THE WORLD BOOK OF MILITARY MUSIC AND MUSICIANS covers a wide range of subjects in the ALPHA style. The material is very well researched by the author Jack Kopstein, who was a military musician for 35 years in the Canadian Forces. The author has collected and researched a book that is worthy of the title and is a WORLD review of every facet of military music. The contributor has written three books on the subject as well as several articles on military music. He has hosted two websites totally dedicated to military music and bands, and is now webmaster for theheritageofmilitarymusic.com. He has also written extensively on military band recordings.