'Jeremy Black has assembled a most complex mass of information into an easily read narrative, a considerable feat. Equal praise, too, to the production team, especially those responsible for some of the best maps and battle plans I have ever seen.' The School Librarian
The atlas's elegant design and color illustration make global war history palatable in appeal to military and naval historians, and more causal students. Reference & Research Book News
Excellent....very accessible and authoritative. Reader's Review
Jeremy Black, professor of History at Exeter University, has written an excelllent reference work that covers warfare from the Renaissance (or at least from 1492) to 1792....Black's Atlas is a beautiful work to behold....The text is concise and accurate throughout the volume and the non-military expert will find it a useful reference work. Military historians would do well to add this superb atlas to their collection....it is not surprising to find his work an excellent example of what the genre can accomplish. Rand Burnette, Renaissance Quarterly
...a military history supported by superb cartography....Black's [is a] masterful text. His account of the period's history combines succinct exposition while avoiding the easy explanation or riding the hobby horse of a few grand themes....This is an atlas equally useful for the reader as the student. It is also one that will be welcomed by those searching for quality additions to multi-cultural collections. American Reference Book Annual 1997
...a marvelous book. Specialists will doubtless be sparked by both maps and text to rethink their own perspective on the period as a whole. Nonspecialists will find it an excellent panoramic introduction to war in the early modern world. As such, an introduction, especially considering its truly global coverage, this atlas stands alone. Thomas F. Arnold, Sixteenth Century Journal
This is a much-needed introduction to early modern military history. It contains over ninety maps of campaign trajectories and battle diagrams that are clear, uncluttered, and relate to the immediate discussion. More impressive is the narrative: it represents the first synthesis of early modern warfare from a global perspective. Journal of Military History
This is an atlas equally useful for the reader as the student. It is also that will be welcomed by those searching for quality additions to multicultural collections. American Reference Books Annual
This ia an atlas equally usefull for the reader as well as the student. It is also on ethat will be welcomed by those searching for quality additions to multicultural collections. American Reference Books Annual
...this attractive volume is best suited for laymen, scholars will be pleased by some of the subjects it covers. Charles Ingrao, International History Review
...this book should reach `best seller' through adoption as a text. Ron Whistance-Smith, WAML Information Bulletin
