In the review I posted yesterday, I forgot to mention the positive points: "UML in a Nutshell" has the classic Nutshell virtues of being complete, concise and correct. Especially concise.
For example, if you look up the term "qualifier" in Rumbaugh's UML Reference Manual, you'll find nearly seven pages of detailed description, discussion, diagrams and cross-references. Look it up in the Nutshell book, and you'll find a half-page entry that gives substantially the same facts, organised into bullet points. The UML Reference Manual is better when you're learning UML or extending your knowledge; but when you're in the "muck-and-bullets" of actually working on a model, the Nutshell book is much more useful.
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