Warrior 40 Catalog

Volume XII, Issue II, Spring 2021

US Civil War

Welcome readers, to the second edition of The Warrior for 2021!

Each April marks the anniversaries of both the beginning and end of the American Civil War, so this April The Warrior is bringing you an extra-large section, from page 15 to 26, to meet your curiosities and answer your questions about the battles of The Civil War and those who fought them. With books from Casemate, Gettysburg Publishing, Savas Beatie, and more, you’re sure to find something that catches your eye.

If the 19th Century isn’t your style, fear not, there is plenty for all other military history interests. From ancient warfare with Greece, Rome, and more on pages 4 to 11, all the way to modern times in the Middle East, Africa, South America, and more from pages 48 to 52, The Warrior has it all. Our ever-popular World War 2 section (p 35 to p 44) is supplemented by three pages of exclusively French language titles from the likes of Heimdal on page 45 to 47. These titles have never seen The Warrior before so be sure to check out their excellently discounted prices!

At the back of the catalog you’ll find the bargain section, with up to 50% off all titles. We always try to keep the bargains stocked with books never seen in The Warrior at such low prices, so be sure to check it out and see what’s new.

No matter your military history interest, The Warrior will have something for you!

Happy reading.

Will, Girard, & Courtney The Warrior Team

Fighting for Time Rhodesia’s Military and Zimbabwe’s Independence

Charles D. Melson From the 1960s through 1970s there were a series of conflicts in Africa involving Rhodesia, South Africa, and Portugal in conflict with the so-called Frontline States. There was an international element with the Cold War and saw American interest at the diplomatic, economic, and social level. I This work, drawing on a wealth of primary sources, examines the transition of the Rhodesian armed services from a general-purpose force to a special operations force conducting intelligencedriven operations, and identifies the lessons that can be learned from the study of this lowintensity conflict at the level of ‘’tactics, techniques, and procedures.”

715068, $65 , $42.50 , Hardback, 336 pages

General Erich Hoepner A Military Biography W. Chales de Beaulieu Linden Lyons

Erich Hoepner was one of the most competent tank commanders of World War II, playing a significant role in Germany’s early successes. As the commander of the XVI Panzer Corps at the outbreak of war in 1939, Hoepner carried out the main thrust towards Warsaw. The panzer corps covered 250 kilometers and reached the outskirts of the city in only eight days.

In 1940, commanding the same formation, Hoepner fought the French Cavalry Corps in Belgium, partook in the encirclement of Allied forces near Dunkirk, and advanced southwards over the Weygand Line deep into French territory. In 1941, Hoepner became the commander of Panzer Group 4, which was the main attack formation for the advance on Leningrad. It made rapid progress to begin with, but an increasingly wide and exposed front meant that the attack gradually ground to a halt. Hoepner frequently felt that he was not allowed to advance on Moscow quickly enough by his superiors, yet his decision to conduct a withdrawal in January 1942 led to his dismissal.

W. Chales de Beaulieu, who fought alongside Hoepner. provides insight into his ability as a panzer commander, painting a picture of a man who was committed to the military profession, and was confident enough to exercise his own will.

009766, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 264 pages The front cover image is from The Cornfield: Antietam’s Bloody Turning Point

by David A. Welker, Casemate Publishers, 2020 Typeset by Courtney Huntzinger

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• NEW FROM CASEMATE • Courage Under Fire The 101st Airborne’s Hidden Battle at Tam Ky

LTC Ed Sherwood US Army (Ret) Courage Under Fire is the first book published about Operation Lamar Plain. After 50 years, the story of the renowned 101st Airborne’s major offensive near Tam Ky, South Vietnam remains largely unknown. Fighting at Tam Ky by the 1st Brigade began 15 May 1969 while the 101st’s 3rd Brigade battled on Hamburger Hill. The political consequences of Hamburger Hill’s high casualties caused Lamar Plain and its high casualties to remain classified and undisclosed. Decades later, the fighting at Tam Ky is mostly forgotten except by those who fought there.

Sherwood’s superb research of now declassified records uncovers how such a large battle could remain hidden and undisclosed. But that is not the heart of his story. His focus is on the courage and commitment of the young infantry soldiers who fought.

009643, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 360 pages

The Folly of Generals How Eisenhower’s Broad Front Strategy Lengthened World War II

David P Colley Imagine how many lives would have been saved had the war in Europe finished in December 1944 instead of five months later... David Colley analyzes critical mistakes made by the Allied supreme commander, General Dwight Eisenhower, in the last nine months of the war.

The book details the American penetration of the Siegfried Line and their advance into Germany before the troops were called back. It also examines operations in the Stolberg Corridor and the actions of General Lucian Truscott. It compares these battles with Operation Market Garden, and assesses their effectiveness. Eisenhower later called off another operation in November 1944, already in progress, to cross the Rhine and destroy the German 1st Army north of Strasbourg.

American and German generals believe this operation would have shortened the war.

The Folly of Generals explores these potential breakthroughs—along with other strategic and tactical mistakes in the ETO and in Italy, some never before revealed—that might have shortened the war by a considerable margin.

009742, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 264 pages

Call-Sign KLUSO An American Fighter Pilot in Mr. Reagan’s Air Force

Rick Tollini Eagle pilot Rick “Kluso” Tollini’s life has embodied childhood dreams and the reality of what the American experience could produce. In his memoir, Call Sign KLUSO, Rick puts the fraught minutes above the Iraqi desert that made him an ace into the context of a full life; exploring how he came to be flying a F-15C in Desert Storm, and how that day became a pivotal moment in his life.

Rick’s love of flying was fostered by his pilot father, eventually blossoming into a decision to join the Air Force. Having trained to fly jets he was assigned to fly the F-15 Eagle with the “Dirty Dozen,” the 12th Tactical Fighter Squadron, at Kadena AB, Japan before returning Stateside to the 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron “The Gorillas.” Throughout training, Reagan’s fighter pilots expected to face the Soviet Union, but Rick’s first combat deployment was Desert Storm. He recounts the planning, the preparation, and the missions, and the reality of combat. Rick’s aerial victory was one of 16 accumulated by the Gorillas, the most by any squadron during Desert Storm.

Returning from the combat skies of Iraq, Rick continued a successful fulfilling Air Force career until, struggling to make sense of his life, he turned to Buddhism. His practice led him to leave the Air Force, to find a new vocation, and to finally come to terms with shooting down that MiG-25 Foxbat in the desert all those years before. Most importantly, he came to a deeper understanding of the importance of our shared humanity.

009810, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

Nanjing 1937 Battle for a Doomed City

Peter Harmsen The infamous Rape of Nanjing looms like a dark shadow over the history of Asia in the 20th century, and is among the most widely recognized chapters of World War II in China. By contrast, the story of the month-long campaign before this notorious massacre has never been told in its entirety. Nanjing 1937 by Peter Harmsen fills this gap.

This is the follow-up to Harmsen’s best-selling Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on theYangtze, and begins where that book left off. This epic tale is told with verve and attention to detail by Harmsen, a veteran East Asia correspondent who consolidates his status as the foremost chronicler of World War II in China with this path-breaking work of narrative history.

009803, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 368 pages

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• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• The Field Campaigns of Alexander the Great

Stephen English There is a copious literature on Alexander the Great, but most are biographies of the man himself, with relatively few recent works analyzing his campaigns from a purely military angle. This book combines a narrative of the course of each of Alexander’s campaigns, with clear analysis of strategy, tactics, logistics etc. Combined with Stephen English’s The Army of Alexander the Great and The Sieges of Alexander the Great, it completes a very compelling examination of one of the most successful armies and greatest conquerors ever known.

796608, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 256 pages

Armies of the Hellenistic States 323 BC - AD 30 History, Organization and Equipment

Gabriele Esposito This book provides a complete and detailed analysis of the organization and equipment employed by the armies of the Hellenistic States. After Alexander the Great’s death in 323 BC, his immense Macedonian empire was divided between his ambitious generals, who in turn formed their own monarchies across Eastern Europe, Asia and North Africa. This work will follow the development of the Hellenistic military forces from the army bequeathed by Alexander the Great to the complex military machines that succumbed one by one in the wars against the expanding Romans.

730299, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 168 pages

Battles and Battlefields of Ancient Greece A Guide to their History, Topography and Archaeology C Jacob Butera Matthew A Sears

Greece was the scene of some of the most evocative and decisive battles in the ancient world. This volume brings together the ancient evidence and modern scholarship on twenty battlefields throughout Greece. It is a handy resource for visitors of every level of experience, from the member of a guided tour to the veteran military historian.

831869, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 336 pages

Wars and Battles of Ancient Greece

Paul Chrystal Wars & Battles of Ancient Greece is not just another arid account of wars and battles, with endless, often exaggerated, casualty figures and repetitive tactics. It is different from most other books in the field because it has context as its focus: each of the battles covered is, where sources permit, placed in its historical, political and social context. No war or battle has ever been fought in isolation—there is always a prelude, a casus belli and a series of consequences. These are revealed wherever possible for each of the wars and battles in this book.

556818, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 208 pages

Kings and Kingship in the Hellenistic World 350 - 30 BC

John D. Grainger Between c.350 BC and 30 BC the Mediterranean world was one in which kings ruled. Rather than attempting a narrative of the various kingdoms, John Grainger takes a thematic approach, considering various aspects of Hellenistic kingship in turn. This allows him to highlight the common features as well as the differences across the various dynasties. How did one become king? How was a smooth succession secured and what happened when it was not? What were the duties of a king, and what were the rewards and distractions? These are just a few of the interesting facets examined in this original and fascinating book.

863750, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

Great Naval Battles of the Ancient Greek World

Owen Rees Naval warfare is the unsung hero of ancient Greek military history, often overshadowed by the more glorified land battles.

Owen Rees looks to redress the balance, giving naval battles their due attention. This book presents a selection of thirteen naval battles that span a defining century in ancient Greek history, from the Ionian Revolt and Persian Invasion to the rise of external naval powers in the Mediterranean Sea, such as the Carthaginians.Each battle is set in context. The background, wider military campaigns, and the opposing forces are discussed, followed by a narrative and analysis of the fighting.

827301, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 248 pages

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• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• Mercenaries in the Classical World To the Death of Alexander

Stephen English Mercenaries were a significant factor in many of the wars of the Classical world, being employed in large numbers by many states. By far the most famous were Xenophon’s ‘Ten Thousand,’ but there was a wide variety of mercenaries available. Some, such as Celts and Thracians were hired largely for their love of fighting, while others were valued for their specialist skills, such as Cretan archers or slingers from Rhodes or the Balearic Islands. This will be the first fulllength book on the subject since 1997. It will examine the role of the mercenaries and their influence on the wars of the period down to the death of Alexander the Great.

Greece and Rome at War

Peter Connolly This is a detailed account of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome. Making use of fresh archaeologicalevidenceandnew material on the manufacture and use of the weapons of the period, the author presents an attractive and impressive volume that is both scholarly and beautifully presented with illustrations that are, quite rightly, recognized as being the best and most accurate representation of how the soldiers from these formidable military empires appeared. This excellent work brings the armies of Greece, Macedon, and Rome vividly to life.

329416, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 320 pages

843301, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 192 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. 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.

322226, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

Army of the Roman Emperors Thomas Fischer M.C. Bishop

Compared to modern standard, the Roman army of the imperial era was surprisingly small.

However, when assessed in terms of their various tasks, they by far outstrip modern armies – acting not only as an armed power of the state in external and internal conflicts, but also carrying out functions which nowadays are performed by police, local government, customs and tax authorities, as well as constructing roads, ships, and buildings. With over 600 illustrations, the costumes, weapons and equipment of the Roman army are explored in detail using archaeological finds dating from the late Republic to Late Antiquity.

008103, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 464 pages

Armies of Ancient Italy 753-218 BC From the Foundation of Rome to the Start of the Second Punic War

Gabriele Esposito Before becoming the masters of the Mediterranean world, the Romans had first to conquer the Italian peninsula in a series of harsh conflicts against its other varied and warlike residents.

The outcome was no foregone conclusion and it took the Romans half a millennium to secure the whole of Italy. Gabriele Esposito presents the armies that fought these wars, in which the Roman military spirit and their famous legions were forged. He not only follows the evolution of the Roman forces from the Regal Period to the outbreak of the Second Punic War but also the forces of their neighbors, rivals and enemies.

