J.F.C.Fuller reprinted by Wordsworth. Fuller, like many a designer tends to keep to one or two historians in this account of Caesar's military career and with its date of publication (1964) do not expect much new here. What one does get is a useful summary without having to read the mendacious memoirs. The text runs chronologically through the Gallic wars and into the Civil war (with attached Alexandrine and Pontic wars). The consensus appears to be that Caesar was a very good politician but bought too much of his own snake oil thus getting himself into some fearsome scrapes. There are plenty of indications of the Roman art of operational camp warfare. If dated it is at least concise. More Old Duffer's Book Corner (book reviews) Dervish St Bartholomew's Eve The Vietnam War El Alamein 1943 The Victory That Never Was Crete: The Battle and the Resistance The Imperial War Museum Book of The Somme The Spanish Civil War Armies of The 19th Century Asia: China The Russian Civil War Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier & Tyrant The Battle for Normandy The Siege of Vienna Vimy! The Great Boer War Harold: The Last Anglo-Saxon King Pallas Armata Back to Perfidious Albion #102 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2001 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