The Mongols (Men-at-Arms Book 105)

This is one of the best Osprey titles I've read. There is a compelling balance between tactics, weapons, organization, and narrative events here. The text is lively, to the point, and never boring. There are many important observations in the book. Just to give one - the author brings in primary source descriptions of the Mongols, and notes the possible problems with primary sources. The illustrations are wonderful. I would only rank one other Osprey title at this excellent level (The Zulu War Men at Arms #57).

When you ask me who is one of the best authors when it comes to Asian history I will tell you Turnbull. And who is one of the best artists when it comes to bringing soldiers and warriors to life? McBride of course. This book has both of them working together to show us how Mongols fought battles, armed themselves, and how they handled city sieges. A nice little book, 40 pages long, with wonderful colored images and tons of information.If you liked this book I would suggest  Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World .

This book ends all the myths about the mongols - that they only won because they had numerical superiority, that their army was an uncoordinated horde of wild animals, and so on. Other bits and pieces of what we think we know about them are actually confirmed, though : that they were cruel, that they practically lived on their horses and so on. Additionally, there are brief descriptions about the clothes they were wearing, their haircuts and what they ate and drank. Together with the usual beautiful full color plates, this is a book which is highly recommended as a very good starting point for further studies in this area.

Interesting books with great illustrations.

Good illustrations for the miniature wargamer and a good outline of the historical period.

Great book.

These guys were vicious! The text is informative and extremely interesting, and the McBride plates are awesome as always.

I bought this without looking very closely at the info on the book. It gets here and its not even 50 pages and is more for elementary school level reading. Illustrations are fine, but Im past this level of info so I got a lesson in being a better consumer. Kids may like this if they are into martial arts and have some interest in this period of history and the most feared warriors the world has ever known.

A very well illustrated and decently written Osprey.The author sucessfully uses the small amount of page he is given to present us with various aspects such as:- A quick review of Mongol's Conquest and history- Mongols tactics and manoeuvers- Mongols weapons, armour and life on campaign- Siegecraft and tactics- Detailed account of the Russian and European campaignThe plates are as usual very well done (by the talented Angus McBride) although editing probably precludes, do not include the caption next or very next to it. The Captions are actually at the end of the book which is always irritating.I thought the author was maybe a bit too self-promoting himself by referencing other of his books.A chronology would have been welcome as some sort of plate showinng a pannel of weapons used by the mongols.One single disapointment would be the small size of the Men-at-arms series which only contains 40 pages or so.This is quite often criticised in reviews for this series and I personally think a 50 pages book would probably be practical minimum at least not to disapoint readers who can pay quite a lot for a 40pages book.To conclude, a very good book covering a lot despite the small allowed size.

Excellent

Very prompt delivery, exactly as described

Good

Je suis intéressé par l'époque médiévale et ces documents n'existent qu'en Anglais et sont très bien faits.Le prix en plus est très abordable.