John Keegan

John Keegan

John Keegan was born in Clapham, London on May 15th, 1934 and passed away at the age of 78 on August 2nd, 2012.

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John Keegan Stats: The most read book by John Keegan on Book Notification is The First World War, the 2nd novel in The World Wars series. The second most read book is The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme, a Non-Fiction book.

Below is a complete list of John Keegan books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of The World Wars Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Second World War
1989
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2
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The First World War
1999
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
How War Begins
2014
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

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1
Wars Of The 20th Century (With: Peter Young, Susanne Everett, Robin Sommer)
1985
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List of John Keegan Teen & Young Adult in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Growing Up in the City: A Boy's Tale
2004
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Waffen SS: The Asphalt Soldiers
1970
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2
Guderian
1973
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3
10
The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme
1976
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4
Encyclopedia of World War II
1977
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5
World Armies
1979
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6
The Nature of War (With: Joseph Darracott)
1981
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7
Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris; June 6 - Aug. 5, 1944
1982
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8
Soldiers: A History Of Men In Battle (With: Richard Holmes)
1985
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9
Zones of Conflict: An Atlas of Future Wars (With: Andrew Wheatcroft)
1986
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10
8
The Mask of Command
1987
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11
Biography of Siegfried Sassoon
1987
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12
The Price of Admiralty
1989
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13
Collins Atlas of World War II
1989
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14
The Times Atlas of the Second World War
1989
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15
World At War 1939-1945
1991
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16
8
Churchill's Generals
1991
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17
8
A History of Warfare (With: Linda Uustalu, Rein Turu)
1993
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18
Battle At Sea: From Man-of-War to Submarine
1993
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19
The Battle for History: Re-fighting World War II
1995
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20
6
Fields of Battle: The Wars for North America
1996
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21
Selected Works
1997
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22
War and Our World
1998
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23
The Book of War: 25 Centuries of Great War Writing
1999
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24
World War II: A Visual Encyclopedia
2000
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25
An Illustrated History of the First World War
2001
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26
9
Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda
2003
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27
The Iraq War: The Military Offensive, from Victory in 21 Days to the Insurgent Aftermath
2003
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28
The American Civil War: A Military History
2009
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29
Peace Corps Years in an African Village: 1977-1979 (With: Kathleen Morris)
2012
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30
Legends and Poems Now First Collected
2015
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List of Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle Books in Publication Order

An illustrated history of WWII's key battles, with expert analysis from renowned military historians.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Kursk: The Clash Of Armour (By: Geoffrey Jukes)
1969
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2
Tarawa: A Legend is Born (By: David Mason, Barrie Pitt, Henry I. Shaw Jr.)
1969
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3
6
Pearl Harbor (By: A.J. Barker)
1969
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4
Midway: The Turning Point (By: A.J. Barker)
1970
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5
The Defense of Moscow (By: Geoffrey Jukes)
1970
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6
Anzio: The Bid for Rome (By: Christopher Hibbert)
1970
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7
6
Leyte Gulf: Armada In The Pacific (By: Donald Macintyre)
1970
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8
London's Burning (By: Constantine Fitzgibbon)
1970
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9
Bir Hacheim: Desert Citadel (By: Richard Holmes)
1971
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10
Beda Fomm: The Classic Victory (By: Kenneth John Macksey)
1971
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11
Battle of the Ruhr Pocket (By: Charles Whiting)
1971
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12
Ike's Last Battle: The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket April 1945 (By: Charles Whiting)
1971
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13
Vimy Ridge: 1914-18 (By: Kenneth John Macksey)
1972
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14
Stalingrad: The Turning Point (By: Geoffrey Jukes)
1972
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15
Dien Bien Phu
1974
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16
Ploesti: Oil Strike (By: John Sweetman)
1974
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List of Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Campaign Books in Publication Order

Provides an illustrated account of WWII campaigns, detailing key battles and strategies.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Breakout Drive to the Seine ( By: David Mason)
1969
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2
France: Summer 1940 (By: John Williams)
1970
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3
Schweinfurt: Disaster in the Skies: (By: John Sweetman)
1971
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4
Pacific Onslaught: 7th Dec. 1941/7th Feb. 1943 (By: Paul Kennedy)
1972
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5
Barbarossa: Invasion of Russia 1941
1973
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6
Bloody Ulster (By: A.J. Barker)
1973
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7
Pacific Victory (By: Paul Kennedy)
1973
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8
Six Day War (By: A.J. Barker)
1974
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9
The Yom Kippur War (By: A.J. Barker)
1974
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10
Opening Moves: August 1914
1975
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List of Penguin Lives Books in Publication Order

