The year 1971 has not been a remarkable one from the point of view of the reader of military history - at least in the United States, because most of the military books available here have been written and produced in England first such as Rene North's "Military Uniforms" which is now available in the States in a Bantam Books edition in paperback. North's book is, of course, a fine piece of work and one hopes that collectors here will get copies for their libraries. Another book which recently came out in an American edition is a novel, Dando on Delhi Ridge by William Clive (Putnam, New York, X.5-95). It is a good novel, well-detailed and fast-moving, although as most novels nowadays, interrupted here and there by splashes of sex. Whatever happened to the corking good tales a la Buchan? I, for one, hope Mr.Clive continues to produce his historical novels and, who knows, Dando may become the epitome of the 60th Foot! Another series of inexpensive books which had their origins in England is the Ballentine Series, The Illustrated History of the Violent Century under the general editorship of Barrie Pitt. These volumes are very well done, contain many illustrations that are not well-known (so many photos are used over and over again) and the price of £ 1.00 each is very reasonable. I was particularly impressed by Major J.R. Sibley's Tanganyikan Guerrilla: East African Campaign 1914-1918, which is Campaign Book No.20 in the series. The photos are fine and the text equally so. John Keegan's August 1914, is another fine contribution to the series on World War I. For naval buffs G.J.Marcus' The Age of Nelson (Viking, N.Y. $10.00) is a must. This is naval history in the best of style, informative but not pedantic, and not over-burdened by little diagrams showing ships at various stages of battles. (The diagrams are present but not in the numbers one usually finds). Certainly anyone interested in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods would find Marcus, book an interesting addition to his library. Perhaps the most interesting development in the publishing of militaria these days is the vast number of reprints of earlier works, especially in the military print area. In this country most of the work is done by obscure firms or privately and it is difficult to keep up with what is being done. Again, England takes the lead in this with such firms as Arms and Armour Press and Mueller, the latter which has produced Simkin's work on the British Yeomanry uniforms before 1914. Nothing comparable has been done in this country so far, although an outstanding work came out this year - Frederic Remington and the Spanish-American War by Douglas Allen (Crown, N.Y. 010.00). This contains 100 of Remington's pre-war and war drawings plus text. I can recommend a book which I think few of your readers will have noted: The Long Carry: The War Diary of Stretcher Bearer Frank Dunham 1916-1918 edited by R.H. Haigh and P.W. Turner (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 60/). This is a matter-of-fact account of a man who served in the 7th London Regt. There are no heroics here, and one finds a certain amount of "underplaying" in the writing, and it is only through some of the excellent notes by the editors that one realises the very high rate of casualties amongst regimental stretcher bearers during the war. This book covers an aspect of Jorld War I not usually encountered. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 126 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1972 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com