Gareth Simon's Big Reprinting Brother Terry Wise has once again pre-printed one of Duffy's excellent works and as my first edition is creaking at the seams I snap up a reserve copy. This splendid book takes us from the world of the Streltsy to the dawn of the Alexandrine intervention. Duffy sees the Russians in all their strengths and weaknesses and clearly demonstrates that the typical (Frederick derived?) model is not always applicable, nor are the Russians unchanging. The history fastens on a number of key leaders and army commanders against a backdrop of what in any other state would have been a permanent succession crisis. Munnich, Rumyantsev, Chernyshev, Apraxsin, Fermor, Buturlin, Potemkin are all here together with excellent summaries of their campaigns which at times look almost Napoleonic (but only against his Marshals). There are a number of Turkish campaigns and the major intervention in the Seven Years War, together with detail on Suvorov's actions in Switzerland. A very entertaining book, which is at the same time a work of considerable scholarship. Get it now before it goes out of print yet again. More Book Reviews The Wars of Napoleon The Military Revolution In The Sixteenth Century In Search of The Dark Ages The Viking Art of War The Wars Of Frederick the Great Suleyman The Magnificent And His Age The Hundred Years War For Morocco Battle Tactics of Napoleon and his Enemies Russia's Military Way To The West Fisher's Face Stephen And Matilda: The Civil War of 1139-53 The Anarchy of King Stephen's Reign Swiss Regiments a L'Étranger The Italian Reverse At Adowa Back to Perfidious Albion #92 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1996 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