John Stoye for Birlinn (reprint of his 1964 book) John Stoye has a vast amount of knowledge about the 17th Century (I believe he wrote one of the Fontana series) and he deploys it well here. The practical matters of raising armies under a number of systems are clearly handled. The Austrians seeking to raise forces themselves and via diplomacy with the German Princes, and the Ottomans via their own forces and those of their vassals the hospodars and the Crim Tartars (who had to be started off early to get to the theatre of war). The close nature of the combat and the manoeuvre possibilities of combat of the period are clearly shown and there are even enough maps (though the actual battle could have done with one). Stoye even knows which regiments were where in the campaign. Good stuff. 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