"Osprey versus ?" Topic
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| rustymusket | 25 Apr 2015 7:58 a.m. PST |
I have easy access to Osprey books in the areas of AWI, ACW, and Napoleonics and have depended on them for my basic battle knowledge. I was wondering if there are any similar publishers and how they compare. I may expand in SYW, TYW and ECW. Thank you for you opinions. |
| BW1959 | 25 Apr 2015 11:22 a.m. PST |
You might try link French books that have nice uniform plates, they also have nice aviation books alto that's not what your looking for. |
| Green Tiger | 25 Apr 2015 1:50 p.m. PST |
If you read European languages there are numerous alternatives. Particularly recommend Batailles Oubliees and Guerros y Batallos. Oh and Perfect Paperbacks in Italy have some interesting titles. |
| wyeayeman | 26 Apr 2015 1:23 p.m. PST |
mr Tiger, Could you be a bit more specific about perfect paperbacks please |
| Grelber | 26 Apr 2015 8:13 p.m. PST |
I have The Achaemenid Persian Army by Duncan Head from Montvert Publications. I Googled them, and it seems Montvert put out several other books, on Bactrian armies, Sleucid & Ptolemaic Reformed Armies, and Warriors of Eurasia. The Persian book I have is pretty much in the Osprey format, 72 pages long with 8 color plates. Europa Militaria also brought out a line of books link
I have The Vikings by Nurmann, Shulze & Verhulsdonk. It is 96 pages long, with no color plates, but lots of color photos of re-enactors and artifacts. I think I saw one of the books Green Tiger was talking about, dealing with the Balkan Wars of 1912-13. I remember it being about Osprey size with color plates of the various armies. Grelber |
| KTravlos | 27 Apr 2015 12:24 p.m. PST |
Caliver Books and Partisan Press also produce some nice osprey type books. |
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