Warriors ─ Fighting Men and Their Uniforms

From ancient times to the present day, the world's finest warriors have been defined by the kit they use and the uniforms they wear. This splendid collection of artwork illustrates the most famous combatants from all the ages of military history, using stunning colour and detail to bring the men and their kits to life and describing when, where and how they wore them. From the gleaming plate armour of the Roman Legionaries to the sleek gear of modern special ops forces, from the vivid, magnificent attire of Plains Indian warriors to the special aquatic equipment of the US Navy SEALs - this is the premiere guide to the appearance of history's 100 Greatest Warriors!

Martin Windrow was born in 1944 and educated at Wellington College. Since the 1970s he has worked in book publishing as a commissioning and art editor specializing in military and aviation history, and is currently a freelance editor and writer working from his home in Sussex, England. He is an Associate of the Royal Historical Society and of the Foreign Legion Association of Great Britain. In 2004 his major study The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam was published to critical acclaim in Britain and the US.