751850, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

Decorated Roman Armour From the Age of the Kings to the Death of Justinian the Great Raffaele D’Amato Andrey Evgenevich Negin

From the time of the Bronze Age, the warriors of all tribes and nations sought to emblazon their arms and armor with items and images to impress upon the enemy the wealth and power of the wearer. Such items were therefore of great significance to the wearers, and the authors of this astounding detailed and extensively researched book, have brought together years of research and the latest archaeological discoveries, to produce a work of undeniable importance. Decorated Roman Armour is richly decorated throughout, and as well as battlefield armor, details the tournament and parade armor from Rome’s earliest days.

892873, $50 , $32.50 , Hardback, 392 pages

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• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• Military History of Late Rome 284-361

Ilkka Syvänne This ambitious series gives the reader a comprehensive narrative of late Roman military history from 284-641. Each volume gives a detailed account of the changes in organization, equipment, strategy and tactics among both the Roman forces and her enemies, while also giving a detailed but accessible account of the campaigns and battles. Volume I covers the period 284-361, starting with recovery from the ‘third-century crisis’ and the formation of the Tetrarchy.

Constantine’s civil wars and stabilization are also major themes, with the pattern repeated under his sons. Anyone with an interest in the military history of this period will find it both informative and thought-provoking.

848559, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

Roman Britain’s Missing Legion What Really Happened to IX Hispana?

Simon Elliott Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the northern frontiers in Britain.

But the last evidence for its existence in Britain comes from AD 108. The mystery of their disappearance has inspired debate and imagination for decades. The most popular theory, immortalized in Rosemary Sutcliffe’s novel The Eagle of the Ninth, is that the legion was sent to fight the Caledonians in Scotland and wiped out there. But more recent archaeology (including evidence that London was burnt to the ground and dozens of decapitated heads) suggests a crisis, not on the border but in the heart of the province.

765727, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

Military History of Late Rome 361–395

Rome: Republic into Empire The Civil Wars of the First Century BCE

Ilkka Syvänne This is the second volume in an ambitious series giving the reader a comprehensive narrative of late Roman military history from AD 284-641. Each volume gives a detailed account of the changes in organization, equipment, strategy and tactics among both the Roman forces and her enemies in the relevant period, while also giving a detailed but accessible account of the campaigns and battles. This volume covers the tumultuous period from the death of Constantius II in AD 361 to the death of Theodosius. Among the many campaigns covered, it therefore includes the Emperor Julian’s fatal campaign against the Sassanian Persians.

Paul Chrystal This is not just another arid chronological list of battles, their winners and their losers.

Using a wide range of literary and archaeological evidence, Paul Chrystal offers a rare insight into the wars, battles and politics of this most turbulent and consequential of ancient world centuries; in so doing, it gives us an eloquent and exciting political, military and social history of ancient Rome during one of its most cataclysmic and crucial periods, explaining why and how the civil wars led to the establishment of one of the greatest empires the world has known.

462735, $50 , $32.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

710093, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Military History of Late Rome 395-425

Ilkka Syvänne This ambitious series gives the reader a comprehensive narrative of late Roman military history from 284-641. Each volume gives a detailed account of the changes in organization, equipment, strategy and tactics among both the Roman forces and her enemies in the relevant period, while also giving a detailed but accessible account of the campaigns and battles.

The Military History of Late Rome analyzes in great detail the pivotal years of 395-425. It was then that the mighty Roman Empire faced the Great Migrations while being wrecked by civil wars 84854A, $52.95 , $34.50 , Hardback, 384 pages

Armies of the Late Roman Empire AD 284 to 476 History, Organization & Equipment

Gabriele Esposito This guide to the Late Roman Army focusses on the dramatic and crucial period that started with the accession of Diocletian and ended with the definitive fall of the Western Roman Empire.

This was a turbulent period during which the Roman state and its armed forces changed. Gabriele Esposito challenges many stereotypes and misconceptions regarding the Late Roman Army; for example, he argues that the Roman military machine remained a reliable and efficient one until the very last decades of the Western Empire. The author describes the organization, structure, equipment, weapons, combat history and tactics of Late Roman military forces.

730374, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

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BATTLE OF THE BULGE • ••ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• Tribes of Ancient Britain and Germany Publius Cornelius Tacitus 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.

592380, $14.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 112 pages

Arms And Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier From Marius to Commodus Raffaele D’Amato Graham Sumner

Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier sheds new light on the many different types of armour used by the Roman soldier, and combines written and artistic sources with the analysis of old and new archaeological finds. With a huge wealth of plates and illustrations, which include ancient paintings, mosaics, sculptures and coin depictions, this book gives the reader an unparalleled visual record of this fascinating period of military history. This book, the first of three volumes, examines the period from Marius to Commodus. Volume II will cover the period from Commodus to Justinian, and Volume III will look at the period from Romulus to Marius.

325128, $60 , $39.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

Rome Seizes the Trident The Defeat of Carthaginian Seapower and the Forging of the Roman Empire

Marc G de Santis The Punic Wars were characterized by massive naval battles. The Romans did not even possess a navy of their own when war broke out between them and the Carthaginians in Sicily in 264 B.C. Prior to that, the Romans had relied upon several South Italian Greek cities to provide ships. The Romans were nevertheless determined to acquire a navy that could challenge that of Carthage. They used a captured galley as a model, reverse engineered it, and constructed hundreds of copies. Although not decisive on its own, Rome’s new found naval power was a vital component in their ultimate victory in each of the three Punic Wars.

826984, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

Edge of Empire Rome’s Frontier on the Lower Rhine Arjen Bosman Jona Lendering

Every ancient author writing about the Low Countries, was preoccupied with the complete contrast between the civilized people of the Roman Empire and the tribes of savages living outside it. Julius Caesar exploited this preconception to enhance his reputation, Tacitus employed the same stereotypes and, in Late Antiquity, the Franks were still described as resembling monsters. The reality was different.

The presence of the Roman army along the River Rhine radically changed the way of life in the small Roman province of Germania Inferior, and the tribes living along the Rhine gradually began to resemble their occupiers.

258054, $38 , $24.99 , Hardback, 194 pages

Caesar’s Greatest Victory The Battle of Alesia, Gaul 52 BC John Sadler Rosie Serdiville

The Battle for Alesia was a decisive moment in world history. It determined whether Rome would finally conquer Gaul or whether Celtic chieftain Vercingetorix would throw off the yoke and independent Celtic tribal kingdoms could resist the might of Rome. Failure would have been a total defeat for Julius Caesar. European, and therefore world history might have been a very different story. Caesar’s campaign of 52 BC hung in the balance. The Romans were caught off-guard and it seemed all too likely their grip on Gaul would be pried free. The Siege of Alesia was one of the most astonishing military undertakings of all times.

004051, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

Emperors of Rome: The Monsters From Tiberius to Theodora, AD 14–548

Paul Chrystal As with everything else, there were good and bad Roman emperors. The good were largely civilized and civilizing.

The bad, on the other hand, were sometimes nothing less than monsters, exhibiting varying degrees of corruption, cruelty, depravity and insanity. It is a sobering thought that these ogres were responsible for governing the greatest civilizationintheworld,simultaneouslyterrorizing,brutalizing and massacring. Their exploits have, of course, been well documented since classical times but much of the coverage can only be called gratuitous, sensationalist or tabloid. This book is different because it is based on primary sources and evidence.

728852, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

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BATTLE OF THE BULGE • ••ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• Great Generals of the Ancient World

Richard A Gabriel Of the thousands of commanders who served in history’s armies, why is it that only a few are remembered as great leaders of men in battle? What combination of personal and circumstantial influences conspire to produce great commanders? Richard A Gabriel analyzes the biographies of ten great generals who lived between 1481 BC and AD 632 to identify the characteristics of intellect, psychology, personality, and experience that allowed them to tread the path to greatness. He has selected the ten whom he believes to be the greatest of them all. Those included, and more so those omitted, will surprise many readers.

The Armies of Ancient Persia: The Sassanians

Kaveh Farrokh Throughout most of the classical period, Persia was one of the great superpowers, placing a limit on the expansion of Western powers. It was the most formidable rival to the Roman empire for centuries, until Persia, by then under the Sassanians, was overwhelmed by the Islamic conquests in the seventh century AD. Yet, the armies of ancient Persia have received relatively little detailed attention, certainly in comparison to those of Rome. This work is the first of three volumes that will form the most comprehensive study of ancient Persian armies available.

848450, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 504 pages

859081, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

Holy Wars 3000 Years of Battles in the Holy Land

Bohemond of Taranto Crusader and Conqueror

Gary L. Rashba Holy Wars describes 3,000 years of war in the Holy Land with the unique approach of focusing on pivotal battles or campaigns, beginning with the Israelites’ capture of Jericho and ending with Israel’s last fullfledgedassaultagainstLebanon.

Its 17 chapters stop along the way to examine key battles. By focusing on the climax of each conflict, while carefully setting each stage, Holy Wars allows the reader to examine an extraordinary breadth of military history, glimpsing in one volume the evolution of warfare over the centuries as well as the enduring status of the Holy Land as a battleground.

Georgios Theotokis Bohemond of Taranto, Lord of Antioch, unofficial leader of the First Crusade, was a man of boundless ambition and inexhaustible energy – he was, in the words of Romuald of Salerno, ‘always seeking the impossible’. While he failed in his quest to secure the Byzantine throne, he succeeded in founding the most enduring of all the crusader states. Yet few substantial accounts of the life of this remarkable warrior have been written and none have been published in English for over a century – and that is why this absorbing new study by Georgios Theotokis is of such value.

001531, $18.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 312 pages

744289, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 208 pages

Saladin Hero of Islam

Geoffrey Hindley The extraordinary character and career of Saladin are the keys to understanding the Battle of Hattin, the fall of Jerusalem and the failure of the Third Crusade. He united warring Muslim lands, reconquered the bulk of Crusader states and faced the Richard the Lion Heart, king of England, in one of the most famous confrontations in medieval warfare.

Geoffrey Hindley’s sympathetic and highly readable study of the life and times of this remarkable, many-sided man, who dominated the Middle East in his day, gives a fascinating insight into his achievements and into the Muslim world of his contemporaries.

842038, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

Saladin and the Fall of Jerusalem Richard the Lionheart, the Crusades and the Battle for the Holy Land David Nicolle Stanley Lane-Poole

Saladin is a legendary figure in the history of the Middle East. His rise to prominence in the twelfth-century was rapid and he established himself as an intrepid statesman as well as a military commander.

This detailed biography of Saladin was written by Stanley Lane-Poole, who was able to access the rich and colorful chronicles of Arab historians, which provide us with insight into the life and deeds of this warrior-monarch. Based on a lifetime of study, this book examines Saladin’s youth, his military development, his conquest of Egypt and Syria, the Holy War against the crusaders and, crucially, his duel with Richard the Lionheart and, of course, the fall of Jerusalem.

328747, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 288 pages

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• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• The Art of Siege Warfare and Military Architecture from the Classical World to the Middle Ages Michael Eisenberg Rabei Khamisy

The papers in this book present, for the first time, the world of warfare, both defensive and offensive, from the Classical periods to end of the Middle Ages in one collection. These scholarships have attracted ancient writers and generals and nowadays historians, archaeologists and researchers poliorcetics. Military historiography and ancient manuals are well familiar from the Classical period throughout the Hellenistic great battlefields until the end of the Middle Ages, the chronological scope of this codex. The current book is the first to encompass this long array of time.

A History Of The Dukes of Bolton 1600-1815 Love Loyalty Joanne Major Sarah Murden

Discover over two hundred years of fascinating history relating to one of Great Britain’s foremost aristocratic dynasties, the (Orde-) Powletts, for several generations the Dukes of Bolton.

The family motto, Love Loyalty, references their devotion to the monarchy, but it applies equally to their hearts. Willing to risk all in the pursuit of love, this is the previously untold story of the Dukes of Bolton and their ancestors.

863507, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 240 pages

254068, $70 , $48.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Bowmen of England

Donald Featherstone From the 12th to 15th centuries the longbow was the weapon that changed European history more than any other. In the skilled hands of English and Welsh archers it revolutionized all the medieval concepts and traditions of war. No other weapondominatedthebattlefield as it did, and it was the winning factor in every major battle from Morlaix in 1342 to Patay in 1429. Donald Featherstone’s study of the English longbow is an inspiring and authentic reconstruction in human terms in an age of courage, vitality and endurance. He provides an enthralling footnote to the history of the longbow by recording the engagement in which it was last used - in France in 1940.

