History of War

THE ANCIENT ASSYRIANS

Author: Mark Healy Publisher: Osprey Publishing Price: £35 (Hardback) Released: 20 July 2023

Mark Healy first wrote on the ancient Assyrians for Osprey in 1991. With this, he brings to bear on the same subject the scholarship of the last 30-odd years. What is more, this work has none of the limitations of format of some of Osprey’s series – coming in at 310 pages it covers everything you could want to know regarding the Assyrian army over almost three tumultuous centuries.

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