This month's book vote sees five Men-at-Arms titles battling for your support. Read the full descriptions and have your say by visiting the Book Vote page. Plus, check out the results of last month's Raid vote.

 

Armies of the French Wars of Religion 1562–98

Armies of the War of the Polish Succession 1733–35

Polish Troops in the Napoleonic Wars 1796–1815

Armies of Russia’s Conquest of the Caucasus 1817–64

Armies in Germany 1949–1990

 


Armies of the French Wars of Religion 1562-98

For more than 30 years, a series of savage civil wars raged in France, leading to the replacement of the Valois dynasty by the Bourbons and an uneasy settlement between Catholics and Protestants. The colourful forces fighting on both sides in this momentous era, including allied contingents from other European states, are described and depicted in this fully illustrated account.

Armies of the War of the Polish Succession 1733-35

In 1733 the civil war between two rival claimants of the Polish throne plunged much of Europe into conflict, with France, Spain, Savoy and Parma supporting Stanislaus I and Russia, Austria-Hungary, Saxony and Prussia taking the side of Augustus III. The armies involved in this often overlooked war are described and depicted in this fully illustrated study.

Polish Troops in the Napoleonic Wars 1796-1815

Throughout the long and bloody wars following the French Revolution, Polish troops were among Napoleon’s most loyal and formidable allies. This fully illustrated account describes and illustrates the full range of Polish forces at war in this period, from the Polish legions engaged in Italy to the major Polish contingent involved in Napoleon’s doomed march on Moscow in 1812.

Armies of Russia's Conquest of the Caucasus 1817-64

Following victory over Napoleon, the Russian Empire strove to annex the Caucasus, with three tsars – Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II – deploying Russian troops and Cossack settlers against the diverse peoples of the Caucasus, notably the Adyghe, Abazins, Ubykhs, Chechens and Dagestanis. The forces fighting in this drawn-out and bloody conflict are the subject of this engaging study.

Armies in Germany 1949-1990

For more than four decades after World War II, the German Federal Republic’s Bundeswehr (in the west) and the German Democratic Republic’s National People’s Army (in the east) manned the front lines of the Cold War. This book charts the evolving organization and appearance of these formidable armies, serving within NATO and the Warsaw Pact respectively.

 

Last month, we asked what you would like to see published in our Raid series. Thank you to everyone who voted and provided feedback. Here are the results: 

 

The Cruise of the Shenandoah 1864–65 : The year-long Confederate commerce raid – 23%

The Jameson Raid 1895: The failed raid into the Transvaal – 12%

Kronstadt 1919: Coastal Motor Boats in the Baltic – 22%

Layforce in Libya 1941: Early commando raids in the eastern Mediterranean – 15%

Target Gestapo 1944–45: The Mosquito raids on Aarhus and Copenhagen – 28%