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John keegan author john keegan is the defence editor of the daily telegraph and britains foremost military historian. Buy the second world war by john keegan online at alibris. Sir john desmond patrick keegan obe frsl 15 may 1934 2 august 2012 was an english military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist. Historian john keegan a history of warfare youtube.
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