Sir Nigel Bagnall for Pimlico Old Baggers (as we old St Pansyians call him) does a very good job of passing through the three Punic Wars without being as scholarly as Lazenby or Caven, but also giving due time to the battle-less periods of the Second War. Interpreting ancient texts and then attributing a motive to them at this remove is a job that requires judgement, but ultimately certainty is only available to those with little imagination. Bagnall, as an ex-soldier, has a view of these matters that many will wish to consider. I found it a very good overview that refused to get lost in the detail, but it makes me see even more clearly the way Hannibal failed to get the Zen of the thing. A solid read. 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