845831, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 164 pages

Offa and the Mercian Wars The Rise and Fall of the First Great English Kingdom

Chris Peers In England in the eighth century, in the midst of the so-called Dark Ages, Offa ruled Mercia, one of the strongest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. For over 30 years he was the dominant warlord in the territory south of the Humber and the driving force behind the expansion of Mercia’s power. Yet the true story of Offa’s long reign and of the rise and fall of Mercia are little known although this is one of the most intriguing episodes in this little-recorded phase of England’s past. It is Chris Peers’ task in this new study to uncover the facts about Offa and the other Mercian kings and to set them in the context of English history before the coming of the Danes.

Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

Margaret C Jones Alfred the Great’s daughter defied all expectations of a well-bred Saxon princess. The first Saxon woman ever to rule a kingdom, Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, led her army in battleagainstVikinginvaders.She further broke with convention by arranging for her daughter to succeed her on the throne of Mercia. To protect her people and enable her kingdom in the Midlands to prosper, Aethelflaed rebuilt Chester and Gloucester, and built seven entirely new English towns. In so doing she helped shape our world today. This book brings Aethelflaed’s world to life, from her childhood in time of war to her remarkable work as ruler of Mercia.

733962, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

Twilight of Medieval Castles Volume 2

Stephane Gondoin Twilight of Medieval Castles, gives details of the last period in which the architectural elements characteristic of the medieval period were used. It shows how the castles failed to make the necessary adaptation to the new fighting techniques along with the tastes of the period. The incapacity to react to all these constraints was the main reason for the disappearance of the medieval castle.

500698, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 132 pages

711502, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 240 pages

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• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• • CHURCHILL’S 145TH • Medieval Soldier

Vesey Norman Medieval Soldier outlines the development of the undisciplined barbarian war bands of the Dark Ages into the feudal armies of the early Middle Ages. It deals with the arms and equipment of the soldier, not only from surviving specimens but also from descriptions in contemporary medieval documents. Vesey Norman covers the slow development of tactics and the transition of the warrior from a personal follower of a war leader to the knight who served his feudal overlord as a heavily armored cavalryman in return for land.

842045, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 288 pages

Tudor Sea Power The Foundation of Greatness

David Childs In the sixteenth century England turned into a nation respected and feared in Europe. She based her power and eventual supremacy on the creation of a standingprofessionalnavywhich firstly would control her coasts and those of her rivals, and then threaten their trade around the world. This emergence of a sea-power brought with it revolutionary ship designs and new weapon-fits, all with the object of making English warships feared on the seas in which they sailed. Along with this came the absorption of new navigational skills and a breed of sailor who fought for his living.

320314, $80 , $52.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

The Hammer of the Scots Edward I and the Scottish Wars of Independence

David Santiuste Known to posterity as Scottorum Malleus – the Hammer of the Scots – Edward I was one of medieval England’s most formidable kings. This book offers a fresh interpretation of Edward’s military career, within the context of his Scottish wars.

In part this is a study of personality: Edward was an extraordinary man. His struggles with tenacious opponents – including Robert the Bruce and William Wallace – have become the stuff of legend. But David Santiuste also considers the wider impact of Edward’s campaigns: he describes the effects on people at all levels of society, providing a compelling portrait of the British Isles at war.

Siege Warfare During the Hundred Years War Once More Unto the Breach

Peter Hoskins Histories of the Hundred Years War have been written, and accounts of the famous battles, but until now no book has concentrated on the sieges that played a decisive role in the protracted struggle between England and France. Edward III’s capture of Calais in 1347 was of crucial importance for the English, and the failure of the English siege of Orléans in 1429 was a turning point for the French after the disaster of Agincourt. Throughout the war, sieges were a major weapon in the strategic armories of both sides, and Peter Hoskins’s perceptive and graphic study is a fascinating analysis of them.

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The Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince

Richard Barber Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III, known as the Black Prince, is one of those heroes of history books so impressive as to seem slightly unreal. At sixteen he played a leading part in the fighting at Crécy; at twenty-six he captured the king of France at Poitiers; and eleven years later he restored Pedro of Castile to his throne at the battle of Najera. His exploits were chronicled by Jean Froissart, but Froissart was writing three or four decades after the events he describes. There are other sources much closer to events, and it is on these that the present volume draws.

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Records of the Medieval Sword

Ewart Oakeshott Forty years of intensive research into the specialised subject of the straight two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages are contained in this classic study. Spanning the period from the great migrations to the Renaissance, Ewart Oakeshott emphasises the original purpose of the sword as an intensely intimate accessory of great significance and mystique. There are over 400 photographs and drawings, each fully annotated and described in detail, supported by a long introductory chapter with diagrams of the typological framework first presented in The Archaeology of Weapons and further elaborated in The Sword in the Age of Chivalry.

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• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• • CHURCHILL'S 145th CHURCHILL’S 145TH • The Sword in AngloSaxon England Its Archaeology and Literature

Hilda Ellis Davidson This book is an invaluable exploration of the significance of the sword as symbol and weapon in the Anglo-Saxon world, using archaeological and literary evidence. The first part of the book, a careful study of the disposition of swords found in peat bogs, in graves, lakes and rivers, yields information on religious and social practices.

The second is concerned with literary sources, especially Beowulf.

157160, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 286 pages

Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century Discipline, Tactics, and Technology

Kelly DeVries His detailed analysis of battles provides an important reassessment of the way in which infantry and dismounted cavalry achieved such striking successes.

HISTORY This remarkable study confirms [DeVries’s] emergence as one of themajor scholars of his generation. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY This study departs from the conventional view of the dominance of cavalry in medieval warfare: its objective is to establish the often decisive importance of infantry. Kelly DeVries employs evidence from first-hand accounts - a major feature of this study - to examine the role of the infantry, and the nature of infantry tactics, in nineteen battles fought in England and Europe between 1302 and 1347.

155715, $25.95 , $16.99 , Paperback, 224 pages

The Medieval Archer

Jim Bradbury This book traces the history of the archer in the medieval period, from the Norman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses. From a close study of early evidence, the author shows that the archer’s role before the time of Edward I was an important but rarely documented one, and that his new prominence in the fourteenth century was the result of changes in development of military tactics rather than the introduction of the famous “longbow”. A second thread of the book examines the archer’s role in society. The final chapters look at the archer in the early fifteenth century and then chronicle the rise of the handgun as the major infantry weapon at the bow’s expense.

156750, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 206 pages

European Weapons and Armour From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution

Ewart Oakeshott A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms from the Renaissance period to the Industrial Revolution will welcome this book. The author chooses as his starting-point the invasion of Italy

by France in 1494, which sowed the dragon’s teeth of all the successive European wars; the French invasion was to accelerate the trend towards new armaments and new methods of warfare. The author describes the development of the handgun and the pike, the use and style of staffweapons, mace and axe and war-hammer, dagger and dirk and bayonet.

A Companion to Medieval Arms and Armour David Nicolle Alan Williams

A Companion to Medieval Arms and Armour covers the entire period from the fifth to the fifteenth century, a thousand years which saw huge changes in military technology in most of the world’s major civilisations.

Arms and armour in Europe are the principal focus of the studies, but those of neighbouring civilisations, including the Byzantine Empire, eastern Europe, the steppes and the Islamic world, are also investigated, both for the impact upon them of European technological developments, and for their influence upon developments within western Europe.

158723, $99 , $64.50 , Hardback, 472 pages

Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550

Yuval Noah Harari Alongside the familiar pitched battles, regular sieges, and largescale manoeuvres, medieval and early modern wars also involved assassination, abduction, treason and sabotage. These undercover operations were aimed chiefly against key individuals, mostly royalty or the leaders of the opposing army, and against key fortified places, including bridges, mills and dams. However, because of their clandestine nature, these deeds of “derring-do” have not been studied in any detail, a major gap which this book fills. It surveys a wide variety of special operations, from the eleventh to the sixteenth century.

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• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL • • 17/18TH CENTURY • Espionage in the Divided Stuart Dynasty 1685-1715

Julian Whitehead King James II was the Catholic king of a Protestant nation, but he had inherited a secure crown and was able to put down the rebellion by his nephew the Duke of Monmouth. In just over three years James had been deserted by those he loved and trusted and had to flee to France in exile. His throne was seized by his son-in-law and daughter, and when they died, his younger daughter succeeded. For James it was a personal tragedy of King Lear proportions; for most of his subjects it was a ‘Glorious Revolution’ that saved his kingdoms from Popery.

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Captain John Smith, Adventurer Piracy, Pocahontas and Jamestown

R E Pritchard Captain John Smith is best remembered for his association with Pocahontas, but this was only a small part of an extraordinary life filled with danger and adventure. As a soldier, he fought the Turks in Eastern Europe, where he beheaded three Turkish adversaries in duels. He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to escape. He sailed under a pirate flag, was shipwrecked and marched to the gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved at the eleventh hour. All this before he was thirty years old. This swashbuckling Elizabethan adventurer was resourceful, intelligent and outspoken, with a vision of what America could become.

773623, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 184 pages

In the Emperor’s Service Wallenstein’s Army, 1625-1634

Laurence Spring Albrecht von Wallenstein! His very name is synonymous with the Thirty Years War. From a poor nobleman he rose to become the Duke of Friedland and Mecklenburg. Despite Wallenstein’s Army being infamous, very little has been written about it, especially in English. However, by using archives from record offices from Germany, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Britain, as well as the latest archaeological evidence from mass graves of the Thirty Years War period, this book looks to rectify this by giving a vivid account of what life was like for a soldier in Wallenstein’s Army.

628569, $35 , $22.99 , Paperback, 152 pages

War and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV Volume 1 - The Army of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, 1660-1687

Bruno Mugnai Prolific Italian artist and author, Bruno Mugnai introduces the Dutch Army of the third quarter of the 17th century in the first of a new 8 volume series that covers the armies of early years of Louis XIV reign. France and the United Provinces represented opposite models of state government during the 17th century. The contrary nature of their political structure led to conflict on several occasions during this period. Military Historians have focused research onto the final phase of the conflicts such as the Wars of the Grand Alliance and the Spanish Succession, which coincides with the beginning of the long decline for both countries.

628590, $45 , $29.50 , Paperback, 216 pages

The Most Heavy Stroke The Battle of Roundway Down 1643

Christopher L. Scott Sir William Waller called his defeat at the Battle of Roundway Down, the most heavy stroke that ever befell him. He also said it turned victory into mourning and glory into shame.

Indeed his loss in July 1643 was both dramatic and unexpected but what exactly happened has posed questions to historians for many generations. Not only how it happened, but where the fighting actually took place has also over the years brought several interpretations to the fore. However, many previous writers seem to ignore several witnesses whose testimonies render their own basic deployment premise somewhat flawed.

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A Warrior Dynasty The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower, 1611-1721

Henrik O. Lunde This book examines the meteoric rise of Sweden as the pre-eminent military power in Europe during the Thirty Years War in the 1600’s, and then follows its line of warrior kings into the next century until the Swedes finally meet their demise, in an overreach into the vastness of Russia.

A small Scandinavian nation, with at most one and a half million people and scant internal resources of its own, there was small logic to how Sweden could become the dominant power on the Continent. That Sweden achieved this was due to its leadership—a case-study in history when pure military skill could override the demographic and economic factors which have in modern times been termed so pre-eminent.

002422, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

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• 17/18TH CENTURY • The Battle of Minden 1759 The Impossible Victory of the Seven Years War

Charles XII Warrior King

John Hattendorf Prof. Åsa Karlsson

Stuart Reid The fighting in Europe during the Seven Years War hung in the balance. After initial successes the Austro-French forces had been driven back across the Rhine. With the opposing sides reinforcing their armies, the campaign of 1759 was going to prove decisive. Britain and her German allies met the French at Minden in Germany. Due to a misunderstanding of orders the British infantry actually attacked and dispersed the French cavalry. That action is still commemorated on 1 August each year with the wearing of roses by the infantry and artillery regiments whose predecessors picked flowers and put them in their coats as they passed through German gardens on the way to the battle.

For centuries, Charles XII has mainly been seen in the context of Sweden’s national experience, yet his activities stretched across the European continent from Russia and Denmark to Germany, Austria, Poland, Ukraine, and the Ottoman Empire. Even the Dutch Republic, Britain, and France became involved diplomatically and economically. In this volume, 20 scholars from 12 different countries contribute to creating a broader perspective on Charles XII and the Great Northern War in European history. The contributors to this volume expand the scope of international research on Charles XII and his time by examining not only his victories and defeats but the king’s impact in other areas as well.

