Chapter 8, “The Year of Battles” (p. 321)
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The Somme marked the end of an age of vital optimism in British life that has never been recovered.
— John Keegan
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About John Keegan
Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE FRSL (15 May 1934 – 2 August 2012) was an English military historian and journalist.
About John Keegan
Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE FRSL (15 May 1934 – 2 August 2012) was an English military historian and journalist.
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