Explores the lives of iconic figures throughout history.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Abraham Lincoln (By: Thomas Keneally)
1960
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2
Mao Zedong: A Life (By: Jonathan D. Spence)
1999
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3
Mozart: A Life (By: Peter Gay)
1999
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4
Marcel Proust (By: Edmund White)
1999
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5
Crazy Horse (By: Larry McMurtry)
1999
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6
Saint Augustine (By: Garry Wills)
1999
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7
James Joyce (By: Edna O'Brien)
1999
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8
Rosa Parks (By: Douglas Brinkley)
2000
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9
Virginia Woolf (By: Nigel Nicolson)
2000
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10
Woodrow Wilson (By: Louis Auchincloss)
2000
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11
Herman Melville (By: Elizabeth Hardwick)
2000
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12
Leonardo da Vinci: A Life (By: Sherwin B. Nuland)
2000
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13
Dante (By: R.W.B. Lewis)
2001
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14
8
Jane Austen (By: Carol Shields)
2001
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15
Buddha (By: Karen Armstrong)
2001
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16
Simone Weil (By: Francine du Plessix Gray)
2001
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17
Andy Warhol: A Biography (By: Wayne Koestenbaum)
2001
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18
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life (By: Marshall Frady)
2001
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19
Joseph Smith (By: Robert V. Remini)
2002
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20
Winston Churchill: A Life
2002
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21
Pope John XXIII (By: Thomas Cahill)
2002
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22
Charles Dickens (By: Jane Smiley)
2002
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23
Elvis Presley (By: Bobbie Ann Mason)
2002
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24
8
Saint Therese of Lisieux (By: Kathryn Harrison)
2003
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25
Robert E. Lee (By: Roy Blount Jr.)
2003
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26
Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life (By: Ada Louise Huxtable)
2004
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27
George Herbert Walker Bush (By: Tom Wicker)
2004
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28
Napoleon (By: Paul Johnson)
2006
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29
Julia Child (By: Laura Shapiro)
2007
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30
Joan of Arc (By: Mary Gordon)
2008
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31
6
Martin Luther (By: Martin E. Marty)
2008
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32
Branch Rickey: A Life (By: Jimmy Breslin)
2011
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List of Pimlico Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
History Of Germany Since 1789 (By: Golo Mann, Marian Jackson)
1958
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2
The Florentine Renaissance (By: Vincent Cronin)
1967
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3
The Romans and Their Gods (By: Robert Maxwell Ogilvie)
1969
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4
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom Paperback N. I. K., Cohn, Nik COHN (By: Nik Cohn)
1969
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5
Virginia Woolf (By: Quentin Bell)
1971
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6
Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers (By: Harold Evans, Gillan Crawford)
1972
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7
The Double-Cross System in the War of 1939-1945 (By: J.C. Masterman)
1972
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8
Rome '44 (By: Raleigh Trevelyan)
1981
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9
Archaeology & Language (By: Colin Renfrew)
1987
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10
Warpaths
1995
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11
Jonathan Swift (By: Victoria Glendinning)
1998
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12
Some Sort of Genius (By: Paul O'Keeffe)
2000
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13
In the Lion's Court (By: Derek Wilson)
2001
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14
Outlaws and Highwaymen (By: Gillian Spraggs)
2001
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15
Nikolaus Pevsner (By: Susie Harries)
2002
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16
Reading Clausewitz (By: Beatrice Heuser)
2002
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17
The People's Music ( By: Ian Macdonald)
2003
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18
All the King's Women (By: Derek Wilson)
2003
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19
Ragged Glories (By: Barney Hoskyns)
2003
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20
George Crabbe (By: Neil Powell)
2004
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21
A World by Itself (By: J.C.D. Clark)
2007
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22
Cuttings (By: Christopher Lloyd)
2007
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23
Rezso Kasztner (By: Ladislaus Löb)
2008
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24
Humanity (By: Jonathan Glover)
2015
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25
The Story of Britain (By: Roy Strong)
2019
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26
The Harvest of Sorrow (By: Robert Conquest)
2022
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List of Smithsonian History of Warfare Books in Publication Order

