Osprey Men-At-Arms: A Celebration

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Bloomsbury Publishing, Jan 20, 2012 - History - 388 pages
Osprey Men-at-Arms: A Celebration is a very special volume detailing some of the wonderful artwork that has graced Osprey's renowned Men-at-Arms series over the last forty years.

Beautifully presented in luxurious cloth, embossed and foil blocked, with head and tails bands and a ribbon bookmark, the collection contains the most treasured illustrations from the vast archives of this respected series and is a classic, collectable item for all military history enthusiasts.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
6
THE ANCIENT WORLD
13
THE EARLY MEDIEVAL WORLD
39
THE HIGH MEDIEVAL WORLD
63
THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN AGE
87
RELIGION AND REVOLUTION
111
LACE WARS
131
THE AGE OF NAPOLEON
157
THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
209
THE IMPERIAL YEARS
235
THE GREAT WAR
261
THE GATHERING STORM
291
WORLD WAR II
307
THE MODERN ERA
345
THE ARTISTS
370
MENATARMS 19712008 THE COMPLETE SERIES
376

FROM WATERLOO TO FORT SUMTER
187

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About the author (2012)

Martin Windrow is series editor at Osprey and an authority on the post-war French army, particularly the Foreign Legion. He is the author of the very successful Men-at-Arms 300: French Foreign Legion since 1945, Men-at-Arms 322: The French War in Indochina 1946-54 and the critically acclaimed The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam (2004).

Some of the best-loved illustrators to work on the Men-at-Arms series, including Patrice Courcelle, Gerry Embleton, Richard Hook and the late Angus McBride.