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RIP Sir John Keegan

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:44 pm
by wodin
Sadly passed away. A great historian.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9447744/Sir-John-Keegan.html

Hopefully he is with all those soldiers he wrote about and listening to even more first hand accounts.

RE: RIP Sir John Keegan

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:06 pm
by parusski
Yikes, I hate to hear it. I enjoyed every book he wrote. RIP.

RE: RIP Sir John Keegan

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:15 pm
by Blacksheep
Sorry to see him go. RIP.

RE: RIP Sir John Keegan

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:22 pm
by warspite1
RIP - a truly great historian.

RE: RIP Sir John Keegan

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:35 pm
by decaro
ORIGINAL: wodin

Sadly passed away. A great historian ...

More than just a historian, he was a "real time" military analyst.

When I was in-country during Desert Storm, I recall Keegan predicted that although Iraq held its own with Iran, it was still a "Third World" power that wouldn't last more than a few days against the modern US-led coaltion once the ground war began, despite all the claims to the contrary made by Time and the rest of the liberal press.

RE: RIP Sir John Keegan

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:04 am
by ckammp
Sad to hear, he was an excellent author and historian. RIP.

RE: RIP Sir John Keegan

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 6:53 pm
by mikkey
R.I.P.

RE: RIP Sir John Keegan

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:58 pm
by Erik Rutins
A great loss, RIP.