Gervase Phillips for Boydell This is a splendid book. Its major topic is dealt with in great detail without becoming over heavy. Phillips dwells not only on the three major battles (Flodden, Solway Moss, and Pinkie) but on the campaigns and border fights. The issues confronting both sides are clearly detailed, the narrative is (accordingly) more clearly understood. But as if this were not enough his opening chapters dealing with the Military Revolution are some of the best I have read on this vexed topic. Working through a number of the supposed revolutions Phillips demonstrates their basis in medieval practice and the nature of their evolution (rather than revolution). Those who still believe the Protestant Hero's army to be materially different from any others should read this book. More Old Duffer's Book Corner (book reviews) Exercise of Arms: Warfare in the Netherlands 1568-1648 The Anglo-Scots Wars 1513-1550 Seapower and Naval Warfare 1650-1830 The Making of A World Power The Punic Wars The Roman Army At War 100BC – AD200 The Collapse and Recovery of the Roman Empire The Victory of Seapower: Winning the Napoleonic War 1806-1814 Vittoria 1813 The Battle of Koniggratz 1866 and The History of K.u.K Infantry Regiment Graf Khevenhuller-Metsch Nr 35 Patton The Navy At War 1939-1945 Medieval Warfare From Louis XIV to Napoleon: The Fall of A Great Power The Army of Francis Joseph Back to Perfidious Albion #100 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Charles and Teresa Vasey. 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