BOOK REVIEWS

A roundup of recent books on wargaming, or of special interest to the wargamer.

BY COLIN ASHTON, CHRIS KING, AND JONATHAN YUENGLING

Warships of the First Schleswig War (1848-1850) By William Eugen Warner ISBN: 979-8410361200 (Indepently published, 2022) - £25.15 Wargamers are often drawn to obscure battles, campaigns, and wars. These periods often require specialty miniatures (thank you 3D printing) that gamers like to produce. As a wargamer of many decades, I thought I knew about most obscure wars, including the shortest war, the Anglo-Zanzibar War, but was surprised at a recent book with the subtitle “The Rise of Steam Naval Combat”. This book by William Eugene Warner, PhD, is on the Warships of the First Schleswig War of 1848-1850, which predates the naval combat of the American Civil War and the Crimean War. I was ready to dig in. At 195 pages, the book is comprehensive, and covers the causes and history of this…

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