The Warrior: Volume VII, Issue IV, Fall 2016

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Greetings Military History Enthusiast!

Welcome to the Fall 2016 issue of The Warrior. In this issue, we are pleased to present our recent releases and related titles that we know you’ll enjoy.

September 15, 2016 marks the 100th Anniversary of the first use of tanks on the battlefield. Ever since the British Mark I tanks entered the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, warfare has never been the same. To commemorate the centennial of tank warfare, we have included a range of selected titles, beginning on page 6, that cover the varied history of armored vehicles in war including famous tanks models, battles, and commanders. Don’t miss The Tank Commander Pocket Manual (on page 3), a new title from Pool of London Press.This fascinating book features rare and previously unpublished documents that illuminate the responsibilities and technical knowledge required from Tank Commanders in World War II. Don’t miss Casemate’s new release Hitler’s Atlantic Wall:Yesterday and Today (located on page 3). From the authors of The Normandy Battlefields and Race to the Rhine, this captivating book contains 500 stunning aerial photographs, maps and illustrations of Nazi Germany’s coastal defense fortification:The Atlantic Wall. Highlighting what has survived and what hasn’t, the then-and-now photography provides detailed comparisons of what remains today and what has disappeared after the end of the war.

For aviation buffs, make sure to check out the third installation of Helion and Company’s Libyan Air Wars, found on page 23. This title closes the Libyan Air Wars mini-series with a detailed insight into the last US–Libyan confrontation, which took place in early 1989. Another featured release is Grub Street’s A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940–1945, located on page 26. The newly released third volume in this series returns to November 1942 to explain the background to the first major Anglo-American venture – Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa.

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Forthcoming from Casemate White Sniper Tapio Saarelainen Simo Häyhä is the most famous sniper in the world. During the Winter War, he had 542 confirmed kills with iron sights, a record that still stands today. Simo Häyhä was a man of action who spoke very little, but he was respected by his men and his superiors. Able to move silently through the landscape his aim was deadly and his quarry rarely escaped.

The Russians learned of his reputation as a marksman and tried several times to kill him by indirect fire. For sniping Simo Häyhä only ever used his own m/28-30 rifle. The White Sniper fully explores Simo Häyhä’s life, his exploits in the Winter War, the secrets behind his success including character and technique, and also includes a detailed look at his rifle itself.

9781612004297, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 192 pages

Vanished Hero Jay A. Stout Elwyn G. Righetti remains one of the most unknown and controversial commanders of World War II. Arriving late to the war, he led the 55th Fighter Group against the Nazis with a no-holds-barred aggressiveness that transformed the group from a middling organization into a headline-grabbing team. Indeed, Righetti’s boldness paid off as he quickly achieved ace status and additionally scored more strafing victories. Ultimately, Righetti’s calculated recklessness ran full speed into the odds. His aircraft was hit while strafing an enemy airfield. Almost farcically aggressive to the end, he coaxed his crippled fighter through one more firing pass before making a crash landing. Immediately, he radioed his men that he was fine and asked that they reassure his family. Righetti was never heard from again.

9781612003955, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 288 pages

The front cover image is from Tanks in Hell by Oscar E. Gilbert, Casemate Publishers, 2015.

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•NEW FROM CASEMATE• The Tank Commander Pocket Manual R. Sheppard From the pioneering tactics and terror of the Blitzkrieg assault, through the carnage of Barbarossa, Kursk, the Desert War, and the Normandy Bocage and the Battle of the Bulge, there were perhaps no more unsettling and merciless positions to occupy in the Second World War than that of a tank commander. This new book puts the reader at the very heart of this “hell on wheels” and presents all of the original information required to perform this most dangerous of wartime battlefield roles. From training manuals and war office memorandums to combat reports and first-hand accounts, The Tank Commander Pocket Manual sits you in the turret position of commander of some of the most fearsome land vehicles. These include the Soviet T-34, the German Panther and its nemesis the American Sherman, the terrifying Tiger I as well as tank variants including flamethrowers and tank destroyers such as the Allied M10 and the StuG III. Original documents, diagrams, technical drawings and reports have been collated and compiled from archives and collections to include original Russian, German and English angles on the commander’s many roles including how to ‘run’ the rest of the crew of this most decisive weapon of the Second World War. 9781910860168, $14.95, $9.50, hardback, 144 pages

Team Yankee Harold Coyle This revised and updated edition of the classic Cold War novel Team Yankee reminds us once again might have occurred had the United States and its Allies taken on the Russians in Europe, had cooler geopolitical heads not prevailed. For 45 years after World War II, East and West stood on the brink of war. When Nazi Germany was destroyed, it was evident that Russian tank armies had become supreme in Europe, but only in counterpart to US air power. In 1945 US and UK bombers sent a signal to the advancing Russians at Dresden to beware of what the Allies could do. Likewise when the Russians overran Berlin they sent a signal to the Allies what their land armies could accomplish. Thankfully the tense standoff continued on either side of the Iron Curtain for nearly half a century. During those years, however, the Allies beefed up their ground capability, while the Soviets increased their air capability, even as the new jet and missile age began. The focal point of conflict remained in central Germany—specifically the flat plains of the Fulda Gap—through which the Russians could pour all the way to the Channel if the Allies proved unprepared to stop them. Team Yankee posits a conflict that never happened, but which very well might have, and for which both sides prepared for decades.

9781612003658, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 336 pages

Hitler’s Atlantic Wall: Yesterday and Today Leo Marriott & Simon Forty Masters of the continent, the Nazis realized that they would have to defend their gains, and once the United States entered the war, redoubled their efforts. Using forced and slave labor they built a chain of defensive positions, coastal batteries, and beach defenses from the top of Norway to the Franco-Spanish border. However, as was so typical of the Nazis, while the bunkers and batteries seem impressively constructed, and the Atlantic Wall has left a permanent reminder of the years of Nazi domination, it was crippled by lack of strategic planning, internal bickering, and a multitude of command structures that did not communicate with each other effectively. In June 1944 the Allies burst through the wall, and while it took many lives to break the crust of the German defenses, the vaunted Atlantic Wall proved ineffective save for the fortresses the Allies bypassed and subdued later. Using the same formula as in their books on The Normandy Battlefields and Race to the Rhine, Leo Marriott and Simon Forty combine bespoke aerial photography with old photographs, maps, and current illustrations to provide a pictorial analysis of the subject—Around 500 illustrations ensure the subject is well covered. After opening sections on the construction of the wall, the defensive plan, and the different structures that were built, Hitler’s Atlantic Wall yesterday and today provides a survey of the key locations and what can be seen today—including many of the museums that interpret them.

9781612003757, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 192 pages

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•NEW FROM CASEMATE• Spearhead of the Fifth Army Frank Van Lunteren Upon the completion of the Sicily and Salerno Campaigns in 1943, the paratroopers of Colonel Reuben Tucker’s 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment were among the first Allied troops to enter Naples. A ghost town at first sight, the residents soon expressed their joy at being liberated.

Four weeks later the 504th—upon the special request of General Mark Clark—spearheaded Fifth Army’s drive through the notorious Volturno Valley—the Germans’ next stand. January 1944 seemed to promise a period of rest, but the landing at Anzio meant deployment for the paratroopers again, this time by ship. A bombing raid during their beach landing was a forecast of eight weeks of bitter fighting. Holding the right flank of the beachhead along the Mussolini Canal, the paratroopers earned their nickname “Devils in Baggy Pants” for their frontline incursions into enemy lines, as well as their stubborn defense of the Allied salient. In this work H Company’s attachment to the British 5th Grenadier Guards—and the Victoria Cross action of Major William Sidney—are painted in comprehensive light for the first time. Also the story of Honorary Member of the 504th P.I.R., Italian veteran Antonio Taurelli, is included. Using war diaries, personal journals, letters and interviews with nearly 80 veterans, a close-in view of the 504th P.I.R. in the Fifth Army’s Italy Campaign is here provided in unsurpassed detail.

9781612004273, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 320 pages

The Dragon’s Teeth Benjamin Lai When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People’s Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wrecked society after years of continuous wars. For centuries, in fact, China had been seen as a sort of plunder-zone to be invaded, and then a backwater until the late 1980s, when domestic policy brought about monumental changes. The result was that in the past quarter-century China has grown to be the second largest economy in the world, and its military has grown proportionately. Successive decades of economic growth have transformed China—in addition to the weapons revolution during the computer age—so that by now the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has become a modern fighting force. No longer having to rely on massed infantry attacks, it now features a formidable arsenal including nuclear submarines, ICBMs, stealth fighters, and modern battle tanks. Perhaps ominously for other maritime powers, the Chinese have also focused on beyond-the-horizon missile technology, as well as anti-aircraft systems, and have also explored the possibilities of cyber-warfare. What is today’s PLA really like? What are its traditions and histories, and how is it armed and equipped? How does it recruit and train? This book describes some of the lesser known battles and wars the Chinese have undertaken, and the development of their key weapons systems. The United States, having opened the door to “drone warfare,” have had an attentive audience for such technologies in Beijing.

9781612003887, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 320 pages

Eyes All Over the Sky James Streckfuss After the first successful flight by the Wilbur brothers in 1903, the age of aviation was born, and by 1910 army commanders in the United States and Europe began ordering aircraft and experimenting with them. But at the outbreak of World War I in 1914, no-one could yet possibly know how significant a role they would play in the fighting. Aerial reconnaissance, observation and photography impacted the fighting in many ways, but little has been written about it. Balloons and airplanes regulated artillery fire, infantry liaison aircraft followed attacking troops and the retreats of defenders, aerial photographers aided operational planners and provided the data for perpetually updated maps, and naval airplanes, airships, and balloons acted as aerial sentinels in a complex anti-submarine warfare organization. Reconnaissance crews at the Battles of the Marne and Tannenberg averted disaster. The story told here involves the early American Lafayette Escadrille pilots who were looking for heroic deeds and romantic adventure in aerial combat, as well as the German, British and French aces of popular imagination. But the real value of military aviation lay elsewhere; balloonists, unsung heroes, were an essential part of the observation chain, and forever altered the nature of artillery operations. Observation spotters from planes further enhanced the benefit of being able to extend the target range well out of the line of sight and direct artillery fire, though communicating information was far from easy and systems from weighted message bags through light flashes, smoke signals and wireless messages were tried and honed.

9781612003672, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 240 pages

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•NEW FROM CASEMATE• Pass Guard at Ypres Ronald Gurner A platoon of inexperienced British soldiers crosses to France, in excited and nervous anticipation of what is to come; they find themselves at Ypres where the battle-weary Allied troops are dug in, and slaughter surrounds them. With their young, upright officer Freddy Mann, they are soon in the thick of it, burying the dead, experiencing the terror of bombardment, being picked off by snipers, with some unable to cope and refusing to go over the top. We see the action through their eyes, from privates to the senior officers of the wider battalion, with a focus on Freddy Mann’s journey from idealistic officer barely out of school, to battle-hardened cynic, barely hanging on as those around him are cut down, maimed or crack. Freddy suffers a crisis of faith and loses his belief in the war and everything he once stood for; as he wrestles with his conscience he finds that for all ‘always at the end, is Ypres’.

9781612004112, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 242 pages

Behind the Lines W. F. Morris ‘I never saw the man again, alive or dead. One will say that I saw him only for a moment, that it was misty at the time, and that even I did not recognise the features, covered as they were with grime and stubble.Yet I am sure that the taller of the two ragged civilians I saw in the chalk quarry that misty March morning of 1918 was that Lieutenant Peter Rawley, R. F.A., who the official records stated was killed near Arras the previous autumn.’ Behind the Lines is a thriller that follows on from the success of W. F. Morris’s first novel, Bretherton: Khaki or Field-Grey?

Morris is again concerned with questions of identity, allegiance, chance, concealment and selfdiscovery. A subaltern is forced to flee when he accidentally kills an overbearing, taunting fellow officer: appearances are all against him and he does not trust to trench justice. He becomes a fugitive and has to join forces with other deserters, lost soldiers and outlaws in a hand-tomouth existence in the no man’s land between opposing forces. A series of adventures and disasters ensue, including capture by the Germans and near death by firing squad. Only his own bravery and the devotion of his fiancé can rescue him from his plight.

9781612004136, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 314 pages

Mr Britling Sees it Through H. G.Wells A profound and very human account of the early years of the war, told from the perspective of a father rather than combatants, but no less revealing. Mr Britling lives in the quintessentially English town of Matching’s Easy in Essex. He is a great thinker, an essayist, but most of all an optimist. When war arrives he is forced to reassess many of the things he had been so sure of.

The war brings great change - Belgian refugees come with dreadful stories and everywhere it seems there are young men dressed in khaki. The family’s young German tutor is forced to head back to Germany, and Mr Britling’s seventeen year old son enlists in the Territorials. Day by day and month by month, Wells chronicles the unfolding events and public reaction as witnessed by the inhabitants of one house in rural Essex. Each of the characters tries in a different way to keep their bearings in a world suddenly changed beyond recognition. Tragedy ensues, Mr Britling must wrestle with outrage, grief and attempts at rationalization as he ‘sees it through’. Written in 1916, while the outcome of the war was still uncertain, this is both a fascinating portrait of Britain at war, and a chronicle of events seen from a contemporary perspective.

9781612004150, $15.95, $10.50, paperback, 444 pages

Roux the Bandit André Chamson Set deep in the mountains of southern France, this charming short novel tells the story of a man from the Cèvennes Mountains called Roux, who refuses to join the army at the outbreak of war in 1914. Instead, he flees and hides in the hills, only returning occasionally to the farm where he left his mother and sisters. The people of the valley condemn his desertion and they hope the police will find his hideout. But as the months and the years go by, and the horrors of the trenches become known, the local people start to understand Roux’s actions. Roux begins to appear in the village more often, helping out and explaining that his decision was taken out of respect for the Bible. His arrest at the end of the War is therefore met with sadness and regret.

Chamson explores questions of perception, morality and conscience with a lightness of touch coupled with an atmospheric picture of life in a WWI era rural community.

9781612004174, $12.95, $8.50, paperback, 112 pages

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•TANK WARFARE•

TANK WARFARE

The Panther Tank Anthony Tucker-Jones Along with the Tiger, Sherman and T-34, the Panther ranks as one of the most famous tanks of the Second World War. Anthony Tucker-Jones uses over 100 archive photographs, along with a selection of color profiles, to describe its design, development and operational record. On the Eastern Front the German army needed to counter the Red Army’s robust and utilitarian T-34 which began to appear in every-growing and eventually decisive numbers. The Panther was rapidly conceived and produced under extraordinarily difficult wartime conditions. With its sloping armor and a high-velocity 75mm gun, it proved to be a better medium tank than its predecessor the Mk IV, it was more versatile than the heavyweight Tiger and it was superior to most of the Allied tanks it faced.

9781473833609, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 120 pages

M1 Abrams Tank Michael Green The Ml Abrams has proved itself to be the finest main battle tank in the World since its introduction into US Army service in 1981. It combines the ultimate balance between firepower, mobility and protection as demonstrated by its superior performance during the two Gulf Wars and in Afghanistan. It routed the Soviet equipment of Saddam Hussein’s army and today remains the yardstick by which friends’ and foes’ MBTs are judged. Its versatility and continual modernization of weaponry armor and engineering guarantees that the MI Abrams will remain the US Army’s spearpoint for years to come. Expert author Michael Green has produced a comprehensive collection of images and highly informed text.

9781473834231, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 184 pages

Patton Tanks Michael Green The end of WW2 and the early Cold War years saw the need for a more powerful tank than the Sherman and Pershing tanks.

The first Patton tanks (M46) were converted Pershings which saw service in Korea. As the Cold War intensified, the M47 went into mass production and countered the Soviet build up.

The original M48 had serious deficiencies. Nevertheless over 12000 of numerous variants came into service. These were followed by the M48A3 which the Marines took to Vietnam. In the late 1950s the Americans overcame their aversion to diesel power and the M60 with its British designed 105mm gun came into service.

9781848847613, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 208 pages

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Sherman Tank Gavin Birch A brilliant and prolific collection of rare photographs celebrating the war-winning qualities of arguably the most important tank of the Second World War. Many of the marvelous images have never been seen before but thanks to the author, who has special access to the IWM archive they are now available with full authoritative captions.

The Images of War series uses collectors’ graphic and rare contemporary images, supported by authoritative captions and lively text.

9781844151875, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 192 pages

Tiger I and Tiger II Anthony Tucker-Jones The German Tiger I and Tiger II were the most famous and formidable heavy tanks of the Second World War. In their day, their awesome reputation inspired such apprehension among Allied soldiers that the weaknesses of these brilliant but flawed designs tended to be overlooked. Anthony TuckerJones tells the story of their conception and development and reconsiders their operational history. The Tigers were over-engineered, required raw materials that were in short supply, were time-consuming to manufacture and difficult to recover from the battlefield. Only around 1,300 of the Tiger I and fewer than 500 of the Tiger II were produced, so they were never going to make anything more than a local impact on the outcome of the fighting on the Western and Eastern fronts.

9781781590300, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 176 pages

Panzer III at War 1939–1945 Paul Thomas With comprehensive captions and text, this book is the second installment of the Author’s pictorial history of the German Panzers in the Second World War. The Panzer III saw almost continuous action from the annexation of Czechoslakia, the invasion of Poland and then France and the Low countries, in North Africa, Italy, the Eastern Front and, finally, the retreat back into Germany. Between 1936 and 1945, many thousands of Panzer III’s were built. It quickly demonstrated its superiority on the battlefield and, for most of the war, remained a match for its opponents’ heavy tanks. The collection of images shows how these formidable tanks were adapted and up-gunned to face the ever-increasing enemy threat.

9781781590409, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 160 pages

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•TANK WARFARE• Battle of Kursk 1943 Hans Seidler The greatest tank battle in world history opened during the early hours of 5 July 1943, and its outcome was to decide the eventual outcome of the war on the Eastern Front. Battle of Kursk 1943, is an illustrated account of this battle of the war on the Eastern Front, when the Germans threw 900,000 men and 2,500 tanks against 1,300,000 soldiers and 3,000 tanks of the Red Army in a battle of attrition. Unlike many pictorial accounts of the war on the Eastern Front, this book draws upon both German and Russian archive material. The images convey the true scale, intensity and horror of the fighting at Kursk, as the Germans tried in vain to batter their way through the Soviet defensive systems.

9781848843936, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 160 pages

Armoured Warfare in the Battle for Normandy Anthony Tucker-Jones The remarkable photographs collected together for this book show in graphic detail the role armor played in the Allied struggle to exploit the D-Day landings and liberate occupied France – and the skill and tenacity of the German panzer units that confronted them. The struggle gave rise to a sequence of battles that were among the most intense, and critical, of any fought in the Second World War. Anthony Tucker-Jones traces the entire course of the armored campaign through the photographs – the D-Day landings, the first clashes of the opposing tanks and antitank guns, then the Allied operations – Epsom, Charnwood, Goodwood, Cobra - that culminated in the Allied breakthrough and the destruction of the German 5th Panzer Army at Falaise.

9781848845176, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 144 pages

Armoured Warfare and Hitler’s Allies 1941–1945 Anthony Tucker-Jones German, American and British tanks come to mind first whenever the military vehicles of the Second World War are considered – they get all the historical attention. The tanks, self-propelled guns and armored cars built and deployed by the secondary nations in the conflict, in particular by Hitler’s Axis allies, have been almost forgotten. The rarity of these armored fighting vehicles makes them especially interesting, and that is why Anthony Tucker-Jones’s photographic history is of such value. His selection of previously unpublished wartime photographs provides a visual record of the armored forces thrown into action by Hitler’s allies on the Eastern Front.

9781781592588, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 160 pages

British Tanks: 1945 to the Present Day Pat Ware Pat Ware provides an expert introduction to the design, production and operation of British tanks since 1945. Fewer types of tank were built than during the wartime period, but the complexity of design and manufacture increased, and a level of sophistication in armor, firepower and mobility was beyond the imaginings of the pioneers of the First World War. Using a selection of contemporary photographs, Pat Ware sets the modern tank in a historical context. He describes its origins in Britain and its development and deployment in the Second World War and in the post-war period. All the British tanks that have seen service since the war are depicted. The engineers’ tanks are featured, as are the less-well-known British tanks made for export.

9781848845664, $24.99, $15.99, hardback, 128 pages

Panzers at War 1939–1942 Bob Carruthers A fascinating account of a deadly combination: the supreme German weapon of war in the hands of the finest military tacticians of last century.

Illustrated throughout with full coverage of all the tank battles and campaigns in the Second World from the Polish Blitzkrieg to Rommel’s final defeat in the African desert, along with commanders, strategy, tactics and technical details. This book is part of ‘The Hitler’s War Machine’ series, a new military history range compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. The series draws on primary sources and contemporary documents to provide a new insight into the true nature of Hitler’s Wehrmacht.

9781781591307, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 128 pages

Panzers at War 1943–1945 Bob Carruthers A fascinating account of a deadly combination: the supreme German weapon of war in the hands of the finest military tacticians of last century.

Illustrated throughout with full coverage of all the German tanks, tank battles and campaigns in the period 1943–1945, from Kursk to the last battles in the east, along with commanders, strategy, tactics and technical details. This book is part of ‘The Hitler’s War Machine’ series, a new military history range compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. The series draws on primary sources and contemporary documents to provide a new insight into the true nature of Hitler’s Wehrmacht.

9781781591314, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 128 pages

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•TANK WARFARE• Panzer Combat Reports Bob Carruthers This fascinating compilation of wartime battlefield reports drawn from British, American, Russian and German sources has been carefully selected by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers to produce an absorbing overview of the life and death of Germany’s Panzer forces as the events unfolded during World War II. Featured topics include the Tiger, Panther, flame throwing tanks, experimental vehicles, tank tactics, mobile artillery, assault guns and more. Combining contemporary reports featuring a wide range of topics concerning Panzers in the field, this excellent survey of sources builds into an absorbing account of what the Allies considered to be the most important information concerning the Panzers on the battlefield.

9781781592120, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 240 pages

Panzers I & II Bob Carruthers The first vehicle to be produced in any numbers for the Panzerwaffe was the tiny Panzer I known as the MG Panzerwagen. Almost from the outset the limitations of the design for the Panzer I were obvious. It was essentially a training vehicle, which was only pressed into service as a last resort. It was to be succeeded by the Panzer II, which could at least engage armored cars and combat against tanks with approximately the same armor as itself. Bob Carruthers compiled this comprehensive overview of the light Panzers in action. It draws on wartime intelligence reports to produce insight into the development and combat history of the light Panzers at the tactical and operational level.

9781781592090, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 96 pages

The Panzer IV Bob Carruthers The Panzer IV was the only German tank to stay in production throughout the war.

It was the backbone of the Panzer force and was deployed on every front. Due to its efficient armament, robust armor and outstanding reliability, crews preferred it over the Panther, Tiger and King Tiger.

Emmy Award winning historian Bob Carruthers compiled this comprehensive overview of the Panzer IV in action. It draws heavily on wartime intelligence reports to produce a fascinating insight into the development and combat history of the Panzer IV at the tactical and operational level. Also featured are rare photographs and illustrations, which provide an absorbing study, from an array of primary sources, of the world of the Panzer IV and its crews.

9781781592052, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 96 pages

Tiger I: The Official Wartime Crew Manual Bob Carruthers During the Second World War Tiger tank crews had to be trained as quickly and effectively as possible. To assist in this process General Heinz Guderian authorized the publication of the Tigerfibel, the illustrated manual that was issued to Tiger I crews from 1943 onwards. This highly unorthodox publication was full of risqué drawings and humorous illustrations and was designed to convey complex battlefield instructions in a simple and memorable manner.

Bob Carruthers has now translated this unique primary source into English. It makes for indispensable reading for anyone interested in tank warfare in World War II. The manual contains everything the reader could ever wish to know concerning how the crews were instructed to handle the Tiger I under combat conditions.

9781781592250, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 176 pages

The Panzer III Bob Carruthers The Panzer III was designed to be the backbone of the Panzer force and was deployed on every front. However, due to its deficient armament and poor armor, and despite its outstanding reliability, it was obsolete by 1942. Bob Carruthers compiled this comprehensive overview of the Panzer III in action. It draws heavily on wartime intelligence reports to produce a fascinating insight into the development and combat history of the Panzer III at the tactical and operational level. Also featured are rare developments such as the flamethrower variant alongside unpublished photographs and illustrations, which provide an absorbing study, from an array of primary sources, of the world of the Panzer III and its crews.

9781781592069, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 112 pages

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British Cruiser Tank A13 Mk. I & Mk. II Peter Brown The A13 Mk. I was the first British Cruiser tank to use the Christie suspension system and set the style for all other Cruisers built in World War II. Together with the improved Mk. II and Mk. IIA it played an important part in the battles in France in 1940 and North Africa in 1941. This book covers its development, production and service, filling a long-neglected gap in the history of British armored vehicles. It includes over 140 period black and white photos from archives and private collections, 1/35th scale plans, technical drawings and sketches, and 27 full-color plates. Its author has researched British AFVs for 40 years and has contributed many articles to professional military and modeling magazines.

9788360672235, $46.95, $30.50, paperback 88 pages

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•TANK WARFARE• Panther on the Battlefield Peter Barnaky This publication from PeKo Publishing gives an overview of three subversions of the Panther medium tank with the help of 103 original, large and high quality photographs, many of which were unpublished so far.

9789638962355, $41.95, $27.50, hardback, 112 pages English/Hungarian

KV Tanks on the Battlefield Neil Stokes A new Soviet/Russian type is added to PeKo Publishing’s photomonograph series. This time we can get to know the KV tanks’ history and its types.

We show the tank’s development with 121 large, high quality, mostly unpublished photographs.

9789638962348, $41.95, $27.50, hardback, 128 pages English/Hungarian

Panzerwaffe on the Battlefield Peter Barnaky This title from Peko Publishing is the third in the World War Two Photobook series. The book takes a general look at Pz.Kpfw.I - IV plus 35 & 38(t). The contents of captions focused on the various modifications of these panzers. Covers the entire war period; from 1939 to 1945 and all theaters. Large format photos, one to a page, mostly unpublished.

9789638962324, $41.95, $27.50, hardback, 112 pages

In Focus 1: Jagdpanzer 38 Lee Archer & Felipe Rodna In Focus 1: Jagdpanzer 38 is the first of a new series from Panzerwrecks. As the titles implies, the subject is the German Jagdpanzer 38 tank hunter, often incorrectly referred to as the Hetzer. The subject has been written about before and many photos published, but this book, the first of a series, combines 20 years original research and gathering of materials to take a fresh look at this vehicle. The cornerstone of every Panzerwrecks publication are the large format photos, and this book continues this with many previously unseen images. These images are supplemented by specially commissioned high quality artwork from Felipe Rodna.

9781908032133, $37.95, $24.99, paperback, 112 pages

Sturmgeschutz III on the Battlefield: Volume 1 Mátyás Pánczél The second in an exciting new book series from PeKo publishing. 102 black and white photos and over 112 pages of the German Sturmgeschutz II assault gun on all fronts during World War II. Captions in dual language; Hungarian and English. Photos are from private collections and are previously unpublished.

9789638962317, $41.95, $27.50, hardback, 112 pages

Sturmgeschutz III on the Battlefield: Volume 2 Mátyás Pánczél The fourth volume of PeKo Publishing’s photomonograph series, Sturmgeschütz III on the battlefield 2, has the publisher’s usual corporate image displayed. The hardcover, landscape formatted book’s brief introduction is followed by more than a hundred mainly unpublished photographs, published in the highest possible quality. Both the introduction and the captions are bilingual.

Excellent photographic coverage of theGerman Sturmgeschütz III assault gun throughout World War 2. 33 pages are devoted to short gunned version and 67 pages devoted to short gunned version. Photos shows the Sturmgeschütz III in action and wrecked on all fronts.

9789638962331, $41.95, $27.50, hardback, 112 pages English/Hungarian

Sturmgeschutz III on the Battlefield: Volume 3 Mátyás Pánczél The eight volume of PeKo Publishing’s photomonograph series, Sturmgeschütz III on the battlefield 3, has the publisher’s usual corporate image displayed.

The hardcover, landscape formatted book’s brief introduction is followed by more than a hundred mainly unpublished photographs, published in the highest possible quality. Both the introduction and the captions are bilingual (English / Hungarian).