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Britain’s Last Invasion The Battle of Fishguard, 1797

Phil Carradice With Britain’s Last Invasion dive in to the Battle of Fishguard, a military invasion of Great Britain

by Revolutionary France. The little-known ‘invasion’ consisted mainly of drunken Frenchmen rampaging around the area, burning churches and terrorizing the locals. The role and courage of the women of Fishguard is revealed: when the men fled, the women stayed fast. The attempted invasion lasted just three days, but had ramifications that we are still dealing with today. Following the attempt, the government recognized the need to strengthen the British fleet, a policy that lasted for over a hundred years and almost certainly helped prevent Napoleon’s later planned invasion.

The Battle of Fontenoy 1745 Saxe against Cumberland in the War of the Austrian Succession

James Falkner The Battle of Fontenoy marked a turning point in the War of the Austrian Succession, yet it has rarely been analyzed in depth and the Europe-wide conflict in which it played a part is little understood. James Falkner, in this perceptive and original account, puts the record straight by describing the fighting in graphic detail and setting it in the context of the sequence of wars that determined the shape of Europe during the eighteenth century. James Falkner’s narrative gives a fascinating insight into the Battle of Fontenoy itself and more widely into the nature of warfare in Europe 250 years ago.

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General Sir Ralph Abercromby and the French Revolutionary Wars 1792–1801

For Orange and the States: The Army of the Dutch Republic, 17131772 Part I: Infantry

Carole Divall The French Revolutionary Wars are less well known than the Napoleonic Wars, but they represent a critical stage in the political and diplomatic history of Europe, and Sir Ralph Abercromby played a leading role in the British military campaigns that were part of them. Carole Divall throws new light onto Britain’s position during the late eighteenth century, focusing on its military affairs and the expeditionary forces led by Abercromby during the conflict. Abercromby was the most notable British general to exercise command of these expeditions, and his actions and experiences are central to the narrative.

Marc Geerdink-Schaftenaar The Dutch Republic was one of the great European powers.

Generally, it was considered to have lost that status after the 1713 Peace of Utrecht; however, when the Republic entered the War of Austrian Succession in 1740, it was able to field an army of over 80,000 men.

This expanded to over 110,000 men during the war, demonstrating that the Republic was still a European power to be reckoned with. The losses suffered in that conflict led to a period of decline, which in the end would result in the end of the Republic in 1795. But despite the years of neutrality, shortages, budget cuts and reorganizations, the army was still quite a formidable force.

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• 17/18TH & CENTURY • • • ANCIENT MEDIEVAL The Quaker and the Gamecock Nathanael Greene, Thomas Sumter, and the Revolutionary War for the Soul of the South

Andrew Waters As the newly appointed commander of the Southern Continental Army in December 1780, Nathanael Greene quickly realized victory would not only require defeating the British Army, but also subduing the region’s brutal civil war. “The division among the people is much greater than I imagined, and the Whigs and the Tories persecute each other, with little less than savage fury,” wrote Greene. Part of Greene’s challenge involved managing South Carolina’s determined but unreliable Patriot militia, led by Thomas Sumter, the famed “Gamecock.” Though Sumter would go on to a long political career, it was as a defiant partisan that he first earned the respect of his fellow backcountry settlers.

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With Musket and Tomahawk. Volume I The Saratoga Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777

1781 The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War

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.

001548, $18.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 284 pages

“Men who are Determined to be Free” The American Assault on Stony Point, 15 July 1779

Michael O. Logusz This is a vivid account of the American and British struggles in the wilderness region of the northeast during the Revolutionary War. Combining strategic, tactical, and personal detail, this book describes how the patriots of the recently organized Northern Army defeated England’s massive onslaught, thereby all but ensuring America’s independence. Underneath the umbrella of Saratoga, countless battles and skirmishes were waged from the borders of Canada southward West Point. Heroes on both sides were created, though only one side proved victorious, amid a tapestry of madness, cruelty, and hardship.

David C. Bonk During 1779, armies under the command of American General George Washington and British General Sir William Clinton were locked in a strategic stalemate. The entry of the French into the war as American allies had shifted the strategic initiative and caused the British government to order Clinton to dispatch significant forces to the West Indies and southern colonies.

The reduction in his available forces hampered his efforts to bring Washington to a decisive engagement. Clinton decided to launch an attack north from New York to establish a base of operations that would allow an attack on the fortress at West Point.

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Bayonets and Scimitars Arms, Armies and Mercenaries 1700–1789

Victory or Death The Battles of Trenton and Princeton, December 25, 1776 January 3, 1777

William Urban The eighteenth century marked a watershed in European history. This was a period of significant economic, political and technological upheaval, which led to the American and French revolutions, and was to ultimately pave the way for Europe’s domination of much of the world during the nineteenth century. This excellent new book by esteemed military historian William Urban traces the evolution of war making throughout this turbulent period – the politics, the weaponry, the organization of armies, and the transformation of mercenaries into professionals.

In Victory or Death, historian Mark Maloy not only recounts these epic events, he takes you along to the places where they occurred. He shows where Washington stood on the banks of the Delaware and contemplated defeat, the city streets that his exhausted men charged through, and the open fields where Washington himself rode into the thick of battle.

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Mark Maloy In December 1776, George Washington and the new American Army sit on the verge of utter destruction by the banks of the Delaware River.

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• US CIVIL WAR • • ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL • The Cornfield Antietam’s Bloody Turning Point

David A Welker Antietam. For generations of Americans this word—the name of a bucolic stream in western Maryland—held the same sense of horror and carnage that the simple date 9/11 does for modern America. But Antietam eclipses even this modern tragedy as America’s single bloodiest day, on which 22,000 men became casualties in a war to determine our nation’s future.

Antietam is forever burned into the American psyche, a battle bathed in blood that served no military purpose, brought no decisive victory. This much Americans know. What they didn’t know is why this is so—until now.

008325, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 384 pages

Major General George H. Sharpe and The Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War

Peter G. Tsouras The vital role of the military allsource intelligence in the eastern theater of operations during the U.S. Civil War is told through the biography of its creator, George H. Sharpe. Renowned historian Peter Tsouras contends that this creation under Sharpe’s leadership was the combat multiplier that ultimately allowed the Union to be victorious.

His career did not end in 1865. Sharpe crossed paths with almost everyone prominent in America after the Civil War. He became one of the most powerful Republican politicians in New York State, had close friendships with Presidents Grant and Arthur, and was a champion of African-American Civil rights.

006475, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 592 pages

America’s Good Terrorist John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid

Charles P Poland jr John Brown is a common name, but the John Brown who masterminded the failed raid at Harpers Ferry was anything but common. His failed efforts have left an imprint upon our history, and his story still swirls in controversy. Was he a madman who felt his violent solution to slavery was ordained by Providence or a heroic freedom fighter who tried to liberate the downtrodden slave?These bipolar characterizations of the violent abolitionist have captivated Americans. The debate still rages, but not as much about his ultimate goal as the method he used in attempting to right what he considered an intolerable wrong.

Custer From the Civil War’s Boy General to the Battle of the Little Bighorn Ted Behncke Gary Bloomfield

This is the first Custer biography to focus on these lesser-known parts of his life in great detail.

The approach uses all of Custer’s known writings: letters; magazine articles; his book, My Life on the Plains; and his unfinished memoirs of the Civil War; along with materials and books by his wife, Elizabeth Custer; and reflections of others who knew him well.

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The Last Siege The Mobile Campaign, Alabama 1865

Paul Brueske The Last Siege explores the events surrounding this siege and capture of Mobile, Alabama.

The Union victory at the battle of Mobile Bay in 1864 ended blockade running from the port of Mobile. This book gives a new perspective on the strategic importance of Mobile as a logistical center which had access to vital rail lines and two major river systems, essential in moving forces and supplies.

006314, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 304 pages

The Fights on the Little Horn Unveiling the Mysteries of Custer’s Last Stand

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.

005638, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 408 pages

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• ANCIENT • US CIVIL & MEDIEVAL WAR • • Commanders and Casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg The Comprehensive Order of Battle Steven A. Floyd This Comprehensive Order of Battle includes • The structure of the armies • Changes in command due to casualties • Commanders from regimental level and above • Casualties listed by number including killed, wounded, and captured/missing • Percentage of casualties of total engaged for all units • Short biographical sketches of commanders and key participants in the battle

Noble Pillars: Medal of Honor & Confederate Medal of Honor Recipients of the Gettysburg Campaign Volume I: The March into Pennsylvania & The First Day’s Battle at Gettysburg

Roy Frampton Through extensive research and period photographs, author Roy Frampton brings the lives of Civil War heroes back from the forgotten past. Because of their courageous acts during the Gettysburg Campaign, 71 men were awarded the Medal of Honor; seven men were awarded the reactivated Confederate Medal of Honor. Learn the names, stories, and acts of bravery that earned these soldiers our country’s highest military decoration for valor.

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Gettysburg’s Coster Avenue The Brickyard Fight and the Mural

Mark H. Dunkelman Coster Avenue, the smallest portion of the Gettysburg National Military Park, marks the site of some of the last fighting on July 1, 1863, the First Day of the great battle. The action resulted in almost 800 casualties, most of them Union soldiers. In this book, Dunkelman tells the little-known story of the battle that inspired the mural and the saga of how the painting came to be and its several permutations. Published on the mural’s thirtieth anniversary, this book includes more than fifty photographs, many in color and previously unpublished, a map, and source notes to the text.

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Erin Go Bragh Human Interest Stories of the Irish in the American Civil War Scott L. Mingus Sr. Gerard E. Mayers

Tens of thousands of IrishAmericans fought in the Civil War, with “Sons of Erin” playing a vital role in both Union and Confederate armies. Scott L. Mingus, Sr., has teamed with living historian Gerard E. Mayers to present more than 150 of their most memorable personal stories. In this unique collection, readers will find tales of courage, boldness, and humor. Many have rarely been seen in print since their original publication more than a century ago. The anthology also includes brief biographies of leading Irish soldiers and personalities.

304907, $18.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 120 pages

Lone Star Valor Texans of the Blue & Gray at Gettysburg Joe Owen Chris Mackowski PhD

Storming the Wheatfield John Caldwell’s Union Division in the Gettysburg Campaign James M. Smith II Chris Bagley

Thousands of soldiers who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg for both the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia settled in Texas after the Civil War. Throughout the days, weeks, and years after the battle, these soldiers captured their stories in diary entries, letters, interviews, and newspaper articles.

From the first crossing of the Potomac River to the intense fighting on July 1, July 2, and ultimately at Pickett’s Charge on July 3, these Texans of the Blue and the Gray played a key role in the Gettysburg Campaign. This collection of soldiers’ accounts provides a unique perspective from Texans in the ranks in 1863.

This is an in-depth study of the valiant men of General John Caldwell’s Union Division during the Gettysburg Campaign.

Caldwell’s Division made a desperate stand against a tough and determined Confederate force in farmer George Rose’s nearly 20-acre Wheatfield.

The infamous Wheatfield would change hands nearly six times in the span of two hours of fighting on July 2, becoming a trampled, bloody, no-man’s land for thousands of wounded soldiers. Smith examines the lives of the Union soldiers, from Colonel Edward Cross’s black bandana, to the Irish Brigade’s charge on Stoney Hill.

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• US CIVIL WAR • • ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL • Year of Glory The Life and Battles of Jeb Stuart and His Cavalry, June 1862– June 1863

Year of Desperate Struggle Jeb Stuart and His Cavalry, from Gettysburg to Yellow Tavern, 1863-1864

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. 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.

Monte Akers 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. In this work Akers provides a fascinating, close-in view of the Confederacy’s cavalry arm during this crucial period of the war. After Stuart’s death the Army of Northern Virginia would eventually be cornered, but while he was alive it was often the Northerners who most needed to look to their security.

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Texans at Gettysburg Blood and Glory with Hood’s Texas Brigade Randy S. Drais Joseph L. Owen

The Texans from Hood’s Texas Brigade and other regiments who fought at Gettysburg on 1-3 July 1863 described their experiences of the battle in personal diaries, interviews, newspaper articles, letters and speeches. Their reminiscences provide a fascinating and harrowing account of the battle as they fought the Army of the Potomac. These accounts describe their actions at Devil’s Den, Little Round Top and other areas during the battle. For the first time ever, their experiences are compiled in Texans at Gettysburg: Blood and Glory with Hood’s Texas Brigade.

