Edit. Jeremy Black for UCL Press This book has a number of useful essays that might encourage one to read further on some of the topics. Jeremy Black opens up the scene with an overview that asks more questions than it answers. Jan Glete's summary of naval war reads terribly flat but as a summary of the outlines is remarkably good. Paul Varley takes us through the periods of Japanese history from "knights" skirmishing on horseback to massed armies with strong matchlock contingents. Peter Lorge provides a very useful summary of Chines warfare from Ming to Manchu. Jon Gommans moves to India and the influence of cavalry. John Thornton discusses warfare in Atlantic Africa where Savannah and rainforest rub shoulders. Virginia Akshan covers Ottoman warfare from the time of Selim Yavuz to the post-Suwarow era. Peter Wilson (a member of The Pike & Shot Society) takes us through European warfare at a good clip. Ross Hassig reprises the concept that the Conquistadors did not defeat the Aztecs but were used as hit-men by other Mesoramericans. Of course they were Ross, what did those dumb honkeys know, who got the gold after all! Finally Armstrong Starkey does in a few pages on Native American warfare what his book in the same series achieves (see below). A very interesting book on some of the many topics as yet ungamed. More Old Duffer's Book Corner (book reviews) Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe The End of The Bronze Age The Grand Strategy of Philip II War in The Early Modern World (1450-1815) European And Native American Warfare 1675-1615 The Great War Generals On The Western Front 1914-18 The Art of War Of Revolutionary France 1789-1802 Pallas Armata Back to Perfidious Albion #98 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 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