Maps in Military History Books

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Subject: Maps in Military History Books
ABrazier 4/13/2005 5:27:50 AM

Just finished reading "Before Stalingrad" by David Glantz. Generally an OK book and with all the maps in the same place, at the back which is more convenient than the norm. I don't think I've ever read a single book on the Russian Front (or pretty much any other front) which had really good maps. By "really good maps" I mean maps that allow you to follow the course of events as described in the text. In "Before Stalingrad" for example, you read about units moving from small town A to small town B and going on to take small town C after a stiff fight all within the scope of a chapter about the capture of Kiev. All you know is that you are reading about somewhere near Kiev and in Russia, "somewhere near" might mean 100Km. All pretty vague stuff.

Now, the main reason for this post; if such maps were available and by this I mean maps covering area of the campaign that the book you're reading deals with, dating to the same period and showing sufficient detail that you could relate the text to the map would you buy it?

I'm presently developing such a product(s) which will give this level of detail, be of high quality, include an index of place names and be covered in a thin plastic laminate to allow you to mark the map and wipe it clean if you wish to track unit movements. The cost? Probably between �5 & �10.

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