This is a really great book.  So you don’t have got read any further….  the book covers the German way of war dating from the lessons they learn in the 1870s.  The author introduced us to Helmut Karl Bernhard von Moltke who uses the Augtragstaktik as the centrepiece of what becomes the underlining principle of […]

I really enjoy this series of books as it still staggers me how much information there is available about the military history of the period.  I also like the writing style. This is a double review really as I was sent two of these books at the same time. Military History of Late Rome 395-425 […]

This book covers the equipment, organisation and tactics from Philip and Alexander to the Roman conquest. This isn’t just a book on big spears. It’s also not a little book. It’s nearly 500 pages of big stabby goodness. Nearly everyone knows the early success of the Macedonian army was the Phalanx, the Pike based infantry […]

I really like this series of Armies of the Past. These are books written by researcher Gabriele Esposito and photographed by reenactment groups who pay a lot of attention to detail. This book covers the armies of the early Roman period form the foundation of Rome to the start of the second punic war. This […]