Osprey Publishing.

Osprey Publishing

443 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016

www.ospreypublishing.com

These excellent military history guides are top picks for any comprehensive military history library, offering specifics on strategy and military issues you won't find in your usual general-interest title. Mark Lardas' AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIER IN THE CIVIL WAR (1846030927, $17.95) surveys the history of the U.S. Colored Troops who fought bravely during the war. Chapters consider their transition from slave to warrior to free man and provide insights on how they fought the war, and their lives thereafter. Black and white drawings and photos throughout supplement details. Nic Fields' ROME'S SAXON SHORE: COASTAL DEFENCES OF ROMAN BRITAIN AD 250-500 (1846030943, $16.95) provides a technical survey of the design, history and technology of key fortresses and defensive systems of early Roman Britain, making it a pick for military collections and libraries strong in early history. The 'Saxon Shore' forts of Britain are among the most impressive monuments of the Roman occupation of the British Isles: their ruins are part of today's British landscape and their history is surveyed here with maps, photos and black and white and color illustration throughout. Shlomo Aloni's ISRAELI F-15 EAGLE UNITS IN COMBAT (1846030471, $20.95) joins others in the 'Osprey Combat Aircraft' series to narrow the focus on the Israeli F-15 Eagle Unit, bought in the mid-1970s to secure Israeli air superiority in the region for decades. The history of these aircraft, their engagements, and their crews is supplemented with black and white and color photos throughout.