Review of
Atlas for Introduction to Military
History, U. S. Air Force Academy Edition, ISBN 9780757001697
Five out of five stars
You can hear
the professor’s voice when you read
Open this book
to any page and you can virtually hear the professor saying, “Now turn your
atlas to page XXX, where you will see the map of the battle of XXX that took
place in XXX in the year XXX.” If you are unfamiliar with the referenced
battle, it will be difficult to interpret and understand the map. However, with
additional information, the map is a superb synopsis of what forces were
involved and how they moved.
The first
battle depicted is the Battle of Breitenfield in Northern Europe in 1631 and
the last is the Allied assault against Iraq in the First Gulf War of 1991. Many
symbols are used and until you become accustomed to them, several flips back to
the opening table of symbols is necessary. Quite naturally, the largest number
of pages used for an event to describe the European and Pacific theaters of
World War II.
Designed to be
a supplement to detailed descriptions of some of the major and decisive battles
of Western Civilization, this book is an excellent illustration of how the
commanders executed the movements of their forces in both offense and defense.
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