A sure candidate for honors in the holiday roundup, this is- more importantly, a book that deserves a long life. Here in pictures, copies of prints, contemporary photographs (700 in all, with 154 in full color), maps, spot drawings, and an accompanying text, is a narrative of history as it happened and the places where it happened. An immense amount of information is packed into the pages; there is never forgotten a sense of how men lived and thought. Wherever you go, here is a book to enrich your understanding and appreciation.