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"dbswongv"

Location:: Singapore

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Nickname:: dbswongv

Interests: Military History and Art.
I build detailed military miniatures and dioramas, specialising in ancient periods ranging up to WWII.

Favorite Items

Favorite Books

Military history, Napoleonic, ancient, WWI, oriental, costumes, modelling, sculpting

Favorite Music

Jazz, Bebop, standards, classical, piano concertos, symphonies

Favorite Movies

Lawrence of Arabia, war movies, classic movies

Other Favorites

Modelling miniatures

Latest Activity

July 1

K. Murphy became danny boy's Amazon Friend.

June 27

Reviewed The Armies of Islam : 7th-11th Centuries (Men at Arms, 125) by David Nicolle and rated it

Best offering from the team of Nicolle and McBride [more]

June 23

Reviewed The German Army in World War I (3): 1917-18 (Men-at-Arms) by Nigel Thomas and rated it

Great 3 book set [more]

June 23

Reviewed Waterloo: a Near Run Thing by David Howarth and rated it

The best introductory account of Waterloo [more]

June 22

Reviewed American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 by William Manchester and rated it

Superb Biography [more]

June 22

Reviewed The Last 100 Days (Final Days of WWII in Europe) by John Toland and rated it

The best account of the fall of Nazi Germany [more]

Reviews

The Armies of Islam : 7th-11th Centuries (Men at Arms, 125) by David Nicolle

Best offering from the team of Nicolle and McBride, June 27, 2008

This MAA book was the first and best offering in a long series of Middle Eastern Ancient to Medieval MAA topics by this team. Whereas the facts and text are generally readable and scholarly, these books are enlivened by the initially wonderfully evocative reconstructed drawings of Angus McBride. I... Read More

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