9789638962393, $41.95, $27.50, hardback, 112 pages English/Hungarian

Forgotten Archives 1 Darren Neely The US Army Signal Corps photographs were the official standard for photo documentation of the American army during World War II. These photos were captured by trained cameramen and in most cases were taken under enemy fire, in a ditch with a riflemen or as enemy shells landed nearby. Signal Corps photos have been used over and over in text books, popular trade books at bookstores in every shopping mall and now on the internet.

9781908032119, $56.95, $37.50, hardback, 240 pages

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•TANK WARFARE• Camouflage and Markings of the Valentines in New Zealand Service Jeffrey Plowman An authoritative guide to the New Zealand Valentine tanks’ camouflage and markings during training in New Zealand, combat operations in the Pacific and post-war use until 1960 when replaced by the M41 Walker Bulldog. Illustrated with many rare and previously unpublished photos with very detailed captions. Includes:Valentine II, III, III CS,V and Bridgelayer.

Full color plates of artwork.

9788360672198, $35.95, $23.50, paperback, 40 pages

Camouflage and Markings of the Stuarts in New Zealand Service Jeffrey Plowman An authoritative guide to the New Zealand Stuart tanks’ camouflage and markings during training in New Zealand, combat operations in Mid East and Italy, and post-war use till 1955.

Illustrated with many rare and previously unpublished photos with very detailed captions. Includes: Stuart I, Stuart I Hybrid, Stuart III, Stuart V Recce, Stuart APC. Contains full color plates of artwork.

9788360672143, $35.95, $23.50, paperback, 48 pages

Camouflage and Markings of the Shermans in New Zealand Service 1943–45 Jeffrey Plowman An authoritative guide to the New Zealand Sherman tanks’ camouflage and markings during training and combat operations in Mid East and Italy, 1943-45.

Illustrated with many rare and previously unpublished photos with very detailed captions. Includes: Sherman III, Sherman IC Firefly, Sherman VC Firefly, Sherman IB and engineering vehicles based on Sherman hull. Contains full color plates of artwork.

9788360672068, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 64 pages

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Armor Camouflage and Markings of the 2nd New Zealand Division Jeffrey Plowman An authoritative guide to the New Zealand armor camouflage and markings during combat operations in Italy, 1943–45.

Illustrated with many rare and previously unpublished photos with very detailed captions.

Includes: M3A1 Scout Cars, Universal Carriers, Dingo, Daimler, Humber and Lynx Scout Cars, M10s, Stuarts and Shermans. Contains 136 b/w photos, 19 full-color plates of artwork, 1 table of unit serial numbers, 4 tables of organization & equipment.

9788360672020, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 56 pages

Camouflage and Markings of Allied Armor in the Battle for Cassino, January–May 1944 Jeffrey Plowman Published to coincide with the 70th Anniversary of the battle for Cassino, this is an authoritative guide to the armor deployed by the Allies over the course of the fighting for this strategic objective. Covering American, British, Indian, Canadian, French, New Zealand and Polish armor, this book includes a number of rare and unpublished photos with detailed captions. It includes: M3A1 Scout Cars, Universal Carriers, Indian Wheeled Carriers, M8 HMCs, M10s, Stuarts, Shermans, Churchills, Grant ARVs, M31 TRVs and Valentine Bridgelayers. Contains: 56 pages, 78 b&/w photos and 20 full color plates of artwork.

9788360672228, $38.95, $25.50, paperback, 56 pages

Armor Camouflage and Markings of the French 2nd Armored Division in World War Two Claude Gillono An authoritative guide to the French 2e Division Blindée’s armor camouflage and markings during training and combat operations in N.W. Europe, 1943-45. Includes Armored Jeeps, M8 Armored Car, M20 Utility Car, Half-tracks, M3 & M5 Light Tanks, M8 HMC, M4 Medium Tank, M7 HMC, M10 GMC, M31/M32 Tank Recovery Vehicle. Contains: 64 pages, 112 b/w photos, 5 Tables of Organization and Equipment, 2 tables of unique tactical markings, 20 full-color plates of artwork.

9788360672167, $39.95, $25.99, paperback, 64 pages

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•TANK WARFARE• The Armored Campaign in Normandy Stephen Napier A critical narrative using original documents of the Allies’ victorious armored campaign in Normandy despite defective inferior tanks and poor leadership. Beginning with the D-day landings, this is a frank appraisal of the planned use and actual results of the deployment of armor by both German and Allied commanders in the major tank battles of the campaign including Operations Epsom, Goodwood, Cobra and Totalize. Using new evidence about Tanks on D-Day and tank losses in the campaign, this book is a critique of how Montgomery’s plans to seize territory and break out failed in the face of German resistance. It details the poor planning by British generals who made many mistakes and how the German convoluted chain of command contributed to their own defeat.

9781612003245, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 384 pages

Sherman in the Pacific Raymond Giuliani This book tells the extraordinary story of the M4 Sherman tank in the Pacific theater of operations during World War 2. Through carefully selected and unpublished photographs, you will discover the extraordinary metamorphosis of the famous American tank, its first disastrous engagement on “Bloody Atoll” Tarawa, in the island of Okinawa, the last bastion of the Rising Sun. The terrible experience of fire against an enemy, as brave as fanatical, required Americans to adapt and transform the Sherman to resist and win the war. Nearly 350 photos, thirty specific profiles paired with contemporary photographs and maps of each of the battles, this richly illustrated book is of high visual value for all lovers of the Sherman tank.

9782352502838, $54.95, $35.50, hardback, 144 pages

Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941–1942 Robert Forczyk The German panzer armies that swept into the Soviet Union in 1941 were an undefeated force that had honed their skill in combined arms warfare to a fine edge. These methods worked well in Operation Barbarossa and the tank forces of the Red Army suffered defeat after defeat. In the second year of the invasion, the Germans directed their Schwerpunkt toward the Volga and the Caucasus and again achieved some degree of success, but the Red Army had grown much stronger were able to turn the tables at Stalingrad.

9781781590089, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 304 pages

Combat History of the Panzer-Abteilung 103 Norbert Számvéber The book presents the detailed combat history of German Panzer-Abteilung 103 as part of the 3. Panzergrenadier-Division in Italy from September 1943 to August 1944 based on the almost unknown war diary of this unit. The Panzer-Abteilung 103 was fully equipped with Sturmgeschütz III assault guns.

This is an impressive look at tactical-level events and command decisions, highlighting the German armored combat tactics in Italy. The book includes a number of original maps and excellent photos.

9786155583018, $44.95, $28.99, hardback

Stalin’s Favorite.

Volume 1: January 1943–June 1944 Igor Nebolsin The 2nd Tank Army was not an ordinary force; by 1945 it was an elite Guards formation which played a role in the Soviet offensive operations and whose tanks were the first to enter Berlin’s streets. This study is based on the operational documents of the Army and provides an analysis of every battle it fought in World War II. The combat operations are covered from both sides. The day by day coverage of events, statistical data, and the ‘human element’ based on firsthand reminiscences of Soviet tank officers make this study an valuable source of information on tank battles fought on the Eastern Front.

Volume 1 focuses on the first half of the Army’s service in the Great Patriotic War. 9781909982154, $79.95, $51.99, hardback 504 pages

Kursk M.K. Barbier In July 1943, the German Army launched what proved to be its last great offensive on the Eastern Front. Kursk is a comprehensive history of the last time that Germany held the strategic initiative in the war against the Soviet Union. Kursk shows how a bitter struggle developed between the German and Soviet forces, which sucked in huge numbers of tanks, and men into a small area, becoming the greatest armored battle of the war. The Red Army of 1943 was very different from the force that reeled before the German onslaught, and its newfound professionalism wore down the attackers until their momentum was lost. The book’s authoritative text is complemented with detailed maps that explain the troop movements that took place during the battle.

9781782740223, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 192 pages

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•TANK WARFARE• Western Allied Tanks 1939–45 David Porter The Essential Vehicle Identification Guide:Western Allied Tanks, 1939–45 offers an highly illustrated guide to the main armored fighting vehicles used by the Western Allies during World War II. This compact volume includes sample unit structures and orders of battle from company up to corps level, providing an organizational context for key campaigns throughout the war. Organized chronologically, the book offers a comprehensive survey of Western Allied armored fighting vehicles by campaign, including the fall of Poland, the defense of the Low Countries and France, desert warfare in North Africa, the push through Italy, the Normandy landings, the Battle of the Bulge, and the final defeat of Germany.

9781906626327, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 192 pages

Allied Tanks of Word War II David Porter Allied Tanks of World War II offers a highly illustrated guide to the main armored fighting vehicles used by the Western Allies and the Red Army from 1939–1945.

This volume includes sample unit structures and orders of battle from company up to corps level. Divided into two parts the Western and the Soviet spheres the book is then organized chronologically, offering a comprehensive survey of armored fighting vehicles by campaign, including the fall of Poland, the defense of the Low Countries and France, desert warfare in North Africa, German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Stalingrad counteroffensive, the push through Italy, the Normandy landings, the battle of the Bulge, and the final defeat of Axis forces in Berlin,Vienna and Budapest in May 1945.

9781782742081, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 384 pages

Modern Tanks and Artillery 1945–Present Michael E. Haskew Illustrated with hundreds of detailed artworks of AFVs and their markings, Modern Tanks and Artillery is a comprehensive study of the armored fighting vehicles and guns of every nationality from the beginning of the Cold War to the present. The first volume provides a comprehensive study of the AFVs in service from the end of World War II until the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Well-known tanks deployed in various wars are included, such as the Soviet IS-3, T-54 and T-72 tanks, as well as the German Leopard, British Chieftain, and American M1A1 Abrams.

9781782742050, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 384 pages

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Atlas of Tank Warfare Stepehn Hart & Malcolm Swanston The Atlas of Tank Warfare is a highly illustrated and accessible account of the development of tank warfare, from World War I to the present day. Featuring more than 120 complex computer-generated battle maps and graphics, The Atlas of Tank Warfare ranges from the first significant use of tanks at Cambrai during World War I through to major tank battles of World War II, the IndoPakistan War, the Arab-Israeli Wars, the Iran-Iraq War and the Allied invasions of Iraq in 1991 and 2003. Each map has been designed to highlight a particular aspect of combat.

With researched text telling the history and the stories behind these battles and more than 150 illustrations and photographs, this atlas provides an invaluable work of reference of tank warfare.

9781908273796, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 224 pages

Encyclopaedia of AFVs of WWII Jean Restayn Ten years ago, Histoire & Collections published a book entitled Tanks of World War Two, which contained hundreds of color profiles and 3/4 views by Jean Restayn. This book was a great success but has been sold out for too long. So the time has come to publish a completely renewed version, with many additions. In this volume the proper tanks, battle tanks and light tanks, of every nation, which were involved in the various campaigns of W.W.II, from Poland to Berlin and from Libya to Normandy, from the earliest Panzer I to the latest British Cruiser tank, are represented in full color.

9782915239478, $44.95, $28.99, hardback, 128 pages

Light Tanks and Heavily Armed Combat Vehicles Youri Obraztsov Light Tanks and Heavily Armed Combat Vehicles are part of the Armored Fighting Vehicle family.

These armored vehicles, widespread throughout the world, can accomplish a number of different missions. They are simple in their utilization and are polyvalent. This book regroups all light tanks and heavy weapons vehicles, with chains or wheels, from the world over and their many modernizations and modifications along with the technical characteristics of each and every model. Enriched with more than 350 photos, clear and methodic, it reveals the history of each vehicle along with precise dates and a time-table showing when they were put into service. This handbook allows the precise identification of a light tank and a heavily armed combat vehicle.

9782352503569, $29.95, $19.50, hardback

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•TANK WARFARE• Main Battle Tanks Youri Obraztsov The tank is still the most powerful vehicle in any land force’s arsenal. It is an allencompassing arms system which has formidable firepower, extraordinary mobility and failsafe protection. The present work shows for the first time all the modern tanks and their numerous modifications and versions, with a chronological table of when they were put into service. It clearly defines the postwar combat tank generations. Richly illustrated with more than 350 photos, it methodically reveals the features of each tank with accurate dates, and presents each model’s capacities and specifications. A series of four tests will enable you to find out your level and improve your knowledge on the subject.

9782352501381, $22.95, $14.99, hardback, 128 pages English/French

The First Tank Crews Stephen Pope This remarkable new book reveals the hitherto unknown story of the soldiers who took the first tanks into action on the Somme battlefield in September 1916. Drawing on official records, contemporary newspaper reports and family memories, Stephen Pope provides a fascinating insight into the lives of the First Tank Crewmen, covering their recruitment, scant training, rapid deployment and their premature use in battle. He then traces their inter-connected lives over the next two years as tanks played a key role in the defeat of the Germany Army in 1918. He reveals the story of their return to civilian life and their often difficult struggle to build a family life.

9781910777770, $69.95, $45.50, hardback, 400 pages

Rise of the Tank Michael Foley Rise of the Tank will be concentrated on the period of the development of the tank and its use in the First World War. This will appeal to those interested in new developments in war and those interested in the First World War. Using the resources of the Imperial War Museum, The National Archives and the Tank Museum, Rise of the Tank will have lots of information available on the development and use of the early tanks as well as personal reminiscences of those who fought in them. The author, Michael Foley, has also collected a great deal of material from the period such as the First World War field service pocket book of a 2nd lieutenant and copies of magazines of the period.

9781783463930, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 256 pages

Rolling Thunder: A Century of Tank Warfare Philip Kaplan The tank is such a characteristic feature of modern warfare that it’s difficult to imagine a time when its presence wasn’t felt on the battlefield in some form or another. This volume traces the history of the vehicle from its developmental early days on the battlefields of the Great War, to modern-day uses and innovations in response to the growing demands of twenty-first century warfare. Featured in this volume are images of some of the most highly regarded and imposing types, such as the Chrysler-built Grant, the Skoda-built Hungarian Turan and the M-26 Pershing tank. From the battlefields of the Great War to modern-day theaters such as Iraq and Afghanistan, the history of this impressive war machine is tracked in detail.

9781781592434, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 192 pages

With the Tanks 1916–1918 W.H.L.Watson & Bob Carruthers William Watson was a young Oxford post-graduate at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Along with several friends from Oxford he enlisted in the army expecting the war to last six weeks. Watson began his service in the Great War as a British Army motorcycle dispatch rider. He saw active service during the key battles of 1914 and early 1915. This well written and evocative memoir was originally published under the tile ‘A Company Of Tanks’ it constitutes a wonderful primary source and is an invaluable addition to the library of anyone with an interest in the evolution of the tank as a decisive weapon on the battlefield.

9781783463152, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 248 pages

Tank Battles of World War I Bryan Cooper Failure to exploit the potential of an original idea is a recurring phenomenon in our national history. Few failures, however, can have been so costly in human life as that of our military commanders early in 1916 to appreciate that the tank was a war winning weapon. Bryan Cooper describes the early tank actions in vivid detail, with many eyewitness accounts. He tells of the courage and endurance of the crews not just in battle but in the appalling conditions in which they had to drive and fight their primitive vehicles. The book is well illustrated with many original photographs which give the present day reader a glimpse of the infancy of a dominant weapon of modern war.

9781473825628, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 144 pages

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•TANK WARFARE • AFRICA• French Tanks of the Great War Tim Gale The French tank corps was an essential part of the French army from 1917 onwards, yet its history has been strangely neglected in English accounts of the Western Front. Using information derived from the French military archives at Vincennes, he describes the design and development of the tanks, the political and organizational issues that arose between the French military and civilian bureaucracy and the record of these pioneering fighting vehicles in combat.

All the major engagements in which French tanks participated are depicted in graphic detail, often quoting directly from recollections left by individual tank commanders of their experience in battle, and each operation is assessed in terms of its impact on French tactics in general and on tank tactics in particular.

9781473823501, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256 pages

AFRICA The Rwandan Patriotic Front 1990–1994 Tom Cooper, Adrien Fontanellaz On 1 October 1990, hundreds of Banyarawanda militants that served with the Ugandan Army deserted their posts to form the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and invade Rwanda. Thus began the Rwandan Civil War, which was to culminate in the famous genocide of nearly one million of Tutsi and moderate Hutus, in 1994. Starting with in-depth descriptions of the history of Rwandan political, military and security development, this volume traces the history of the RPA from its emergence as a small-scale insurgent group formed from the ranks of Rwandan refugee diaspora in Uganda; its military operations and related experiences during nearly four years of war against the Rwandan government; and its establishment of control over Kigali, in July 1994.

9781910294567, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 72 pages

Wars and Insurgencies of Uganda 1971–1994 Tom Cooper, Adrien Fontanellaz In 1971, Idi Amin Dada, seized power in a military coup in Uganda. Characterized by human rights abuses, political repression, ethnic persecution, judicial killings, corruption and economic mismanagement, Amin’s rule drove thousands into exile. With Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere offering sanctuary to Uganda’s ousted president, Milton Obote, Ugandan relations with Tanzania soon became strained too.

9781910294550, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 72 pages

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Omar Al-Bashir and Africa’s Longest War Paul Moorcraft President Omar al-Bashir is Africa’s and arguably Arabia’s most controversial leader. In power since 1989, he is the first sitting head of state to be issued with an arrest warrant by International Criminal Court. No proper biography has been written on him before. No proper biography has been written on him before. Nor has there been a comprehensive military history of Sudan. This book dissects the north-south civil war until Bashir’s Islamist military coup. Thereafter it narrates the wars in the east, south, west, International political and military intervention is factored in.

9781473842526, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 256 pages

The Battle of Savate Piet Nortje On 21 May 1980, under the codename Operation Tiro-Tiro, 32 Battalion attacked and routed a FAPLA brigade at Savate.

Fifteen members of 32 Battalion were killed in the action and many more wounded. It was the highest South African casualty rate in a single skirmish since the start of the Border War. Overall, however, Savate was a significant victory for 32 Battalion. The Battle of Savate was the first time the SADF had engaged FAPLA in battle since 1975. And, despite the record number of casualties, it was 32 Battalion’s biggest victory since its formation. Drawing from official documents in the Department of Defence Documentation Centre, The Battle of Savate is the definitive account of one of the greatest battles of the Border War. 9781770227798, $21.00, $13.50, paperback, 288 pages

North of the Red Line Hanlie Snyman Wroth & Gerry van Tonder Over the years, much has been written about individuals, the forces and their operations in what became commonly known as South Africa’s Border War, but never before has the human spirit of this 23-year-old conflict been so graphically and unashamedly captured and chronicled as in this book. Over a period of three years, 21,000 of them spoke. Erstwhile antagonists also stepped up to the plate, placing their own personal first-hand experiences amongst those of their enemies of yesterday: Russians, Cubans, Angolans and SWAPO.Veterans wear their hearts on their sleeves, speaking of the psychological impact of tragedy and grief; of bravery and fear; of shenanigans and mischievous escapades to relieve the pressures of war; of miracles and fate; and of camaraderie.

9781928211976, $40.00, $25.99, paperback, 540 pages

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•AFRICA• Umkhonto we Sizwe Thula Simpson The armed struggle waged by the ANC’s military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was the longest sustained insurgency in South African history. This book offers the first full account of the rebellion in its entirety, from its early days in the 1950s to the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as South African president in 1994.Vast in scope, this story traverses every corner of South Africa and extends throughout southern Africa, where MK’s largest campaigns and heaviest engagements occurred, as well as to the solidarity networks that the rebellion mobilized around the world. Drawing principally from previously unpublished writings and testimonies by the men and women who fought the armed struggle, this book recreates the drama, heroism and tragedy of their experiences.

9781770228412, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 600 pages

Pure Massacre Kevin O’Halloran In 1994 violence swept across the tiny land- locked nation of Rwanda. A group of Australian UN peacekeepers made up of soldiers and army medical personnel was sent to Rwanda under a United Nations mandate to attempt to restore order. On 22nd April 1995 the horror they had witnessed escalated beyond anything they had previously seen. At a displaced persons’ camp in Kibeho, over 4,000 unarmed people died at the hands of the Rwandan Patriotic Army. Constrained by the UN peacekeeping Rules of Engagement, these Australians could only watch helplessly and try to assist the wounded. Pure Massacre is a record of what happened during this peacekeeping mission. O’Halloran stresses the weaknesses of the UN charter and what happens when “good men do nothing”.

9780980325188, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 320 pages

Louis Botha’s War Adam Cruise Louis Botha was prime minister of the Union of South Africa when Britain declared war on Germany in 1914. As South Africa was a dominion of the British Empire, Botha was asked to lead his country on a campaign against the Germans across the border in South West Africa. In light of the relatively recent Anglo-Boer War, many Afrikaners balked at the request, but the prime minister was committed politically to unifying Boer and Brit. So began a war on two fronts. Louis Botha’s War is the story of how a former Boer War fighting-general-turned-politician crushed a rebellion, rallied his country’s first united army to fight in harsh conditions and defeated the enemy in the Great War’s first successful Allied campaign.

9781770227521, $20.00, $12.99, paperback

Back to Angola Paul Morris In 1987, Paul Morris went to Angola as a reluctant conscript soldier, where he experienced the fear and filth of war. Twentyfive years later, in 2012, Paul returned to Angola, and embarked on a 1500-kilometre cycle trip, solo and unsupported, across the country. His purpose was to see Angola in peacetime, to replace the war map in his mind with a more contemporary peace map, to exorcise the ghosts of war once and for all. Shifting between present and past, Back to Angola chronicles Paul’s journey, from Cuito Cuanavale to the remnants of his unit’s base in northern Namibia, and vividly recreates his experiences as a young soldier caught up in a war in a foreign land.

9781770225510, $20.00, $12.99, paperback

Born of the Desert Malcolm James Born of the Desert is a classic account of the early years of the SAS. The Special Air Service was formed in 1941 and quickly earned a reputation for stealth, daring and audacity in the Western Desert Campaign. This elite force utilized the endless expanse of the desert to carry out surprise attacks and hit and run raids behind the Afrika Korps’ lines, sowing confusion, fear and consternation. James captures the excitement of this dramatic mode of warfare and brings to life the deadly beauty of the desert, the harsh environment and the strong bonds of comradeship and interdependence which resulted. The original text has now been augmented by supplementary notes by David List, and appendices on SAS casualties and awards by David Buxton.

9781848327825, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 336 pages

Friends and Enemies Hugh Rethman When the Boer Republics invaded Natal in 1899, the invaders could have been driven out with casualties measured in hundreds. Instead Britain was to lose nearly 9,000 men killed in action, more than 13,000 to disease and a further 75,000 wounded and sick. The war ended in 1902 with a very unsatisfactory Peace Treaty.

At the start of the conflict Britain’s Generals were faced with problems new to the military establishment. Shows of force did little to intimidate a determined opposition; infantry charges against a hidden enemy armed with modern rifles resulted in a futile waste of lives. This researched study of the Boer War includes the experiences of the inhabitants of Natal – soldier and civilian, men, women and children, black and white.

9780957689237, $27.95, $17.99, paperback, 400 pages

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•AFRICA • ALTERNATIVE HISTORY• Churchill’s South Africa Chris Schoeman In October 1899, the 24-yearold Winston Churchill sailed for South Africa as war correspondent for the Morning Post to report on the Boer War. Churchill’s South Africa covers the future statesman’s travels across the Great Karoo and through the green hills of Natal, his capture by the Boers, his escape to Delagoa Bay and his triumphant return to the Natal front as an officer in the SA Light Horse. It recreates the drama of the Battle of Spioen Kop and the Relief of Ladysmith, and describes Churchill’s experiences during the British advance through the Free, before returning to England as a Boer War hero. Enlivened with photographs and with quotations from Churchill, this volume documents the travels of a key historical figure in South Africa.

9781920545475, $30.00, $19.50, hardback

A Handful of Heroes, Rorke’s Drift Katie Stossel Thanks to newly discovered letters and documents, A Handful of Heroes updates the history of the defense of Rorke’s Drift, which will forever be one of the most celebrated British feats of arms. Remarkably, after such prolonged historical scrutiny, the author’s research proves that there is yet more to discover about this famous incident of the Zulu War 1879 and her superbly researched book reveals a number of myths that have distorted what happened during the gallant defense of the small Mission Station. This fascinating and highly readable account goes on to examine in detail the famous Chard Report which has long been relied on by historians and authors.

9781473828223, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224 pages

Brothers in War and Peace Dennis Cruywagen Abraham and Constand Viljoen were identical twins who took starkly different paths in life.

One was a deeply religious man, who opposed apartheid; the other was a man of war, who became head of the SADF. But together they would play a crucial role in preventing South Africa from civil war. In the early 1990s, Constand came out of retirement to head the Afrikaner Volksfront. Realizing that war would destroy their country, Abraham approached his estranged brother and urged him to consider the alternative: talks with the ANC. What followed was a series of secret meetings and negotiations that ultimately prevented civil war. Brothers in War and Peace documents the crucial yet largely unheralded role the Viljoen brothers played in ensuring peace in South Africa.

9781770226005, $20.00, $12.99, paperback

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ALTERNATIVE HISTORY Over the Top

Peter Tsouras & Spencer Jones Although separated from the modern reader by a full century, the First World War continues to generate controversy and interest as the great event upon which modern history pivoted. Not only did the war cull the European peoples of some of their best and brightest, it also led to the destruction of the Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman and Russian empires, and paved the way for the Second World War. This thought-provoking book explores ten alternate scenarios in which the course of the war is changed forever. How would the war have changed had the Germans not attacked France but turned their main thrust against Russia; had the Greeks joined the allies at Gallipoli; or had the British severed the communications of the Ottoman Empire at Alexandretta?

9781848327535, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 240 pages

Second Front Alexander M. Grace One of the great arguments of World War II took place among Allied military leaders over when and where to launch a second front against Germany in Europe. This realistic, fact-based work posits what would have happened had Churchill been overruled, and that rather than invading North Africa in the fall of 1942, thence Sicily and Italy, the Allies had hit the coast of southern France instead. The key element that enables the alternative scenario is the cooperation of Vichy, which was negotiated at the time but refused. If the Allies had promised sufficient force to support the French, however, the entire southern coastline of France would have been undefended against a surprise invasion.

9781612002163, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 288 pages

The Moscow Option David Downing This provocative alternative history looks at the Second World War from a new angle what might have happened had the Germans taken Moscow in 1941. Based on authentic history and real possibilities, this unique speculative narrative plays out the dramatic consequences of opportunities taken and examines the grotesque possibilities of a Third Reich triumphant. On 30 September 1941, the Germans fight their way into the ruins of Moscow and the Soviet Union collapses. Although Russian resistance continues, German ambition multiplies after this signal success and offensives are launched in Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Hitler’s armies, assured of victory, make their leader’s dreams reality and Allied hopes of recovery seem almost hopelessly doomed.

9781848327214, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 224 pages

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•ALTERNATIVE HISTORY • ANCIENT HISTORY• The Hitler Options Kenneth Macksey What would have happened if Hitler invaded England in July 1940, or concentrated on the capture of Moscow in 1941 instead of first diverting to Kiev?

Or if Rommel had implemented Plan Orient in 1942, striking across the Middle East to join Japanese forces moving to India?

How would the course of World War II have been changed if Churchill had persuaded the Americans to concentrate on attacking the ‘soft underbelly’ of Europe instead of Northern France? In this compelling book, ten acclaimed military historians explore what might have happened if at ten crucial turning-points of the war Hitler had taken a different direction. Each scenario is based on real situations and are within the bounds of what could genuinely have occurred.

9781848327801, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 240 pages

An Alternative History of Britain: The Hundred Years War Timothy Venning Continuing his exploration of the alternative paths that British history might so easily have taken, Timothy Venning turns his attention to the Hundred Years War between England and France. Could the English have won in the long term, or, conversely, have been decisively defeated sooner? Among the many scenarios discussed are what would have happened if the Black Prince had not died prematurely of the Black Death, leaving the 10-year-old Richard to inherit Edward IIIs crown. What would have been the consequences if France’s Scottish allies had been victorious at Neville’s Cross in 1346, while most English forces were occupied in France? And what if Joan of Arc had not emerged to galvanize French resistance at Orleans?

9781781591260, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256 pages

An Alternative History of Britain: Normans and Early Plantagenets Timothy Venning Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the period from the death of William I to the reign of Edward III and a little beyond. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which History could easily have taken a different turn and analyses the possible and likely results. While necessarily speculative to a degree, the scenarios are all highly plausible and rooted in a firm understanding of actually events and their context. In so doing, Timothy Venning gives the reader a clearer understanding of the factors at play and why things happened the way they did, as well as a tantalizing view of what might so easily have been different.

