The Zulu War (Men at Arms Series, 57) (Men-at-Arms, 57)

Useful book, but more Zulu pictures than necessary. Wish there were a few interior illustrations like the back cover.

This early men-at-arms title is an excellent source on the fighting men of the Zulu Wars, focusing equally on the Zulu themselves and the British and their African allies. The color plates are amongst Angus McBride's earliest, and the book itself is also expertly written by the famous illustrator. Overall, like all men-at-arms titles it is an unrivalled source on the organization, clothing, and weaponry of its subject.

Good quality research material. Satisfied my expectations completely

Well written and illustrated book about a very important event and history. This book is a great documentation of the ZULU-UK territorial wars and covers the entire history of ther Zulu nation and empire.

god content of the war in afric compare to custer last stand in wyoming----godd drawin g in the book book

In this Osprey Men at Arms issue the famous illustrator Angus McBride also provided the text, I can't remember a similar situation. As it happens, McBride can write nearly as well as he can draw. The drawings first--McBride not only draws examples for us of many of the regular, semi-regular and irregular units of the British Empire but also examples of several of the various Zulu regiments involved the the great Zulu-Empire war. Each regiment has a distinctive color of shield but also has a unique and elaborate head dress that McBride manages to depict in detail. He is well known and well regarded and his skill here equals his fine reputation. Most of the text is filled up with a long and skillful description of the British invasion of Zululand in 1878-1879. The various battles he details complete with maps. The battles include the great Zulu at Isandlwana and the heroic defense of Rorke's Drift by outnumbered British soldiers. All in all this is a good example of the Osprey books, a series well known for reliable excellence.

Angus McBride is one of the best Military Illustrators on the scene. His work is always interesting , realistic , convincing & coupled with a very sly sense of humor. If your forte is Military History and want an idea of what a warrior looks like from the past. You could do a whole lot worse than this series. (I myself own over 300 of them and use them a lot in my classroom) The only down side of this series is that the written part is usally not up to the caliber of the illustrations.

Nice

Bought this to support a wargames project, partly for the art work and partly for the background - anyone who has the 'Zulu!' add on for Black Powder should get this, its the missing background that explains what on earth is going on, what the various Zulu regiments were, where they were and how the tactics they used worked.The art work is enough for gaming models, has a dated feel but still looks very nice, less of a description of the uniforms than some of these books have but the pictures do them justice.

A favourite period of history, and an essential booklet to carry out further research

Not as good as I expected I bought it for the illustrations but not as comprehensive as I had hoped

The basic historical facts that give good insight to what was going on combined with brilliant colour drawings of how the uniforms and Zulus looked back then.

Great book