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John Selby was educated at Haileybury, the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich, and Christ’s College, Cambridge. He is a
military historian and Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military
Academy, Sandhurst. His previous books include The Second World
War, Stories of Famous Sieges, The Recollections of Sergeant Morris
(editor), The Paper Dragon, The Boer War, The Thin Red Line and a
biography of Stonewall Jackson.
Michael Roffe is a talented painter of military subjects who has
illustrated many books for Osprey over the years. His artistic
talents span a variety of historical periods; he has illustrated
titles relating to the Boer War, the English Civil War, the
Napoleonic Wars and the American War for Independence.
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