450609, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 240 Pages

The Life of a Union Army Sharpshooter The Diaries and Letters of John T. Farnham

William G. Andrews John T. Farnham, a sharpshooter in the Union Army, wrote a substantial diary entry nearly every day during his threeyear 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. Frail and sickly, he died of tuberculosis four years after his discharge.

Texans at Antietam A Terrible Clash of Arms, September 16-17, 1862 Joe Owen Philip McBride

The Texans from Hood’s Texas Brigade and other regiments who fought at Antietam on 16– 17 September 1862 described their experiences of the battle in personal diaries, interviews, newspaper articles, letters, and speeches. Their reminiscences provide a fascinating and harrowing account of the battle as they fought the Army of the Potomac. This book collates their writings alongside speeches that were given in the decades after the battle, during the annual reunions of Hood’s Brigade Association and the dedication of the Hood’s Brigade Monument at the state capital in Austin, Texas.

450227, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 272 pages

Along The Lines of Devotion The Bloodstained Field of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863

James Smith II The fighting that began on July 1, 1863 in Gettysburg built the foundation to what would become known as the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil, yet locations such as McPherson’s Ridge, Oak Hill, and Barlow’s Knoll remain some of the most overlooked locations around the battlefield, cast into the shadows of much more scenic locations, such as Little Round Top, Devil’s Den, the Wheatfield, and others. This comprehensive narrative shines light on this portion of the battlefield that is so often overlooked.

450562, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

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• US /CIVIL • • 17TH 18TH WAR CENTURY • Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863

William Lee White Author William Lee White has spent most of his life on the Chickamauga battlefield, taking thousands of visitors through the wooded landscape and telling the story of the bloodiest engagement in the Western Theater. Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale describes the tragic events of Chickamauga, but also includes many insights about often-neglected aspects of the fighting thatWhite has gained from his many years studying the battle and exploring its scenic landscape. Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale can be enjoyed in the comfort of one’s favorite armchair or as a battlefield guide.

Richmond Shall Not Be Given Up The Seven Days’ Battles, June 25-July 1, 1862

Doug Crenshaw In the spring of 1862, the largest army ever assembled on the North American continent landed in Virginia, on the peninsula between the James and York Rivers, and proceeded to march toward Richmond. Between that army and the capital of the Confederate States of America, an outnumbered Confederate force did all in its feeble power to resist—but all it could do was slow, not stop, the juggernaut.

Federal commander Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan found himselfunexpectedlyhammeredbyanewlyaggressive,newly emboldened foe.

213553, $14.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

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Battle above the Clouds Lifting the Siege of Chattanooga and the Battle of Lookout Mountain, October 16 November 24, 1863 David A. Powell William Lee White

In 1863, the Union Army of the Cumberland was besieged in Chattanooga, all but surrounded by familiar opponents: the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The Federals were surviving by the narrowest of margins, thanks only to a trickle of supplies painstakingly hauled over mountain roads. Soon even those quarter-rations would not suffice. Disaster was in the offing. Yet those Confederates, once jubilant at having routed the Federals at Chickamauga and driven them back into the apparent trap of Chattanooga’s trenches, found their own circumstances increasingly difficult to bear.

213775, $14.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

Hell Itself The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864

Grant’s Last Battle The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

Chris Mackowski PhD Ulysses S. Grant was dying.

The hardscrabble man who regularly smoked 20 cigars a day had developed terminal throat cancer. Thus began Grant’s final battle: a race against his own failing health to complete his Personal Memoirs in an attempt to secure his family’s financial future. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant would cement his place as not only one of America’s greatest heroes but also as one of its most sublime literary voices. Filled with personal intrigues and supported by a cast of colorful characters that included Mark Twain, William Vanderbilt, and P. T. Barnum, Grant’s Last Battle recounts a deeply personal story as dramatic for Grant as any of his battlefield exploits.

211603, $14.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

The Most Desperate Acts of Gallantry George A. Custer in the Civil War

Chris Mackowski PhD Ulysses S. Grant opened the campaign with a vow to never turn back. Robert E. Lee’s, Army of Northern Virginia, moved into the Wilderness to block Grant’s advance. Immovable object intercepted irresistible force—and the Wilderness burst into flame. With the forest itself burning around them, men died by the thousands. The armies bloodied each other without mercy. The smoke hung so thick, men could not see who stood next to them—or in front of them. Driven by desperation, duty, confusion, and fire, soldiers on both sides marveled that anyone might make it out alive.

Daniel T. Davis Eric J. Wittenberg Through the passage of time, Custer’s last fight has come to overshadow the rest of his military career, which had its brilliant beginning in the American Civil War. Historian Daniel T. Davis, a long-time student of George Custer, has spent countless hours walking and studying the battlefields where Custer fought in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. In The Most Desperate Acts of Gallantry, he chronicles the Civil War experiences of one of the most recognized individuals to emerge from that tragic chapter in American history.

213157, $14.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

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• US CIVIL WAR • • 17TH / 18TH CENTURY • Strangling the Confederacy Coastal Operations in the American Civil War

Kevin J. Dougherty While the Civil War is mainly remembered for its epic battles between the Northern and Southern armies, the Union was simultaneously waging another campaign—dubbed “Anaconda”—that was gradually depriving the South of industry and commerce, thus rendering the exploits of its field armies moot. Strangling the Confederacy examines the various naval actions and land incursions the Union waged from Virginia down the Atlantic Coast and through the Gulf of Mexico to methodically close down every Confederate port that could bring in weapons or supplies.

The Civil War The 3D Experience

Ingo Bauernfeind Experience the Civil War on a breathtaking threedimensional journey! By viewing spectacular historical photos with 3D glasses, you will get the impression of being there?on the battlefield at Gettysburg, at a field hospital, aboard the famed ironclad USS Monitor, and in ruins of once proud cities. You will be able to go back in time?in 3D! Along with a preface by National Park Service chief historian Dr. Robert Sutton, and an informative timeline, the reader will be able to track the war‘s significant battles, events, and even come face to face with President Lincoln.

598407, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 104 pages

000923, $18.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 240 pages

Yank and Rebel Rangers Special Operations in the American Civil War

Robert W Black The American internal war of 1861-65 was not civil. Those fighting for the Union called it the “War of the Rebellion” while the Confederacy viewed it as the “War of Yankee Aggression” or the “Second War of Independence.” Armies fought great, sweeping battles over vast distances and are well recorded – Antietam, Shiloh, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg - but in the seams of the battlefield another, much less known or publicized, war raged. Both the Union and the Confederacy employed small forces of bold and highly motivated soldiers for special operations behind enemy lines.

744449, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

Confederate Soldiers in the American Civil War Facts and Photos for Readers of All Ages

First Bull Run First Victory for the South

Pascal Le Pautremat The Battle of Bull Run took place in July 1861 and although when all was said and done, its impact was relatively limited, it did have a far-reaching effect on the American Civil War itself.

The psychological impact of the battle on the combatants was indeed unquestionable, particularly for the North, and increased general consciousness of the reality of war and the challenges that lay ahead. The first Battle of Manassas was special because it was the first large-scale engagement in which troops were brought to the battle area by train, which enabled the Confederates to win this battle.

501534, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 80 pages

Confederate Waterloo The Battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865, and the Controversy that Brought Down a General

Mark Hughes Many thousands of books have been written about the Civil War, but only a handful cover the story of the Southern soldiers and sailors who wore the gray uniform and fought for the Confederacy. Confederate Soldiers in the American Civil War offers a complete guide for Civil War enthusiasts of all ages. Mark Hughes employs more than 200 photographs coupled with clear and concise prose to better understand these men. Coverage includes life in camp, weapons, battles, technology, hospitals, prisons, the naval war, artillery, uniforms, and much more. Hughes also discusses African and Native American participation in the war, and the war’s effect on civilians in general and women in particular.

Michael J. McCarthy The Battle of Five Forks, explained former Confederate General Thomas Munford long after the Civil War, “could be classified as a mere skirmish, but no other fight of the entire four years’ struggle was followed by such important consequences.” The battle broke the long siege of Petersburg, triggered the evacuation of Richmond, precipitated the Appomattox Campaign, and destroyed the careers and reputations of two opposing generals.

Michael J. McCarthy’s Confederate Waterloo is the first fully researched and unbiased book-length account of this decisive Union victory and the unpredictable aftermath fought in the courts and at the bar of public opinion.

213416, $15.95 , $10.50 , Paperback, 168 pages

213096, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 336 pages

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• US CIVILCENTURY WAR • • 17TH / 18TH • “Too Much for Human Endurance” The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg

Ronald D. Kirkwood The bloodstains are gone, but the worn floorboards remain.

The doctors, nurses, and patients who toiled and suffered and ached for home at the Army of the Potomac’s XI Corps hospital at the George Spangler farm in Gettysburg have long since departed. Fortunately, what they experienced there, and the critical importance of the property to the battle, has not been lost to history.

Noted journalist and George Spangler farm expert Ronald D. Kirkwood brings these people and their experiences to life in “Too Much for Human Endurance”: The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg.

Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the “Commanding Ground” Along the Emmitsburg Road James A. Hessler Britt C. Isenberg

The historiography of Gettysburg’s second day is usually dominated by the Union’s successful defense of Little Round Top, but the day’s most influential action occurred nearly one mile west in farmer Joseph Sherfy’s peach orchard. Despite its overriding importance, no full-length study of this pivotal action has been written until now. James Hessler’s and Britt Isenberg’s Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard corrects that oversight.

214550, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 408 pages

215311, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 408 pages

Meade and Lee at Bristoe Station The Problems of Command and Strategy after Gettysburg, from Brandy Station to the Buckland Races, Aug 1 to Oct 31, 1863

Jeffrey Wm Hunt The Civil War during the late summer and fall of 1863 was anything but inconsequential. Generals Meade and Lee continued where they had left off, executing daring marches while boldly maneuvering the chess pieces of war in an effort to gain decisive strategic and tactical advantage. Cavalry actions crisscrossed the landscape; bloody battle revealed to both sides the command deficiencies left in the wake of Gettysburg. It was the first and only time in the war Meade exercised control of the Army of the Potomac on his own terms.

Union Command Failure in the Shenandoah Major General Franz Sigel and the War in the Valley of Virginia, May 1864

David A. Powell The Battle of New Market in the Shenandoah Valley suffers from no lack of drama, interest, or importance. The ramifications of the May 1864 engagement, which involved only 10,000 troops, were substantial.

Previous studies, however, focused on the Confederate side of the story. David Powell’s Union Command Failure in the Shenandoah provides the balance that has so long been needed. Complete with original maps, photos, and the skillful writing readers have come to expect from the pen of David Powell, Union Command Failure in the Shenandoah will satisfy the most demanding students of Civil War history.

214345, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 264 pages

213966, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 480 pages

Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War. Volume 1 From the Defenses of Washington to Chancellorsville, 1862-1863

James S. Pula The XI Corps played a pivotal role in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.

Thereafter, the corps hastened westward to reinforce a Union army in Chattanooga, and marched through brutal December weather without adequate clothing, shoes, or provisions to help rescue a second Northern army under siege in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Despite its sacrifices in the Eastern campaigns and successes in Tennessee, the reputation of the XI Corps is one of cowardice and failure. James S. Pula sets the record straight.

213379, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 312 pages

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Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War. Volume 2 From Gettysburg to Victory, 1863-1865

James S. Pula This volume offers seven chapters on the XI Corps at Gettysburg, followed by a rich exploration of the corps’ participation in the fighting around Chattanooga, the grueling journey into Eastern Tennessee in the dead of winter, and its role in the Knoxville Campaign.As the author demonstrates time and again, the men of the XI Corps were good soldiers unworthy of the stigma that has haunted them to this day. This long overdue study will stand as the definitive history of the XI Corps.

213904, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 432 pages

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• 17TH / 18TH CENTURY • • US CIVIL WAR • Richmond Redeemed The Siege at Petersburg, The Battles of Chaffin’s Bluff and Poplar Spring Church, September 29 October 2, 1864

Richard J. Sommers The richly layered prose of Richmond Redeemed, undergirded by thousands of manuscript and printed primary accounts from more than 100 archives, has been enhanced for this Sesquicentennial Edition with new research, new writing, and most of all new thinking. Teaching future strategic leaders of American and allied armed forces in the Army War College, conversing with fellow Civil War scholars, addressing Civil War audiences across the nation, and reflecting on prior assessments over the last 33 years have stimulated in the author new perspectives and new insights.

