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This volume covers the history and development of camouflage. Modern camouflage appears in everything from soft pastel gray-greens to wildly exotic fluorescents. The book is also a recognition guide to 450 camouflage patterns from around the world. Subjects covered include the pioneering and now highly collectible camouflage equipment of the German Army in World War II, the famous Tigerstripe worn by American soldiers in Vietnam, plus the classic patterns worn by today's armies, including patterns in current use in South East Asia and the former Soviet Union, the US Military "woodlands" pattern and the British DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material).
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very superficial book as it deals with only visual camouflage, hardly touching on ultra-violet or infra-red demands. The authors have simply gathered together a less than comprehensive collection of fabric prints and visited two defence establishments, one in the UK, one in the US, extracting a few comments from them to try and give the book some air of authenticity. The writers missed a great opportunity to tackle a subject that can combine elements of art, physics, chemistry, pyschology and military tactics all in one discipline.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a "pastepot" -- a book slopped together with a grab-bag of text and pictures, with no real love or interest in the subject. Text is minimal and shallow, made even worse by unexplained slang or technical terms apparently used in Britain but not in the U.S.A.
The book also suffers from idiotic and inconsiderate design, layout, and typesetting. For example:
The pictures are small, poorly-captioned or not captioned at all, and many are poorly-reproduced. Many important camouflage subjects have no or minimal pictures. Eg. Only one pic and no good pictures of the famous ship "dazzle" designs, and NO picture of the U.S. desert (non-chocolate chip) cammy pattern. Small and illegible text. The book has difficult to read thin sans serif text, in a small and poorly-set layout. It's fatiguing and difficult to read. Poor layout. the text is squashed in so close to the binding that it is sometimes shadowed, and the reader must readjust the direction of the book to read it. Captions: none with the photos themselves -- they are lumped together in another place so it is hard to figure out what goes with what.
In sum, a wonderful subject, but a quick and dirty treatment of it. It's clear that the author didn't give a darn about doing a good or even decent job, and the publisher doesn't give a darn about serviceable physical layout or design choices.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I find this an invaluable book divided into three really useful sections. A first ever history of camouflage is followed by 50 page plates of classic patterns for close-up study. This is then followed by a directory of most of the world's over 200 patterns, arranged according to countries. Not only does the book look great, like an art book, but it is a basic reference book.
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a good example of mediocrity
I have read reviews by previous buyers rating this book as superficial but I did not expect it would reach such a level of amateurism. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2009 by test
The only introductory book on the subject
Strange review that says this book is badly designed... the designer (me) consistently wins awards for his book designs for the Tate and Phaidon. Read more
Published on 21 April 2009 by Mr. Quentin Newark
A depressing coffe table book.
A depressing coffe table book with a number of errors such as photgraphs misscaptioned or upside-down. These should have been corrected by good proof reading. Read more
Published on 20 May 2000
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