DESCRIPTION
This splendidly illustrated guide to military uniform deals with the colourful period from the late seventeenth century to the end of the First World War. Set against a background of a century and a half of wars and campaigns, the magnificent uniforms -infantry and cavalry, dragoons, lancers and zouaves- of more than thirty countries are described in detail. Included are sections on Washington’s troops, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the American Civil War, and the uniforms of eighteen countries which took part in the 1914-1918 conflict.