9781783462711, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 240 pages

ANCIENT HISTORY The Vandals

Simon MacDowall On 31 December AD 406, a group of German tribes crossed the Rhine, pierced the Roman defensive lines and began a rampage across Roman Gaul.

Foremost amongst them were the Vandals and their search for a new homeland. The Romans were unable to stop them and their closest allies, the Alans, marching the breadth of Gaul and making themselves masters of Spain. However, this Kingdom of the Vandals soon came under intense from Rome’s Visigothic allies. In 429, they crossed the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. They overran this Roman province and established a stable kingdom. Taking to the seas they soon dominated the Western Mediterranean and raided Italy. Eventually, they were conquered by Belisarius in 533 and vanished from history.

9781473837706, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 208 pages

Germanicus Lindsay Powell Germanicus (a.k.a. Germanicus Iulius Caesar) was considered by Romans as one of their greatest military heroes. His untimely death, in suspicious circumstances, ended the possibility of a return to a more open republic and ambitions for the outright conquest of Germania Magna (Germany).

This, the first modern biography of Germanicus, is in parts a growing-up story, a history of war, a tale of political intrigue and a murder mystery. Born in 15 BC, Germanicus grew up to be a skilled diplomat and bold soldier. Married to the granddaughter of Augustus and responsible for avenging Rome’s humiliating defeat at the Teutoburg Forest through victory at Idistaviso (AD16) and the recovery of one of the lost standards, his reputation and popularity were immense.

9781473881983, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 376 pages

Rome Spreads Her Wings Gareth Sampson The two decades between the end of the First Punic War and the beginning of the Second represent a key period in the development of Rome’s imperial ambitions, both within Italy and beyond. Within Italy, Rome faced an invasion of Gauls from Northern Italy, which threatened the very existence of the Roman state. This war culminated at the Battle of Telamon, giving Rome control of the peninsula up to the Alps for the first time in her history.

9781783030552, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 304 pages

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•ANCIENT HISTORY• A Year in the Life of Ancient Egypt Ann Rosalie David Based on years of prestigious academic work, Professor Rosalie David cleverly presents every aspect of life in ancient Egypt through the lives of various characters. Characters hail from all walks of life, including royalty, nobles, officials, craftsmen and peasants, allowing us an insight into absolutely every aspect of everyday, ritual and religious life in ancient Egypt. The book provides an overview of the many dynasties and kingdoms of ancient Egypt before beginning to tell the story of the lives of one family. All three seasons of inundation, planting and growing, and harvesting are covered as well as all ritual and religious events, including birth and death.

9781473822399, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 240 pages

Sparta: Unfit for Empire Godfrey Hutchinson The end of the Peloponnesian War saw Sparta emerge as the dominant power in the Greek world. Had she used this position wisely her hegemony might have been secure. As it was, she embarked on actions that her former allies refused to support. The rise of Thebes as a threatening power to Sparta’s control of Greece was largely the result of the brilliant exploits of Epaminondas and Pelopidas whose obvious examination of Spartan tactics allowed them to provide counters to them. While noting the political issues, Godfrey Hutchinson’s focus is upon the strategic elements of warfare in a period almost wholly coinciding with the reign of the brilliant commander, Agesilaos, one of the joint kings of Sparta, who, astonishingly, campaigned successfully into his eighties.

9781848322226, $44.95, $28.99, hardback, 320 pages

Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World 3000 BCE–500CE Simon Anglim Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World describes the fighting techniques of soldiers in Europe and the Middle East in an age before gunpowder. The book explores the unique tactics required to win battles with the technology available, and points out how little has changed in some respects in the art of war. Using specially commissioned color and black-and-white artworks to illustrate the battles, equipment and tactics of the era, Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World shows in detail the methods by which armies, including Assyrians and Roman forces, prevailed over their foes, and why other armies were far less successful. The book is an essential companion for any reader in warfare in the classical age.

9781909160460, $17.98, $11.50, paperback, 256 pages

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Hadrian’s Wall: Everyday Life on a Roman Frontier Patricia Southern Hadrian’s Wall is a major World Heritage site, set in stunning unspoiled countryside in Cumbria and Northumberland, where the Wall and its forts are the most visited Roman remains in Britain. Building started around AD 122 after the Emperor Hadrian visited the north of Britain and inspected sites in person to mark out the line of his new frontier. Hundreds of Roman legionaries from Chester, Caerleon and York marched north to quarry the stone and build the Wall, which took several years to complete. This book tells the story of how the Wall was built and manned by Roman soldiers, what life was like on the frontier, and what happened to it when the Romans left.

9781445640259, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 304 pages

The Battle of Actium 31 BC Lee Fratantuono A good argument could be made that the Battle of Actium was the most significant military engagement in Roman history.

On a bright September day, the naval forces of Octavian clashed with those of Antony and Cleopatra off the coast of western Greece. The victory Octavian enjoyed that day set the state for forty-four years of what would come to be known as the Augustan Peace, and was the dawn of the Roman Empire.Yet, what exactly happened at Actium has been a mystery. Professor Lee Fratantuono re-examines the ancient evidence and presents a compelling and solidly documented account of what took place in the waters off the promontory of Leucas in late August and early September of 31 B.C. 9781473847149, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 232 pages

Tribes of Ancient Britain and Germany Bob Carruthers Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works - the Annals and the Histories examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus in AD 14 to the death of Emperor Domitian in AD 96. Tacitus is considered one of the greatest Roman historians, living in what has been called the Silver Age of Latin literature. As well as the brevity and compactness of his Latin prose, he is known for his penetrating insights into the psychology of power politics.

9781781592380, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 112 pages

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•ANCIENT HISTORY• Swords and Cinema Jeremiah McCall The battles and sieges of the Classical world have been a rich source of inspiration to film makers since the beginning of cinema. While Hollywood interpretations of Classical battle continue to spark interest in ancient warfare, to casual viewers and serious enthusiasts alike they also spark a host of questions about authenticity.

What does Hollywood get right and wrong about weapons, organization, tactics and the experience of combat? This original book discusses the merits of battle scenes in selected movies and along the way gives the reader an interesting overview of ancient battle. It should appeal to the serious student of ancient warfare, movie buffs and everyone in between.

9781848844766, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 224 pages

Genghis Khan and the Mongol War Machine Chris Peers As a soldier and general, statesman and empire-builder, Genghis Khan is an almost legendary figure. His remarkable achievements and his ruthless methods have given rise to a sinister reputation. As Chris Peers shows, he possessed exceptional gifts as a leader and manager of men but he can only be understood in terms of the Mongol society and traditions he was born into. So the military and cultural background of the Mongols are major themes of his book.

He at the military skills, tactics and ethos of the Mongol soldiers, and at the advantages and disadvantages they had in combat with the soldiers of more settled societies. His book offers a fascinating fresh perspective on Genghis Khan the man and on the armies he led.

9781783400560, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256 pages

Fighting Emperors of Byzantium John Carr The Eastern Roman or ‘Byzantine’ Empire had to fight for survival throughout its long history so military ability was a prime requisite for a successful Emperor. John Carr concentrates on the personal and military histories of the more capable war fighters to occupy the imperial throne at Constantinople. They include men like Constantine I , Julian, Theodosius, Justinian, Heraclius, Leo I, Basil I, Romanus IV Diogenes, Isaac Angelus, and Constantine XI. Byzantium’s emperors can be credited with preserving Rome’s cultural legacy and forming a bulwark of Christendom against aggressive Islamic expansion. For this the empire’s military organization had to be of a high order. Thus was the Empire able to endure for almost a thousand years after the fall of Rome.

9781783831166, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 288 pages

The Madness of Alexander the Great Richard A. Gabriel Over the years, some 20,000 books and articles have been written about Alexander the Great, the vast majority hailing him as the greatest general that ever lived. Richard A. Gabriel, however, argues that, while Alexander was clearly a successful soldier-adventurer, the evidence of real greatness is simply not there. The author presents Alexander as a misfit within his own warrior society, attempting to overcompensate. Thoroughly insecure and unstable, he was given to episodes of uncontrollable rage and committed brutal atrocities that would today have him vilified as a monstrous psychopath. Above all the author thinks that Alexander’s military ability has been flattered by History.

Alexander was tactically competent but contributed nothing truly original, while his strategy was often distorted by his obsession with personal glory.

9781783461974, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 224 pages

Two Deaths at Amphipolis Mike Roberts This original book looks in detail at arguably the two most significant characters on either side in the middle years of the great Peloponnesian War and the showdown in and around Amphipolis. The Spartan commander Brasidas was already a veteran of many campaigns when he headed for the strategically important northern theater. Cleon was the key hawk in the Athenian assembly who led his fellow citizens in a major effort to counter the impact that Brasidas was having in the north. The two finally clashed in battle outside the Athenian colony of Amphipolis which Brasidas had by then captured. The Spartans won but both men died in the fighting, their passing having far-reaching consequences for the subsequent course of the war.

9781783463787, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 288 pages

Eagles in the Dust Adrian Coombs-Hoar In AD376 large groups of Goths, seeking refuge from the Huns, sought admittance to the Eastern Roman Empire. Emperor Valens took the strategic decision to grant them entry, hoping to utilize them as a source of manpower for his campaigns against Persia.

However, mistreatment of the refugees by Roman officials led them to take up arms against their hosts. The resultant battle near Adrianopolis in AD378 is regarded as one of the most significant defeats ever suffered by Roman arms.

Modern historians have accorded it great significance both at a tactical level, often citing it as the beginning of the end for the Empire.

9781781590881, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 192 pages

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•ANCIENT HISTORY • AUSTRALIA• The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean Raoul McLaughlin The ancient evidence suggests that international commerce supplied Roman government with up to a third of the revenues that sustained their empire. In ancient times large fleets of Roman merchant ships set sail from Egypt on voyages across the Indian Ocean. They sailed from Roman ports on the Red Sea to distant kingdoms on the east coast of Africa and the seaboard off southern Arabia. This book examines Roman commerce with Indian kingdoms from the Indus region to the Tamil lands. It investigates contacts between the Roman Empire and powerful African kingdoms, including the Nilotic regime that ruled Meroe and the rising Axumite Realm.

9781783463817, $44.95, $28.99, hardback, 272 pages

AUSTRALIA Dust Donkeys and Delusions Graham Wilson Dust, Donkeys and Delusion examines and clinically debunks the myth that has grown up around Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the so-called `Man with the Donkey’, the quintessential Australian `hero’ of Gallipoli. While the various elements of the Simpson myth have now become popularly accepted as `history’, Dust, Donkeys and Delusion shows clearly, based on historical documents, both official and unofficial, that almost every word ever spoken or written about Simpson following his death is false.

9781921941740, $24.99, $15.99, paperback, 416 pages

Do Unto Others Alan H Smith Since 1899, the significant role Australian gunners have played in supporting the Australian Military Forces’ campaigns has been well-documented. They have gallantly and wholeheartedly supported Australian, British, New Zealand and Indian armies in both World Wars, the Korean and Borneo Confrontation Wars and most recently the Vietnam War. Do Unto Others is a comprehensive account of the history of counter bombardment, including the development of Australian techniques, equipment and procedures through the campaigns up until Vietnam, with references to the techniques and actions of the British and American artillery included where appropriate to place the Australian experience in perspective. It is also the story of the brave men behind the artillery and their outstanding efforts and results across these varied campaigns.

9780987057440, $24.99, $15.99, hardback, 448 pages

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Looking Forward Looking Back Christopher Jobson Looking Forward, Looking Back explores the Australian Army’s rich and proud history. The Australian Army boasts a broad variety of traditions, some of which belong the the Service as a whole, others to a particular corps, regiment or rank. Some are solemn, some are humorous, and others incorporate the rules of social etiquette, manners and style. Many of the Army’s customs and traditions are derived from the battle tactics and fighting attire of old. Some of the drill movements seen on today’s parade grounds were originally practiced by soldiers in battle.

9780980325164, $24.99, $15.99, hardback, 288 pages

Royal Australian Navy Fleet Royal Australian Navy Celebrate 100 years of pride in the Fleet and discover the rich history of the Royal Australian Navy with this superbly designed and crafted full color book. The entry into Sydney Harbour of the Royal Australian Fleet on the 4th of October 1913 was an even of national significance and great achievement by the young Australian nation. Led by the flagship, the battle cruiser HMAS Australia, HMA Ships Melbourne, Sydney, Encounter, Warrego, Parramatta and Yarra were the pride of the nation and quickly proved themselves in war the next year. In October 2013, exactly 100 years later, the spotlight again shone on Sydney when over 8,000 naval personnel and dozens of warships from around the world conducted a fleet entry and ceremonial review. This book is and inspirational record, both past and present of the accomplishments of one of the world’s leading Navies.

9781922132932, $79.99, $51.99, hardback, 276 pages

Aussie Soldier Denny Neave & Craig Smith This book is a collection of short stories, diary extracts, letters, anecdotes and quotes from past and present serving soldiers. From WW1 to modern day conflicts, this book is an up close and personal perspective of what the soldier regards as his core values. These include compassion, mateship, courage, initiative, loyalty, integrity and trust. Aussie Soldier includes a 30-page battle book that summarises some of Australia’s most famous battles.

9780980325119, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 314 pages

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•AUSTRALIA • AVIATION• Aussie Soldier Prisoners of War Denny Neave & Craig Smith Aussie Soldier: Prisoners of War details the lives of the men and women who found themselves on the wrong side of the wire.

This collection of heartfelt stories and anecdotes from Australian POWs will take you on their very personal journeys.

Surviving as a prisoner of war required as much strength of character as any hard fought battle. As POWs are relatively few in number, their stories often take a back seat when it comes to tales about battles and conflict situations. This is a collection of the stories of our Australian POWs. Interviews, questionnaires, written records, images and letters provide an insight into captivity and the joy and fears that came with their release.

9780980325157, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 304 pages

Conducting Counterinsurgency David Connery Conducting Counterinsurgency uses the personal experiences of officers and soldiers from RTF4 described in their own words to illustrate the principles of counterinsurgency operations.

The book provides a vivid and personal snapshot of the work of these soldiers, the challenges they faced and their interaction with the local people during their tour of duty. This is a firsthand account of counterinsurgency operations conducted by the contemporary Australian Army in its fight against the Taliban. Conducting Counterinsurgency sheds light on the little- understood operations of the Australian Army in Afghanistan and is a must for military professionals and commentators and 9781921941771, $16.95, $10.99, paperback 160 pages

Battle Scarred Craig Deayton “Australias own Band of Brothers” One of the shortest lived and most battle hardened of the 1st Australian Imperial Force’s battalions, the 47th was formed in Egypt in 1916 and disbanded two years later having suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any Australian unit. Their story is remarkable for many reasons. Dogged by command and discipline troubles and bled white by the desperate attrition battles of 1916 and 1917, they fought on against a determined and skilful enemy in battles where the fortunes of war seemed stacked against them at every turn.

Not only did they have the misfortune to be called into some of the A.I.F.’s most costly campaigns, chance often found them in the worst places within those battles.

9781922132000, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 432 pages

Backroom Boys Graeme Sligo The Backroom Boys is the remarkable, but little known, story of how a varied group of talented intellectuals, drafted into the Australian Army in the dark days of 1942, provided high-level policy advice to Australia’s most senior soldier, General Blamey, and through him to the Government for the remainder of the war and beyond. This band of academics, lawyers and New Guinea patrol officers formed a unique military unit, the Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs, under the command of an eccentric and masterful string-puller, Alf Conlon. The Directorate has been depicted as a haven for underemployed poets or meddlesome soldierpoliticians. Based on wide-ranging research, this book reveals a fuller and more fascinating picture.

9781921941122, $24.99, $15.99, hardback, 416 pages

AVIATION Combat Aircraft of the United States Air Force Michael Green From its beginning in August 1907, when the U.S. Army Signal Corps created its Aeronautical Division assigned: “to take charge of all matters pertaining to military ballooning, air machines, and all kindred matters.” That small portion of the U.S. Army would grow to become its own separate entity, named the U.S. Air Force in 1947. It became othe world’s most powerful military establishment, able to deliver conventional and nuclear ordnance anywhere around the globe. Today’s example of that is represented by the supersonic, bat-winged B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. The B-2 Spirit is a far cry from the early days of the service when it relied on fragile prop-driven, wood and fabric-covered aerial platforms. As this book demonstrates that the Cold War demanded ever more powerful aircraft.

9781473834750, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 200 pages

The World’s Greatest Military Aircraft Thomas Newdick Ever since man first took to the air, combat aircraft have been at the cutting edge of aviation technology, resulting in some of the greatest and most complex designs ever built. The World’s Greatest Military Aircraft features 52 of the most important military aircraft of the last hundred years. The book includes all the main types, from biplane fighters and carrier aircraft to tactical bombers, transport aircraft, multi role fighters, strategic strike aircraft and stealth bombers.

9781782742630, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 224 pages

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•AVIATION• Air Combat Thomas Newdick Air Combat is a comprehensive history of airborne warfare, from the first pre-WWI skirmishes in converted reconnaissance aircraft to present-day operations in the Middle East and Asia. The very first fighters and bombers were simple flying machines from which the pilot or navigator would aim a gun or ‘dumb’ bomb visually, leaning out into the slipstream. In contrast, modern warplanes are capable of destroying a target without ever seeing what they are firing at, using laser guidance and GPS to pinpoint the enemy. Illustrated with photographs and artworks, the chronologically ordered chapters outline the developments and landmarks in aerial combat through the decades. The book ends with an analysis of the use of U.S. and allied air power to fight insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.

9781782743330, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 320 pages

Soviet Aircraft Industry Peter G. Dancey Much of the fascination which Soviet aircraft stems from the thick fog of secrecy that enveloped the industry throughout the ‘Cold War’ until the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Until then details which in case of Western designs could be found from the nearest reference book was in the case of Russian aircraft often a matter of conjecture and an inaccurate article written by a western journalist. This author has obtained much original and previously unpublished information from the former Soviet Union. It gives the reader a clear understanding of the unique characteristics of Soviet-designed aircraft, in particular military types that at times caused great concern in the West with regards to the technical advances inherent in their design.

9781781552896, $60.00, $38.99, hardback, 360 pages

Military Aviation in Northern Ireland Guy Warner & Ernie Cromie A fabulous collection of historic photographs illustrating the history of military aviation in Northern Ireland from 1913.

Written by two experts, the volume covers the developments and changes in military aircraft and airports around Northern Ireland during peace and war, and includes much previously unpublished material.

9781780730387, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 120 pages

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Britain’s Cold War Bombers Tim McLelland Britain’s Cold War Bombers explores the creation and development of the jet bomber, tracing the emergence of the first jet designs to the firstgeneration jets that entered service with the RAF and Fleet Air Arm, through to the latest generation of Typhoon aircraft.

From Valiant, to Vulcan, Canberra, Sperrin,Victor, Scimitar, Buccaneer, Nimrod, Phantom, Sea Harrier, Jaguar, Tornado GR1/4 and Typhoon, a careful examination of each aircraft from initial design to operational status reveals a linear progression in appearance and technology. Brilliantly illustrated with over 250 pictures (66 color), this is the definitive guide to the bombers that have shaped British air power.

9781781555347, $32.95, $21.50, paperback, 368 pages

The Last War of the Superfortresses Leonid Krylov & Yuriy Tepsurkaev This work is an attempt by the authors to give as full and detailed a history as possible of the confrontation between Soviet fighters and the principal strike force of the United States Far East Air Force – the B-29 ‘Superfortress’ bombers during the course of the Korean War between 1950-1953. Military documents, which the authors have studied over many years of work in the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation form the basis of this book.

Statistical material has been provided in this book, which characterizes combat operations carried out by the B-29s and the fighters of the 64th Fighter Air Corps, both within the text itself and in the form of easy-to-use tables. The book is illustrated with photographs.

9781910777855, $49.95, $32.50, paperback, 128 pages

Soviet Cold War Fighters Alexander Mladenov Soviet Cold War Fighters looks at the main periods of the development of the Soviet fighter designs, generation by generation, covering all the important features and developments of each generation and the most emblematic combat employments of the members of the generation. In separate boxes, pilot/designer/maintainer comments are inserted as well as other interesting facts and figures about the aircraft, their weapons and the instances of combat employment. Soviet Cold War Fighters explains the Cold War background of the technological developments behind the front-line fighter types in the Soviet Union, detailing where, when and how these aircraft were deployed and what was their impact on the Cold War developments.

9781781554968, $70.00, $45.50, hardback, 304 pages

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•AVIATION• Libyan Air Wars. Part 1 Tom Cooper & Albert Grandolini Between 1973 and 1989,Western powers and Libya were entangled in an exchange of blows.

Supposedly launched in retaliation for one action or the other, this confrontation resulted in a number of high-profile clashes between the Libyan Arab Air Force (LAAF), the US Navy and the French. Meanwhile, the LAAF also saw deployment in Chad. Initially, with sporadic fighting between different parties for the control of N’Djamena, this conflict eventually turned into a major war when Libya invaded the country outright.

Detailing not only the aerial operations but the ground war and the geopolitical background of these conflicts, this volume provides a unique insight into an otherwise completely forgotten conflict that raged from the skies over the southern Mediterranean to southern Chad and northern Sudan.

9781909982390, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 80 pages

Libyan Air Wars. Part 2 Tom Cooper & Albert Grandolini The first volume in this miniseries spanned the first decade of confrontations between Libya and several of its neighbors, but foremost the USA and France, between 1973 and 1985, the second is to cover the period of less than a year – between mid1985 and March 1986, when this confrontation reached its first climax. Through mid and late 1985, relations between France and Libya became tense over the situation in Chad. By early 1986, the French felt forced to deploy their air force for an airstrike on the Libyan air base at Wadi Doum. Tripoli reacted with a high-profile aerial attack on N’Djamena IAP and by bolstering support for its proxies. This eventually provoked Paris to launch its third military intervention in that country, Operation Épervier.

9781910294536, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 72 pages

Libyan Air Wars. Part 3 Tom Cooper & Albert Grandolini Confrontations between Libya, and the USA and France reached their highest point in the period between April 1986 and early 1989. In response to a Libyaninstigated and supported series of terror attacks against US citizens and interests in Europe, in April 1986 the USA launched Operation El Dorado Canoyon.

Simultaneously, the USA and France bolstered the military of the Chadian government, enabling it to subsequently launch an all-out advance against Libyan troops and proxy forces in the north of Libya. This culminated in the series of spectacular campaigns better known as ‘Toyota Wars’, characterized by high speed of operations and surprise. The Chadian Army defeated its opponents in 1987 and nearly launched an invasion of Libya in 1988, successfully concluding this conflict.

9781910294543, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 72 pages

Contact!

Bob Tuxford & Roland White Contact! is an enthralling set of recollections from ex-RAF pilot, instructor and test pilot Bob Tuxford. The book follows his twenty-year career within the RAF and describes highlights of active service across the world, including an accompanied exchange tour in the US Air Force and participation in the Falklands war. The title, a nod to the crucial response during air-to-air refueling, underlines the important role that Bob carried out during his career as a captain of Victor K1s 214 Squadron in the 1970s, and K2s on 57 and 55 Squadrons in the early 1980s. This experience led to him playing a vital role in the first Black Buck mission during the Falklands campaign.

9781910690222, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 198 pages

Tornado Boys Ian Hall With the introduction of female pilots to the RAF in 1994, the Tornado was the first aircraft to be flown by both men and women. The book starts in the 1970s with stories from operators and ground crew of the Tornado as a Cold War nuclear deterrent and with tales of later ‘hot’ wars as seen by operational leaders in both Gulf conflicts and in Kosovo. There are also stories of Scud hunting in Iraq and Red Flag exercises in the US. With the transformation of the Tornado to the GR4 standard, the book continues with chapters covering active service in support of Britain’s international commitments and the employment of new weaponry and sensors.

9781910690130, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 208 pages

Harrier Boys Volume 1 Robert Marston In Harrier Boys,Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands, 1969–1990, Robert Marston draws together accounts from others who worked with this unique jet through its history.

The excitement, camaraderie and pride of Harrier operators shine through in the personal stories of those whose lives were changed by their experience of this iconic aircraft, both on land and at sea. In this first volume, events of the Cold War years are brought to life by contributors including Graham Williams, who flew the Transatlantic Air Race, Peter Dodworth, a member of the Harrier Conversion Team, Peter Harris, a participant in the defense of Belize, Sir Peter Squire, OC 1 (F) Squadron, and Dave Baddams, who commanded the Royal Navy Sea Harriers.

9781909808294, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 192 pages

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•AVIATION• Harrier Boys Volume 2 Bob Marston In the second volume of Harrier Boys, the history of this remarkable aircraft in service is illustrated through personal reminiscences of the people who worked with it. The book begins with explanations of the mature concept of operations with the Harrier GR3 in the Cold War. It then progresses through the evolution of Harrier II and updates to the Sea Harrier, while the potential battles to be fought necessitated ever-changing tactics and technology. The new Harriers used digital developments for airframe, engine and weapons control. Conflicts in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan saw groundattack missions move towards the delivery of smart weapons from medium level – meaning that the Harrier had once more to demonstrate its legendary versatility.

9781910690178, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 192 pages

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Jeannette Remak The B-52, in 1955 entered the service of the USAF and as of 2016 she is still in service and on active duty. The B-52 had lived through the Cold War. The B-52 saw service in the Vietnam War of which Operation Rolling Thunder became one of the monumental programs in USAF history. The B-52 went on to service in the deserts of the Middle East in Operation Desert Storm and later in Enduring Freedom and Afghanistan. Through all this, the B-52 has stood for the many revisions, from A to H, that have been done to her massive airframe and her cockpit, which is now an up todate glass cockpit.

9781781554678, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 256 pages

Mosquito Graham M. Simons During the course of aviation history, there have been very few aircraft that have achieved immediate success when entering front-line service. The arrival of the de Havilland Mosquito brought with it a degree of instant success that set it apart from a host of other aircraft. It was not designed to an RAF requirement, but was the result of an initiative of the designers and builders to utilize the skills of woodworkers and the relative abundance of wood in the crisis years of World War II. The result was an aircraft that could be built quickly, was extremely fast and immensely versatile. Here, Graham Simons describes how the de Havilland Mosquito was built, utilizing many rare photographs from the design studio and production lines.

9781783400713, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 256 pages

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Tornado in Pictures David Gledhill & Darren Willmin The Panavia Tornado was designed as a multi-role combat aircraft to meet the needs of Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. Since the prototype flew in 1974, nearly 1000 Tornados have been produced in a number of variants serving as a fighter-bomber, a fighter and in the reconnaissance and electronic suppression roles.

Deployed operationally in numerous theaters throughout the world, the Tornado has proved to be exceptionally capable and flexible. From its early Cold War roles it adapted to the rigors of expeditionary warfare from The Gulf to Kosovo to Afghanistan. The early “dumb” bombs were replaced by laser-guided weapons and cruise missiles and in the air-to-air arena fitted with the AMRAAM and ASRAAM missiles.

9781781554630, $25.95, $16.99, paperback, 96 pages

Into the Blue Norman Macmillan Into the Blue is widely regarded as a literary classic. Originally published in 1929, Grub Street reintroduces you to Norman Macmillan’s insightful book about his experiences as a pilot during the First World War. Wing Commander Norman Macmillan, OBE, MC, AFC, DL joined the RFC in 1916. Norman flew many missions on this type and claimed two victories before 45 were re-equipped with Camels in August 1917; Norman then gained his first Camel victory in the same month they arrived. On 11th September he twice claimed Fokker Triplanes out of control during two separate engagements in the space of a few minutes.

Macmillan went on to claim nine victories in all.

9781910690017, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 256 pages

Air Raids on South West Essex in the Great War Alan David Simpson A quarter of a century before the Blitz of 1940, the inhabitants of southwest Essex were terrorized by an earlier aerial menace. Over the course of four years, German Zeppelins, Gothas and Giants flew above their homes, unleashing hundreds of bombs on London.

These early air raids are now largely forgotten in local memory, but for the inhabitants of the time the attacks were unprecedented, unexpected and lethal. This is the first book to ever examine what happened before and after the raiders reached and bombarded the capital. The author has included a wide range of contemporary letters, diaries and newspaper reports from local sources, plus several previously unseen photographs.

9781473834125, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224 pages

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•AVIATION• No Echo in the Sky Harald Penrose ‘No Echo in the Sky’ is a delightfully written book where Harald Penrose draws on personal experiences from his long and distinguished career.

Harald Penrose was chief test pilot at Westland Aircraft Ltd from 1931 to 1953 and his flying experience spanned man carrying kites before the First World War, to early jet fighters and helicopters. With lyrical prose matching that of Laurie Lee he provides pen sketches of almost unsurpassed beauty.

