Chatham Publishing This illustrated volume produced with the National Maritime Museum could have just been a very expensive coffee-table book. In fact it is a very useful collection of essays on the war with Revolutionary France. Despite the temptation, so pronounced in most books on the period, to go straight to the battles especially with the rich illustrative sources this book gives a very strategic review of an early World War. Divided into four sections the authors review the actions in home waters from 1793 to 1796; the war against trade (including Africa and the East and West Indies); the Mediterranean theatre; and, finally, Ireland the Channel from 1795-1797. Britain came perilously close to defeat a number of times in this period. This book will get you up to speed as to why without you knowing anything about a larboard tack. More Old Duffer's Book Corner (book reviews) The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book The Anglo-Dutch Naval Wars 1652-1674 All The King's Armies 1642-1651 The Oxford History of The British Empire Vol 1 Fleet Battle and Blockade Frontiersmen: Warfare in Africa since 1950 Ottoman Warfare 1500-1700 Wars of Imperial Conquest in Africa 1830-1914 Borodino Navies and the American Revolution Lords of the Horizons Eagles over the Alps Feeding Mars The Wars of Louis XIV Back to Perfidious Albion #99 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