I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less glorious than crashing an airliner into a skyscraper.
John KeeganThe great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.
John KeeganI don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as well.
John KeeganI 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.
John Keegan