"Armies of Medieval Burma: AD700-1300 (Daniel Mersey)" Topic

How is this as an introductory guide for the period? I have the "Arthurian" book Glutter of Ravens and like it a great deal. Does the Medieval Burma book have similar contents: brief history, army types, composition, uniform and equipment guide, etc? Are there rules incorporated? Thanks so much for your opinions!

No rules in this one, just info about Burmese history and armies. I tried to bring together everything I could find of any use about the medieval Burmese, who up until this point, I'd struggled to find many helpful wargaming references to. I'll let others comment on how useful it is, but if you do get it I hope you enjoy it.

Have you come accross any more info that might be usefull?We are starting to work on a Burmeses range and only have your book as reference at the moment.

I've not carried out any more research beyond what's in the bibliography (and I only tracked down a lot of those books by having access to a massive university library, so don't know how easy they'd be to find now), but Rudy Scott Nelson of Time Portal Passages might be able to help; he published an article on the Burmese in 2002, which might have some more up to date info.

LeCoqFou – that article might be useful to you, too?

This is the partial bibliography from the article and the Osprey style book that I am finalizing.

Glad to see that more gamers and historians are researching theis region and era. Our book being more of a clothing, weapon guide than history book, focuses on the ethnic groups such as the Mon-Tailings, Shan, Arkanese and Burman and their appearance.

A lot of these books can be easily obtained through the library exchange program.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Armies of Medieval Burma 700-1300 AD" by Daniel Mersey, Outpost Srvices, UK, 1999. I do not agree with every comment but his analysis is very easy to read and can be used as a basis for further research.
"A History of Burma" by Maung Htin Aung, Columbia University Press, 1967. An easy to read examination of earlier works with varying interpretations based on Burmese views.
"Harvey's History of Burma" by G.E. Harvey, London, 1925. The University of Alabama kindly loaned a copy of the final manuscript proof to me through my local library at Birmingham Library. . Considered one of the classic works in English about the region.
"History of Burma" by Arthur Phayre, 1883. Kelly Publisher's Reprint 1969. Considered one of the classic works in English about the region.
"Our Wars with the Burmese" by Prince Damrong Rajanubhaub of Siam, 1917, White Lotus reprint 2001. An outstanding easy to read work which provides a lot of detail into how wars were fought in the region.
"The British Humiliation of Burma" by Terrence Blackburn, Orchid Press, Bankok, 2000. Though the work covers the wars of the 1800s, the illustrations show Burmese warriors and how they could have appeared during earlier times.