As its title states, this book aims at being only a guide.We-the authors- do not claim to provide an exhaustive treatment of Model Theory; indeed our omissions ... » 

As its title states, this book aims at being only a guide.We-the authors- do not claim to provide an exhaustive treatment of Model Theory; indeed our omissions are likely to be much more numerous and larger than the topics we deal with. We do hope that the outcome of our work is a clear and terse picture of what Model Theory is. This book is not a literal translation of the italian version, all the material was revised and rewritten. «