Spartacus Review

Title: Military Vehicles

Author: Pat Ware

Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing

Price: £24.99

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Spartacus Website: Armed Forces

Category: Military History

This title offers a comprehensive illustrated account of the development of military transport during the period from 1939 to 1945. Covering both Allied and Axis equipment, the book is a superbly illustrated and detailed study into an aspect of military history that has often been ignored by researchers and writers who have concentrated solely on the armoured vehicles.

Title: Panzergrenadier Divisions

Author: Chris Bishop

Publisher: Spellmount

Price: £20.00

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Spartacus Website: Armed Forces

Category: Military History

Organized chronologically by division and formation date, the book describes in depth the various models of tank and other armoured and soft vehicles in service with each panzergrenadier division, with listings of unit commanders, vehicle types and numbers and unit structures. Each divisional section is further broken down by campaign, accompanied by orders of battle, a brief divisional history of the campaign and any specific unit markings.

Title: All the King's Armies

Author: Stuart Reid

Publisher: Spellmount

Price: £14.99

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Spartacus Website: English Civil War

Category: Military History

A military history of the English Civil War which offers a detailed and lucid examination of the principal campaigns and battles; commenting upon the development of tactics and the extent to which in the King's armies both strategy and tactics were moulded by a chronic shortage of ammunition.

Title: Pirate of the Far East

Author: Stephen Turnbull

Publisher: Osprey

Price: £11.99

Bookshop: Amazon

Spartacus Website: Military History

Category: Military History

Feared throughout the Far East, Japanese pirates were likened to 'black demons' and 'flood dragons'. For centuries relations between Japan, Korea and China were carried out through a bizarre trinity of war, trade and piracy. The piracy, which combined the other elements in a violent blend of free enterprise, is the subject of this original and exciting book. Stephen Turnbull vividly recreates the pirates' daily lives, from legitimate whaling and fishing trips to violent raids. He explores the bases and castles used by the pirates and uses eyewitness accounts and original artwork to give stunning descriptions of a vicious and brutal life.