Cannae 216 BC: Hannibal smashes Rome's Army.

A cura di Francisco Semi. Pisa, Giardini Ed. 1977, cm.15x22, pp.1381-1558, brossura Coll.Scriptorum Romanorum quae Extant Omnia,CCXCIII,CCXCIV,CCXCV.

Colour plates by Michael Roffe. Botley, Osprey Publishing Ltd 1980, cm.18x24,5, pp.48, brossura copertina a colori. Coll.Men at Arms, series 59. Testo Inglese. In the Sudan in 1881 an obscure son of a carpenter pronounced himself the 'Mahdi' or 'Guided One of the Prophet', the long-expected Messiah of the Islamic faith. His influence was so strong that Egypt (co-ruled by Britain and France) was plunged into war. Robert Wilkinson-Latham provides an absorbing account of the Sudan campaigns, including the siege of Khartoum, the unpredictable General Charles Gordon, and the Nile Expedition. The author details the organisation and fortunes of all forces involved, painting a fascinating picture of the place and its peoples from 1881-98.

Colour plates by Kevin Lyles. Botley, Osprey Publishing 1994, cm.18x24,5, pp.64, brossura copertina a colori. Coll.Elite Series.6. Testo Inglese. The decision, in Spring 1948, to form two battalions of Foreign Legion paratroopers was prompted by the requirement for enlarged airborne forces in Indochina, and the healthy recruitment then employed by the Legion. There were some initial doubts. The Legion were known to be magnificent heavy infantry, but were felt by some to lack the flexibility and agility demanded by independent airborne operations. In the Legion itself there were some misgivings over the possible clash between the self-consciously exclusive 'para mentality', and the Legion's own very marked ésprit de corps. Over time, however, all these doubts evaporated with experience