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Este libro, además de ser un merecido recordatorio de militares españoles descollantes en el pensamiento estratégico, y en otras disciplinas, quiere servir como incentivo para fomentarlo, no solo en los Ejercitos, sino en instituciones publicas y privadas. España no ha estado huerfana de militares ilustrados que han sabido fusionar el cultivo de las humanidades y la milicia. Como Garcilaso, que tomaba ora la espada, ora la pluma, o Cervantes, en su celebre discurso sobre las armas y las letras, existe una larga lista de ilustres escritores militares.Pensamiento y milicia no son realidades desconectadas en España, en la que los militares estan notablemente bien formados en su oficio y en otros saberes humanisticos, cientificos y tecnicos. Las Fuerzas Armadas no solo transmiten ejemplaridad por su formacion, entrega y desempeño de sus funciones, sino que contribuyen, mediante sus aportaciones en el campo de distintos saberes, a la innovacion y desarrollo de la sociedad española.

África del Norte ha sido a lo largo de la historia ambición y plataforma de expansión para los intereses, primero imperiales y luego coloniales de España. La Presencia Militar en África ha supuesto para nuestra Patria un gran tributo material y de sangre

The cradle of western civilisation, the ancient Greek world, consisted of a series of independent city states some of which, such as Athens and Sparta, became major world powers. This authoritative volume by Nicholas Sekunda covers Greek warfare in the Classical Period, which stretches from the Greek victories over the Persian Empire to the death of Alexander the Great at the end of the 4th century. The book includes such famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis and offers a detailed account of Greek military dress during this period, supported by 12 full colour plates by Angus McBride.

Napoleon's Hussars made their first real impact in 1806 with their astonishing pursuit of the Prussians over 1,160km from the river Saale to the Oder in twenty-five days. They then capped this feat on arrival when, by dint of audacious demonstrations by the 500 men of the combined 5th and 7th Hussars, the 6,000-strong Prussian garrison was bluffed into capitulating its fortress at Stettin along with 160 cannon. This splendid volume by Emir Bukhari describes the organisation, war records, dress and equipment of these most colourful of Napoleon's troops.

In the early 5th century BC, after the fall of the Lydian Empire, the Persian Wars began. It was an ideological conflict which pitted a proud, democratic, freedom-loving people against a tyrannical and mighty empire. The stories of the many battles fought between the Greeks and the Persians are here splendidly brought to life by Jack Cassin-Scott, who details the tactics, organisation and uniforms of the armies of both sides in a volume featuring numerous illustrations and museum photographs, plus eight full page colour plates superbly drawn by the author himself.

Although the common Roman fighting men themselves have left no account, much literature has survived from antiquity. The wealth of archaeological finds, plus the study of surviving Roman scultpure has allowed hisorians to learn much about the nature of the Roman army which conquered an astonishing expanse of territory. Michael Simkins brings all his substantial knowledge to bear on this fascinating subject, covering such topics as army composition, recruitment, training, campaign routine and providing a wealth of detail on weapons, uniforms and equipment. Men-at-Arms 283, 291 and 46 are also available in a single volume special edition as Caesars Legions.