212105, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 696 pages

Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions Farnsworth’s Charge, South Cavalry Field, and the Battle of Fairfield, July 3, 1863

Eric J. Wittenberg Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions examines in detail three of the campaign’s central cavalry episodes. The first is the heroic but doomed legendary charge of Brig. Gen. Elon J. Farnsworth’s cavalry brigade against Confederate infantry and artillery. The attack was launched on July 3 after the repulse of Pickett’s Charge, and the high cost included the life of General Farnsworth. The second examines Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt’s tenacious fight on South Cavalry Field, including a fresh look at the opportunity to roll up the Army of Northern Virginia’s flank on the afternoon of July 3. Finally, Wittenberg studies the short but especially brutal cavalry fight at Fairfield, Pennsylvania.

210705, $17.95 , $11.99 , Paperback, 244 pages

Valley Thunder The Battle of New Market

Charles R. Knight Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market’ is based upon years of primary research and a firsthand appreciation of the battlefield terrain. Knight’s balancedandobjectiveapproach includes a detailed examination of the complex prelude leading up to the day of battle. His entertaining prose introduces a new generation of readers to a wide array of soldiers, civilians, and politicians who found themselves swept up in one of the war’s most gripping engagements.

714807, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 360 pages

The Battles that Made Abraham Lincoln How Lincoln Mastered his Enemies to Win the Civil War, Free the Slaves, and Preserve the Union

Larry Tagg Today, Abraham Lincoln is a beloved American icon, widely considered to be our best president. It was not always so.

Larry Tagg’s The Battles that Made Abraham Lincoln is the first study to concentrate on what Lincoln’s contemporaries thought of him, and the obstacles they set before him. Tagg includes extensive treatment of the political context that begat Lincoln’s predicament, riding with the president-elect to Washington and walking with him through the bleak years of war up to and beyond assassination.

211269, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 576 pages

The Maryland Campaign of September 1862.

Volume I South Mountain

Thomas G. Clemens General Ezra A. Carman When Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Maryland in September 1862, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan moved his reorganized and revitalized Army of the Potomac to meet him. Combined with Southern failures in the Western Theater, the fighting dashed the Confederacy’s best hope for independence, convinced President Abraham Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation, and left America with what is still its bloodiest day in history.

714814, $37.50 , $24.50 , Hardback, 624 pages

Sickles at Gettysburg The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg

James A. Hessler No individual who fought at Gettysburg was more controversial than Major General Daniel E. Sickles. By 1863, Sickles was notorious as a disgraced former Congressman who murdered his wife’s lover on the streets of Washington and used America’s first temporary insanity defense to escape justice. With his political career in ruins, Sickles used his connections with President Lincoln to obtain a prominent command in the Army of the Potomac’s Third Corps—despite having no military experience.

714845, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 504 pages

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•• US CIVIL WAR • • 19TH CENTURY A Strange and Blighted Land Gettysburg: The Aftermath of a Battle

Gregory A. Coco Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) was the largest battle fought on the American continent.

The Vietnam veteran who wrote well and often about the battle waxes eloquently about the carnage of war, its terrors and pain, its irreplaceable cost in human life and treasure, and the toll it took on the families who lost sons and husbands there. The author also discusses at length how prisoners were handled and the fate of the thousands of stragglers and deserters left behind once the armies left before concluding with the preservation efforts that culminated in the establishment of the Gettysburg National Military Park in 1895.Coco’s prose is gripping, personal, and brutally honest.

214055, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 432 pages

The Real Horse Soldiers Benjamin Grierson’s Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi

General Lee’s Immortals The Battles and Campaigns of the Branch-Lane Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865

Michael C. Hardy Two decades after the end of the Civil War, former Confederate officer Riddick Gatlin, Jr. bemoaned the lack of a history of the Branch-Lane Brigade, a command in which he had served. With the publication of this book, Gatlin’s long wait is finally over. Michael Hardy’s General Lee’s Immortals is based upon years of study and grounded on an impressive foundation of sources, which allows the men to speak for themselves as they describe their time in camp, endless hardships, long marches, bloody battles, increasing hunger, and much more.

214482, $18.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 408 pages

The Battles and Campaigns of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, 1861-1865

Timothy B. Smith Benjamin Grierson’s Union cavalrythrustthroughMississippi is one of the most well-known operations of the Civil War. The last serious study was published more than six decades ago.

Since then other accounts have appeared, but none are deeply researched full-length studies of the raid and its more than substantial (and yet often overlooked) results. Based upon years of research and presented in gripping, fast-paced prose, Timothy B. Smith’s The Real Horse Soldiers captures the high drama and tension of the 1863 horse soldiers in a modern, comprehensive, academic study. Readers will find it fills a wide void in Civil War literature.

John R. Scales Nathan Bedford Forrest was one of the most intriguing and controversial characters to emerge during the Civil War. Books and articles on the man span the gamut from hero worship to condemnation for his involvement with the slaughter at Fort Pillow and later, his association with the Ku Klux Klan. Retired Special Forces brigadier general John R. Scales plows entirely new ground with The Battles and Campaigns of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, 1861–1865, a careful and unique examination of Forrest’s wartime activities and how his actions affected the war in the Western Theater.

214284, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 336 pages

214475, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 480 pages

Confederate Courage on Other Fields Overlooked Episodes of Leadership, Cruelty, Character, and Kindness

Mark J. Crawford Confederate Courage on Other Fields: Overlooked Episodes of Leadership, Cruelty, Character, and Kindness offers four valuable but little-studied events of the Civil War. Each story explores the hardships of battle, and demonstrations of courage and other human attributes, away from the glare of well-known battlefields like Gettysburg and Shiloh. These previously untold or little-known stories compiled by Mark Crawford expand our understanding of this dreadful conflict—and of the human spirit.

The Three Battles of Sand Creek In Blood, in Court, and as the End of History

Gregory F. Michno The Sand Creek Battle occurred on November 29-30, 1864, a confrontation between Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians and Colorado volunteer soldiers.

The affair was a tragic event, and what occurred there continues to be contested. Indeed, labeling it a “battle” or a “massacre” will likely start an argument before any discussion on the merits even begins. Even questions about who owns the story, and how it should be told, are up for debate.

213119, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 212 pages

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•• US CIVIL WAR • • 19TH CENTURY 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

Thomas J. Ryan This groundbreaking title 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, and how this intelligence influenced his decisions. Simultaneously, Ryan explores the effectiveness of the Union Army of the Potomac’s intelligence and counterintelligence operations.

211788, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 482 pages

The Gettysburg Cyclorama The Turning Point of the Civil War on Canvas Sue Boardman Chris Brenneman

Thousands of books and articles have been written about the Battle of Gettysburg. Almost every topic has been thoroughly scrutinized except one: Paul Philippoteaux’s massive cyclorama painting, The Battle of Gettysburg, which depicts the final attack at Gettysburg.

This is the first comprehensive study of the masterpiece and historic artifact. This in-depth study of the history of the cyclorama discusses every aspect of this treasure. Coverage includes not only how it was created and what it depicts, but the changes it has undergone and where and how it was moved.

212648, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History James A. Hessler Wayne E. Motts

On July 3, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered more than 12,000 Southern infantrymen to undertake what would become the most legendary charge in American military history.This attack, popularly but inaccurately known as “Pickett’s Charge,” is often considered the turning point of the Civil War’s seminal battle of Gettysburg. This is the first battlefield guide for this celebrated assault. Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg is designed for readers to enjoy on or off the battlefield, and will give Civil War enthusiasts an entirely new appreciation for, and understanding of, Gettysburg’s third day of battle.

212006, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

The Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads and the Civil War’s Final Campaign Eric J. Wittenberg Mark Bradley

The Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, March 10, 1865, was one of most important but least known engagements of William T. Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign. Now in x, here is the only book-length account of this combat. Noted Civil War author Eric J. Wittenberg has written the first detailed tactical narrative of this important but long-forgotten battle, and places it in its proper context within the entire Carolinas Campaign. His study features 28 original maps and dozens of illustrations. Finally, an author of wide experience and renown has brought to vivid life this overlooked portion of the Carolinas Campaign.

212495, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 360 pages

Chicago’s Battery Boys The Chicago Mercantile Battery in the Civil War’s Western Theater

Army of the Potomac McClellan’s First Campaign, March May 1862

Richard Brady Williams The Chicago Mercantile Battery was organized in 1862 by a group of prominent Chicago merchants and participated in the long and arduous Vicksburg campaign. This book sets forth instunningdetailthemagnificent history of this long-overlooked artillery outfit. Based upon years of primary research and a wealth of archival documents, this study features more than 100 previously unpublished wartime letters, diaries, and other eyewitness reports that enrich our understanding of who these men were and what they endured for the cause of liberty and the Union.

Russel H. Beatie McClellan’s First Campaign, the 3rd volume of Russel Beatie’s masterful series, covers the pivotal early months of General McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign through the siege of Yorktown, the pursuit toward Richmond, and the fighting at Williamsburg.

As he did in his first two volumes, Beatie tells the story largely through the eyes and from the perspective of high ranking officers, staff officers, and politicians. This study is based upon extensive firsthand research (including many previously unused and unpublished sources) that rewrites the history of Little Mac’s inaugural effort to push his way up the peninsula and capture Richmond in one bold campaign.

714388, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 636 pages

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19TH CENTURY •• US CIVIL WAR • • One Continuous Fight The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, July 4 - 14, 1863 Michael F. Nugent J. David Petruzzi

This book is the first detailed military history of Lee’s retreat and the Union effort to destroy the wounded Army of Northern Virginia. One Continuous Fight draws upon a massive array of documents, letters, diaries, newspaper accounts, and published primary and secondary sources. It also features 18 original maps, dozens of photos, and a complete driving tour with GPS coordinates of the army’s retreat and the route of the wagon train of wounded.

The result is a rich and comprehensive study loaded with incisive tactical commentary, 210767, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 544 pages

Confederate General William “Extra Billy” Smith From Virginia’s Statehouse to Gettysburg Scapegoat

“The Bloody Fifth”— The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hood’s Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia: Volume 2 Gettysburg to Appomattox

John F. Schmutz “The Bloody Fifth” took part in 38engagements,includingnearly every significant battle in the Eastern Theater, as well as the Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Knoxville campaigns in the Western Theater. The first volume followed the regiment from its inception through the successful campaign in Virginia in April 1863. Volume 2 continues the regiment’s history from the battle of Gettysburg, its participation in the battle of Chickamauga, operations in East Tennessee, and the regiment’s return to Virginia for the Petersburg campaign and the march to Appomattox Court House.

213348, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 384 pages

The New Civil War Handbook Facts and Photos for Readers of All Ages

Scott L. Mingus Sr. William “Extra Billy” Smith, the oldest and one of the most controversial Confederate generals on the field at Gettysburg, was also one of the most colorful and charismatic characters of the Civil War and the antebellum Old South.

Despite a life full of drama, politics, and adventure, until now very few books have been written on Smith since a biased account in the 19th century by his brother-in-law. Scott L. Mingus Sr. has ably filled this historical void with Confederate General William “Extra Billy” Smith: From Virginia’s Statehouse to Gettysburg Scapegoat.

Mark Hughes This is a complete up-to-date guide for American Civil War enthusiasts of all ages. Author Mark Hughes uses clear and concise writing, tables, charts, and more than 100 photographs to trace the history of the war from the beginning of the conflict through Reconstruction.Coverage includes battles and campaigns, the common soldier, technology, weapons, women and minorities at war, hospitals, prisons, generals, the naval war, artillery, and much more. In addition to these important areas, Hughes includes a fascinating section about the Civil War online, including popular blog sites and other Internet resources.

211290, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 432 pages

714623, $14.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 144 pages

The Blue & Gray Almanac The Civil War in Facts & Figures, Recipes & Slang

Albert Nofi A fascinating and entertaining anthology about the American Civil War, throwing new light on all aspects of the war, and how it affected America and Americans, then and down to the present.

Albert Nofi tells the story of the American War through a range of insightful essays, anecdotes, and facts.