From his first flight to the experience of flying a jet—the Gloster Meteor—Penrose’s well-chosen passages will be a delight to any aviation enthusiast.

9781781554876, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 144 pages

Oswald Boelcke RG Head Oswald Boelcke was Germany’s first ace with a total of forty victories. His character, organizational genius, and impact on aerial doctrine are all reasons why Boelcke remains an important figure in air warfare.

Paving the way for modern air forces with his pioneering tactics, Boelcke had a dramatic effect on his contemporaries.

The fact that he was the Red Baron’s mentor and friend demonstrates the influence he had upon the German air force. Boelcke even gained the admiration of his enemies.

After his death, the Royal Flying Corps dropped a wreath on his funeral, and his victims sent another wreath from their prison camp. His name and legacy live on, as seen in the Luftwaffe’s designation of the Tactical Air Force Wing 31 ‘Boelcke’.

9781910690239, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 192 pages

German Night Fighter Force 1917–1945 Gebhard Aders The German Night Fighter force had its origins in the First World War to repel night raids. They developed operational procedures which became largely forgotten a few years after the Armistice. The Western Allies maintained and improved night-fighting tactics, but the creators of the new Luftwaffe did not at first think about night fighting at all. This changed in 1936 and the results of some exercises were set down in a secret study prepared for the Air District school in November of that year. This study of the History of the German Night Fighter Force is a detailed analysis with numerous appendices which provides a comprehensive account of the Luftwaffe’s thoroughness right up to the end when the hunters became the hunted.

9781781555033, $62.95, $40.99, hardback, 304 pages

The Rise of the Bomber Greg Baughen In The Rise of the Bomber: RAFArmy Planning 1919 to Munich 1938, the second book in the series, author Greg Baughen uses archive material to reassess British air policy in the inter-war years. Gone is the image of a Royal Air Force starved of funds and struggling for survival against a bullying Army and Navy.

Instead, Baughen describes how the Air Force set out to replace both the Army and Navy. It blocked the development of a modern air/tank strategy and won government backing for a defense policy built around the bomber – the first weapon of mass destruction.Yet the time and money invested in the policy achieved nothing. When put to the test in 1938, the equipment proved inadequate and the strategy flawed.

9781781554937, $40.00, $25.99, hardback, 288 pages

German Bombers Over England Manfred Griehl German Bombers over England is a unique and valuable pictorial guide to Germany’s bomber force. The author has drawn on his own archive to present rare pictures of the German bombers and their crew, while detailed captions examine their role in preparations for Operation Sea Lion in 1940 through to the very last V1 and V2 rocket bomb missions in the closing stages of the war.

9781848327955, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 72 pages

German Bombers Over Russia Manfred Griehl Operation Barbarossa opened with an unprecedented level of ferocity, and the Luftwaffe’s bombers were at the forefront of the action. German bombers launched raid after raid against numerous targets and played an essential role in the speedy conquest of vast tracts of land.

German bombers were called upon to fly in conditions that varied from the heat of the Crimea to the frozen wastes of the Arctic. As the tide turned, the Luftwaffe took heavy punishment and, by the end of the war, Hitler’s bombers were flying increasingly desperate missions intended to stem the advance of the Red Army. Manfred Griehl has drawn on his own archive to present rare photographs of the German bombers and their crews in action and on the ground.

9781848327962, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 72 pages

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•AVIATION• German Elite Pathfinders Manfred Griehl Flying as an elite element of the Luftwaffe’s bomber forces, KG 100 saw action throughout Europe and flew mission after mission against targets as diverse as the Suez Canal and Moscow.

Equipped with x-ray navigational systems, KG 100 flew as pathfinders, leading bomber streams against targets on mainland Britain. In 1940 the unit took part in the Norwegian campaign and was involved in the bombing of Moscow.

Operations continued in the west with anti-shipping operations and in the east with operations in the Crimea and in support of Germans in Stalingrad. Whether bombing or pathfinding, KG 100 excelled at dangerous missions and its reputation was such that it was the first unit to fly airto-surface guided missile attacks against Allied shipping.

9781848327979, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 72 pages

A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940–1945.

Volume 1 Christopher Shores & Giovanni Massimello It is now more than 40 years since Fighters over the Desert was published, and nearly as long since this was followed by Fighters over Tunisia. Both volumes have long been out of print and collectors’ items, but, despite much prompting, Christopher Shores has resolutely refused to permit their reprinting until he amassed so much more information. He has also long nursed a desire to expand the coverage to encompass the operations of the other types of aircraft involved in this interesting and important theater of war. This then represents the first volume of a seminal series dealing with all these aspects and areas, which will also tie in with the earlier Grub Street volumes which he and his collaborators have produced.

9781908117076, $75.00, $48.99, hardback, 560 pages

A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940–1945.

Volume 2 Christopher Shores & Giovanni Massimello Volume I of this series dealt with the 19 months of the air war over the Western Desert of North Africa. This volume picks up as the 8th Army was forced back midway between the Cyrenaican/Tripolitanian border of Libya and the frontier with Egypt. It covers the lull prior to the defeat of the 8th Army in June 1942 and the loss of the important port and fortress of Tobruk. It covers the lull prior to the disastrous defeat of the 8th Army in June 1942 and the loss of the important port and fortress of Tobruk.

9781909166127, $95.00, $61.99, hardback, 738 pages

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A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940–1945.

Volume 3 Christopher Shores & Giovanni Massimello The third volume in this series returns to November 1942 to explain the background to the first major Anglo-American venture – Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa.

It deals with the fratricidal combats which followed the initial landings in Morocco and Algeria for several days. It then considers the efforts made to reach northern Tunisia before the Germans and Italians could get there to forestall the possibility of an attack from the west on the rear of the Afrika Korps forces. Now also described are the arrivals over the front of American pilots and crew, the P-38 Lightning, the Spitfire IX and the B-17 Flying Fortress – and of the much-feared Focke-Wulf FW 190 9781910690000, $95.00, $61.99, hardback, 736 pages

Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War Jason Moore The Lavochkin fighters remain little known in the West, although with the Yakovlev fighter series they were the backbone of the Red Air Force fighter force during the Second World War. The author rectifies that with this comprehensive history of these fighters. With this book he describes in great detail the three main variants of the Lavochkin fighter series during the Second World War: the only partially successful LaGG-3 inline-engined fighter, the successful radial-engined La-5 fighter, and the superb radial engined La-7 fighter, one of the best piston-engined fighter aircraft of the entire Second World War. Both the design and history of these fighters are featured.

9781781555149, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 240 pages

The Second World War Guide to Aircraft Identification After the United States’ entry into the Second World War in 1941, their war department realized that, due to the increasing dominance of air power, their troops would need some help identifying the aircraft active in the various theaters of the war, whether friend or foe.

Indeed, determining friend from foe quickly was key to survival. The result was this guide, produced for the US Armed Forces, and intended for concentrated study by their members. It considered all possible angles that the aircraft might be seen from, depending on which particular force was using the manual, and the result is a well-rounded guide to the aircraft that flew in the Second World War, a vital resource then, and a fascinating insight now.

9781445658896, $20.00, $12.99, paperback, 128 pages

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•AVIATION • CIVIL WAR• The Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe Hauptmann Hermann “The Luftwaffe will no longer have a decisive influence on the outcome of World War II, no matter how long it takes to beat Hitler. No doubt, we will hear of the Luftwaffe before the war is over.We will hear a lot. But don’t let us be deceived.

No matter what happens, the Luftwaffe can never be used as a strategic first-line weapon within the Nazi plan. It can play no role but that of a tactical and auxiliary weapon.” Can it really be true that in 1941 insiders knew the Luftwaffe was a spent force and a failed organization? This remarkable, but little-known book, first published in 1943, argues how pure incompetence in planning and strategy left the Luftwaffe hopelessly stretched and exposed.

9781781550069, $21.95, $14.50, paperback, 224 pages

A Bomber Crew Mystery David Price After having discovered a discarded trophy in an Edinburgh antiques shop, author David Price endeavored to uncover the stories of the men whose names had been engraved upon it. Praised as ‘Outstanding Crew of the Month’, the members of 388th Bombardment Group set out on their very first mission on D-Day. This baptism of fire heralded the start of an illustrious career; in the period between August-September 1944, they took part in over 30 missions. And yet the details of their endeavors have largely been forgotten. Having become disconnected from its previous owners and therefore its history, David Price has made it his mission to retrieve this relic from obscurity and to provide it with a platform upon which it can be appreciated widely.

9781473870468, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256 pages John Gellner & Pavel Vančata One of the many wartime airmen who documented his day to day experiences in a diary, was RCAF navigator Jan Gellner.

Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, Jan was a lawyer practicing in the Czechoslovak town of Brno.

With the outbreak of hostilities on the European continent, he went to Canada and trained as an air observer on the first course of the fledgling British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Jan Gellner began his operational tour with No. 311 ‘Czechoslovak’ (B) Squadron flying the Vickers Wellington. It did not take long for Jan’s abilities to shine, especially as an instructor in astro navigation. For his farrowing role in the attack on the German cruise Prinz Eugen, Jan received the coveted Distinguished Flying Cross.

9781781555095, $34.95, $22.50, paperback, 256 pages

Bomber Harris: His Life and Times Henry Probert Sir Arthur Harris remains the target of criticism and vilification by many, while others believe that the contribution he and his men made to the Allied victory is grossly undervalued. Harris has been condemned, in particular, for his Area Bombing tactics which saw civilians and their homes become legitimate targets along with industrial and military installations. This is explored by the author and placed fully within its context, and just as importantly, within the instructions he received from Churchill’s administration. Henry Probert’s critical but highly sympathetic account draws on wide-ranging research and, for the first time, all of Harris’ own papers, to give an outstanding insight into a man who combined leadership, professionalism and decisiveness with kindness, humor and generosity.

9781848329652, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 400 pages

A Ruddy Awful Waste Steve Brew & Mike Bradbury In 1939, 19-year-old Eric Lock joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve. Displaying a natural aptitude for aerial combat, Lock became an Ace within four weeks of his first sortie. He claimed twenty victories during the Battle of Britain, and was the top-scoring RAF Ace of the campaign. However, Lock was wounded in action in November 1940. Lock returned to front line operations, but failed to return from a patrol to France. This is the full story of the Battle of Britain’s highest scoring RAF ace, told for the first time. It reveals the man behind the legend, uncovers his legacy, dispels myths, and analyses open questions.

9780993415234, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 272 pages

CIVIL WAR

Moonlight Flyer

Calamity in Carolina Daniel T. Davis & Phillip S. Greenwalt Federal armies under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had rampaged through Georgia on their “March to the Sea” and now were cutting a swath of destruction as they marched north from Savannah through the Carolinas. Locked in a desperate defense of Richmond and Petersburg, there was little Lee could do to stem Sherman’s tide—so he turned to Johnston.

This book includes more than a hundred illustrations, new maps, and analysis to tell the story of last great battles of the war in the West.Written in the style that has become the hallmark of the Emerging Civil War Series, this book includes more than a hundred illustrations and maps to tell the story of the last great battles of the war in the West.

9781611212457, $12.95, $8.50, paperback, 168 pages

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•CIVIL WAR• Dawn of Victory Edward S. Alexander After the unprecedented violence of the 1864 Overland Campaign, Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant turned his gaze south of Richmond to Petersburg, where the railroads that supplied the Confederate capital and its defenders found their junction. Nine grueling months of constant maneuver and combat around the “Cockade City” followed. Massive fortifications dominated the landscape, and both armies frequently pushed each other to the brink of disaster. Readers can follow the footsteps of the resolute Union attackers and stand in the shoes of the obstinate Confederate defenders as their actions decided the fate of the nation. Dawn of Victory: Breakthrough at Petersburg by Edward S. Alexander tells the story of the men who fought and died in the decisive battle of the Petersburg campaign.

9781611212808, $12.95, $8.50, paperback, 168 pages

A Long and Bloody Task Stephen Davis Spring of 1864 brought a new war to the Western Theater.

Federal armies were poised on the edge of Georgia for the first time in the war. Atlanta sat in the distance, but it lay more than 140 miles away for the Federal armies, which had to navigate treacherous passes. Blocking the way, too, was the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Joseph E. Johnston. The acknowledged expert on all things related to the battle of Atlanta, historian Steve Davis has lived in the area his entire life, and in A Long and Bloody Task, he tells the tale of the Atlanta campaign as only a native can. He brings his Southern sensibility to the Emerging Civil War Series, known for its engaging storytelling and accessible approach to history.

9781611213171, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 192 pages

Don’t Give an Inch To the Bitter End Robert M. Dunkerly Across the Confederacy, determination remained high through the winter of 1864 into the new year.Yet ominous signs were everywhere. The peace conference had failed. Large areas were overrun, the armies could not stop Union advances, the economy was in shambles, and industry and infrastructure were crumbling—the Confederacy could not make, move, or maintain anything.

No one knew what the future held, but uncertainty. Civilians and soldiers, generals and governors, resolved to fight to the bitter end. Offering a fresh look at the various surrenders that ended the war, To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confederacy by Robert M. Dunkerly brings to light little-known facts and covers oftenoverlooked events.

9781611212525, $14.95, $9.50, paperback, 192 pages

Strike Them a Blow Chris Mackowski For sixteen days the armies had grappled—a grueling horrorshow of nonstop battle, march, and maneuver that stretched through May of 1864. Federal commander Ulysses S. Grant had resolved to destroy his Confederate adversaries through attrition if by no other means. He would just keep at them until he used them up.

Picking up the story started in the Emerging Civil War Series book A Season of Slaughter:The Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, historian Chris Mackowski follows the road south to the North Anna River. Strike Them a Blow: Battle Along the North Anna River offers a concise, engaging account of the mistakes and missed opportunities of the third—and least understood—phase of the Overland Campaign.

9781611212549, $12.95, $8.50, paperback, 192 pages

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Chris Mackowski & Kristopher D.White George Gordon Meade had been thrust into command of the Army of the Potomac as it launched a bold invasion northward. The next day, July 2, 1863, would be one of the Civil War’s bloodiest. Robert E. Lee would launch his army in a series of assaults that would test the mettle of men on both sides in a way few had ever before been tested. In Don’t Give an Inch:The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Emerging Civil War historians Chris Mackowski and Daniel T. Davis peel back the layers to share both the real and often-overlooked stories of that fateful summer day. The authors Mackowski and Davis share their intimate knowledge of the battlefield they both grew up on.

9781611212297, $14.95, $9.50, paperback,192 pages

The Siege of Petersburg John Horn The nine-month siege of Petersburg was the longest continuous operation of the American Civil War. A series of large-scale Union “offensives,” grand maneuvers that triggered some of the fiercest battles of the war, broke the monotony of static trench warfare. Grant’s Fourth Offensive, August 14–25, the longest and bloodiest operation of the campaign, is the subject of John Horn’s revised and updated Sesquicentennial edition of The Siege of Petersburg:The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864. Revised and updated for this special edition, Horn’s outstanding tactical battle study, which emphasizes the context and consequences of every action, is supported by numerous maps and grounded in hundreds of primary sources.

9781611212167, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 384 pages

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•CIVIL WAR• The Maps of the Wilderness Bradley M. Gottfried This book continues Bradley M. Gottfried’s efforts to study and illustrate the major campaigns of the Civil War’s Eastern Theater.

This is his fifth book in the ongoing Savas Beatie Military Atlas Series. This latest magisterial work breaks down the entire campaign into 24 map sets enriched with 120 original full-page color maps. These cartographic creations bore down to the regimental and battery level. The Maps of the Wilderness includes an assessment of the winter of 18631864, the planning for the campaign, the crossing of the Rapidan River, and two days of bloody combat and the day of watchful stalemate thereafter. The Maps of the Wilderness is a seminal work that belongs on the bookshelf of every serious and casual student of the Civil War. 9781611212587, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 360 pages

The Second Battle of Winchester Eric J.Wittenberg & Scott L. Mingus Sr June 1863.The Gettysburg Campaign is underway. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia is pushing northward through the Shenandoah Valley toward Pennsylvania, and only one significant force stands in its way: Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy’s Union division of the Eighth Army Corps, in the vicinity of Winchester and Berryville,Virginia.

What happened next is the subject of the provocative new book The Second Battle of Winchester:The Confederate Victory That Opened the Door to Gettysburg, June 13–15, 1863. Eric J. Wittenberg and Scott L. Mingus Sr. combined their researching and writing talents to produce a comprehensive study.Their balanced effort and a deep familiarity with the terrain in and around Winchester and the lower Shenandoah Valley, explores the battle from every perspective.

9781611212884, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 528 pages

In the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg Lance J. Herdegen & William J.K. Beaudot The storied Iron Brigade carved out a unique reputation during the Civil War. Its men fought on many hard fields, but they performed their most legendary exploits just outside a small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg on the first day of July in 1863. There were many heroic actions, but the fight along an unfinished deep scar in the ground north of the Chambersburg Pike was one never forgotten, and is the subject of Lance J. Herdegen’s and William J. K. Beaudot’s award-winning In the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg:The 6th Wisconsin of the Iron Brigade and its Famous Charge. Out of print for nearly two decades, this reprint shares with yet another generation of readers the story of the 6th Wisconsin’s magnificent charge.

9781611212921, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 408 pages

Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign Thomas J. Ryan Despite the thousands of books and articles written about Gettysburg, Tom Ryan’s groundbreaking Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign: How the Critical Role of Intelligence Impacted the Outcome of Lee’s Invasion of the North, June - July 1863 is the first to offer a unique and incisive comparative study of intelligence operations during what many consider the war’s decisive campaign. Based upon years of indefatigable research, the author evaluates how Gen. Robert E. Lee used intelligence resources, including cavalry, civilians, newspapers, and spies to gather information about Union activities during his invasion of the North in June and July 1863, and how this intelligence influenced General Lee’s decisions.

9781611211788, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 482 pages

John Bell Hood A Civil War Captain and His Lady Gene Barr More than 150 years ago, 27year-old Irish immigrant Josiah Moore met 19-year-old Jennie Lindsay. The Civil War had just begun, Josiah was the captain of the 17th Illinois Infantry, and his war would be a long and bloody one. Their courtship and romance, which came to light in a rare and unpublished series of letters, forms the basis of Gene Barr’s memorable book.

Josiah’s letters offer a glimpse into army life, how he dealt with the loss of many close to him, and the effects of war on a man’s physical, spiritual, and moral well-being. Jennie’s letters show a young woman dealing with the difficulties on the home front while her brother and her love struggle through war.

9781611212907, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 360 pages

Stephen Hood John Bell Hood was one of the Confederacy’s most enigmatic generals. He died at 48 after a brief illness in August of 1879, leaving behind the first draft of his memoirs Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies. Published posthumously the following year, the memoirs immediately became as controversial as their author. A careful and balanced examination of these “controversies,” however, coupled with the recent discovery of Hood’s personal papers (which were long considered lost) finally sets the record straight in John Bell Hood:The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General.

Stephen M. “Sam” Hood, a distant relative of the general, embarked on a meticulous forensic study of the common perceptions and controversies of his famous kinsman.

9781611213300, $18.95, $12.50, paperback, 384 pages

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•CIVIL WAR • HISTORICAL FICTION• Grant Rising Hal Jespersen & James R. Knight Grant Rising is an inspired, onevolume summary in maps and text of Ulysses S. Grant’s famous battles in 1862 - including Donelson and Shiloh as well as his minor engagement in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Grant Rising features techniques that portray Civil War battles in a new way, such as shaded relief topography, giving the maps a three-dimensional appearance. Plus the use of different color tints to represent command relationships makes it easier to determine which brigades reported to which divisions and corps at a glance. Using slightly different shades of blue and red also allow for easy differentiation of many units on a single map, making the action easier to understand.

9781940169019, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 112 pages

Year of Glory Monte Akers No commander during the Civil War is more closely identified with the “cavalier mystique” as Major General J.E.B. (Jeb) Stuart.

And none played a more prominent role during the brief period when the hopes of the nascent Confederacy were at their apex, when it appeared as though the Army of Northern Virginia could not be restrained from establishing Southern nationhood. Year of Glory focuses on the twelve months in which Stuart’s reputation was made, following his career on an almost day-to-day basis from June 1862, when Lee took command of the army, to June 1863, when Stuart turned north to regain a glory slightly tarnished at Brandy Station, but found Gettysburg instead.

9781612001302, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 392 pages

Year of Desperate Struggle Monte Akers By the summer of 1863, following Chancellorsville, it was clear to everyone on both sides of the Civil War that the Army of Northern Virginia was the most formidable force Americans had ever put in the field. It could only be “tied” in battle, if against great odds, but would more usually vanquish its opponents. A huge measure of that army’s success was attributable to its cavalry arm, under Major General J.E.B. Stuart, which had literally “run rings” around its enemies.

This work picks up where Year of Glory left off, with a minute examination of Stuart’s cavalry during the controversial Gettysburg campaign, followed by the nine months of sparring during which the Army of Potomac declined to undertake further major thrusts against Virginia.

9781612002828, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 312 pages

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The Life of a Union Army Sharpshooter William G. Andrews John T. Farnham, a sharpshooter in the Union Army, wrote a substantial diary entry nearly every day during his three-year enlistment, sent over 50 long articles to his hometown newspaper, and mailed some 600 letters home. He described training, battles, skirmishes, encampments, furloughs, marches, hospital life, and clerkships at the Iron Brigade headquarters and the War Department. He met Lincoln and acquired a blood-stained cuff taken from his assassinated body. He befriended freed slaves, teaching them to read and write and built them a school. He was gregarious and popular, naming in his diaries 108 friends in the service and 156 at home. He paints a portrait of the lives of ordinary soldiers in the Union Army, their food, living conditions, ordeals, triumphs, and tragedies.

9781625450777, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 288 pages

HISTORICAL FICTION Fire Across the Veldt John Wilcox September, 1900. South Africa.

Simon Fonthill, along with his wife Alice, “352” Jenkins, and tracker Mzingeli, is travelling to Pretoria to meet with General Kitchener. With information that the next Boer move will be to attack the Cape Colony, Fonthill must race to locate and defeat the enemy forces in time. When their train is derailed by hostile Boer forces the quartet are forced to continue their journey on horseback, but are quickly targeted and surrounded by Boer commando leader General de Wet and his soldiers. With information that the next Boer move will be to invade and attack the Cape Colony, Fonthill must race to locate and defeat the enemy forces in time.

9780749010089, $29.95, $19.50, hardback

Dust Clouds of War John Wilcox 1914. Simon Fonthill, a fit 59-year-old, is visiting his farm in Northern Rhodesia when the Great War breaks out. With him, as always, is his wife Alice, but also his old comrade and former batman, 352 Jenkins, holidaying with them after the marriage of his two step-daughters. Fonthill immediately cables his old boss Kitchener, the newly appointed Minister for War in the British Cabinet, offering his services in the fight against the Kaiser’s Germany. However, he is instructed to remain in Africa in case of warfare in German East Africa.

9780749017248, $12.95, $8.50, paperback, 384 pages

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•HISTORICAL FICTION• Son of Blood Jack Ludlow Following Ludlow’s earlier novels set in eleventh-century Europe, the de Hautville warrior dynasty shows no sign of falling back into obscurity. Under Robert Guiscard, the de Hautevilles have grown in importance and power throughout Italy and, through the Papacy, all of Christendom. Now it is Robert’s son Bohemund’s turn to take up arms - the opportunity to fight under the papal banner in the Holy Lands could bring him the glory and riches he desires and which have been cruelly denied him elsewhere. Ludlow has made a name for himself in the historical adventure genre with stand-out titles such as The Pillars of Rome and Mercenaries, this new series takes us from the Norman Conquest to the age of the crusaders.

9780749012533, $16.95, $10.99, paperback

Soldier of Fortune Edward Marston The dashing Captain Daniel Rawson can charm a lady as well as he can parry a sword. And whether it is extracting information from the wife of a French general or leading his soldiers in a Forlorn Hope, Rawson proves himself invaluable to the Duke of Marlborough and the Confederate forces as they head towards the battle of Blenheim. But on their march across Europe, Rawson discovers he has two very different camps of pursuers. The beautiful Abigail Piper is determined to get her man. Also hot on Rawson’s heels are the murderous servants of the General Salignac, the latest man Daniel cuckolded. Their instructions are simple - kill Rawson and bring back proof.

9780749080884, $16.95, $10.99, paperback

Drums of War Hawkwood Jack Ludlow The Hundred Year’s War is over and newly-knighted Sir John Hawkswood is headed for France to make his fortune as a freebooter.Violence and extortion are rife, and the freebooters will stop at nothing to capture the Papal City of Avignon. This is only the beginning: Italy beckons, and with it, yet more battles against rival mercenaries, powerful cities and the Papal State.

9780749019532, $25.00, $16.50, hardback, 352 pages

Waterloo The Bravest Man Andrew Swanston June, 1815. The Coldstream Guards and the third guards are waiting impatiently for orders to move into battle against Napoleon and his French army.

Every day seems endless as the troops wait for Wellington’s orders. When the group eventually encounter the French in battle, a special command comes from Wellington himself to Colonel James Macdonell of the Coldstream Guards: hold the château at Hougoumont and do not let the French pass. What happens next is history.

9780749019501, $25.00, $16.50, hardback, 288 pages

Edward Marston Dashing career soldier and ladies’ man, Captain Daniel Rawson is always up for an adventure. So when the Duke of Marlborough proposes a dangerous undercover mission, Rawson happily accepts. One of their spies, a Dutch tapestrymaker based at the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King, has gone missing and Daniel is instructed to find out what has happened to the man.

Meanwhile Rawson’s stalwart Sergeant Welbeck is left in the camp with complications of his own. His wide-eyed nephew has joined the army as a drummer boy in pursuit of honor and glory. Welbeck would like nothing more than to ignore this eager young boy, but circumstances are conspiring to make this impossible.

9780749007904, $16.95, $10.99, paperback

Fire and Sword Edward Marston Returning to camp from a dangerous solo mission behind enemy lines, Daniel Rawson finds himself stranded with French soldiers in fierce pursuit. With help from a local farmer and the loan of a horse, Daniel manages to escape by the skin of his teeth. But when Daniel returns to thank the man he finds the farmhouse and barn have been set ablaze and the farmer is approaching death, apparently at the hands of English soldiers. Back at home in England there is political unrest. After several similar raids on other farms, Daniel enlists the help of his old friend to investigate. All the while the treacherous and scheming French Commander is becoming hell bent on the capture of Daniel, by any means at his disposal.

9780749008956, $16.95, $10.99, paperback

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•HISTORICAL FICTION • MEDIEVAL WARFARE• Under Siege Edward Marston In the wake of the rvictory at the Battle of Oudenarde, Captain Daniel Rawson must take a role in the Allies’ new strategy - to strike deeper into French Flanders and lay siege to Lille. Daniel is sent to steal vital plans from inside Lille but only partially successful, he has to return to rescue his accomplice.

The Duke of Marlborough, meanwhile, finds his position as captain-general threatened by back in England. Daniel is unaware that his beloved Amalia is under siege in England. A dangerous admirer is determined to seduce her, even if he has to have Daniel murdered before he can do so. As the weather worsens and Lille’s famed defenses appear to be holding, Daniel has to fight against one of his own.

9780749009793, $16.95, $10.99, paperback

A Very Murdering Battle Edward Marston 1709. Europe is in the grip of the coldest winter for a century.

Ports freeze. Cattle die. People starve. Mutiny and desertions rattle the French army leaving Louis X1V to search for peace on almost any terms. Captain Daniel Rawson acts as an interpreter at the negotiations in The Hague, feeling acute frustration when the talks collapse. While the resumption of war looms close at hand again, Daniel is given a personal mission by Marlborough himself which takes him deep behind enemy lines. If he survives, the Battle of Malplaquet, the bloodiest yet, awaits him…

9780749011543, $16.95, $10.99, paperback

MEDIEVAL WARFARE King Arthur’s Wars Jim Storr ‘King Arthur’s Wars’ describes one of the biggest archaeological finds of our times; yet there is nothing new to see. There are secrets hidden in plain sight. We speak English today, because the Anglo-Saxons took over most of post-Roman Britain. How did that happen? There is little evidence: not much little archaeology, and even less written history. There is, however, a hug amount of speculation. ‘King Arthur’s Wars’ brings an entirely new approach to the subject. The answers are out there, in the countryside, waiting to be found. Months of field work and map study allow us to understand, for the first time, how the Anglo-Saxons conquered England; county by county and decade by decade.

