Reviews for Napoleon's Guard Cavalry, Vol. 83

The average rating for Napoleon's Guard Cavalry, Vol. 83 based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-06-07 00:00:00 Peter Gratten The best thing about the series of Osprey titles on Napoleon's cavalry are the wonderful uniform plates by the late Angus McBride, which reach just the right balance of naturalism, clarity and expression. McBride is (in my opinion) by far the best of the illustrators to have worked on this series. Bukhari's text follows the pattern of other books he wrote for Arms & Armour, a rundown of uniform developments followed by potted unit histories. Though fascinating reads for their time (first released in mid-1970's) much of the factual information can be easily found elsewhere nowadays. This particular title is the weakest of the set, as there isn't really enough space given to the development of each regiment. As in the other Bukhari tiles, little mention is made of the Revolutionary War period.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-02-16 00:00:00 Craig Woods It is amazing what a good mind, intelligence, the accumulation of knowledge and an environment for change can do and accomplish. All this without the benefit of a computer. This is a great book about solving modern artillery challenges during WW I. It is even a better book about how to get major projects done and rapidly transfer and inculcate key operational knowledge to right people at the right time.