John Keegan Quotes

John Keegan — English Historian born on May 15, 1934, died on August 02, 2012

Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE FRSL was 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... (wikipedia)

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.

I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university.

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by force.

I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less glorious than crashing an airliner into a skyscraper.