9781910777817, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 320 pages

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Medieval Maritime Warfare Charles D. Stanton Following the fall of Rome, the sea is increasingly the stage upon which the human struggle of western civilization is played out.

In a world of few roads and great disorder, the sea is the medium on which power is projected and wealth sought.Yet this confused period in the history of maritime warfare has rarely been studied – it is little known and even less understood. Charles Stanton uses an innovative and involving approach to describe this fascinating but neglected facet of European medieval history. He depicts the development of maritime warfare from the end of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance, detailing the wars waged in the Mediterranean as well as those fought in northern waters.

9781781592519, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 368 pages

Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World 500–1500 Matthew Bennett Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World describes the fighting techniques of soldiers in what has been characterized as the ‘age of chivalry’.The book explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles and points out how the development of such weapons technology changed the face of the battlefield. Divided into five sections, the text first examines the individual components of the medieval army, the foot soldier and the mounted soldier, the equipment they wore and used, and how they fought together as a unit. Using specially commissioned color and black-and-white artworks to illustrate the battles, equipment and tactics of the era, this book shows in detail the methods by which armies gained and lost ascendancy on the battlefield.

9781909160477, $17.98, $11.50, paperback, 256 pages

Agincourt 1415: A Tourist’s Guide to the Campaign Peter Hoskins & Anne Curry Henry V’s English army triumphed over the French at Agincourt in northern France on 25 October 1415 in one of the defining battles of the Hundred Years War. Six hundred years later this famous event still excites passionate interest and provokes controversy, yet there are no up-to-date guides to the 1415 campaign, the battle itself and the aftermath. That is why the publication of this practical and authoritative guidebook is so timely. As well as writing a graphic narrative of the entire campaign, the authors take the motorist, cyclist and walker along the route of Henry’s army. The itinerary is divided into five tours which culminate in a vivid reconstruction of the Agincourt battle and a detailed guide to the battlefield.

9781783831579, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 192 pages

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•MEDIEVAL WARFARE • MILITARY REFERENCE• Medieval Mercenaries William Urban The Middle Ages were a turbulent and violent time, when the fate of nations was most often decided on the battlefield, and strength of arms was key to acquiring and maintaining power.

In this benchmark work, William Urban explores the vital importance of the mercenary to the medieval power-broker, from the Byzantine Varangian Guard to fifteenth-century soldiers of fortune in the Baltic.

Through contemporary chronicles and the most up-to-date scholarship, he presents an in-depth portrait of the mercenary across the Middle Ages.

9781848328549, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 256 pages

The Norman Commanders Paul Hill Robert Guiscard, William the Conqueror, Roger I of Sicily and Bohemond Prince of Antioch are just four of the exceptional Norman commanders who not only led their armies to victory in battle but also, through military force, created their own kingdoms in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Their singleminded and aggressive leadership, and the organization, discipline and fighting qualities of their armies, marked them out from their Viking forebears and from many of the armed forces that stood against them. Their brilliant careers, and those of Robert Curthose, William Rufus, Richard I of Capua and Henry I of England, are the subject of Paul Hill’s latest study of medieval warfare.

9781783462285, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 240 pages

The Wars of the Roses: The Key Players in the Struggle for Supremacy Matthew Lewis In the second half of the fifteenth century, for over thirty years, civil war tore England apart, but its roots were deeper and its thorns felt longer than this time frame suggests. The Wars of the Roses were not a coherent period of continual warfare. There were distinct episodes of conflict, interspersed with long periods of peace. But the struggles never really ceased. Motives changed, fortunes waxed and waned, the nature of kingship was weighed and measured and the mettle of some of England’s greatest families was put to the test. Matthew Lewis examines the people behind these events, exploring the personalities of the main players, their motives, their successes and their failures.

9781445646350, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 304 pages

The Wars of the Roses: The Inspiration for Game of Thrones Martin J. Dougherty “Westeros is probably closer to medieval Britain than anything else.” – George R.R. Martin, creator of Game of Thrones.

Kings who were insane or imprisoned; feuding families, disputed successions and monarchs executing their brothers; exiled nobles– the history of the Wars of the Roses is so filled with drama that it feels like fiction. In fact, it has inspired fiction. As Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin said: “I’ve drawn on many parts of history, but the Wars of the Roses is probably the one A Song Of Fire And Ice is closest to.” Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, artworks and maps, this book reveals the scheming behind the struggle to gain power.

9781782742395, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 224 pages

MILITARY REFERENCE How To Undertake Surveillance and Reconnaissance Henry Prunckun How to Undertake Surveillance and Reconnaissance offers you a systemic way to learn about these fascinating subjects—what they are and what they are not.

In doing so, it will teach you how to employ the unique trade craft associated with these interesting occupation in order to help you plan and carry out your own recon missions. In a world of growing complexity, you cannot afford to learn by trial-anderror or guesswork. This book steps you through the background to surveillance and reconnaissance, describe their use, and explain how they are conducted. It also looks at the essential pieces of equipment and training necessary to carryout a successful mission. In addition, it discusses what’s required to plan for a recon mission.

9781473833876, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 192 pages

Ultimate Guide to Air Force Basic Training Nicholas Van Wormer Air Force basic training is now more challenging than ever, both mentally and physically. In the past few years the Air Force has redesigned its basic military training requirements to prepare airmen for the ever-changing role the Air Force is now engaged in around the world in today’s War on Terror. The Ultimate Guide to Air Force Basic Training shows you, step by step, how to survive and thrive in today’s basic training program. Beginning with the recruiting process and taking you all the way through basic training graduation day, this book answers all your questions and will help alleviate your fears as you enter this new and exciting period of your life.

9781932714920, $18.95, $12.50, paperback, 192 pages

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• MILITARY REFERENCE• Ultimate Interactive Basic Training Workbook Michael Volkin The Ultimate Interactive Basic Training Workbook is a comprehensive interactive guide crafted especially for today’s computer-savvy recruit. When used together with Volkin’s original guidebook, the Workbook provides every recruit with the inside knowledge of basic training he/she needs to not only survive, but thrive in the military. This remarkable book includes interactive activities, multiple choice and true/false questions, short answer, word association games, and flash cards you cut out and use to enhance memory and recall. Everyone who purchases this title will be allowed entry into the special “Workbook” section of Sergeant Volkin’s dynamic website, where they will find additional in-depth answers and tips for every question asked in the book—and much more!

9781932714326, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 168 pages

Ultimate Officer Candidate School Guidebook Ryan N. Pierce Are you a former soldier, sailor, or airman who left the service without getting the most out of your potential? Are you a leader in the civilian sector who knows you have more to give back to the country you love so much?

If so, you should consider entering the Army, Army Reserves, or Army National Guard, earn your commission as a Second Lieutenant, and begin or restart an exciting career as a leader in the world’s best military. The Ultimate Officer Candidate School Guidebook explains everything you need to know to achieve these goals. Author Ryan Pierce, an OCS graduate and former TAC Officer, offers 19 chapters of information to guide potential candidates down the path of earning a commission in the Army.

9781932714913, $18.95, $12.50, paperback, 192 pages

Lethality in Combat The Ultimate Survival Guide Chris McNab The world is a hostile environment, capable of throwing the unexpected at you at any moment. Bringing together the knowledge gained by those who have learnt it the hard way, The Ultimate Survival Guide is the only book you will ever need. For every scenario that you might find yourself in, from the humid heat of the tropics to the frozen poles, The Ultimate Survival Guide teaches you the fundamental survival techniques you need to survive without external help, and often without specialized equipment. Relying on the experiences of those who have survived in harsh situations themselves, the book tells you how to find food, water and shelter, and how to make back to safety if necessary.

9781782741428, $34.95, $22.50, paperback, 448 pages

The Ultimate Chief Petty Officer Guidebook James Glass So you want to become a Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy? That is a good and noble goal, but wishful thinking won’t cut it. It takes drive, initiative, and hard work. Anyone who has undergone the transition from Sailor to Chief Petty Officer will tell you it is a lot tougher and more challenging than most Sailors imagine.

James Glass’ in-depth and informative The Ultimate Chief Petty Officer Guidebook:Tips,Tactics, and Techniques for Sailors Who are Serious about Becoming a Chief Petty Officer is the perfect step-by-step guide to reach your goal.

9781611211245, $18.95, $12.50, paperback, 168 pages

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Tom Lewis Lethality in Combat shines a blazing light on the three most controversial aspects of military combat: the necessity of killing; the taking, or not, of prisoners; and the targeting of civilians. This book argues that when a nationstate sends its soldiers to fight, the state must accept the full implications of this, uncomfortable as they may be.

Drawing on seven conflicts - the Boer War, World Wars I and II, and the wars in Korea,Vietnam, the Falklands and Iraq- the author considers these ethical issues.

9781921941511, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 368 pages

Red Army’s Do-itYourself, Nazi-Bashing Guerrilla Warfare Manual Lester Grau & Michael Gress This 1943 third edition of the Спитик Партизана [The Partisan’s Companion] is the lastand-best Red Army manual used to train partisans to fight the Nazi invader. Once upon a time, the Boy Scout Manual concentrated almost exclusively on camping, field craft and first aid. The Partisan’s Companion adds guns, demolitions, handto-hand combat, assorted mayhem and multiple forms of Nazi-bashing. It is like the old Boy Scout Manual on steroids.

Besides field craft, it covers partisan tactics, German counter-guerrilla tactics, demolitions, German and Soviet weapons, scouting, camouflage, anti-tank warfare and antiaircraft defense for squad and platoon-level instruction.

9781612000091, $18.95, $12.50, paperback, 288 pages

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•MODELING•

Mercedes Benz Type G4 (W31) Luis Miguel Sanchez This book contains an in-depth study including some 340 photographs –most of them published for the first time– of the all-road Mercedes Benz G4: the magnificent automobile clearly associated with Adolf Hitler who favored it before and during WWII for traveling and parades. Only three out of a limited series of 57 units have survived till today. But only one of these is in fully original condition: the G4-540 presented by Hitler to General Franco. This car is thoroughly documented here in an outstanding pictorial report.

9788496658585, $55.00, $35.99, hardback, 150 pages

U.S. Armored Car Staghound Roger Lucy Comprehensive history of the design, development and operational use of the U.S.-built Staghound armored car, widely used by British, Canadian, Polish and New Zealand armored car regiments during World War Two. Contains: 131 archive photos, 6pp all-new 1/35th scale drawings of Staghound I, II and III, 9 tone drawings reprinted from various technical manuals, 19 full-color plates showing British, Canadian, New Zealand, Polish and Italian vehicles.

9788360672112, $32.95, $21.50, paperback, 64 pages

German Railway Gun 28 cm K5(E) Leopold Jan Wijnstok Technical/historical background by the Dutch expert, illustrated with 31 b/w period photos and a selection of 224 detailed walkaround photographs highlighting in color all exterior and interior details of the World’s only two preserved K5(E) railway guns: Ausf. C from the US Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen, USA and Ausf. D from the Musee du Mur de l’Atlantique, Audinghen, France. Includes the bonus giant fold out sheet of superdetailed 1/72nd and 1/35th scale drawings of K5(E) Ausf. C & D in both firing and transport mode, and 1/10th scale drawings of K5’s charges and projectiles. Twelfth volume in the Series of all-picture books showing AFVs preserved at museums and collections throughout the World, designed for the enthusiast and military modeler.

9788360672242, $42.95, $27.99, paperback, 56 pages

Britains Toy Soldiers James Opie This is the first full-color history of the world-famous toy soldiers, charting their development from Victorian table toy to 21st Century collectible. Prior to 1893 the family toy business of the Britain family was struggling as the toy industry was dominated by German manufacturers and importers. Then came the fateful decision first to import, then to design and manufacture, toy soldiers. The rest, as they say is history and it is all captured here by James Opie, the world’s leading expert on the subject, as he lovingly traces the varying fortunes of arguably the most famous British toy company. Illustrated with color photographs, the book includes feature sections such as collectors’ favorites and prices, high-value and famous sets, artistic highlights, quirks and mysteries.

9781848844445, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 504 pages

Battlefields in Miniature Paul Davies Like a good general, a good war gamer should have an eye for the ground. Just as the nature of the battlefield plays a central role in real warfare, so miniature war-games are greatly enhanced by realistic terrain. Besides, when you’ve spent hundreds of hours collecting and painting your miniature armies, they surely deserve ground worth fighting for. Master terrain modeler Paul Darnell takes the reader through the process of creating a practical and visually-stunning terrain system.

First the techniques of making the basic landscape are explained, then a series of projects show how this can be adapted to suit different periods or geographic locations.

The clear, step-by-step instructions are illustrated by numerous specially-taken photographs of the work in progress and Paul’s inspirational finished pieces.

9781781592748, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 256 pages

British Destroyers: A-I and Tribal Classes Les Brown The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types.

Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sisterships and changes in their appearance over their careers.

This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans.

This new volume deals with the classes which represent the whole inter-war development of British destroyers, from the prototypes Amazon and Ambuscade of 1926 – the first new post World War I design – to the powerful and radically different ‘Tribal’ class a decade later.

9781848320239, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 64 pages

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•MODELING• New Orleans Class Cruisers Lester Abbey The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types.

Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers.

The subject of this volume is the seven-ship New Orleans class, probably the US Navy’s most hard-fought heavy cruisers of the War – three were sunk in action but others survived massive damage, and by 1945 three out of four of the navy’s most decorated ships were of this class. Although designed within treaty limitations, they proved powerful and well-balanced ships, and their unparalleled fighting record makes them popular modeling subjects.

9781848320413, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 64 pages

Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships Les Brown The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types.

Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers.

This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles and highly detailed line drawings and scale plans.

This volume covers the five ships of the highly successful Queen Elizabeth class, a design of fast battleship that set the benchmark for the last generation of dreadnoughts.

Although they fought with distinction in WW1, all were thought valuable enough to be modernized between the wars - indeed, three were massively reconstructed, providing the model maker with a challenging variety of possible subjects.

9781848320611, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 64 pages

Iowa class Battleships Lester Abbey The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types.

Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers.

This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The Iowa class were the largest, fastest and most modern US battleships of the war, and the formal surrender of Japan was signed on the deck of one of them, USS Missouri. Modernized post-war, they served in Korea,Vietnam and as late as the first Gulf War. 9781848321113, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 64 pages

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Scharnhorst and Gneisenau Steve Backer The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types.

Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers.

The two German ships which form the subject of this volume were among the first products of rearmament under Hitler. For political reasons they were neither as large nor as well armed as foreign equivalents, but they were very fast, which led them to be described as ‘battlecruisers’ in some quarters. They enjoyed an adventurous war, both surviving heavy damage, before Scharnhorst was sunk in an epic gun battle off the North Cape, while Gneisenau succumbed to heavy air attack.

9781848321526, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 64 pages

British Destroyers: J-C and Battle Classes Les Brown The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types.

Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sisterships and changes in their appearance over their careers.

This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modeling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for superdetailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. A follow-up to ShipCraft 11 on inter-war destroyers, this new volume deals with the later classes which were the most modern British destroyers of the Second World War. 9781848321809, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 64 pages

Cruisers of the 1st Rank. Avrora, Diana, Pallada Aleksiey V. Skvorcov A monograph dedicated to the story of construction, building and service of the three sisterships - “Aurora”, “Diana” and “Pallada”, commissioned into the Russian Navy in the beginning of XX century. All of them participated Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905, the first two struggled in the Baltic Sea during WWI (1914–1918). More than 300 photos, mostly unpublished, and many scale plans including original ones.

9788363678562, $69.00, $44.99, hardback, 200 pages

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•MODELING• Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-1/MiG-3 Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 of Mikoyan Gurevich MiG1/MiG-3 variants.

9788363678999, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 12 pages

Gloster Gladiator Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 of Gloster Gladiator variants.

A3 size pages in A4 pb.

All subversions are shown.

9788365281258, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 12 pages

Macchi C.202 Folgore Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 of Macchi C.202 Folgore variants.

A3 size pages in A4 pb.

All subversions are shown.

9788365281265, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 12 pages

Messserschmitt BF 109F Dariusz Karnas Fold-out A3-format scale plans for 1/72, 1/48 and 1/38 scale modellers of all variants of the Bf 109F. 9788363678982, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 12 pages

De Havilland Mosquito: Early Fighter Versions Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scale of de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito in the following variants.

DH. Mosquito F./N.F. Mk II DH. Mosquito F.B. Mk VI DH. Mosquito T. MK. III 9788365281272, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 12 pages

F-104 Starfighter Special Camouflages Lieuwe de Vries This book from the new series “Spotlight On” shows detailed drawings (profiles) of the F-104 Starfighters in special camouflages. Book contains color and very detailed profiles showing the variety of the F-104 family special camouflages with very comprehensive captions.

9788363678586, $35.00, $22.99, hardback, 48 pages

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka: Spotlight ON Simon Schatz More than 44 color profiles of Ju 87 Stuka in Luftwaffe during WWII Aircraft shown in markings of different versions from A to G and different war theaters.

9788365281135, $35.00, $22.99, hardback, 49 pages

Robert Grudzień More than 44 color profiles of famous Supermarine Spitfire V. Many versions and users are shown including camouflage patterns from different theaters of WWII. Includes one big profile 30 inch long.

9788363678814, $35.00, $22.99, hardback, 45 pages

Supermarine Spitfire V

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•MODELING • MODERN WARFARE• Fairey Flycatcher Matthew Willis The Fairey Flycatcher was the archetypal between-the-wars Fleet Air Arm fighter. The idiosyncratic biplane was loved by crews and public alike, despite its unlikely appearance and moderate performance, and it was famed more for its aerobatic prowess and public demonstrations than glory on the field of battle. The Flycatcher was agile yet forgiving, tough, reliable, and fully aerobatic, and, bedecked in a dazzling range of bright, colorful markings, was the perfect mount for expressing the youthful high spirits of naval pilots in the 1920s and 30s. The Flycatcher was never engaged in a war, though it played a significant role in ‘colonial policing’ of trouble spots in the British Empire, and served the Royal Navy doing everything from tackling pirates off the Chinese coast to entertaining crowds at Schneider Trophy events with aerobatic displays.

This book is the most comprehensive on the Flycatcher yet published, with numerous photographs of the aircraft in service, several of which have never been published before, walk around photographs of the replica built by John Fairey, illustrations from contemporary manuals, and color artwork.

9788363678920, $35.00, $22.99, paperback, 120 pages

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka: Big Yellow Matthew Willis & Robert Michulec This is the story of the famous German dive-bomber Ju 87 Stuka. Development history of the all versions and variants.

Superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, walkaround color photographs and b+w archive photographs.

Essential reading for aviation enthusiasts & scale aeromodellers.

9788365281128, $39.00, $25.50, hardback, 148 pages

Polish Fighter Colours 1939–1947 BartŁomiej Belcarz & Robert Gretzyngier This book describes in detail the camouflage and markings of the day fighters used by the Polish Air Force in 1939-47. Aircraft of Polish, French, British, American, Soviet and German origin are shown. Written by a well-known quartet of distinguished Polish aviation historians: Kopański, Belcarz, Gretzyngier and Matusiak. Many historical photos and color profiles.

9788363678623, $69.00, $44.99, hardback, 240 pages

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Messerchmitt Bf 109F Robert Michulec & Karolina Holda This booklet describes and illustrates the camouflage and markings of six Bf 109 F German WWII fighters. Photos and colors profiles describe camouflage and markings in detail. Also includes high quality decals for these aircraft in 1/48 and 1/72 scale, produced by ModelMaker: 6 full sets of decals with stencils.

9788365281142, $35.00, $22.99, paperback, 140 pages

Flying Tigers Colors Carl Molesworth No aircraft markings in history are more iconic than the distinctive shark’s mouths applied to the noses of American Volunteer Group and 23rd Fighter Group P-40s and P51s that fought in the skies over Asia during World War II. This book covers the camouflage and markings of the fighters they flew, including the first detailed account of the progression of markings changes made by the 23rd FG throughout the war, as well as the combat history of these legendary units. It features over 120 rare period photographs, plus 32 fully researched, full-color plates showing different aircraft types employed by the units across different camouflage patterns, with very detailed captions and reference photos. Over the past 35 years, the author has written more than a dozen books and numerous magazine articles about USAAF fighter operations during World War II. 9788360672266, $41.95, $27.50, paperback, 64 pages

MODERN WARFARE What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?

Metin Gurcan The aim of this book is to describe some on-the-ground problems of counterinsurgency (COIN) efforts in TRMEs specifically in rural Afghanistan and then to propose how these efforts might be improved. Along the way, it will be necessary to challenge many current assumptions about the conduct of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan. Most generally, the book will show how counterinsurgency succeeds or fails at the local level and that these decisions cannot be successful without understanding the culture and perspective of those who live in TRMEs. In summary, this book not only challenges some of the fundamentals of traditional counterinsurgency wisdom and emphasizes the importance of the tactical level but also blends the firsthand field experiences of the author with deep analyses.

9781911096009, $35.00, $22.99, paperback, 132 pages

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•MODERN WARFARE• The Afghan War Anthony Tucker-Jones Drugs, war and terrorism were the unholy trinity that brought the US-led air campaign crashing down on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in October 2001 in Operation Enduring Freedom, and this photographic history is a graphic introduction to it. The deployment of thousands of coalition troops and a huge range of modern military equipment are the main focus of Anthony Tucker-Jones’s account. He covers the entire course of the conflict, from the initial air war, the battle for the White Mountains and Tora Bora, the defeat of the Taliban, the escape of bin Laden and the grim protracted security campaign that followed – an asymmetrical war of guerrilla tactics and improvised explosive devices that is going on today.

9781783030200, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 128 pages

Arms of Little Value G. L. Lamborn This book presents a former soldier and CIA officer’s insight into the true nature of insurgency and how it will continue to affect the United States in the decades to come.

What we’ve seen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrein,Yemen, and elsewhere is merely the beginning. We are entering an extremely dangerous period in our history. The author has been a student and observer— and sometimes a participant—in various insurgencies since his “initiation” in Vietnam in 1969. This book gives the reader an understanding of the true nature of insurgency and a glimpse at the reasons why we have not always dealt with it effectively.

9781612001043, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 312 pages

SAS: Secret War Trunk Monkeys Lewis Steiner Trunk Monkeys:The Life of a Contract Soldier in Iraq tells the true story of operators from a private military company working in Iraq shortly after the first Gulf War. Lewis Steiner left one of the finest regiments in the British Army to join the gold rush into what was to become the living hell of war-torn Iraq.

Steiner grew disillusioned about the joint UK and US invasion and realized that the hype surrounding the reasons we went to war were unjustified.

He quickly understood that the true motivations were greed and profit regardless of human cost. This fascinating account encompasses the highs and lows of operating throughout Iraq. Steiner remembers his friends and comrades, many of whom died needlessly through incompetence and suicide attacks.

9781781552209, $23.95, $15.50, paperback, 208 pages

Desert Warriors Babak Taghvaee Under the leadership of a patriotic ruler, who wasn’t only cautious about the security of his state but was acting to stabilize worldwide peace by keeping the Middle East secure from the danger of Communism, the third most powerful Army Aviation in the world was born and flourished. Based on the recently declassified official records of the Iranian Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ground Force and Army Aviation, this book provides details of the Iranian Army Aviation missions and roles during 97 major operations in the war with Iraq, including details on logged flying hours, performed sorties, launched missiles, carried cargos, wounded troops and soldiers beside the unheard history of the force since its foundation.

9781910777565, $59.95, $38.99, paperback, 192 pages

Tony Jeapes In 1970 the SAS was called in to support the Sultan of Oman’s armed forces in their struggle against a Communist-backed insurrection. The task in hand was not to obliterate the enemy, for these were the Sultan’s subjects, but to persuade the rebels to join the Omani government’s side, as well as encouraging the independentlyminded peoples of the Jebel Dhofar to abandon their support for the insurgents. If necessary, these objectives were to be achieved by demonstrating that the insurgents could never win the armed struggle. This is the gripping story of the part played in the conflict by the men and squadrons of the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, the first full SAS squadron in the region.

9781848329812, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 256 pages

The Yompers Ian Gardiner Called to action on 2 April 1982, the men of 45 Commando Royal Marines assembled from around the world to sail 8,000 miles to recover the Falkland Islands from Argentine invasion. Lacking helicopters and short of food, they ‘yomped’ in appalling weather carrying overloaded rucksacks, across the roughest terrain. They then fought and won the highly successful and fierce night battle for Two Sisters, a 1,000 foot high mountain which was the key to the defensive positions around Stanley. The first to be written by a company commander in the Falklands War, the book gives a compelling, vivid description of the ‘yomp’ and infantry fighting, and it also offers penetrating insights into the realities of war at higher levels.

9781473853423, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 224 pages

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•MODERN WARFARE• PBSuccess Mario Overall & Dan Hagedorn In January 1954, the U.S. Government set to overthrow the Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz, who had been deemed a Communist and a dangerous influence in Central America. Thus, the CIA was ordered to launch a clandestine operation, code-named “Project PBSuccess”. Based primarily on CIA declassified documents and Guatemalan military sources, this book explores the volatile political and military scenario in which Project PBSuccess unfolded and delves into a rather poorly documented aspect of the operation: The use of air power by both the CIA and the Guatemalan Air Force. Backed by more than 20 years of research, the book covers the attempts of the Guatemalan air arm for establishing a defense plan with limited resources.

9781910777893, $49.95, $32.50, paperback, 128 pages

Stepping Into A Minefield Ian Mansfield Ian Mansfield was serving in the Australian Army when he was selected to command a team of Australian combat engineers to go to Pakistan to train Afghan refugees in mine-clearance procedures. With millions of refugees expected to return to Afghanistan, the United Nations saw a humanitarian crisis looming and requested help from Western countries to tackle the landmine problem. In September 1991, Ian, along with his wife and two young children, left Australia on a one-year assignment … and didn’t return home for 20 years. This highly personal account recalls Ian’s pioneering efforts to set up a civilian program in Afghanistan to clear landmines for humanitarian purposes, and then his decision to leave the Australian Army and join the United Nations.

9781925275520, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 340 pages

Gurkha Tales J.P. Cross J. P. Cross has spent 67 years among the Gurkhas, being the only foreigner in the history of the country to be allowed to be both a house and land-owner.

His language ability is such that only those who recognized his voice knew he was not a Nepali.

With this knowledge and experience, the author has produced a series of articles, written over the past fifty years. These cover events in his own career, including the time he found himself in command of a Japanese battalion fighting nationalist guerrillas in IndoChina in 1945, and jungle warfare in Malaya during the Emergency, as well as descriptions of the nature of the Gurkha soldier and his relationship with the British.

9781848326903, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 288 pages

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Black Hawks Rising Opiyo Oloya Black Hawks Rising acknowledges the formation and deployment of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) in March 2007. Initially confined to peacekeeping within the Mogadishu enclave, it transformed into a peacemaking mission. Many gave the mission little chance of success. As a fighting force, however, AMISOM took on the Somali insurgents in 2010; expelled them from Central Mogadishu; and expanded control of territory under the Somali Government in the succeeding years to most of Somalia. The chapters of the book take the reader behind the scenes to highlight the inconsistent US policy in the Horn of Africa generally, and in Somalia. The spotlight focuses on the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, whose Herculean efforts were pivotal to the success of the mission.

9781910777695, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 286 pages

Kicking Bombs Barry Stevens After 22 years in the Army, there was nothing Craig Jackson (CJ) didn’t know about the deadly craft of bomb detection and disposal. So when he left the military, there was really no choice: his expertise was rare, sought after, and potentially very lucrative. Craig establishes his own landmine-clearance company, and is soon catapulted into the thick of the war in Iraq, tasked with disposing bombs, ammunition and weapons. Everything is going smoothly until a convoy turns Craig’s world into a nightmare. Ambushed by enemy force, Craig and his colleagues are taken prisoner by Saddam’s henchmen. Thrust into a world of pain and brutality, all of efforts become focused on one thing: staying alive.

9781922132444, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 224 pages

Whistleblower, Soldier, Spy Tom Clonan From Dublin to Beirut, Guantanamo Bay to Iraq - and all the way back - Tom Clonan takes the reader on a very personal journey through the Global War on Terror. Clonan’s book begins with his career as a Captain in the Irish Army in wartorn Lebanon and Bosnia. It then chronicles his experiences as a military whistleblower, academic and journalist and finally Irish Times Security Analyst. These experiences give the reader a unique insight into the Global War on Terror. They also give the reader an insight into the nature of faith, trust and betrayal of ideals. It is a frank account of conflict from the point of view of someone with first-hand experiences of war abroad and heartbreaking experiences of loss at home.