005522, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 304 pages

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Believe in the Bold Custer and the Gettysburg Campaign

Steve Alexander Now join us as we look at America’s most legendary battle through the eyes of “The Boy General.” Beautifully illustrated withaninsightfulintroductionby National Park Historian Emeritus Ed Bearss. Custer and the Gettysburg Campaign: Believe in the Bold combines a unique blend of period writing with the poetic style of Steve (The General) Alexander the Country’s “Foremost Living Custer Historian.”

658431, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 88 pages

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• US CIVIL WAR • Lincoln’s Bold Lion The Life and Times of Brigadier General Martin Davis Hardin

Sons of the White Eagle in the American Civil War Divided Poles in a Divided Nation

James Huffstodt The story of General Martin Hardin provides more than a combat record—in fact comprises a walking tour through 1800s America, with its most costly war only a centerpiece. From his childhood in Illinois, to his attendance at West Point, to his service on the frontier, Hardin’s life reveals the progress of a century.

Mark F. Bielski History has not devoted a great deal of attention to the participation of Poles in teh US Civil War. Whether for the North to keep a Union together or to form a new nation from the Southern states, they held to their ideals, and in America’s own greatest conflict continued to fight for their beliefs.

003399, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 448 pages

003580, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 312 pages

In the Shadows of Victory America’s Forgotten Military Leaders, 17761876

Bluff, Bluster, Lies and Spies The Lincoln Foreign Policy, 1861–1865

Thomas D. Phillips In the Shadows of Victory describes the heroics and command acumen of 25 superb military leaders whose sacrifice and skill have often been neglected. As such it provides a fascinating tour through early American military history and the various martial challenges the young nation faced during its first century of existence.

David Perry This is a wild ride through the mismanaged State Department of William Henry Seward, to the more skillful work of the British Foreign Office. Fearful that Great Britain would recognize the Confederacy and provide the help that might have defeated the Union, the Lincoln administration was careful not to upset the greatest naval power on earth.

003603, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

003627, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 336 pages

Hurricane from the Heavens The Battle of Cold Harbor, May 26 - June 5, 1864 Daniel T. Davis Phillip S. Greenwalt

Historians Daniel T. Davis and Phillip S. Greenwalt have studied the 1864 Overland Campaign since their early days working at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, where Grant first started on his bloody road south—a road that eventually led straight into the eye of a proverbial “Hurricane from the Heavens.”Hurricane from the Heavens can be read in the comfort of one’s favorite armchair or as a battlefield guide. It is part of the popular Emerging Civil War Series, which offers compelling, easy-to-read overviews of some of the Civil War’s most important stories.

To the Bitter End Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confederacy

Robert M. Dunkerly Across the Confederacy, determination remained high through the winter of 1864 into the new year. Yet ominous signs were everywhere. 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 brings to light little-known facts and covers often-overlooked events.

212525, $14.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

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• US CIVIL WAR • “Double Canister at Ten Yards” The Federal Artillery and the Repulse of Pickett’s Charge, July 3, 1863

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the Petersburg Campaign His Supposed Charge from Fort Hell, his Near-Mortal Wound, and a Civil War Myth Reconsidered

David Shultz Most accounts of Pickett’s Charge focus on General Robert E. Lee’s reasons for making the attack. In this gripping study, artillery expert David Shultz focuses his examination on the Union long-arm, and explains how and why General Henry Hunt and his gunners were able to beat back the Confederate foot soldiers.

Dennis A. Rasbach MD, FACS According to Chamberlain’s own accounts, his line of battle advanced through a murderous flank fire from what was soon to become Confederate-held Fort Mahone. According to Dennis Rasbach’s new study, none of this is true.

212723, $13.95 , $6.99 , Paperback, 120 pages

213065, $29.95 , $14.99 , Hardback, 248 pages

Lincoln’s Greatest Journey Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24 – April 8, 1865

Decision at Tom’s Brook George Custer, Thomas Rosser, and the Joy of the Fight

Noah Andre Trudeau March 1865: The United States was at a crossroads. A vast and terrible civil war was winding down, leaving momentous questions for a war-weary president to address. This is Lincoln at a time of great personal and national change—the story of how he made peace with the past and became firmly future-focused.

William J. Miller The story of the Tom’s Brook centers on two young men who had risen to prominence as soldiers: George A. Custer and Thomas L. Rosser. Each possessed almost all of the traits of the ideal cavalryman. Their separate paths converged in the Shenandoah Valley in the summer of 1864, when Custer was ordered to destroy, and Rosser was ordered to stop him.

213263, $32.95 , $16.50 , Hardback, 360 pages

213089, $29.95 , $14.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Stand to It and Give Them Hell Gettysburg as the Soldiers Experienced it From Cemetery Ridge to Little Round Top, July 2, 1863

John Michael Priest This is unlike any other Gettysburg book you will ever read. Instead of a dry recitation of the facts, it chronicles the desperate marching, fighting, command decisions, and suffering as depicted in the letters, memoirs, diaries, and postwar recollections of the men from both armies.

213249, $22.95 , $11.50 , Paperback, 528 pages

John Bell Hood The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General

Stephen M. Hood John Bell Hood was one of the Confederacy’s most enigmatic generals. He died leaving behind his memoirs, they became as controversial as their author. A balanced examination of these controversies finally sets the record straight.

213300, $18.95 , $9.50 , Paperback, 384 pages

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The Second Battle of Winchester The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg Scott L. Mingus Sr. Eric J. Wittenberg

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.

212884, $32.95 , $16.50 , Hardback, 528 pages

The Second Day at Gettysburg The Attack and Defense of Cemetery Ridge, July 2, 1863 Scott L. Mingus Sr. David Shultz

This book demonstrates that there is still much to learn about the war’s largest and bloodiest battle. This is most detailed study of this action ever written.

210743, $32.95 , $16.50 , Hardback, 552 pages

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WORLD WAR 1 •• ••19TH CENTURY US Cavalry, 1865-1890 Patrolling the Frontier

José Antonio Mayoralas This book, pertaining the Historical Warriors collection, provides a brief introduction through various chapters, to what was the US Cavalry between 1865 and 1890, handling themes such as the myth and reality of this military body, its composition after the Succession War, the migration of the colonists and the role of the cavalry in the so called ‘Indian problem’.

Exodus from the Alamo The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth

From a strictly human viewpoint, the book also reveals the cavalry’s social characteristics, in chapters dedicated to soldiers and officers’ lifestyle and the cavalry’s origins within the state of the American society of the epoch, as well as interesting introduction on discipline and life in the fort and on campaign.

Phillip Thomas Tucker We now know that the defenders of the Alamo in the war for Texan independence did not die under brilliant sunlight, defendingtheirpositionsagainst hordes of Mexican infantry.

Instead the Mexicans launched a predawn attack, surmounting the walls in darkness, forcing a wild melee inside the fort before many of its defenders had even awoken. This book, after deep research into recently discovered Mexican accounts and the forensic evidence, informs us that the traditional myth of the Alamo is even more off-base: most of the Alamo’s defenders died iin breakouts from the fort, cut down by Santa Anna’s cavalry that had been pre-positioned to intercept the escapees.

527874, $30.95 , $20.50 , Paperback, 52 pages

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Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars A Concise Dictionary, 1792-1815

Kevin F Kiley Until the Napoleonic Wars artillery had been seen merely as a supporting arm to the infantry, but Napoleon changed everything. He massed his guns in huge batteries to blast holes in his opponent’s line.

He even used the artillery to charge the enemy. Napoleon’s opponents did not all follow suit, choosing other tactical deployments. As a result, the Napoleonic era, more than any that preceded or followed it, was one of fascinating artillery maneuvers and critical actions that changed the course of many of the key battles.

329539, $62.95 , $40.99 , Hardback, 632 pages

Austrian Cavalry of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1792-1815 Enrico Acerbi András K. Molnár

Austria was one of the five major players of the Napoleonic Wars. In early 19th century, the Austrian army (KaiserlicheKöniglicheHeer) was the third largest and one of the best-trained armies in the world. The individual regiments performed well and were considered solid. However, hampered by the inherent conservatism of the hierarchy, the Austrians had to face the most modern army in Europe.

Despite the many defeats suffered, the Austrian soldiers performed with discipline and played a central role in the coalitions against France, from the campaigns in 1790s, to the final victorious campaigns of 1813-1814.

336561, $59.95 , $38.99 , Paperback, 330 pages

Napoleon’s Paris A Guide to the Napoleonic Sites of the Consulate and First French Empire 1799–1815

David Buttery Renowned as a military commander, Napoleon was also a great statesman, administrator, lawmaker and builder – and his civic achievements outlived and arguably eclipsed his victories on the battlefield. Yet while there are a host of studies of his military and political career, few books have been written about his connections with Paris, the capital of his empire, where many remarkable buildings and monuments date from his time in power. David Buttery’s highly illustrated guidebook is a timely and valuable addition to the literature designed for visitors to the city.

749475, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 264 pages

Next to Wellington: General Sir George Murray The Story of a Scottish Soldier and Statesman, Wellington’s Quartermaster General John Harding-Edgar Rory Muir

Based on primary sources, in particular Murray’s own papers and letters, the book delves beneath the surface of many of the major military and political events of the time, and examines the very close military, political, and personal relationship that bound Murray and Wellington together, as, with demonstrable mutual loyalty and respect, they confronted enemies and opponents over a period of 40 years during an extraordinary period of British history.

390137, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 408 pages

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19TH CENTURY ••WORLD WAR 1 • • The Long Shadow of Waterloo Myths, Memories, and Debates

Napoleonic Wars in Cartoons

Timothy Fitzpatrick The Battle of Waterloo ended a century of war between France and Great Britain and became a key part of their national identity, serving their political needs as the battle was refought throughout the 19th century in politics, books and art to create the myth of Waterloo. For Great Britain, Waterloo became a symbol of British hegemony while the multinational contribution to the battle was downplayed and for France it was remembered as a military disaster. Through looking at the history of the battle over the battle’s significance in history, an insight is gained into how cultural myths and legends about a battle are made.

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 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.

00761A, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 240 pages

690024, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

Hill of Squandered Valour The Battle for Spion Kop, 1900

Ron Lock The Battle of Spion Kop was fought during the campaign to relieve Ladysmith, South Africa, after the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State had gotten a jump on the British Empire and besieged a British army in the town. It was the single bloodiest episode in the campaign, as well as a harbinger of the bitter and desperate fighting still to come in the Second Boer War. Ron Lock brings to life this previously overlooked campaign in vivid detail, with supporting sources including thenjournalist Winston Churchill’s battle report, as well as many previously unpublished illustrations and 6 newly commissioned maps.

Armies of Bismarck’s Wars Prussia, 1860–67

Bruce Bassett Powell On July 3rd, 1866 a Prussian armyoverwhelmedanddefeated an Austrian army in a bloody battle that lasted all day. At a stroke, the foremost power in Germany and central Europe had been reduced to a second rate player. The event caused anxiety and alarm in the capitals of the western world. How was an upstart country like Prussia able to upset the balance of power in Europe?

Yet within five years a Prussian led army would humble France and a Prussian King would be crowned Emperor of a united Germany. The history of the world would be changed forever.

149231, $69.95 , $45.50 , Hardback, 398 pages

000077, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

Pathan Rising Jihad on the NorthWest Frontier of India 1897-1898

Mark Simner Pathan Rising tells the story of the large?scale tribal unrest that erupted along the North West Frontier of India in the late 1890s; a short but sharp period of violence that was initiated by the Pathan tribesmen against the British. Although the exact causes of the unrest remain unclear, it was likely the result of tribal resentment towards the establishment of the Durand Line and British ‘forward policy’. This resentment was brought to boiling point by a number of fanatical religious leaders who visited the various Pathan tribes calling for jihad.

By the time the risings ended, eleven Victoria Crosses would be awarded to British troops, which hint at the ferocity of the fighting.

555408, $40 , $26.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

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Rorke’s Drift A New Perspective

Neil Thornton The battle of Rorke’s Drift is established in history as one of Britain’s most incredible actions where approximately 155 defenders held off a Zulu force of over 4,000 warriors, in a savage, bloody conflict with no quarter given by either side.

