Customer Review: I have bought this book (and it is not my first on the battle at Thermopylae or the Greek-Persian wars) mostly reading the reviews of other readers. Now that I have read it, I don't understand how one can rate it 4/5 stars. The book is supposed to be about the battle, yet, when after a long long... more info
Customer Review: This book adds little value to understanding either the M3 or the PzKpfw III at Kassreine or anywhere in the African campaigns. While I can forgive alittle background information up front, it continues throughout the whole book! Glittering generalities with little substance as my English teacher... more info
Customer Review: Destroing, literally, turkich mitary surroudning Vienna, on urgent request of the Pope send to polish King Jan Sobieski , whilst the other european contries did almost nothing in that highly dramatic situation of Vienna, cannot be overestimated in respect of saving of european civilisation from... more info
Customer Review: When I first learned of the Osprey book, I was amazed a the detials and information they provided. For those interested in ancient history it provides well informed nuances of life during that time. As a painter of ancient HO figues, it helps with details on just how they dressed and how there... more info
Customer Review: Up front, I would say the Ken Ford's Gazala 1942: Rommel's Greatest Victory, Osprey's Campaign No. 196, is better than his previous El Alamein 1942: The Turning of the Tide. The author continues to use his method of grinding out campaign histories based upon easily available secondary sources,... more info
Customer Review: In Osprey's Campaign No. 190, veteran medieval historian David Nicolle tackles the controversial Battle of Poitiers (also known as Tours) in 732, where Charles Martel defeated a Muslim invasion of France. Traditionally, the battle was viewed as a `decisive engagement' that stopped the Muslim... more info
Customer Review: I have been purchasing many Osprey over the years and keep forgetting that I end up reselling most of them out of disinterest or boredom. With the usual plates disconnected from the text that makes their understanding difficult - hello editor? - this little book was a lot of work to get... more info
Customer Review: This is an expensive book (listing for $19.95), but it is a thin paperback (96 pages), with lots of photographs. I found myself wishing for more words, descriptions, analysis, stories. The book itself is chock full of facts, but there is little human interest, and the facts are rarely expounded... more info
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