The Mahdist Wars Source Books Edition 3
Originally released with the full participation of Savage And Soldier magazine past Editors Douglas Johnson, Milton Soong, and Richard Brooks, TVAG proudly published The Mahdist Wars Source Books.
But the time came when this already standard reference among war gamers of the Sudan deserved a more professional presentation and reorganization. Thoroughly re-edited, Volume One has expanded to 182 pages, with more and different full color maps, tables, and additional uniform plates. Particularly useful contemporary illustrations and photos new to the work, in color and B&W, have been printed large to facilitate study, and new tactical maps and schematics have also been provided over-large to help readers grasp the details. Indeed, few of the original B&W illustrations remain, replaced by more specific examples, many in color.
All the original text remains, while the original color photographs and plates of Mahdist uniforms, the Omdurman Battlefield, Ansar fortifications, and more, have all been improved and retained. In Volume One, a new section of contemporary illustrations of those Royal Navy vessels which provided firepower and sealift for operations around Suakin, complete with ship’s stats, has been added, and Volume Two has a new section of data and illustrations on weapons used by European and Mahdist Armies.
Each Volume measures 8.5″ x 11″ and has full color covers and comprises articles previously published years ago as the “Sudan Special.” The current and coming volumes of the new edition of the MWSB now expand the original 40 page pamphlet into over 300 pages of additional articles which first appeared in S&S over the years, plus specifically written new material. Errors of fact and corrections reflecting new information developed since the original edition have been retained as well.
The numbers of maps and tactical diagrams have all been expanded, while the detailed battle studies, and appendices providing information of every sort, also remain. Uniform, organizational and tactical data for the Egyptians, British, Italians, and Abyssinians are included as well as for the Ansar, as well as additional information on weapons. Naturally, the definitive section on Mahdist Flags researched by Douglass Johnson, and the color examples by Eric Cox, are still aboard.
Finally, the complete Orders of Battle for the Sudan— from Hicks Pasha at Shaykan, to the death of the Khalifa Abdullahi at Um Diwaykarat—from the Andrew Preziosi Collection remain, but with illustrations of many of the key Generals & Officers now included. Full details of units, their strength, officers, and organization are now in one place for the first time.
And despite the complete make-over, additional pages, and color throughout the work, the original price has been retained! How’s that for progress!