This book by Albert Seaton is delightful, not only for its uniform plates, but because of its excellent background information on the evolution of the Brandenburg and Prussian army. It was in fact useful background information in my investigation of the Prussians in Marlborough's army. it is of course particularly good on the army between the 1806 reforms and the Roon reforms of 1860 or thereabouts. In some respects it is less so in its chosen period. it doesn't tell you when the cuirassier traded his revolver and breastplate for carbine and lance - 1887 1 think. it even implies that dragoons carried the lance in 1871 and that the cuirassiers in 1870 went to war with revolvers in their saddle holsters. In summary, the work tends to slur distinctions in equipment and armament which occurred during the 1870-88 period. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the period as a good general study of the Prussian army - just don't pay too much attention to the dates on the color plates. More Reviews Snuggles and Bear 15mmm Franco-Prussian War Pioneer 15mm Austro-Prussian, Franco-Prussian, and Russo-Turkish Wargames Foundry 25mm Franco-Prussian Army of the German Empire 1870-1888 Osprey Men-at-Arms Series Battle Honors 15mm Napoleonic Frei Korps 15mm Seminoles Frontier Miniatures Seminole War Booklet Tabletop Games 15mm Napoleonics Minifig Quick-Start Sets 15mm Seven Years War Alliance Miniatures 15mm Napoleonics Frying Pan and Blanket 20mm War of 1812 Guard Du Corp Rules Simulation Study of Napoleonic Warfare Falcon 25mm Austrian Seven Years War Frei Korps 15mm American Civil War RAFM Flint and Feather 25mm Seven Years War Linka System Houses and Buildings The War-Game Library Volumes 5-7 Navy Lists from Age of Sail Volume 2 (1776-1783) and 3 (1756-1763) The Alamo and the War for Texan Independence 1835-1836 Osprey Men-At-Arms Austrian Army of the Napoleonic Wars I Osprey Men-at-Arms Series #176 Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. VII #2 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1986 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com