John Keegan
John Keegan
Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE FRSLwas a British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist. He was the author of many published works on the nature of combat between the 14th and 21st centuries concerning land, air, maritime, and intelligence warfare, as well as the psychology of battle...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth15 May 1934
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I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less glorious than crashing an airliner into a skyscraper.
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I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as well.
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I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and I try and put them into my books.
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We saw the children and the women with their babies and then I heard the poouff — the flame had broken through the thatched roof and there was a yellow- brown smoke column going up into the air. It didn't hit me all that much then, but when I think of it now — I slaughtered those people. I murdered them.
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I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the need to do anything about it.
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I know that both states are working on it, ... but what bothers me is that it's taking so long.
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As contact with the enemy draws nearer, anticipation sharpens into fear. Its physical effects are striking. The heart beats rapidly, the face shines with sweat and the mouth grows dry - so dry that men often emerge from battle with blackened mouths and chapped lips.
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Because you've got to have the best job in the entire city,
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We've got the projects identified, ... Within the next few weeks the engineering staff and the finance staff will re-evaluate our entire capital improvements program.
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We are going to talk to franchisers, the types of businesses that are attractive to shoppers, the kinds of stores that make people get out of their cars and browse,
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We may have to have a geo-political regrouping or major geo-political changes.
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I think the people saw the difference between someone who said he would do things, compared to someone who comes in with new ideas.
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I think it says a lot about the people in the city of Peoria and their commitment to making this a great community well into the future,
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Mary taught third grade when I was principal at O.C. Johnson. She was there before me, 1972-80, and after. She was a good teacher, and had concern for her students. She was well respected.