9781907593963, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 348 pages

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•MODERN WARFARE • NAPOLEONIC WARS• War Stories Al J.Venter Venter’s choice of military events is eclectic. He has four chapters on Afghanistan, three on Somalia, several on how Lisbon fought its desperate rearguard colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea as well as several on the Rhodesian War. Neall Ellis who flew helicopter gunships against the rebels in Sierra Leone and is currently flying support missions in Russian Mi-8s in Afghanistan, Al Venter going into combat with a bunch of South African ‘Parabats’ in a strike against enemy positions in Angola, Mike Hoare’s aborted invasion of the Seychelles a quarter of a century ago, an American mercenary in Iraq as well as a United States Navy rescue mission in Somalia are among more than 30 chapters that appear in this new book.

9781869194109, $41.95, $27.50, paperback

NAPOLEONIC WARS The Eagle’s Last Triumph Andrew Uffindell Napoleon won his final victory on 16th June 1815 at Ligny, shortly before suffering a crushing defeat at Waterloo.

Facing two enemy armies – under Wellington and Blucher – he aimed his main attack against Blucher’s Prussians at Ligny and diverted Wellington’s attention by engaging his forward elements at Quatre Bras. The Eagle’s Last Triumph provides a detailed examination of these neglected early campaigns, with a riveting description of the fighting and eyewitness testimony. The author shows just how close Napoleon came to winning a crushing victory at the start of the campaign.

9781612003207, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 272 pages

Napoleon and His Marshals A. G MacDonell Napoleon Bonaparte entered the World stage in 1793 at the siege of Toulon. This book covers the period of 1796 to 1815, from Napoleon’s classic victories in Italy up to the point of his defeat at Waterloo. Napoleon created twenty-six Marshals in all and the tapestry of the book is wound around these men, their interpersonal relationships, their successes together, their constant bickering and their eventual failure. The book tells the complete story of the Napoleonic Wars, but using the Marshals as the pivot around which the narrative unfolds it presents a different and interesting focus. The book proceeds chronologically providing a first-class read and a superb account of the Napoleonic Wars. This new edition is illustrated with contemporary portraits and engravings.

9781781550366, $25.95, $16.99, paperback, 224 pages

The Surrender of Napoleon Frederick Lewis Maitland The Surrender of Napoleon tells the true story of how the legendary French Emperor surrendered to the British on HMS Bellerophon shortly after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. The final decisions over Napoleon’s fate were made by the British Government on 7 August 1815, and Napoleon and his staff were conveyed to exile on Saint Helena where he eventually died six years later. The Surrender of Napoleon is Maitland’s detailed, tense and fascinating narrative of the French Emperor’s desperate attempts to escape France and of his time on HMS Bellerophon. Originally published in a shorter form in 1826, this is the rarely told final chapter in Napoleon’s career as a world leader, narrated by the man that experienced it firsthand 9781781551769, $25.95, $16.99, paperback, 160 pages

Napoleon’s Infantry Handbook Terry Crowdy Napoleon’s Infantry Handbook is an essential reference guide, filled with fascinating detail on the training, tactics, equipment, service and administration of Napoleon’s infantry regiments.

Based on contemporary training manuals, regulations and orders, Napoleon’s Infantry Handbook details the everyday routines and practices which governed the imperial army up to the Battle of Waterloo and made it one of history’s most formidable military machines. Through years of research, Terry Crowdy has amassed a huge wealth of information on every aspect of the infantryman’s existence, from weapons drill and maintenance, uniform regulations, pay, diet, cooking regulations, hygiene and latrine digging, medical care, burial of the dead, how to apply for leave and so on.

9781783462957, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 288 pages

Napoleon 1814 Andrew Uffindell In 1814, after two successive years of defeat in Russia and central Europe, Napoleon was faced with the ultimate disaster an Allied invasion of France itself.

The conduct of the intense, fastmoving campaign that followed has been widely hailed as one of his greatest feats as a commander, yet it has rarely been described fully and objectively. Andrew Uffindell, in this gripping and original study, reconstructs the campaign, reassesses Napoleon’s military leadership and provides a masterly account of a campaign that helped shape modern Europe. Using numerous eyewitness accounts, Napoleon 1814 records the swift succession of clashes in graphic detail, leading up to the final battle outside Paris, the biggest and bloodiest of the entire campaign, and then the extraordinary drama of Napoleon’s abdication.

9781473842564, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 336 pages

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•NAPOLEONIC WARS• Napoleonic Wars in Cartoons Mark Bryant Napoleon Bonaparte, the junior artillery officer of the French Revolution who became emperor and dictator, was the most caricatured figure of his time, with almost 1000 satirical drawings being produced about his exploits by British artists alone. Long before the advent of illustrated daily or weekly newspapers these hand colored prints were a major source of news and opinion and had considerable impact on the public at large. The actions of Napoleon and his opponents were the main focus of graphic satire worldwide for nearly twenty years. The Napoleonic Wars in Cartoons is divided into chapters each prefaced with a concise introduction that provides an historical framework for the work of that period.

9781910690024, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 160 pages

Voices from the Past: The Battle of Waterloo John Grehan For more than twenty years Europe had been torn apart by war. When it seemed that peace might at last settle across Europe, terrible news was received – Napoleon had escaped from exile and was marching upon Paris. Europe braced itself once again for war.

The allied nations agreed to combine against Napoleon and in May 1815 they began to mass on France’s frontiers. The scene was set for the greatest battle the world had yet seen. Composed of more than 300 eyewitness accounts, official documents, parliamentary debates and newspaper reports, Voices From the Past tells the story of Napoleon’s last battles as they were experienced and reported by the men and women involved.

9781783831999, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256 pages

The Boyhood and Youth of Napoleon Oscar Browning During the Hundred Days, (1815) there lay in Napoleon’s study a packet of papers, on the cover of which was written, “À remettre au Cardinal Fesch seul.” This packet was carried by Fesch to Rome, but he never had the curiosity to open it, and it remained sealed and tied up till his death, on 13 May 1839.

Many years later it was eventually opened, and an astonished world discovered that Napoleon had collected papers relating to his boyhood and youth. Using this amazing material - and many other sources - Oscar Browning produced the first English language account of the formative years between Napoleon’s birth and when he first forced his way onto the world stage at the siege of Toulon in 1793.

9781781550113, $25.95, $16.99, paperback, 160 pages

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Waterloo General John Morewood At the Battle of Waterloo Sir William Ponsonby, a man who the Duke of Wellington stated had ‘rendered very brilliant and important services and was an ornament to his profession’, was killed by French lancers after leading the Union Brigade in a charge that wrecked a French advance that threatened Wellington with defeat. Sir William was a career soldier who had led his regiment in the decisive charge at the Battle of Salamanca and served with great distinction during the Peninsular War.Yet historians have blamed him because the charge at Waterloo got out of hand. In this book John Morewood uses family sources, including Sir William’s letters, as well as French and German accounts, to restore his reputation.

9781473868045, $44.95, $29.99, hardback, 280 pages

Waterloo Commanders Andrew Uffindell The three commanders-in-chief during the Waterloo campaign rank among the most famous soldiers in history. Rarely have three such remarkable men as Napoleon, Wellington and Blücher confronted each other on a field of battle or had such an impact on the history of their time. Andrew Uffindell, in this readable and meticulously researched three-part biography, gives vivid accounts of their parallel lives and extraordinary careers. The dramatic contrasts that emerge between their backgrounds, personalities and methods of command offer a fascinating insight into the secrets of leadership and into the warfare of the Napoleonic era.

9781844152490, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224 pages

24 Hours at Waterloo Robert Kershaw The epic and brutal battle of Waterloo was a pivotal moment in history—when the events of a single day defined the course of Europe’s future. In this intimate, hour-by-hour account, acclaimed military historian Robert Kershaw resurrects the human stories at the center of the fighting, creating an authoritative single-volume biography of this landmark battle. Masterfully weaving together painstakingly researched eyewitness accounts, diaries and letters, this gripping portrayal of Waterloo offers unparalleled authenticity. Extraordinary images of the men and women emerge in full color; the voices of the sergeants, the exhausted foot-soldiers, the boy ensigns, the captains and the cavalry troopers, from both sides, rise from the page in vivid and telling detail, as the fate of Europe hangs by a thread.

9781612002965, $35.00, $22.99, hardback, 448 pages

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•NAVAL HISTORY•

NAVAL HISTORY Sea Combat

Robert Jackson Naval warfare – and the weapons used to conduct it – has changed greatly since World War I. Sea battles are no longer dominated by large battleships, but by even larger aircraft carriers. Ships have been relegated to floating missile platforms. Containing full-color artworks and action photographs, Sea Combat is a comprehensive guide to how the ships, submarines and naval weapons that have been developed since the outbreak of World War I have fought their battles. All of the best known naval encounters are described, from the battle of Jutland to the sinking of the Bismarck, the battle of Midway, the Cold War standoff, the sinking of the Belgrano, and the attack on the USS Cole.

9781782743354, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 320 pages

Naval Frogmen T. J. Waldron & James Gleeson The first modern frogmen were the Italian commando frogmen, of Decima Flottiglia MAS which was first in action in 1940. They were nicknamed Uomini Rana, Italian for frogmen, because of their swimming frog kick style and because their fins looked like frogs’ feet. Their success against Royal Navy warships was a shock to the British Admiralty and by 1942 the Royal Navy had their own frogmen with manned torpedo Chariots. This fascinating and well-written book chronicles the use of frogmen during the Second World War, predominantly describing the Royal Navy operatives. It details their training, their various attacks, and the use of frogmen to clear the DDay beaches of underwater obstacles, and the clearance of mines, booby traps and wrecks in harbors.

9781781551721, $21.95, $14.50, paperback, 160 pages

Merchantmen in Action Roy V. Martin In spring 1941, when the Allied Merchant Navy was losing on average 130 ships a month, the unbreakable resolve of these civilian seafarers was all that held Britain back from inglorious defeat. Their courage and tenacity saved the lives of millions in the bleakest episodes of the War, and contributed substantially to some of the most celebrated Allied victories. Roy V. Martin describes in detail not only the most famous Merchantmen evacuations such as Dunkirk and Singapore, unraveling the truth from deep-rooted myth, but also the lesser-known evacuations in which hundreds of thousands of lives were saved, but which, in mainstream histories of the War, have been shamefully sidelined up to now.

9781781550458, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 176 pages

Ships of the Civil War 1861–1865 Kevin J. Dougherty The Civil war may be mainly remembered for its infamous land battles, such as Gettsyburg, Manassas, and Shiloh, but its naval engagements announced a new kind of naval warfare, with the first-time use of ironclads, submarines, and torpedoes, and the introduction of newer and more powerful naval artillery. The conflict saw the use of paddle-driven river boats, steam warships, ram ships, sloops, cruisers, and the development of new ironclad ships such as low-lying monitors. Arranged by type of ship, Ships of the Civil War provides concise coverage of some of the most famous warships of the era.

Filled with colorful artworks, expertly written background, Ships of the Civil War is a handy guide to the struggle between North and South.

9781909160675, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 224 pages

The Battle of Jutland: History’s Greatest Sea Battle Richard H Osborne Since the days of the Battle of Trafalgar, the Royal Navy had been the acknowledged as the most powerful maritime force on the planet. But the Germans had undertaken an enormously expensive shipbuilding program designed to place the Kaiserliche Marine on an equal footing with the Royal Navy. After a number of smaller engagements, major elements of the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet, finally faced each other across the grey seas of the North Sea off Jutland. In this insightful and unique investigation into the battle, naval historian Richard Osborne draws on the words of the key players to resolve the many disputes, controversies and myths that have surrounded this battle throughout the intervening 100 years.

9781848324534, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 328 pages

German Raiders of the First World War Chris Sams As the world plunged into war in August 1914 two Kaiserliche Marine fleets and several detached cruisers lay beyond the North Sea. These vessels posed a serious threat to British merchant vessels and naval superiority. Beyond the British blockade there was little chance of reinforcement and resupply of ammunition—their commanders had to make some decisions as to what to do for their crews.

Admiral Maximilian Von Spee had to decide what to do half a world away from Germany. With only the ammunition on board his vessels, he had to fight his way through the British lines to get his men home.The Royal Navy expended a lot of resources to try and remove these threats.

9781781554661, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 224 pages

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•NAVAL HISTORY• HMS Li Wo A.V. Sellwood Li Wo had been built in 1938 for running a passenger service on the River Yangtse. In 1940, she was requisitioned and commissioned into the Royal Navy at Singapore as HMS Li Wo. Shortly before the surrender of Singapore in February 1942, HMS Li Wo was ordered to head for Batavia.

After coming under air attack, the Li Wo came across a Japanese convoy escorted by a squadron of warships. Armed with one 4-inch gun (with thirteen shells and three practice rounds) and two Lewis guns, the Li Wo attacked. In this book, A V Sellwood has pieced together the story of the most decorated small ship in the Royal Navy, a story which might otherwise have remained lost in the Admiralty archives.

9781445647944, $13.00, $8.50, paperback, 160 pages

The E-Boat Threat Bryan Cooper One of the major lessons of World War II was the importance of coastal waters. It was not widely recognized beforehand just how vital the control of such waters would become. From a small beginning, large fleets of highly maneuverable motor torpedo boats were built up. They operated mainly at night, because they were small enough to penetrate minefields and creep unseen to an enemy’s coastline. They fought in every major theater of war, but the first real threat came in the North Sea and English Channel from German E-boats, crossing to attack Britain’s vital convoys. The E-boat Threat describes the development of these craft, the training of their crews and the evolution of tactics in the light of wartime experience.

9781473827837, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 144 pages

Bismarck and Hood Marco Santarini The legendary Battle of the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941, which saw the mighty German battleship Bismarck sink Britain’s HMS Hood, has always been shrouded in enigma and controversy. Was the doomed HMS Hood really sunk by a shell that exploded in one of her magazine compartments? Or is there another reason why the pride of the Royal Navy was so utterly beaten? Marco Santarini dedicated two decades of research to finding the truth behind the extraordinary sinking of HMS Hood. this book dispels the myths and falsehoods that surround this enduring mystery. With a careful, expert analysis of the facts, Santarini presents a new theory on how and why this iconic battle of the Second World War ended as it did.

9781781552315, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 168 pages

The Battle of the River Plate Gordon Landsborough On 13 December 1939, smoke was seen on the horizon; HMS Exeter was told to close in and investigate. Two minutes later a dramatic signal was sent from the British cruiser – ‘I think it is a pocket battleship.’ It was The Admiral Graf Spee, marauder of the South Atlantic shipping, had sailed into a trap. Three smaller British cruisers closed in on a German warship which could out-sail any ship powerful enough to damage her, and outgun any ship able to keep up with her. So began the Battle of the River Plate, story which has its duplicates in British naval history, but which nevertheless brought pride and inspiration into the hearts of a nation unwillingly at war once again.

9781473878952, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 208 pages

U-188 Klaus Willmann & Anton Staller Anton Staller was a U-boat lookout, rising no higher than Leading Seaman and his account of the war from the lower ranks is unique. He served on the Type IXc/40 boat, U-188 under Kapitänleutnant Lüdden on three patrols witnessing the stark reality of convoy warfare from his lookout position on the conning tower of his submarine.

His U-boat sank the British destroyer HMS Beverley and eight merchant ships exceeding 100,000 gross tons but the submarine also spent many hours submerged under depth-charge attacks. More so than many of his contemporaries, Staller was prepared to reveal his thoughts and feelings of his experiences of the war at sea, and of his time on the conning tower, at the hydrophons, and cleaning weapons as a messboy.

9781848327603, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 240 pages

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Battle of the River Plate Richard Woodman The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of the most famous. The dramatic sea fight between the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the British cruisers Exeter, Ajax and Achilles off the coast of South America caught the imagination in December 1939. Over the last 60 years the episode has come to be seen as one of the classics of naval warfare.Yet the accepted interpretation of events has perhaps been taken for granted and is ripe for reassessment, and that is one of the aims of Richard Woodman’s enthralling new study.

9781473845732, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 176 pages

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•UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT•

UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT

Soviet Military Badges Richard Hollingdale Soviet Military Badges are fascinating objects too often neglected in English language publications. In this book, Richard Hollingdale provides a reference guide for enthusiasts wishing to identify, date and classify items within their collections. Full color images of both the obverse and reverse sides of the badges demonstrate the detail of the items for the experienced and new collector alike.

9781445649160, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 96 pages

Doing Their Bit Jon Mills The Second World War, often described as a “People’s War”, was the first time civilians played a major part in Britain’s war effort. New emergency services created before the war to help those suffering loss and damage were joined by the Home Guard.

Many essential war workers on the Home Front lacked a uniform but wore a lapel or pin backbadge to show they were doing their bit for the war effort.

Treasured as souvenirs of six momentous years in Britain’s history, they were rediscovered years later, often by someone to whom their significance and meaning was unknown. Doing Their Bit is illustrated with over 700 wartime lapel badges and ephemera, records the wartime history of over 200 organizations which wore them.

9780955272394, $75.00, $48.99, hardback, 288 pages

CC41 Utility Clothing Mike Brown The Utility symbol, CC41, is one of the most iconic symbols in the history of clothing in Britain; instantly recognizable to anyone who lived in Britain through the Second World War or the immediate post-war years.

Clothes rationing began in June 1941 in an effort to cut down the nation’s consumption of scarce resources; the Utility scheme was started 3 months later as a method of providing cheap, but well-made clothes for the less-well-off. Mike Brown looks at the background to, and the evolution of, the clothing scheme and the symbol as it changed to include more items of clothing, from underwear to fur coats.

9781781220054, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 128 pages

The US Army Christopher Anderson This illustrated series presents the uniforms and equipment of the United States Army from the nineteenth century to the present day. Each volume combines detailed and informative captions with over 100 rare and unusual images.

These books are a must for anyone interested in American military uniforms and the history of the United States Army. In the years since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. Army has undergone some of the most dramatic changes in history, becoming a much smaller and more technologically advanced force than ever before.

With more than 100 images The U.S. Army Today illustrates the uniforms, weapons, and equipment of the American soldier in this time of change.

9781848328150, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 72 pages

U.S. Army Insignia Pierre Besnard Towards the end of the Great War, the United States Army started to distinguish its units with cloth shoulder insignia.

From 1941, due to the terrific expansion of its numbers, these multicolored shoulder patches became more numerous and contributed to the spirit of the new units. This guide illustrates in full color the insignia worn by Army units, in Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, together with a brief history and the main variations.

9782352503002, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 84 pages

The Gulf War: Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1990–1991 Anthony A Evans This illustrated series presents the uniforms and equipment of the United States Army from the nineteenth century to the present day. Each volume combines detailed and informative captions with over 100 rare and unusual images.

Two decades ago, the United States armed forces launched its largest offensive operation since the D-Day landings in World War II. The nature of the war was vastly changed; here was a purely desert environment, with sweltering heat during the day and bitter cold at night, making new demands on the men and their equipment. In this book, G.I.s from all the branches of the U.S. armed forces are illustrated together with the many specialist units that have grown in importance over the last few decades.

9781848328136, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 72 pages

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•UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT • US HISTORY• French Dragoons.

Volume 1 Ludovic Letrun According to Pere Daniel the Dragoon corp. got its origins under the reign of Henry II, with the mounted arquebusiers, created in 1554. Those were mostly small units of infantrymen, traveling on horses and firing when dismounted. The nickname dragoon actually appeared later, under the reign of Henri III, and designates as well mounted arquebusiers, carabiniers and musketeers. In this book, you will discover the magnificent uniforms of those cavalrymen, from the first XVIIth century wars, to the battles led by Louis XV’s generals. 66 plates illustrated 200 horsemen and 60 flags.

9782352503545, $29.99, $19.50, paperback, 80 pages

French Dragoons.

Volume 2 Ludovic Letrun & Veronique Letrun In this second half of the 18th century, military tactics changed, going from static siege tactics to rapid maneuvers, giving the cavalry a predominant role again on the field of battle. The changes in uniform, organization and tactics of the Dragoon regiments evolved over three periods. The main corps gradually joined with the cavalry, becoming a key element in the new strategy of movement.

The first period, included ordinances from 1750 and 1757, and mainly improved the troop’s comfort. The second period of change reorganized and unified the corps. Finally the last period provided the republic with the most modern corps and army in the world.

9782352504238, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 90 pages

French Artillery and the Gribeauval System: Volume 1 Jean-Marie Mongin This work presents in detail the uniforms of the foot artillery between 1786 and 1815. Formal in style, and indeed austere, the uniforms illustrated here were the very ones worn by those who participated in during the most crucial and of the Empire.

(71 plates including 29 by Ludovic Letrun) An important part of the book is devoted to the detailed description of equipment (artillery, ammunitions, front axle units, forges, etc.). Developed and used by the gunners ever since the reforms of Mr. Gribeauval, his construction tables provide a clear presentation of primary artillery as well as the basic tactics employed by the Army.

9782352503187, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 80 pages

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French Artillery and the Gribeauval System: Volume 2 Ludovic Letrun & Jean-Marie Mongin After discovering the artillery pieces and the equipment used by the Foot Artillery at the end of the Ancient Regime, the Revolution and the First Empire, discover the men of the “Arme Savante” (the knowledgeable arm) who moved their guns around and served them on horseback.

The mobile artillery, then the light artillery and finally the Horse Artillery was a new weapon which announced the changes in the centuries to come… Just like the Artillery Train which, with the First Empire, finally grew up, to the age of regulations. This was the organization of Mr. de Gribeauval, the Inspector of Artillery, set up slowly over nearly thirty years and which remained more or less as it was until 1825.

9782352503965, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 84 pages

French Artillery and the Gribeauval System Ludovic Letrun With this last volume, pontoneers, permanent gunners or Coastguards gunners, too often left in shadow – as the materials and the guns which they serve and operate – occupy the center stage. A chapter is dedicated to the Team Train which, although not being a part of the artillery, deserves to appear in this vast panorama of the “Armes savantes”. This was the organization of Mr de Gribeauval, the Inspector of Artillery, set up slowly over nearly thirty years and which remained more or less as it was until 1825 and which is the object of these three volumes.

9782352504320, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 80 pages

US HISTORY Forging a Special Operations Force Dominic Caraccilo Forging a Special Operations Force: The U.S. Army Rangers details the origins and development, combat philosophy, and key engagements of America’s elite fighting force.

Structured topically, the book gives a chronological review of the history of the Ranger from the 17th century to the present day, with special attention paid to the establishment of the 1st Ranger Battalion in the post-Vietnam era—the origins of the elite fighting force that exists today. Authored by a lifetime soldier who served in combat with the 75th Ranger Regiment, this book is replete with information garnered from dozens of interviews with the individuals who created the initial Ranger Force. By integrating the words and firsthand accounts of these founding fathers, the work offers insights unavailable elsewhere.

9781910777367, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 196 pages

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•US HISTORY• The Marine Corps B.L. Crumley The Marine Corps:Three Centuries of Glory tells the story behind a unit that has seen action across the world in its long and illustrious history. The book begins with the Marine Corps’ origins during the colonial period, where battalions of American Marines were raised to fight alongside their British counterparts. It was not until 1798, however, that the Marine Corps was finally officially created by an act of Congress. Since that date, it has fought in Central America, China, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Beirut, Grenada, the Persian Gulf, and more recently Afghanistan. The book describes the full combat record of Marines over the years and details the Marine Corpss’ organization, equipment, uniforms, and insignia.

9781909160453, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 272 pages

1781 Robert L.Tonsetic 1781 was one of those rare years in American history when the future of the nation hung by a thread, and only the fortitude, determination, and sacrifice of its leaders and citizenry ensured its survival. After shattering the American army under Horatio Gates at Camden, South Carolina, the British army under Lord Cornwallis appeared unstoppable, and was poised to regain the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia for the Crown. However, when General Nathaniel Greene arrived to take command of Patriot forces in the south, he was able to gradually turn the tables. In this book, Robert Tonsetic provides a detailed analysis of the key battles and campaigns of 1781, supported by numerous eyewitness accounts from privates to generals in the American, French, and British armies.

9781612001548, $18.95, $12.50, paperback, 284 pages

Dignity of Duty Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath & Susan Gilbreath Lane Published 117 years after his death, the journals of the American soldier Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath provide a compelling vantage point by which to view contemporary American history. They tell, first and foremost, a tale of war in which there is no glory—only carnage and death. Through Gilbreath’s firsthand accounts we get a sense of what life was like during the Civil War, the Indian Wars, and the War with Spain from an accomplished field officer, rather than from high command.

9780989792851, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 352 pages

Benedict Arnold in the Company of Heroes Arthur S. Lefkowitz Hundreds of men followed Colonel Benedict Arnold northward on his famous expedition to join with General Richard Montgomery and capture Quebec in late December 1775. When Montgomery was killed by enemy fire, his men retreated.

Arnold’s troops, however, continued fighting after Arnold fell wounded and only surrendered when hopelessly outnumbered and trapped inside the city. Who were these men and what became of them? Arthur Lefkowitz answers these questions in his fresh and compelling Benedict Arnold in the Company of Heroes.

An award-winning writer on the American Revolution, Lefkowitz spent years searching through archival materials to paint splendid and compelling portraits of Arnold’s amazing cast of veterans whose fates offer a fascinating glimpse into the lives of early American patriots.

9781611211115, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 312 pages

Saratoga John Luzader The months-long 1777 Saratoga campaign was one of the most decisive of the entire Revolutionary War. The crushing British defeat prompted France to recognize the American colonies as an independent nation, declare war on England, and commit money, ships, arms, and men to the rebellion. John Luzader’s impressive Saratoga: A Military History of the Decisive Campaign of the American Revolution is the first all-encompassing objective account of these pivotal months in American history. Saratoga combines strategic, political, and tactical history into a compelling portrait of this decisive campaign. The prose relies upon archival research and the author’s expertise with the terrain. Complete with original maps and photos, Saratoga will take its place as one of the important and illuminating campaign studies ever written.

9781932714852, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 512 pages

Fights on the Little Horn Gordon Harper This remarkable book synthesizes a lifetime of in-depth research into one of America’s most storied disasters, the defeat of Custer’s 7th Cavalry at the hands of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, as well as the complete annihilation of that part of the cavalry led by Custer himself. The author, Gordon Harper, spent countless hours on the battlefield itself as well as researching every iota of evidence of the fight from both sides, white and Indian. He was thus able to recreate every step of the battle as authoritatively as anyone could, dispelling myths and falsehoods along the way. Harper himself passed away in 2009, leaving behind nearly two million words of original research and writing.

9781612002149, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 408 pages

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•US HISTORY • VIETNAM WAR• When Washington Burned Arnold Blumberg To commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, this book tells the complete story of the great conflict between a young United States of America and imperial Great Britain. From the roots of the conflict, through a profile of the two armies, this work captures in one lavishly illustrated volume one of America’s first great crises. Scarcely three decades after the United States won its independence, the massive strength of Mother country returned, seeking to enforce its will on its wayward offspring. The Americans initially had less luck and witnessed the burning of their new capital at Washington DC by British redcoats, even as a gallant bastion off Baltimore continued to hold its flag high beneath the “rockets’ red glare.”

9781612001012, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 208 pages

World War II Museums, Memorials & Historic Displays in the United States Richard Osborne A companion guide to World War II Sites in the United States, this book is a directory listing the descriptions of the hundreds of museums, memorials and historical displays in the United States. Listed alphabetically by state, this book provides a tour guide on how to find and visit each museum, memorial, or historic display. This is a great reference guide for the traveling World War II buff.

9780981489803, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 293 pages

World War II Sites in the United States Richard Osborne This book identifies and locates the hundreds of military facilities that existed in the United States during World War II - Army camps, airfields, naval bases, prisoner of war camps, ordnance plants, ports of embarkation, military hospitals, buildings and homes related to the war effort or any famous individuals of the wartime era, and much more. At many of these sites, memorials have been erected which are not listed in this book because they are so numerous. These memorials can be located by utilizing the companion book World War II Museums, Memorials, and Historic Displays in the United States.

9780981489810, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 303 pages

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VIETNAM WAR The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War

Andrew Wiest & Chris McNab The struggle for Vietnam in the 1960s, in which the United States attempted to bolster the South against Viet Cong guerrillas backed by the Communist regime in the north, was to shock the world and divide a nation. In the defense of a theory – that if the South fell the whole region would fall to Communism – the United States spent $145,000 million at 1974 prices, her aircraft dropped eight million tons of bombs, and her armed forces suffered 46,370 fatalities. The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War is a timely account of the 6,000-day conflict in Southeast Asia. Illustrated throughout with both color and black and white photographs that bring the conflict to life.

