By Richard Brzezinski

Few humans will understand that at one time the Polish country was once one among Europe's nice powers. one of many leader tools of her luck used to be surely her military, which although small can declare many accomplishments and significant successes within the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Richard Brzezinski redresses this imbalance through offering a portrait of Polish armies from 1569-1696, detailing their historical past, enterprise, fingers, armour, insignia and get dressed, followed via a variety of illustrations and 8 brilliant complete web page color plates through Angus McBride.

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