ESSENTIAL HISTORIES

Each book studies the origins, politics, fighting and repercussions of one major war or theatre of war, from both military and civilian perspectives. Maps, photography and contemporary illustrations support each text. Books in Osprey’s Essential Histories series span 3,000 years of human conflict, and upon completion in 2004, the series will number 65 volumes. Most major wars from the Punic Wars to the Iran-Iraq War are covered in single volumes, whilst four to six book sets are devoted to the First World War, the Second World War, the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War. Featuring full colour maps, diagrams and photography throughout, each book in Osprey’s Essential Histories series also includes pictures of contemporary artwork and artefacts, providing a full visual appreciation of how it was to live through each war. Essential Histories are an important reference resource for students, teachers, academics, history enthusiasts and hobbyists.

ESS-001	The Crusades	$17.95
ESS-002	The Crimean War	$17.95
ESS-003	The Napoleonic Wars (1): The Rise of the emperor 1805-1807	$17.95
ESS-004	The American Civil War (1): The War in the East 1861 - May 1863	$17.95
ESS-005	The American Civil War (3): The War in the East 1863 - 1865	$17.95
ESS-006	The Seven Years War	$17.95
ESS-007	The French Revolutionary Wars	$17.95
ESS-008	The Korean War 1950-1953	$17.95
ESS-009	The Napoleonic Wars (2): The Empires Fight Back 1808-1812	$17.95
ESS-010	The American Civil War (2): The War in the West 1861 - July 1863	$17.95
ESS-011	The American Civil War (4): The War in the West 1863 - 1865	$17.95
ESS-012	Campaigns of the Norman Conquest	$17.95
ESS-013	The First World War (1): The Eastern Front 1914-1918	$17.95
ESS-014	The First World War (2): The Western Front 1914-1916	$17.95
ESS-015	The Falklands War 1982	$17.95
ESS-016	The Punic Wars 264-146 BC	$17.95
ESS-017	The Napoleonic Wars (3): The Peninsular War 1807-1814	$17.95
ESS-018	The Second World War (1): The Pacific	$17.95
ESS-020	The Iran-Iraq War 1980-88	$17.95
ESS-022	The First World War (3): The Western Front 1917-1918	$17.95
ESS-023	The First World War (4): The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923	$17.95
ESS-024	The Second World War (5): The Eastern Front 1941-1945	$17.95
ESS-025	The Mexican War 1846-1848	$17.95
ESS-026	The Wars of Alexander the Great 336-323 BC	$17.95
ESS-028	The Arab-Israeli Conflict, the Palestine War 1948	$17.95
ESS-029	The Thirty Years’ War 1618-1648	$17.95
ESS-030	The Second World War (3): The War at Sea	$17.95
ESS-031	The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905	$17.95
ESS-032	The Second World War (6): Northwest Europe 1944-45	$17.95
ESS-033	Byzantium at War 600-1453 AD	$17.95
ESS-036	The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC	$17.95
ESS-046	War in Japan 1467-1615	$17.95
ESS-047	The French Religious Wars 1562-1598	$17.95
ESS-048	The Second World War (4) The Mediterranean	$17.95
ESS-049	The Suez Crisis 1956	$17.95
ESS-050	The Texas War of Independence 1835-1836	$17.95
ESS-051	The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871	$17.95
ESS-052	The Boer War 1899-1902	$17.95
ESS-054	The Wars of the Roses 1455-1385	$17.95
ESS-056	The Zulu War 1879	$17.95
ESS-057	Genghis Khan and the Mongol Conquests 1190-1400	$17.95
ESS-058	The English Civil Wars 1642 - 1651	$17.95
ESS-062	The Ottoman Empire 1326-1699	$17.95
ESS ---	Rome at War - Caesar and his Legacy	$17.95
ESS-066	The Wars of the Barbary Pirates: To the Shores of Tripoli, The Rise of the US Navy and Marines	$17.95

Essential Histories Special Editions
SPEC 1	The American Civil War, this Mighty Scourge of War	$19.95
SPEC 2	The First World War: The War to End All Wars	$24.95
SPEC 6	Rome at War	$24.95
SPEC 7	Liberty or Death: Wars that Forged a Nation	$24.95