9781782742883, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 256 pages

Armoured Warfare in the Vietnam War Michael Green Historian and collector Michael Green shows in this fascinating and graphically illustrated book that the two wars that engulfed Indochina and North and South Vietnam over 30 years were far more armored in nature than typically thought of. This fine book brings details and images of all these diverse weaponry to the reader in one volume.

9781781593813, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 192 pages

Australian Military Operations in Vietnam Albert Palazzo From 1962 to 1972 Australia joined the United States in fighting a communist inspired insurgency war in the jungles of South Vietnam against infiltrators who sought to overthrow the local government.

Over 50,000 Australians served in Vietnam, 519 lost their lives, and the conflict ended ignominiously in the insurgents’ victory. Although now in the past, the Vietnam War resonates with lessons for the Australian Army as it strives to defeat not Communism but Terrorism. Australian Military Operations in Vietnam highlights some of the successes and failures of an earlier generation of officers for the benefit of today’s leaders.

9780980475388, $16.95, $10.99, paperback 192 pages

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•VIETNAM WAR• The Easter Offensive, Vietnam 1972.

Volume 1 Albert Grandolini On 30 March 1972 the South Vietnamese positions along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separated the North from South Vietnam were suddenly shelled by hundreds of heavy guns and multiple rocket launchers.

Caught in a series of outposts, the shocked defenders had just enough time to emerge from their bunkers at the end of the barrage before they were attacked by regular North Vietnamese Army divisions. Thus began one of the fiercest campaigns of the Vietnam War but also one of the less well documented because by then most of the American ground forces had been withdrawn.

9781910294079, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 72 pages

The Easter Offensive, Vietnam 1972.

Volume 2 Albert Grandolini On 30 March 1972, while peace negotiations had been dragging on for four years in Paris, the North Vietnamese launched a wide scale offensive in order to break the stalemate. At that date, practically no American ground forces remained in South Vietnam where a limited offensive was expected in the Central Highlands area. But nobody imagined the magnitude of the multidivisional, armor led onslaught. The blow fell first across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the North from South Vietnam (see Volume 1). Following from the initial attack, in a surprise move, three communist divisions with T-54 tanks attacked from their sanctuaries in Cambodia just north of Saigon.

9781910294086, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 72 pages

US Elite Forces Marti Demiquels Mr. Marti Demiquels, the author of this book and a dedicated collector himself, has put together not only most of the pieces contained in the following pages, but a complete museum on the Vietnam War as well, amassed throughout an entire lifetime of passionate study and collecting. This book is a stunning visual record of uniforms, equipment and personal memories of the elite forces of the United States during the Vietnam War. It includes an impressive collection of militaria, illustrated by over 1,100 original photographs - many never published before - and captivating texts that fill 250 pages in full color.

9788496658547, $61.00, $39.50, hardback, 250 pages

BAC SI Jerry Krizan & Robert Dumont During the Vietnam War, U.S. Army Special Forces A-Teams were deployed to isolated outposts in the remote areas of South Vietnam. Their job was to recruit, train, and house members of the indigenous population while molding them into combat-ready fighting units.

A-Teams consisted of up to 12 Green Beret soldiers who were experts in both combat and their individual military specialties. The role of the indigenous units was to provide security, counter the Viet Cong insurgency, provide intelligence on enemy activities, and when necessary engage elements of the invading North Vietnamese Army. Bac Si is the story of Sgt. Jerry Krizan who was assigned to Special Forces Camp A-331 in the III Corps tactical zone, only 10 miles from the Cambodian border.

9781612002460, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 224 pages

Valor in Vietnam Allen B. Clark Every war continues to dwell in the lives it touched, in the lives of those living through that time, and in those absorbed by its historical significance. The Vietnam War lives on famously and infamously dependent on political points of view, but those who have “been there, done that” have a highly personalized window on their time of that history.Valor in Vietnam focuses on nineteen stories of Vietnam, stories of celebrated characters in the veteran community, compelling war narratives, vignettes of battles, and the emotional impact on the combatants. This is an anecdotal history of America’s war in Vietnam composed of firsthand narratives by Vietnam War veterans presented in chronological order. They are intense, emotional, and highly personal stories.

9781612000954, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 288 pages

My Vietnam War Dave Morgan My Vietnam War’ is Dave Morgan’s story. A typical 20 year old, he was forced into extraordinary circumstances in Vietnam. The Vietnam War would expose Dave to an omnipresent danger and sheer terror that would impact him forever. Dave’s story focuses on his time as a soldier and his return psychologically exhausted to a divided nation.

9781922132772, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 296 pages

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•VIETNAM WAR • WEAPONS• The Typhoon Truce, 1970 Robert F. Curtis It wasn’t rockets or artillery that came through the skies one week during the war. It was the horrific force of nature that suddenly put both sides in awe. Sometimes wars are suspended and fighting stops for a while. A holiday that both sides recognize might do it, as happened in the Christmas truce during World War I. Weather might do it, too, as it did in Vietnam in October 1970.

The “typhoon truce” was just as real, and the war stopped for three days in northern I Corps—that area bordering the demilitarized zone separating South Vietnam from the North.

In this book we see how for a brief period during an otherwise vicious war, saving life took precedence over bloody conflict.

9781612003290, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 264 pages

WEAPONS The Art of Sword Combat Joachim Meyer & Jeffrey Forgeng Following the success of Jeffrey L. Forgeng’s translation of Joachim Meyer’s The Art of Sword Combat the author was alerted to an earlier recension of the work which was discovered in Lund University Library in Sweden. The manuscript, produced around 1568, is illustrated with thirty watercolor images and seven ink diagrams. The text covers combat with the long sword, dusack, and rapier. The manuscript’s theoretical discussion of guards is one of the most critical passages to understanding this key feature of the historical practice. The manuscript offers an extensive repertoire of training drills for both the dusack and the rapier, a feature largely lacking in treatises of the period as a whole but critical to modern reconstructions of the practice.

9781473876750, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 144 pages

American Thunder Frank Iannamico An in-depth study of the famous Thompson submachine gun.

Fielded by the United States and her allies during World War II. The concept of the Thompson originated during World War I,

by John T. Thompson. By the time the weapon was designed and placed into production, the war had ended. Post war sales were made to a few law enforcement agencies and corporations, but some ended up in the hands of criminals, earning the gun a sinister reputation. Nearly twenty years later, at the beginning of World War II, there was a desperate need for weapons, and the Thompson was placed back in production. The submachine gun was issued to U.S. and allied military forces and helped win the war.

9780982391877, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 412 pages

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Colt Michael E. Haskew The year 2015 marks the 180th anniversary of Colt’s first patent for a firearm with a revolving cylinder and the 160th anniversary of the enterprise originally named Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company. During that time, Colt and the succession of firms that continue to bear his name have produced iconic revolvers and rifles that have done nothing less than shape the course of history. Illustrated with more than 200 artworks and photographs and accompanied by exhaustive technical specifications, Colt: An American Classic is an expertly written account of the firearms produced by one of the world’s best-known and easily recognized gun manufacturers.

9781782742579, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 224 pages

Hand Gun Story John Walter The Handgun Story traces the history of the ‘one hand gun’ from its fourteenth-century origins to the products of today.

The earliest pistols had a tendency to misfire, but this was cured by the cap-lock. Cap-lock revolvers proved a success in the American Civil War with hundreds of thousands used on each side. Self-contained metalcase cartridges were to bring a fundamental change to handgun design. During World War II the efficiency of wellestablished designs was confirmed and new designs, such as the Walther P. 38, showed their potential. The emergence of the submachine-gun reduced the status of the handgun – but only temporarily. The need for efficient self-defense shows no signs of lessening; and the rise in shooting for sport has sharpened the quest for efficiency.

9781848325005, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 304 pages

The World’s Greatest Small Arms Chris McNab Small arms have developed hugely since the introduction of the machine gun in the 1870s.

Magazine-fed rifles, submachine guns, automatic pistols and, later, assault rifles and personal defense weapons have changed the face of infantry warfare, offering a range of weaponry designed for both the specialist and novice. The World’s Greatest Small Arms features 52 weapons from the late 19th century to the present day.

Each weapon is examined over four pages and is illustrated with a color profile artwork and photographs, along with a description of the weapon’s development and history, key features and a full specifications box. Including more than 200 artworks and photographs, The World’s Greatest Small Arms is a colorful guide for the military historian.

9781782742623, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 224 pages

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•WEAPONS• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II Chris Bishop The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II is an easy-to-read illustrated compendium of the military hardware - from air, sea or land - which was used in engagements around the globe from 1939 to 1945. It includes more than 1500 pieces of equipment from handguns to aircraft carriers. Each weapon system is illustrated with a detailed profile artwork and a photograph showing the weapons system in service.

Accompanying the illustrative material is detailed text that lists each weapon’s service history, the numbers built, and its variants, as well as full specifications.

9781782743880, $34.95, $22.50, paperback, 608 pages

German Infantry Weapons of the Second World War John Christopher This fascinating in-depth dossier is based on classified wartime reports issued by the US Military Intelligence Services, and examines the main weapon types – pistols, rifles, grenades, machine guns and mortars as well as antitank guns and infantry howitzers. The equipment of the German Army in 1939 reflected the High Command’s policy of having the smallest variety of weapon types consistent with meeting operational World War 2 requirements. Initially the emphasis was on developing only selected types for mass production. As the battle fronts widened and the theaters of operations became more varied, they were forced to increase the variety of their weapons. Detailed descriptions and specifications are accompanied by diagrams and photographs to provide an invaluable resource on Germany’s infantry weapons.

9781445642208, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 160 pages

German Heavy Artillery Guns Alexander Ludeke Covers large caliber artillery guns beyond a diameter of 75 mm, used by the Germans during the Second World War. Whilst artillery was perhaps no longer the dominant force it had been in the trench warfare of the Great War, it was nevertheless essential, both in air defense and against tanks.

This volume of the Fact File series presents the most important of the largest German artillery and air defense weapons, as well as railway guns and launchers. A meticulously researched and superbly illustrated book, which provides a compact and competent overview.

9781473823990, $17.95, $11.50, paperback, 128 pages

German Artillery Wolfgang Fleischer The importance of artillery in warfare grew more and more throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. New developments such as solid cannon barrels improved hit accuracy and the range of projectiles. This Fact File volume focuses on German Artillery during the Great War, when it could be argued that artillery was for the first time the dominant weapon on the battlefield. Wolfgang Fleischer discusses the diversity of artillery developed and used during the First World War by the Germans.

9781473823983, $17.95, $11.50, paperback, 128 pages

Drones Martin J. Dougherty Drones are found in the airspace throughout the world and are more popular now than ever before. One of the most significant developments in contemporary warfare is the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Drones can fly autonomously or be controlled by remote control. Drones are not only used for fighting wars but for a wide-range of daily tasks such as photography, mapping, policing, delivery, search and rescue, meteorology and many more. Drones explores the history behind unmanned aircraft, it explains how they work and features the most well-known military and civilian drones in action today.

Illustrated with 200 color photographs and artworks Drones is a narrative about the latest in military and civilian aviation technology.

9781782742555, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 224 pages

Land Combat Martin J. Dougherty Since 1914 the art and increasingly science of warfare has become ever deadlier. Tanks have become more mobile and more protected, artillery has come to dominate battlefields and even ordinary infantrymen are now equipped with body armor and lightweight fully automatic weapons, usually fitted with magnifying scopes.

Containing full-color artworks and action photographs, Land Combat is a comprehensive guide to how wars have been fought since the outbreak of World War I. All of the most famous wars and campaigns are featured, from the Western Front to the Blitzkrieg, the Arab-Israeli wars and Vietnam, up to the Gulf and the present day. Land Combat is an authoritative guide to the development of the fighting techniques used on the battlefield from 1914 to today.

9781782743347, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 320 pages

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•WORLD WAR I•

WORLD WAR I

The Somme: The Epic Battle in the Soldiers’ own Words and Photographs Richard Van Emden The offensive on the Somme took place between July and November 1916 and is perhaps the most iconic battle of the Great War. It was there that Kitchener’s famous ‘Pals’ Battalions were first sent into action en masse and it was a battlefield where many of the dreams and aspirations of a nation, hopeful of victory, were agonizingly dashed. Because of its legendary status, the Somme has been the subject of many books, and many more will come out next year. However, nothing has ever been published on the Battle in which the soldiers’ own photographs have been used to illustrate both the campaign’s extraordinary comradeship and its carnage.

9781473885172, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 368 pages

The Somme 1916 Andrew Rawson This book answers one of biggest unanswered questions asked by visitors to the Somme; where did my ancestor fight?

The combination of First World War battle accounts and annotated trench maps throughout this book, explains exactly what happened and where, and indexed orders of battle give the reader a quick reference to locate individual units. This book will help the casual visitor walk in their ancestor’s footsteps across the Somme battlefield. It will also guide the regular visitor across different areas of the battlefield, away from the popular points, and help all visitors accomplish the rewarding experience of connecting the battles of the past with the terrain of today.

9781473864207, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 240 pages

The 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered Peter Liddle Twenty-four years after the publication of his classic study of the Somme, Peter Liddle reconsiders the battle in the light of recent scholarship. The battle still gives rise to fierce debate and, with Passchendaele, it is often seen as the epitome of the tragic folly of the First World War. Peter Liddle, in this authoritative study, reexamines the concept and planning of the operation and follows the course of the action through the entire four and a half months of the fighting. His narrative is based on the graphic testimony of the men engaged in the struggle, not just concentrating on the front-line infantryman but also the gunner, sapper, medical man, airman and yes, the nurse, playing her crucial role behind the line of battle.

9781783400515, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224 pages

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The Irish on the Somme Steven Moore At 7.30am on 1st July 1916, some 60,000 men climbed out of their trenches and walked across No-Man’s-Land and into the history books. The Battle of the Somme, which was to rage for another four and a half months, would ultimately involve every Irish battalion on the Western Front. For some, such as the 36th (Ulster) Division which sustained some 5,000 casualties in just 24 hours, the slaughter left them so weakened that they had to be withdrawn. For others their participation went on for weeks until attrition wore them down. Today the Somme is at peace, though the First World War hasn’t been forgotten.

9781780731025, $26.95, $17.50, paperback, 256 pages

Attack on the Somme Meleah Hampton The Battle of Pozières Ridge lasted precisely six weeks.

In that time the 1st Anzac Corps, in whose sector most of the fighting took place, advanced the British line just over a mile and a half. During this period of time the three divisions of 1st Anzac Corps rotated in and out of the line twice, each time conducting one or more offensive operations against defended German positions. At its conclusion, the fighting had yielded modest territorial gains at an enormous casualty rate. Although a study of 1st Anzac Corps, Attack on the Somme is not history of Australian endeavor. The Australian Divisions slotted into the British Expeditionary Force on arrival to the Western Front, and fought under General Gough at Reserve Army.

9781910777657, $59.95, $38.99, hardback, 232 pages

The First Day of the Somme Jon Cooksey & Jerry Murland Many guidebooks cover the Somme offensive in 1916, the five-month struggle that has come to be seen as one of the defining episodes in the history of the fighting on the Western Front during the First World War. But no previous guide has concentrated on the first day when the British Army suffered around 60,000 casualties. That is why, on the centenary of that great battle, this new volume in Pen & Sword’s Battle Lines series is so timely. In a series of tours that can be walked, biked or driven, expert authors Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland take the visitor along the eighteen-mile front line that was the starting point for the Somme offensive, from Gommecourt in the north to Maricourt in the south.

9781473827998, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 240 pages

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•WORLD WAR I• War! Hellish War! Star Shell Reflections 1916–1918 Jim Maultsaid & Barbara McClune Jim Maultsaid’s illustrated diaries of his Great War service offer a unique and completely original perspective of a fighting man’s experiences. On 1 July 1916 the first day of the Somme, Sergeant Maultsaid was seriously wounded. Unlike so many, Jim survived and was hospitalized in ‘Blighty’. After a spell in Northern Ireland, he was selected for officer training at Cambridge. He was commissioned into The Chinese Labor Corps and his words and art work throw fascinating light on this little known but invaluable organization. War! Hellish War! is more than a Great War diary – it is a masterpiece and a collector’s item of great historical and educational value. Despite the countless records of this conflict there is nothing to compare it with.

9781473879430, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256 pages

An Accrington Pal Steve Corbett September 1914, and the whole of Europe was at war following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914. In France and Belgium, the British Expeditionary Force were struggling to hold back the German hoards as their casualties began to mount. Back in Britain the call went out for volunteers to join the ‘Pals’ battalions which were springing up in the northern towns of England, and one of the first to volunteer was young Jack Smallshaw of Accrington. On 15th September 1914, Jack became an ‘Accrington Pal,’ a member of a battalion of men who are remembered because of the appalling tragedy which befell them on the killing fields of the Somme.

9781910777930, $49.95, $32.50, paperback, 176 pages

The Lengthening War Michael Goode This is a strong narrative of the war, easy to read, mixing news with personal feelings and events (often revealing gap between official news and reality). The diary captures the authors’ disillusionment with the war, as it gradually encroaches on her life.

The diary starts with great excitement, realizing its importance but expecting a short struggle, blaming treachery and incompetence initially but gets disheartened and stops in 1916. Entries show growth of total war, experiences of her two brothers in service, personal sacrifice and patriotism, reactions to casualty lists, women entering work, steady collapse of domestic service, reflections on recognizable events such as Lusitania and on the competence of the government. Also included several poems written by Mabel and a love story in the appendix.

9781473851511, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 208 pages

Bicycles, Bloomers and Great War Rationing Recipes Vicky Straker Dorothy Peel was the Nigella Lawson or Delia Smith of her day during the late Victorian to post-war period. In this book, Vicky Straker explores the social history and cultural background behind Dorothy’s creations, and the effect of rationing during the First World War. Dorothy played a key role in creating wartime recipes for householders and was awarded an OBE in 1918 for services to the Ministry of Food. Using extracts from her autobiography, and many other books, we are given a unique insight into the life of Dorothy Peel and a new perspective on the period. Her witty, poignant and informative comments reveal a woman with a genuine social conscience, who was in many ways ahead of her time.

9781473828582, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 256 pages

Soldier from the Wars Returning Charles Carrington Soldier from the Wars Returning is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War. The author waited nearly fifty years before writing it, and the perspective of history enhances its value. He writes only of the battles in which he participated, though his comments on affairs beyond his knowledge at the time, through later study and reflection, are pungent and stimulating. Among other topics, he describes the politicians, the generals, Kitchener’s Army, Hore-Belisha, German gas attacks, Picardy, dugouts, tanks, the sex-life of the soldier, scrounging. trench kits and the censoring of letters. The author saw the First World War from below, as a fighting soldier in a line regiment.

9781473841840, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 288 pages

Fighting the Kaiser’s War Andrew Lucas & Jürgen Schmieschek Personal accounts of the Great War experiences of British soldiers are well known and plentiful, but similar accounts from the German side of no man’s land are rare. This highly original book vividly describes the wartime lives and ultimate fates of ten Saxon soldiers facing the British in Flanders, revealed through their intimate diaries and correspondence. The stories of these men are used to illustrate the wider story of thousands more who fought and died in Flanders ‘for King and Country, Kaiser and Reich’ with the Royal Saxon Army. This groundbreaking work is illustrated with over 300 photographs and other images, recording the German experience of the war in human detail and giving a rounded picture of how the Saxons lived and died in Flanders.

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•WORLD WAR I• British Posters of the First World War John Christopher During the First World War the authorities emulated the simple slogans and strong graphic imagery of advertising posters to create a form of mass communication that was easily and instantly understood by the British public. They were aimed at the mostly illiterate working class who did more than their share to feed the machinery of war. This book looks at the art of these posters and explores the themes that emerged throughout the course of the conflict. For the most part the posters were calls to action, starting with the initial period of voluntary enlistment and leading on to conscription.

Psychologically they worked on several levels, appealing to a sense of duty or tapping into feelings of guilt.

9781445655260, $20.00, $12.99, paperback, 192 pages

The Zeebrugge & Ostend Raids 1918 Deborah Lake The Zeebrugge Raid is one of the most exciting small actions, not just of the First World War but in British history. The purpose was to counter the U-boat menace. Submarine attacks on Allied shipping caused great difficulty. The Admiralty claimed that the war would be lost unless the submarine attacks were curtailed. Admiral Keyes proposed blocking the ports. At Zeebrugge, a diversionary landing on the Mole - an enormous breakwater - would divert attention from the blockships as they entered the harbor. The defenses were extremely strong. Surprise and daring were essential.

Despite over 600 casualties, the attacks were a great boost to civilian morale in Britain. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded, eight of them for the Zeebrugge raid alone.

9781473837966, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 224 pages

Chocolate Soldiers Steven Moore From an interest sparked by a family involvement in the Young Citizen Volunteers and the First World War, author Steven Moore has crafted an extensive, revealing and sympathetic account of the organization.

Conceived as non-sectarian and non-political the YCV was, in stages: a youth movement with national aspirations; a paramilitary body prepared to take up arms to prove its loyalty; and the core of a military unit of the British Army that fought in virtually all the major battles of 1916 and 1917. Unkindly dubbed ‘The Chocolate Soldiers’ and often, in short, the ‘odd men out’, their story is revealed through photographs and the words of the men themselves.

9781780730592, $26.95, $17.50, paperback, 256 pages

The Nivelle Offensive and the Battle of the Aisne 1917 Andrew Uffindell The notorious plateau of the Chemin des Dames saw some of the heaviest fighting of the First World War. Situated just 100 km northeast of Paris, it was the scene in 1917 of the bitterly controversial Nivelle offensive, which is remembered today as one of the worst disasters in military history. For battlefield tourists, the Chemin des Dames is among the most fascinating sites on the entire Western Front, yet until now there has never been a detailed English guide to the actions that raged there in 1917. This new book by Andrew Uffindell fills that gap: as well as demolishing the many myths about the Nivelle offensive, it enables readers to explore the remarkable battlefield for themselves.

9781783030347, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 224 pages

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The Battle of Neuve Chapelle Paul Kendall After the reverses of 1914, the French and British commanders were determined to turn the tables on the Germans and take the war to the enemy. A combined offensive was planned in the Artois region of France but the French had to cancel their part in the operation. This did not deter the commander of the British Expeditionary Force and on 10 March 1915, the British attacked the German positions centered on the village of Neuve Chapelle. In what was the first British planned offensive of the First World War, the attackers overran the German lines and almost achieved an unparalleled breakthrough. Only a lack of artillery shells and a breakdown in communications prevented the British First Army under from taking advantage of the success.

9781473847187, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 304 pages

Pyramids and Poppies Peter K.A. Digby This reissue of “Pyramids and Poppies” coincides with the hundredth anniversary of the formation of the First SA Brigade, in August 1915. The book tells the story of the Brigade on the Western Front during the Great War. On this “front of all fronts”, as it was called by the millions of men who lived and died in the mud of trench warfare, South Africans were present. Nearly four and a half thousand men of the South African Brigade were never to return. “Pyramids and Poppies” updates and expands Buchan’s work with new material which includes many photographs and drawings.

These are enhanced with previously unpublished personal accounts by the men of the South African Brigade, which the author has been fortunate enough to access.

9781910294628, $69.95, $45.50, paperback, 464 pages

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•WORLD WAR I• Prisoners of the British Michael Foley Much of what has been written about the treatment of prisoners of war held by the British in various conflicts point to the belief that they have often been treated in a more caring and compassionate way than the prisoners of other countries. This would seem to point out that Germans held in Britain were treated leniently while there were claims of British prisoners being mistreated by the Germans. Was the British sense of fair play present in the prison camps and did this sense include the press and public who called for harsher treatment of the Germans in captivity? This book will examine the truth of these views while also looking at the number of camps set up in the country.

9781781554791, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 192 pages

The Home Front David Bilton Many books have looked at the effect of the war on the Home Front, but this is the first book to take a glimpse at the Home Front photographically from an international point of view, covering both Allied and enemy countries, juxtaposing the same situations in different countries to show a similar response. This volume chronicles the changes brought on by just a few months of war: spies, increased casualties, food shortages, changes in work patterns, the shortage of men in the work force, women at work and at the end of the year the slow rush in Britain to volunteer for the army, hoping to not be called for service. It also looks at the Home Front for those caught behind enemy lines.

9781473833708, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 160 pages

Menin Gate South Postcards from the Front 1914–1919 Kate J. Cole Postcards as a medium of correspondence became popular in the early years of the twentieth century. The fad soon became a flood as literally hundreds of thousands of postcards found their way into the postal system as the Edwardian era progressed. With the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914, it was only natural that this fad would spill over into the battlefields of the Western Front. Postcards from the Front 1914–1919 captures the essence of this medium in a unique and fascinating way, bringing to life the pathos, the trauma and the mud and the blood of Flanders and France as the embattled Tommies wrote home to their loved ones.

9781445635002, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 128 pages

The Great War through Picture Postcards Guus de Vries During World War I, the picture postcard was the most important means of communication for the soldiers in the field and their loved ones at home, with an estimated 30 billion of them sent between 1914 and 1918. These postcards create a vivid record of life at home and abroad during the Great War, both from the messages they carried and the pictures on the cards themselves. The ways in which the postcards depict the war differs greatly; from simple enthusiasm, patriotism and propaganda to humor, satire and bitter hatred. Others portray the wishes and of the soldiers, the technological developments of the armies, not to mention the daily life and death on the battlefield.

9781473856684, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256 pages

Paul Chapman This is a comprehensive and highly emotive volume, borne of years of intensive research and many trips to the battlefields of the Great War. It seeks to humanize the Menin Gate Memorial (South), to offer the reader a chance to engage with the personal stories of the soldiers whose names have been chiseled there in stone. Poignant stories of camaraderie, tragic twists of fate and noble sacrifice have been collated in an attempt to bring home the reality of war and the true extent of its tragic cost. It is hoped that visitors to the battlefields, whether their relatives are listed within or not, will find their experience enriched by having access to this treasure trove of stories.

9781473850873, $60.00, $38.99, hardback, 416 pages

Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Paul Chapman This is a comprehensive and highly emotive volume, borne of years of intensive research and many trips to the battlefields of the Great War. It seeks to humanize Tyne Cot cemetery, to offer the reader a chance to engage with the personal stories of the soldiers whose names have been chiseled there in stone. Poignant stories of camaraderie, tragic twists of fate and noble sacrifice have been collated in an attempt to bring home the reality of war and the true extent of its tragic cost. It is hoped that visitors to the battlefields, whether their relatives are listed within or not, will find their experience enriched by having access to this treasure trove of stories.

9781473850835, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 304 pages

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•WORLD WAR I • WORLD WAR II• Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Paul Chapman This is a comprehensive and highly emotive volume, borne of years of intensive research and many trips to the battlefields of the Great War. It seeks to humanize the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, to offer the reader a chance to engage with the personal stories of the soldiers whose names have been chiseled there in stone. Poignant stories of camaraderie, tragic twists of fate and noble sacrifice have been collated in an attempt to bring home the reality of war and the true extent of its tragic cost. It is hoped that visitors to the battlefields, whether their relatives are listed within or not, will find their experience enriched by having access to this treasure trove of stories.

9781473850958, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 336 pages

WORLD WAR II Totenkopf. Volume 1 Mark C.Yerger & Ignacio Arrondo The first of two volumes on one of the most famous Waffen-SS divisions, this work by two longtime SS research colleagues is their largest and most detailed unit study to date.

Following an illustrated Introduction a lengthy chapter examines the parameters of researched topics in this work, the ten categories of personnel it includes, and how the data is presented as well as why.

The Waffen-SS awards system is detailed by individual decoration including new data on Abteilung P5 Ordensangelegenheiten. Divisional firsts are noted along with comparisons to the other units of the Waffen-SS. A chapter on the Totenkopfverbände follows, detailing prewar units from their creation through title changes and their physical development until “Totenkopf” assimilated parts of four as half its initial cadre.

9781910777091, $89.95, $58.50, hardback, 536 pages

Totenkopf. Volume 2 Mark C.Yerger & Ignacio Arrondo In “Totenkopf” volume II Mark C.Yerger begins with a detailed overview of the officer and combat arms schools related to the Waffen-SS. The topic is especially relevant to the earliest Waffen-SS divisions with “Totenkopf”personnel being trained by this system while many school instructors also served with the division. Starting with the prewar Junkerschulen and their expansion, the extensive primary arms schools that produced SS officers are detailed that also held a diversity of other training programs from mid-1942 to nearly the end of hostilities.

