This is a book review by Randy L Harvey of Nambu Pistols – Japanese military handguns 1900-45 from Osprey Publishing by author John Walter and illustrators Adam Hook and Alan Gilliland and edited by Martin Pegler.

Fully illustrated with colour artwork plates, black & white and colour photographs and illustrations, ROMAN MAIL AND SCALE ARMOUR investigates the origins, evolution and use of the mail and scale armour worn by the soldiers and gladiators of Imperial Ro...

Don Hollway (The Last Viking) recounts the clashes of Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans, their warlords and their conniving queens.

This is a review by Randy L Harvey of the book, British Coastal Weapons vs German Coastal Weapons – The Dover Strait 1940-44 from Osprey Publishing by author Neil Short and illustrator Adam Hook.

New in December, an illustrated study of the big guns of Hitler's army – the Wehrmacht's field artillery, its capabilities and its role in German fighting units of World War II.

This is a book review by Randy L Harvey of ANZAC Soldier vs Ottoman Soldier, Gallipoli and Palestine 1915–18 from Osprey Publishing by author Si Sheppard and illustrator Steve Noon.

This is a book review by Randy L Harvey of Foreign Panthers - The Panzer V in British, Soviet, French and other service, 1943-58 from Osprey Publishing by authors M.P. Robinson and Thomas Seignon and illustrator Henry Morshead.

New books about war in Italy, 1943 and Valentine Infantry Tank vs Panzer III

PUTIN'S WAR: FROM CHECHNYA TO UKRAINE is an overview of post-Soviet Russia. It is available from OSPREY PUBLISHING.

This is a book review by Randy L Harvey of Soviet Pistols - Tokarev, Makarov, Stechkin and others from Osprey Publishing by author Leroy Thompson and illustrators Johnny Shumate and Alan Gilliland and series editor Martin Pegler.

A comprehensive, illustrated account of the new generation of advanced tanks to emerge during the last 15 years of the Cold War, showcasing major improvements in armor protection, gunsights, and fire-control systems.

An authoritative military history of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom, describing the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the siege and fall of Baghdad, and the nation-building mission that followed, by historian Dr. Heather Stur. 320 p...

This is a book review by Randy L Harvey of Combat – British Cavalryman vs German Cavalryman – Belgium and France 1914 from Osprey Publishing by author Alan Steele and illustrator Raffaele Ruggeri.

Robert Forczyk covers the development of armoured warfare in North Africa from Rommel's Gazala offensive in 1942 through to the end of war in the desert in Tunisia in 1943.

In this new history, Dr. Heather Marie Stur examines the pivotal role played by the 3rd ID during Operation Iraqi Freedom, drawing on interviews with General Blount

With My Shield: An Army Ranger in Somalia by James Lechner is a first-hand account is the inside story of an Army Ranger, surrounded and outnumbered, fighting a desperate action on the ground during the Black Hawk Down raid in Somalia.