had been on the teaching staff of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, for 25 years in 1986 when Max Hastings announced his recruitment to the paper the day he took over the editor’s chair. Keegan proved an unrivalled asset as the Soviet empire crumbled and collapsed, the government demanded a “peace dividend” in the form of cutbacks to the Armed Forces and a series of military actions flared up in the Middle East and the Balkans.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; historian; keegan; obituaries; obituary; war
RIP Sir John.
1 posted on 08/03/2012 5:16:25 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

RIP to one of the best military historians I’ve ever read.


2 posted on 08/03/2012 5:30:36 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: C19fan

Oh wow, I didn’t know this. I have read many of his books and they were always some of the most interesting and informative. RIP.


3 posted on 08/03/2012 5:37:35 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


4 posted on 08/03/2012 5:38:02 AM PDT by Perdogg (Let's leave reading things in the Constitution that aren't there to liberals and Dems)
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To: C19fan
Any military officer who has not read any of his books is sorely lacking in his or her professional development.

RIP Sir John.

5 posted on 08/03/2012 5:39:42 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: CougarGA7

ping


6 posted on 08/03/2012 5:41:57 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: C19fan
He was a great historian.

I have his book Atlas of World War II. Great for statistics.

7 posted on 08/03/2012 5:42:10 AM PDT by moonshot925
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To: C19fan

RIP, Sir John. He was one of my favorite historians. His “Wars of North America” was part biography, part travelogue, part history, and a paen to the United States. It became one of my favorite books. He’ll be missed.


8 posted on 08/03/2012 5:50:35 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: C19fan

RIP


9 posted on 08/03/2012 5:53:10 AM PDT by panzer_grey
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To: C19fan

He will certainly be missed. He would have to be my favorite military historian. His books on WW I and WW II are both extremely good.


10 posted on 08/03/2012 5:54:35 AM PDT by drbuzzard (All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others.)
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To: C19fan
Sad news.

My introduction to Sir John Keegan was the accidental acquisition of a copy of "The Face of Battle." All these years later it remains one of my favorite military history books, one that was not only educational but written in a way that made the reading of it a pleasurable experience.

Mr. niteowl77

11 posted on 08/03/2012 6:04:14 AM PDT by niteowl77 (Getting stuck with other peoples' just desserts good and hard for over 50 years.)
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To: Daveinyork
"best"

I'll bloody well second that.

12 posted on 08/03/2012 6:10:52 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: PzLdr

A very special man.


13 posted on 08/03/2012 6:13:47 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (I didn't post this. Someone else did.)
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To: C19fan

Sir John is the standard by whick ALL Historians should be judged.


14 posted on 08/03/2012 6:16:41 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: C19fan

In 2006, Pres. Bush invited me to the White House for a “sit down” with some other historians, including Victor Davis Hanson and John Keegan. Keegan was in a wheelchair at that point, and not too conversive. Too bad, for in his prime he would have had great analysis for the President.


15 posted on 08/03/2012 6:34:07 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
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To: C19fan

RIP.


16 posted on 08/03/2012 10:44:38 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: Perdogg

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Thanks Perdogg.

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17 posted on 08/03/2012 6:31:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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