THE IRAQ WAR John Keegan Toronto: Key Porter, 2004. xiv, 250pp, $29.95 cloth (ISBN 1-55263-591-0)
Most people interested in military history would agree that John Keegan has authored some of the best books in the field. The Face of Battle (1976), for example, stands out as a classic study of battlefield tactics from Agincourt to the Somme. Titles like Six Armies in Normandy (1982) and A History of Warfare (1993) have also been well received and widely read. Many of Keegaris fans, however, would agree that the quality of his work is uneven. His latest book, The Iraq War, is a case in point.
One of the big disappointments is that the coverage of the events stops immediately …