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Szkolnikoff Pierre Abramovici On 10 June 1945, a charred body was discovered near Madrid. The man was identified as Mendel Szkolnikoff, a Jew of Russian origin who was one of the biggest traffickers of the Occupation. In a remarkably short space of time, Szkolnikoff amassed a spectacular fortune including prime real estate in the most sought-after areas in Paris and on the French Riviera. Seventy years after his death there are still many questions that remain unanswered: Who did Szkolnikoff actually work for and who was it who protected him? What happened to the money he deposited in his bank accounts before he died? Who was the mysterious commando unit who captured and killed Szkolnikoff in Spain? Was he actually killed or did he manage to escape?

9781473861862, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 256 pages

The Wartime Diaries of Count Galeazzo Ciano 1939–1943 Galeazzo Ciano Count Galeazzo Ciano was foreign minister in Fascist Italy from 1936 until 1943. He was also Mussolini’s son-in-law. This fascinating diary gives a day to day account of this passage through the war, his meetings with the Duce and other key figures of the conflict including Hitler and Von Ribbentrop. It becomes, in effect, a history of Italy under Mussolini. In 1943, as the Italian war effort began to crumble in the wake of an allied invasion from the South, Ciano was dismissed as Foreign Minister after his involvement in a plot to depose Mussolini. Under pressure from the Nazis, Ciano was executed by firing squad in Verona in January 1944. His diaries provide a unique and perceptive insight into this remarkable period of history.

9781781554487, $34.95, $22.50, paperback, 496 pages

The Personal Photograph Albums of Hermann Goering Blaine Taylor In 1919, Hermann Goering went to Denmark as a stunt flyer, then on to Sweden to fly passengers, one of whom introduced the daredevil to his future first wife, a then married Swedish Countess. Goering joined the Nazi Party, as commander of the early SA Stormtroopers. In the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Goering was severely wounded, and fled. Thus began a four-year exile in which Goering became a morphine addict and was committed to an insane asylum. Goering returned to Germany under a political amnesty, and blackmailed Hitler into putting him up for election to the Reichstag. He won, and four years later, was elected its President. He helped convince Germany’s power elite to name Hitler Reich Chancellor on 30 January 1933.

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•WORLD WAR II• Feldpost Denis Havel & Whitney Stewart Feldpost: The Wartime Letters of Friedrich Reiner Niemann documents the life and frontline experiences of a German soldier from the 6th Infantry Division from 1941-1945. Niemann was sent to the Russian Front four times. He wrote his final two letters home from Poland before he disappeared during the Soviet Vistula-Oder Offensive. In his extensive correspondence, Niemann describes the fighting at Rzhev, Russia, 1942- 1943, and his survival of the destruction of his division during the Soviet summer offensive. After the Second World War, the Niemann family preserved Reiner’s letters and photographs, and shipped them to New Orleans when Reiner’s sister had emigrated. Neglected in an attic for over fifty years, the documents surfaced only after Hurricane Katrina flooded the family house.

9781625450159, $40.00, $25.99, hardback, 288 pages

Red Star Against the Swastika Vasily B. Emelianenko This is the extraordinary story of Vasily B. Emelianenko, the veteran pilot of one of the Soviet Union’s most contradictory planes of the Second World War – the I1–2. This heavily armored aircraft was practically unrivaled in terms of fire power, but it was slow to maneuver and an easy target for fighters. I1–2 had to attack enemy flak columns at extremely low altitudes, which led to enormous tolls both in equipment and personnel.

Emelianenko’s vivid memoirs provide a rare insight into the reality of fighting over the Eastern Front and the tactics of the Red Army Air Force. With remarkable clarity, he recalls what it was like to come face to face with a skilled, deadly and increasingly desperate enemy.

9781848328037, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 272 pages

Faith, Hope and Rice You Never Know Your Luck Keith C. Ogilvie When the Royal Canadian Air Force wouldn’t accept him as a pilot, Keith ‘Skeets’ Ogilvie walked across the street in Ottawa and joined the Royal Air Force. Some unusual luck won him a transfer as a Spitfire pilot.

Shot down over France the following July, he was fortunate to be treated for grievous injuries by top German surgeons. Skeets’ home for the balance of the war was Stalag Luft III prison camp. He was the second last man out of the ‘Great Escape’ tunnel but was recaptured three days later. For reasons he never understood, Skeets was one of 23 escapees who were spared from being murdered by the Gestapo. 50 of his fellows were not so lucky.

9780993415227, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256 pages

March By Moonlight Jack Love & Barry Love In 1942 RAF Bomber Command observer Jack Love’s world comes crashing down. His aircraft sustains flak damage and a catastrophic engine failure forces a crash-landing in Northern France. The pilot manages a safe belly-landing in a ploughed field, and the uninjured crew scramble free of the wreckage. A five-week trek follows, mostly at night, as they march almost 300 miles across France, seeking the promise of sanctuary in Switzerland. They reach the River Doubs where the wireless operator drowns. John Beecroft and Henry Hanwell reach the far bank, and become part of the ‘Pat O’Leary’ escape line. Jack and tail gunner Alec Crighton attempt to find a suitable crossing, but stumble into a German patrol. Three years of captivity follow, culminating in the ‘Long March’.

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Ellie Taylor Fred Cox, a young soldier in the East Surrey Regiment, was taken prisoner by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore in February 1942. The next three and a half years were spent in a series of POW camps, notably in Thailand working on the aptly named Death Railway. Fortunately he was not one of the 12,000 Allied prisoners who perished as a result of extreme maltreatment, starvation or disease, but Fred’s health, both physical and psychiatric, was seriously affected. After liberation, whilst in hospital in Ceylon, Fred was nursed by Joan whom he married.

Advised by the doctors to talk about his horrific experiences, he and Joan spent the winter of 1946 – 1947 getting his story down on paper.

9781473857889, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 176 pages

Surviving the Death Railway Hilary Custance Green The ordeals of the POWs put to slave labor by their Japanese masters on the ‘Burma Railway’ have been well documented yet never cease to shock. It is impossible not to be horrified and moved by their stoic courage in the face of inhuman brutality, appalling hardship and ever-present death. While Barry Custance Baker was enduring his 1000 days of captivity, his young wife Phyllis was attempting to correspond with him and the families of Barry’s unit. Fortunately these letters have been preserved and appear in this book along with Barry’s memoir written after the War. Surviving the Death Railway’s combination of first-hand account, correspondence and comment provide a unique insight into the long nightmare experienced by those in the Far East and at home.

9781473870000, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 280 pages

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•WORLD WAR II• Suspended Disbelief Julian Harrison The Holocaust. The darkest chapter in the history of humankind. Many words have been written on the Holocaust and you may ask what more is there to be said? This new work

by Julian Harrison doesn’t presume to have anything new to say, but rather it reflects upon what has gone before, presented through a personal journey of discovery, anguish and dare it be said, hope. As the generation of survivors and witnesses become fewer in number, Suspended Disbelief considers in these days, what exactly we’ve learnt and what should the legacy of the Holocaust actually be? Digging into his family history, Harrison has progressed a powerful and moving personal journey that goes far beyond the usual descriptions of political, social and military history.

9781911096016, $39.95, $25.99, paperback, 432 pages

Hitler’s Home Front Don Gregory & Wilhelm R. Gehlen Twelve years of rule by Hitler could have made Germany a third world country after the end of the war. Whatever treatment the Allies had in mind for the Germans could not have been much worse than the conditions already in existence for them after the end of the war. The German economy and infrastructure was already a wreck and the inflation continued after the surrender with prices of essentials rising to double and triple that of 1943.

This book is a memoir of Wilhelm Gehlen and his childhood in Nazi Germany, as a Nazi Youth and the awful circumstances which he and his friends and family had to endure during and following the war.

9781473858206, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 216 pages

GI Stories Henri-Paul Enjames Among the many Americans who fought to liberate Europe in 1944, some arrived on the battlefield with no combat experience while others were already veterans of the North African and Italian campaigns.

This book traces the career of fifty soldiers, who, during the conflict held a variety of positions: shock troops, bomber pilot, quartermaster aboard a destroyer or chaplain in a motorized cavalry unit. Several nurses and a telephone operator are included and demonstrate the commitment of the female staff. A short genealogical study precedes each story, allowing the reader to discover the origins and family background of each personnel. A study of official records as well as archival documents kept by the soldier helps trace his military career from draft to theater.

9782352503989, $59.95, $38.99, hardback, 244 pages

Fighting Hitler from Dunkirk to D-Day Neil Barber & Jeff Haward Fighting Hitler From Dunkirk to D-Day is the compelling story of a man belonging to a group of which there are now very few survivors. Jeff Haward MM is a prewar Territorial Army soldier who enlisted merely for something to do in the evenings.

Consequently, he fought throughout the entirety of the Second World War. Jeff is a ‘Die Hard’, the historic name given to men of the famous Middlesex Regiment. He joined the 1/7th Battalion, a machine-gun battalion, equipped with the British Army’s iconic Vickers medium machine gun. Jeff Haward’s experiences, those of a normal soldier, make fascinating reading and throw new light on the use of such Vickers gun battalions during the war.

9781473826991, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 176 pages

Parachute Doctor David Tibbs & Neil Barber Parachute Doctor is the story of Captain David Tibbs RAMC MC who as a member of 225 (Parachute) Field Ambulance and the 13th Parachute Battalion. His fascinating recollections feature jumping into Normandy on DDay and the subsequent battle to defend the Airborne perimeter; assisting the Americans in repulsing the Ardennes offensive, the massive Airborne drop across the Rhine and the rapid advance to the Baltic to prevent the Russians moving into Denmark. Following the end of the European war, the Brigade was shipped to the Far East for a proposed invasion of Singapore. However, the Japanese surrendered beforehand, and the Paras ended up being involved in a little known episode, fighting alongside the Japanese in defense of Dutch against rebels on the island of Java.

9781781220009, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 160 pages

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The Women Who Spied for Britain Robyn Walker Espionage is one of the world’s oldest professions, and it played an integral role in Allied successes and failures during the Second World War. Equal to men in both their bravery and in the sacrifices they made, the female undercover operatives of the Second World War deserve to have their incredible stories told. The Women Who Spied for Britain traces the fascinating and sometimes tragic stories of eight women who put their lives on the line and made invaluable contributions to the British war effort. Drawn from many different walks of life, all of these women shared a sense of adventure, daring and determination that allowed them to embrace the role of secret agent.

9781445645841, $16.00, $10.50, paperback, 238 pages

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•WORLD WAR II• The Invasion of Hitler’s Third Reich Patrick Delaforce Early in 1945 the British Liberation Army, who had battled their way from the Normandy beaches to the borders of Germany, embarked on Operation Eclipse. This was the ‘end-game’ of the Second World War, the unique military campaign to invade and conquer Hitler’s Third Reich and liberate 20 million enslaved nationals from Holland, Denmark and Norway; to free multitudes of displaced persons or slaves; and inter alia to free the survivors of twenty concentration camps and many Allied POW camps. The Allied Military Government brought law and order to 23 million German nationals in the allocated British zone of occupation and appropriate retribution too. A thrilling race with Stalin’s Red Army ensued to reach the Baltic.

9781781553251, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 272 pages

Hitler’s French Volunteers Christophe Leguérandais From 1941 to 1945, a large number of foreign soldiers were incorporated into the ranks of the German army in order to compensate for the enormous losses suffered by the Wehrmacht, including thousands of French. Whether fighting against the Soviets on the Eastern Front, with the Afrika-Korps in Tunisia or fighting with the occupying army in France, these volunteers generally took the plunge to join the Germans with the authorization of their own government, even though there was never any ‘formal link’ to the Vichy regime. For the first time in the English language, this book provides details of the units’ various insignias, along with rare and previously unpublished and personal photographs of the few surviving members interviewed by the author.

9781473856561, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 256 pages

Stout Hearts Ben Kite Stout Hearts is a book which offers a new perspective on the British Army in Normandy. This study explores the anatomy of war through the Army’s operations in the summer of 1944, informing and entertaining the general non-fiction reader as well as students of military history. There have been so many books written on Normandy that the publication of another one might appear superfluous. However, most books have focused on narrating the conduct of the battle or debating the merits of the armies. What was missing from the existing body of work on Normandy and the Second World War is a book that explains how an army actually operates in war and what it was like for those involved, Stout Hearts fills this gap.

9781911096184, $49.95, $32.50, paperback, 488 pages

Operation Market Garden John Buckley & Peter Preston-Hough In September 1944 the Western Allies mounted an attempt to seize a crossing over the Rhine into Germany in a bid to end the Second World War.Yet despite the deployment of thousands airborne troops, in conjunction with the efforts of ground forces to link up with them, the plan failed spectacularly and the war continued well into 1945.

Famously depicted in the blockbuster film A Bridge Too Far (1977) the operation, code named Market Garden, has attained iconic status and is the subject of countless books, documentaries and articles, and is subjected to more speculation than almost any other Allied operation of the war. After 70 years it is time to reevaluate the importance, impact and outcome of Market Garden.

9781910777152, $59.95, $38.99, hardback, 312 pages

D-Day June 6 1944 Among the Italian Partisans Malcolm Tudor Here is the remarkable story of the foreigners who volunteered to join the guerrilla war against Germans and Fascists in Second World War Italy. The fighters included Britons, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Americans, Russians, Poles and Yugoslavs.

Most were escaped prisoners of war who fled their camps after the Italian armistice and surrender in September 1943. From the summer of 1944 the British Special Operations Executive and American Office of Strategic Services built on information from their compatriots in enemy territory to send in agents to help arm and train the partisans and to coordinate airdrops. Against the backdrop of twenty months of warfare, this is the story of the Allied servicemen who took part in the Italian Resistance.

9781781553398, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 160 pages

Stuart Robertson & Dale Booth This book provides a unique insight into one of the most important days in World history, the World’s greatest ever sea borne invasion - June 6th 1944 D-Day. Drawing upon four decades of research and two decades of working the battlefields as the region’s foremost guides, the authors use a compelling combination of background narrative and first-hand accounts provided exclusively to them by many veterans. This comprehensively illustrated book serves as an essential accompaniment to any visit to the region, includes directions of how to find the important sites, what to see during a visit to the battlefields, and how to discover the lesser known areas only familiar to those with an intimate knowledge of the area.

9781781220047, $34.95, $22.50, paperback, 240 pages

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•WORLD WAR II• The Corridor of Death Georges Bernage This album is an essential book on the end of the Battle of Normandy. The Germans left 40,000 prisoners in the pocket but 50,000 are in extract, at Mortain at Mont-Ormel. An apocalyptic vision of the end of the Battle of Normandy and a journey through the inferno of the Falaise-Argentan pocket.

9782840483809, $35.00, $22.99, paperback, 176 pages

Operation Epsom Ian Daglish Before EPSOM in June 1944 there remained the chance that a German counterstroke might threaten the bridgehead. After EPSOM, the Allies retained the strategic initiative through to the liberation of France and Belgium. This was a battle in which highly trained but largely inexperienced British ‘follow-up’ divisions, newly arrived in Normandy, confronted some of the best equipped and battle-hardened formations of the Third Reich. Beginning with a set-piece British assault on the German lines in dense terrain, the battle developed into swirling armored action on the open slopes of Hills 112 and 113, before the British turned to defending their gains in the face of concentric attacks. This entirely new study brings together previously unseen evidence to present an important Normandy battle in great detail.

9781473845596, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 272 pages

Fighting the Breakout Freiherr von Luttwitz & Freiherr von Beyerlein This gripping volume charts the progress of the Allied breakout of Normandy through German eyes.

Beginning with Operation COBRA and ending with the offensive which led to the liberation of Paris, this critical phase of the war in the west is examined and described by five senior German officers. From staff officers at OKW to divisional generals on the ground, these officers critique their performance, examine Allied superiority, and evaluate their own efforts to contain Allied forces in Normandy. They look at such key events as the counterattack at Mortain, the American offensive, British and Canadian efforts and the sequence of events that led to the fighting around the Falaise gap.

9781848328402, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 256 pages

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The Noise of Battle Tony Colvin Half of the book is a detailed description, mainly told in the words of participants, of three battles fought over four days in the Rhineland south of Goch between 27 February and March 2 1945. The battles were between 3rd Division and 8.

Fallschirmjäger Division. For the first time the combined actions have been analyzed from the ground up in an unprecedented attempt to provide understanding of a significant military event. The other half of the book is an analysis of the units and people involved in the two divisions and their supporting armor and aviation.

An answer is provided as to why only two months before the end of hostilities, 21 Army Group could manage only quite slow and costly progress.

9781910777114, $79.95, $51.99, hardback, 824 pages

The Bloody Road to Tunis David Rolf As the Afrika Korps withdrew after a bruising defeat at El Alamein, it became apparent that Axis forces would not be able to maintain their hold over Libya.

Rommel pulled his troops back to Tunisia, digging in along the Mareth Line, and turned westwards to counter the massive Anglo-American ‘Torch’ landings in French North Africa. A series of bitter battles in the craggy hills of Tunisia followed - including the legendary struggle for the Kasserine Pass - with the Germans displaying skills honed in two years of desert fighting, and the Allies relying on their superiority in equipment and manpower. Allied might eventually overpowered Rommel’s army and, in May 1943, Axis forces surrendered.

9781848327832, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 320 pages

The Battle for the Crimea 1941–1944 Anthony Tucker-Jones The selection of over 150 rare wartime photographs in this volume in Pen & Sword’s Images of War series offers a graphic visual record of the dramatic and bloody battles fought for the Crimea during the Second World War. They show every grim aspect of the fighting and reflect in many ways the ruthless character of the struggle across the entire Eastern Front.

Naval operations involving the Soviet Black Sea Fleet and the Romanian Royal Navy are covered in the book, as is the battle in the air between the Luftwaffe and the Red Air Force. But perhaps the most memorable photographs give an insight into the ordinary soldiers’ experience of the fighting and show the enormous material damage the conflict left behind.

9781473867307, $24.95, $15.99, paperback, 160 pages

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•WORLD WAR II • DVDS• Voices from the Past: Channel Islands Invaded Simon Hamon In the summer of 1940 the British Isles stood isolated and alone facing the might of a seemingly unstoppable German war machine. Fortunately the full breadth of the English Channel held back Hitler’s armies, and his ambition. Not so for the Channel Islands which stand just a few miles from the French coast. To abandon British territory to the enemy was unthinkable, yet the defense of the Channel Islands was impracticable. It was decided, therefore, to evacuate as many as wished to leave.

This is the story of the muddled evacuation, of homes, of the German bombing of the islands, the fear of those left behind, and of those first days of German Occupation, told by the Islanders themselves.

9781473851597, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256 pages

Germany’s Secret Masterplan Chris McNab How would Europe have looked if Nazi Germany had been victorious in World War II? Between 1933 and 1945, Hitler developed a vision for an infrastructure, architecture, race, labor force and Lebensraum – the acquiring of ‘living space’ – among many other plans. Some of these were implemented during his leadership as the German Wehrmacht expanded the Nazi sphere of influence, but what were the unrealized plans for a Europe dominated by the Third Reich? Arranged in chapters covering topics such as leadership, war, physical infrastructure, empire building, race, culture and weaponry, Germany’s Secret Masterplan in World War II reveals the true scale of Hitler’s vision for a Greater Germany and a world dominated by the Nazi ideology.

9781782742449, $34.95, $22.50, hardback, 224 pages

Konev’s Golgotha Michael Filippenkov This book is a historical study of the events of October 1941 in the Viaz’ma pocket, based on documents found in the Russian Federation’s Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense, the German Bundesarchiv, and the US National Archives. Mikhail Filippenkov describes the events that took place through the simultaneous, comparative analysis of Soviet and German combat reports according to time, and in the manner of reporting from the places of those events as they happened. The author writes about these events with chronological accuracy, not on the level of army headquarters and higher, but exclusively on the level of the combat units down to the division-level, and with concrete geographical reference to the combat maps of those times.

9781910777374, $59.95, $38.99, hardback, 176 pages

DVDS Citizen Soldier Rick Atkinson & Dakota Meyer Citizen Soldier explores topics on military history and current affairs through interviews and discussions with experts, scholars, military personnel, veterans, and authors.

Each episode of Citizen Soldier Season 1 is a short, content-rich exploration of military history and affairs, produced for a general audience by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.

888295179232, $19.99, $12.99,

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Nery and the Retreat from Mons Battlefield History TV Ltd Following the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau the already near exhausted British Expeditionary Force, who had been marching and fighting for six days without a break, embarked on a nine day epic march across France.

Operating with the fog of war resting on them, commanders of both sides struggled to fathom the enemy’s intentions and only gradually did the German intent of the Schlieffen Plan dawn on Marshall Joffre, while Sir John French, commander of the BEF had lost confidence in his allies and was advocating ‘leaving the line’ of battle.

The army that the Kaiser had derided as being ‘contemptuously small’ was in fact far more resilient than anyone had believed and its capacity to continue marching was nothing short of remarkable.

5060247621166, $24.95, $15.99, DVD NTSC, 80 minutes

1914: The BEF and the Retreat - Mons Ed Skelding Following on from the success of the two films on Ypres and three films on the Somme, The Walking the Western Front series turns its attention to the outbreak of the First World War. Spread across four seventyminute DVDs, acclaimed film-maker Ed Skelding and eminent military historian Nigel Cave take us on a tour of the battlefields and cemeteries of Mons, Le Cateau, the Aisne,Ypres and many more as they exist today and explain the opening battles of WWI in their entirety. Nigel relies on his encyclopedic knowledge of the area to explain these harrowing and heroic battles in detail, giving the viewer an armchair tour of the key sites and memorials in France and Belgium.

5060247621081, $24.95, $15.99, DVD NTSC, 60 minutes

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•DVDS• Saint Vith Battlefield History TV Ltd The Northern most thrust into the wintery Ardennes of General Hasso von Manteuffel’s Fifth Panzer Army fell on the inexperienced 105th US Infantry Division in what was supposed to be a ‘ghost front’. One of the best German infantry divisions reformed as the 18th Volksgrenadiers fell on the over extended Golden Lions dug in on the Schnee Eifel, where two US regiments were surrounded and forced to surrender. Shot in the same winter snow as the battle was fought in, the BHTV team takes the viewer to the scene of the action and uses maps, photographs and reenactment footage of the battle to give a sense of what it was like for both sides to fight this most terrible of US Army battles.

5060247621203, $32.95, $21.50, DVD NTSC, 85 minutes

The Finnish Front The German Propaganda Kompanien (PK) captured the events of Hitler’s war on every front. Their footage was used to produce Die Deutsche Wochenschau, a weekly cinema newsreel detailing the events of World War II. For the first time these films have been collated, edited and translated into English in order to produce a complete military history of the third Reich drawn exclusively from German primary sources. This amazing range of films captures the events of World War II exactly as they were presented to contemporary cinema audiences while the actions on the battlefield were unfolding. This volume featuring translated Wochenschau newsreels records the story of Hitler’s forgotten armies in the north who carried on a long struggle against the Red Army and the unforgiving elements.

5060247621074, $14.95, $9.50, DVD NTSC, 60 minutes

Hitler Bob Carruthers Join Emmy AwardTM winning film maker Bob Carruthers on a journey into the world of Adolf Hitler. The environmental factors which shaped Hitler are explored and assessed in this unique film which retraces the footsteps of Hitler from his first boyhood experiences through the years of struggle in Vienna, his Great War adventures, the bungled Beer Hall Putsch, his triumph over democracy and his final defeat in the ruins of Berlin. Set to a stunning soundtrack of music by Richard Wagner, the film incorporates historic interviews with Hitler’s sister Paula and other Third Reich figures. This is indispensable viewing for anyone who seeks fresh insight into the man and his world.

5060247621043, $14.95, $9.50, DVD NTSC, 90 minutes

Blitzkrieg: Lightning War Michael Leighton Despite the draconian provisions of the Versailles treaty, the German armed forces operating under the new Nazi regime were able to secretly assemble a modern mechanized strike force incorporating tanks, artillery and aircraft. Determined to avoid a repeat of the static warfare of the trenches the Wehrmacht honed its new tactics and the result has become known to posterity as ‘Blitzkrieg’ or Lightning War. This new form of warfare was unleashed on Poland in September 1939 and quickly proved its worth. In May 1940 the Blitzkrieg reached its zenith with the fall of France. This powerful film incorporates rare footage from German and Allied sources to present a stunning portrait of the Blitzkrieg in action from the thirties to the fall of France.

5060247620978, $14.95, $9.50, DVD NTSC, 60 minutes

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The Russian Front: Late 1943 The German Propaganda Kompanien (PK) captured the events of Hitler’s war on every front. Their footage was used to produce Die Deutsche Wochenschau, a cinema newsreel detailing the events of World War II. For the first time these films have been collated, edited and translated into English in order to produce a complete military history of the Third Reich. This range of films captures the events of World War II as they were presented to contemporary cinema audiences while the actions on the battlefield were unfolding. This volume featuring Wochenschau newsreels records the events following the failure at Kursk.

As the tide began to turn against Hitler, only the intervention von Manstein and the victory at Kharkov slowed up the collapsing of the Russian Front.

5060247621036, $14.95, $9.50, DVD NTSC, 60 minutes

The Siege of Leningrad The German Propaganda Kompanien (PK) captured the events of Hitler’s war on every front. Their footage was used to produce Die Deutsche Wochenschau, a weekly cinema newsreel detailing the events of World War II. For the first time these unique primary source films have been collated, edited and translated into English in order to produce a complete military history of the Third Reich drawn exclusively from German primary sources. This amazing range of films captures the events of World War II as they were presented to contemporary audiences while the actions on the battlefield were still unfolding. This volume featuring translated Wochenschau newsreels records the one thousand day siege of Leningrad - one of the decisive actions of World War II. 5060247621029, $14.95, $9.50, DVD NTSC, 60 minutes

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Steven Rabalais John J. Pershing considered Fox Conner to have been “a brilliant solider” and “one of the finest characters our Army has ever produced.”

During World War I, General Conner served as chief of operations for the American Expeditionary Force in Europe. Pershing told Conner: “I could have spared any other man in the A.E.F. better than you.” Dwight D. Eisenhower viewed Fox Conner, as “the outstanding soldier of my time.” In the early 1920s, Conner transformed his protégé Eisenhower from a struggling young officer on the verge of a court martial into one of the American army’s rising stars. This book presents the first complete biography of this significant, but now forgotten, figure in American military history. In addition to providing a unique insider’s view into the operations of the American high command during World War I, Fox Conner also tells the story of an interesting life. Fox Conner presents the portrait of the quintessential man behind the scenes in U.S. military history. Readers will find this book, and the man, fascinating.

9781612003979, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 320 pages

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FORTHCOMING FROM CASEMATE To War with the 4th Martin King & Lt. Col. Jason Nulton The 4th Infantry Division has always been there in America’s modern wars. On 14 September 1918 the men of the “Ivy” Division stood up in their trenches and prepared to attack. It would be one of the first times that American troops would operate autonomously. They would go over the top to be blown to pieces by German artillery and fall in their hundreds to the German machine guns, yet nevertheless win the day.

9781612003993, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 304 pages

Jungle Survival Manual

Under a Blood Red Sun John J. Domagalski During the opening days of World War II in the Pacific, a small group of American sailors in the Philippines were propelled into the forefront of the fighting. They were manned with six small wooden torpedo (PT) boats and led by Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley. The men of Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 faced insurmountable odds as they conducted a series of operations against the navy and air power of Imperial Japan.

9781612004075, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 304 pages

Luftwaffe in Colour

Ruth Sheppard Christophe Cony & Jean-Louis Roba During the Second World War, This remarkable work pulls the lid soldiers were sent to new theaters, off one of the legendary air forces fighting to survive not only with the in history at the very peak of its enemy but the landscape.To help power—unveiling the men and them in this alien environment, the machines as they truly existed British and US armies produced a day-to-day, underneath the number of manuals and guides to propaganda of their own regime and explain to the men how to fight the Japanese, but also the scare stories of their enemies. In Hitler’s Germany, ‘jungle lore’: how to find plants that were safe to eat; color photography was primarily co-opted for state which animals could kill them; how to treat illnesses; and purposes, such as the military publication Signal, or the avoid the dangers of polluted water.

Luftwaffe’s own magazine, Der Adler.

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