A collection of works that explain different wars and military tactics in simple terms.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
War in the Air 1914-45 (By: Williamson Murray)
1999
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2
The Civil War and the Wars of the Nineteenth Century (By: Brian Holden Reid)
1999
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3
Warfare in the Eighteenth Century (By: Jeremy Black)
1999
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4
The Second World War in Europe (By: Charles Messenger)
1999
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5
The Second World War in the East (By: H.P. Willmott)
2000
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6
The Art Of War: War And Military Thought (By: Martin van Creveld)
2000
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7
War at Sea in the Age of Sail (By: Andrew D. Lambert)
2000
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8
War at Sea in the Ironclad Age (By: Richard Hill)
2000
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9
History of Warfare: The Renaissance at War (With: Thomas F. Arnold)
2001
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10
Wars of National Liberation (By: Daniel Moran)
2001
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11
The Wars Of The Ancient Greeks (By: Victor Davis Hanson)
2002
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12
Roman Warfare (By: Adrian Goldsworthy)
2005
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List of Who's Who Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Who's Who in the Old Testament (By: Joan Comay)
1971
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2
Who's Who in Shakespeare (By: Peter Quennell, Hamish Johnson)
1973
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3
Who's Who in Classical Mythology ( By: Michael Grant)
1973
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4
Who's Who in Military History (With: Andrew Wheatcroft)
1976
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5
Who's Who in World War II
1978
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6
Who's Who In Modern History 1860 1980 (By: Alan Warwick Palmer)
1981
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7
Who's Who in Nazi Germany (By: Robert S. Wistrich)
1984
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8
Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythology (By: Alan Kendall, Edgerton Skyes, Egerton Sykes)
1993
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9
Who's Who in Jewish History (By: Joan Comay)
1995
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10
Who's Who in Christianity (By: Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok)
1997
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11
Who's Who in Dickens (By: Donald Hawes)
1997
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12
Who's Who in Europe 1450-1750 (By: Henry Kamen)
1999
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13
Who's Who in Ancient Egypt (By: Michael Rice)
1999
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14
Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre (By: Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe)
2000
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15
Who's Who in Twentieth Century World Poetry (By: Mark Willhardt, Andrew Motion Poet Laureate, Alan Parker)
2000
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16
Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History (By: Robert Aldrich, Garry Wotherspoon)
2000
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17
Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing (By: Tracy J. Prince, Jane Eldridge Miller)
2001
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18
Who's Who in the Roman World (By: John Hazel)
2001
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19
Who's Who in Twentieth Century Warfare (By: Spencer C. Tucker)
2001
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20
Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing (By: Gabriele Griffin)
2002
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List of John Keegan Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Wellington Commander: The Iron Duke's Generalship
1986
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2
The Question of Europe
1997
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3
6
What If?: The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
1999
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4
8
No End Save Victory
2001
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5
The Daily Telegraph War on Saddam: The Complete Story of the Iraq Campaign 2003
2003
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John Keegan

John Keegan was born on May 15th, 1934. John passed away August 2nd, 2012 at 78 years old. John Keegan was born in Clapham, London.

John Keegan has written 30 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1970 with the book Waffen SS: The Asphalt Soldiers. The most recently released was Legends and Poems Now First Collected which was released in 2015.

John Keegan also wrote the Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Campaign series which has 10 books including Breakout Drive to the Seine and France: Summer 1940.

Related Authors

Fans of John Keegan also enjoy these authors:

  1. Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the Great War Series.
  2. Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch Series.
  3. John Grisham, author of the Jake Brigance Series.
  4. George Orwell, author of: 1984.
  5. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.

John Keegan: F.A.Q

When was John Keegan Born?

John Keegan was born on May 15th, 1934.

When did John Keegan die?

John Keegan died on August 2nd, 2012 at 78 years old.

Where was John Keegan Born?

John Keegan was born in Clapham, London, .

What was the first book John Keegan wrote?

The first book written by John Keegan was Waffen SS: The Asphalt Soldiers, published in 1970.

What was the most recent book John Keegan wrote?

Their most recently released work was Legends and Poems Now First Collected on October 31st, 2015.

What is the most popular book by John Keegan?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular John Keegan book is The First World War. Here are their most popular books:
  1. The First World War (9.33)
  2. The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme (10)
  3. Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda (9)
  4. Fields of Battle: The Wars for North America (6)
  5. A History of Warfare (8)

How many books has John Keegan written?

John Keegan has written 43 books across 11 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 2 books in The World Wars Series
  • 1 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 1 Short Story Collections
  • 1 John Keegan Teen & Young Adult
  • 30 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle Series
  • 2 books in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Campaign Series
  • 1 book in the Penguin Lives Series
  • 1 book in the Pimlico Series
  • 1 book in the Smithsonian History of Warfare Series
  • 2 books in the Who's Who Series

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