The battle led to a display of incredible fortitude, courage and tenacity resulting in mutual respect between British red coat and Zulu warrior. Using a vast array of primary accounts, includinglesserknown,andpreviouslyunpublishedexamples, the author describes the battle in vivid detail. The actions of each of the 11 Victoria Cross recipients are looked at in detail, together with those men who were awarded the DCM. 555538, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

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• 19TH CENTURY • The Somme 1870-71 The Winter Campaign in Picardy

Quintin Barry After the battle of Sedan on September 1, 1870 and the collapse of the Second Empire, followed by the investment of Paris, the Government of National Defense set about raising fresh armies. These had as their first objective the relief of the capital. The Author draws on a wide range of rare contemporary sources to describe the Campaign, which was fought in appalling weather conditions. The book is copiously illustrated, with specially drawn color battle maps to demonstrate the course of the Campaign, and also includes extensive orders of battle.

384491, $69.95 , $45.50 , Hardback, 296 pages

Too Little, Too Late The Campaign in West and South Germany, June-July 1866

Michael Embree This volume chronicles the conflict over the unification of Germany, which actually occurred on German soil.

The campaign in southern and western Germany ensured that political control of German affairs would be firmly in Prussian hands, controlled by Bismarck, in much the same way that the great battles between Prussia and Austria in the east would exclude Austria from German affairs altogether. The detailed story of this, the war of unification within Germany itself, is narrated here, compiled from numerouspublishedandunpublishedsources,includingmany contemporary and first-hand accounts, as well as official reports.

384507, $59.95 , $38.99 , Hardback, 280 pages

Disputed Victory Schley, Sampson and the Spanish-American War of 1898

Quintin Barry In 1898 the United States went to war with Spain over the future of Cuba. Admiral William T Sampson led a military invasion of Cuba, an important part of this force was the Flying Squadron, led by Commodore Winfield Scott Schley.

During the battle on Sunday July 3, Schley was in effective command, as Sampson had gone ashore to confer with the army commander. Although the Americans had won another easy victory, a bitter dispute arose between the respective supporters of Schley and Sampson as to who was entitled to the credit.

174911, $59.95 , $38.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

Last Throw of the Dice Bourbaki and Werder in Eastern France 1870-71

Quintin Barry This book recounts the last attempt by the Government of National Defence to reverse the outcome of the FrancoPrussian War, as Leon Gambetta launched the Army of the East under General Charles Bourbaki, the former commander of the Imperial Guard, in a desperate attack on the German lines of communication in SouthEastern France. The plan was that after sweeping aside the forces opposing it, the Army of the East would turn north to cooperate in the relief of Paris. It was faced by the German XIV Corps, which after the fall of Strasbourg had been tasked with overrunning Alsace, besieging Belfort and capturing Dijon.

390045, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 248 pages

The Anglo Zulu War Isandlwana The Revelation of a Disaster

Ron Lock In 1878, H.M. High Commissioner for Southern Africa and the Lieut. General Commanding H.M. Forces, clandestinelyconspiredtoinvade the Zulu Kingdom. Drastically underestimating their foe, within days of entering the Zulu Kingdom the invaders had been vanquished in one of the greatest disasters ever to befall a British army.

The author not only dramatically describes the events leading up to the Battle of Isandlwana , and the battle itself but, with new evidence, disputes many aspects of the campaign long held sacrosanct.

707420, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 248 pages

China Station The British Military in the Middle Kingdom, 1839–1997

Mark Felton The author, who lives in Shanghai, sets out to demonstrate that the British military has been at the forefront of many of the great changes that have swept China over the last two centuries.

He devotes chapters to the various wars, military adventures and rebellions that regularly punctuated Sino/British relationships since the 1st Opium War 1839-1842. This classic example of Imperial intervention saw the establishment of Hong Kong and Shanghai as key trading centers. The Second Opium War and the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions saw the advancement of British influence despite determined but unsuccessful efforts by the Chinese to loosen the grip of Western domination.

781734, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

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• WORLD WAR I • First World War Trials and Executions Britain’s Traitors, Spies and Killers, 1914–1918

Simon Webb Between the beginning of the First World War in the summer of 1914 and the armistice in 1918, 51 men were executed in Britain. Most books about true crime focus upon the crimes themselves and the trials which followed them. In this book, Simon Webb explores in detail the fates of the condemned men, examining what happened to them after their trials and the circumstances of the executions. This makes occasionally for harrowing reading. This is a book which will fascinate and horrify those with an interest in crime and the death penalty.

796684, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 192 pages

Directing the Tunnellers’ War The Tunnelling Memoirs of Captain H Dixon MC RE Nigel Cave Phillip Robinson

The original version of this memoir was entitled The Lighter Side of a Tunneler’s Life, produced in 1933, was intended for publication, but remained no more than a draft, rescued some time ago by one of the editors from the Royal Engineers’ archives at Chatham.

The editors have added extensive notes explaining and, on occasions correcting, Dixon’s accounts; these are illustrated with explanatory plans and diagrams along with photographs of many of the personalities he describes. The combination provides a very personal perspective of the conduct of the war at GHQ. 714411, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Missing But Not Forgotten Men of the Thiepval Memorial - Somme Pam Linge Ken Linge

The Thiepval Memorial commemorates over 72,000 men who have no known grave; all went missing in the Somme sector during the three years of conflict that finally ended on 20 March 1918. The book is not a military history of the Battle of the Somme, it is about personal remembrance, and features over 200 fascinating stories of the men who fought and died and whose final resting places have not been identified. Countries within the UK are all well represented, as are the men whose roots were in the far-flung reaches of the Empire and even foreigners.

Teutonic Titans Hindenburg, Ludendorff, and the Kaiser’s Marshals and Generals, 1847-1955

Blaine Taylor Teutonic Titans: Hindenburg, Ludendorff, and the Kaiser’s Marshals and Generals, 18471955 covers the era 1847-1955 and is heavily illustrated with over 500 images of German Emperor Wilhelm II’s First World War marshals and generals, emphasizing their lives, careers, battles, and campaigns. The book covers both Western and Eastern Fronts, as well as the Balkans, Baltics, Middle, and Far East. It is also heavily detailed with maps, cartoons, graphics, and photographs, plus descriptions of strategies, tactics, weapons, statistics on all losses, and results. Period cartoons add to the vast array of photographic sources.

55773A, $55 , $35.99 , Hardback, 416 pages

Etaples Britain’s Notorious Infantry Base Depot, 1914–1919

Stephen Wynn During the First World War, Etaples, a coastal fishing port situated on the North-East French coast. Opportunities for leisure for soldiers could be found in town. Officers, meanwhile, headed to the beach resort of Le Touquet, which was accessible by a bridge. To ensure it remained ‘just for officers,’ pickets, usually members of the Military Police, were placed on the bridge to enforce its exclusiveness. The men’s overall treatment, conditions in the camp and the poor relationship between them and the Military Police, was a cocktail for disaster, culminating in a number of incidents, which have become known as the Etaples Mutiny, the full story of which can be found in this book.

846036, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

The Great War in the Argonne Forest French and American Battles, 1914–1918

Richard Merry The annals of the First World War record the Argonne Forest as the epicenter of the famous Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918. The largest American operation launched against the Germans during the conflict.

During 1914 and 1915 though, amidst the dense forest, French and Italian soldiers withstood the German assaults. All sides suffered horrendous casualties, as each sought to break through the lines. The epic four-year campaign is the subject of Richard Merry’s vividly written account.

773265, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

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• WORLD WAR I • Verdun (Map)

Bart Metselaar For many years the Holts have provided tourers to the battlefields with excellent mapping for the Ypres Salient and the Somme. This map of the Verdun battlefield is in the same style, using a color coded system to distinguish the different types of features. It includes some 300 locations of memorials, cemeteries, remnants of the terrain, remaining fortifications, trenches, the destroyed villages and other vestiges of the war. On the reverse there is a cut out and enlarged section of the Verdun battlefield in particular - the most visited part of the area, which provides greater detail. This section includes the Ossuary at Douamont, Forts Douamont, Vaux and Souville and many more features.

768209, $10.95 , $7.50 , Map, 2 pages

Prisoners on Cannock Chase Great War PoWs and Brockton Camp

Great War Special Agent Raymond de Candolle From Railway to Oil 1888-1922

Philippe Bieler This is the story of the career of the author’s mysterious great uncle Raymond de Candolle, whohadapparentlydisappeared into the bowels of London at the turn of the twentieth century. Just as the First World War is about to break out, he is sent to solve a dispute with Germany’s Baghdad Railway in Anatolia. He is recruited by the British War Cabinet in 1916 to help stop the German advance in Romania. As chaos erupts in Russia they send him to deal with the Trans-Siberian Railway, the rise of the Bolsheviks, and finally the capture of Mosul in 1918.

557976, $40 , $26.50 , Hardback, 192 pages

Tynemouth in the Great War

Richard Pursehouse Over the course of many years Richard Pursehouse has painstakinglyunraveledthestory of a First World War prisoner of war camp which held captured German personnel in the very heart of the English countryside.

Duringhisinvestigations,Richard also learned of attempted murders and escapes (including the only escapee to make it back to Germany), deaths, thefts – and a fatal scandal. The letters, documents and diaries reveal how the prisoners coped with incarceration, as well as their treatment, both in terms of camp conditions and their medical needs.

Craig Armstrong Tynemouth Borough was an area of strategic value to the national war effort as it contained the mouth of the river Tyne and was the entry point to the most important munitions center in Britain. Industry upriver included the manufacture of munitions, armaments, and military and civilian ships, whilst the port of Tyne was one of the busiest in the country with its internationally important coal export industry. Away from its industrial importance the area was also a hotbed of military recruitment. This engaging book is the first to look at the fascinating social history of Tynemouth during the shattering years of the Great War and charts the huge sacrifices made by the people of Tynemouth.

728258, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

822078, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 176 pages

With Valour and Distinction The Actions of the 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment 1914-1918 Nigel Atter Spencer Jones

This is the first book to uniquely focus on the actions of the 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War. This new history spans the 2nd Leicesters’ military operations undertaken on the Western Front 1914-1915, in Mesopotamia 1916-1917 and Palestine in 1918. The author has undertaken extensive archival research and made use of previously unpublished primary sources from public archives, artifacts kept by direct descendants and collectors of 2nd Leicesters memorabilia.

This work is considerably enriched by the author’s access to previously unpublished photographic archives.

866243, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 262 pages

Churchill’s Abandoned Prisoners The British Soldiers Deceived in the Russian Civil War

Rupert Wieloch Churchill’s Abandoned Prisoners tells the previously suppressed story of fifteen British prisoners captured during the Russian civil war. Abandoned without communications or mail, they endure a fearful detention with two of them succumbing to typhus. The deserted group become an embarrassment to the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George and the War Secretary, Winston Churchill after a secret agreement fails to secure the release of the British prisoners. Deceived in Irkutsk, they are sent 3,500 miles to Moscow and imprisoned in notorious jails. After a traumatic incarceration, they are eventually released, having survived against all the odds.

00753A, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

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• WORLD WAR I • WWI in Cartoons

Richthofen Jagdstaffel Ahead RFC Fighter Pilots Out-Performed and Out-Gunned over the Western Front, 1917.

Mark Bryant Using images from a variety of internationalwartimemagazines, newspapers, books, postcards, and prints Mark Bryant tells the history of World War I from both sides of the conflict in an immediate and refreshing manner that brings history alive.

The book contains more than 300 cartoons and caricatures, in color and black and white, many of which are published here in book form for the first time. Artists featured include such famous names as Bruce Bairnsfather, H.M.Bateman, F.H.Townshend, Alfred Leete, E.J. Sullivan, Lucien Metivet and Louis Raemaekers, with drawings from the Bystander, London Opinion, Daily Graphic, Punch, Le Rire, Simplicissimus and Kladderadatsch amongst many others.

Peter McManus In early 1917 the war in the air intensified on the Western Front in France. Richthofen’s deadly Jagdstaffel 11 was flying vastly superior Albatros and Halberstadt planes, with synchronized machine guns. Into the fray came 40 Squadron RFC with its problematic FE8s. No contest you would think, but the bravery and courage of men like Lionel Blaxland, Mick Mannock and their fellow pilots ensured the Germans did not have it all their own way. Author Peter McManus has been extremely fortunate to have possession of Lionel Blaxland’s five photo albums and log book.

808096, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

502003, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Mannock The Life and Death of Major Edward Mannock VC, DSO, MC, RAF Norman Franks Andy Saunders

Arguably the highest scoring R.A.F. fighter pilot of the First World War, Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock’s life, and most particularly his death, are still shrouded in mystery. Did he achieve as many victories as are sometimes ascribed to him?

How did he die? Where did he die, and more pertinently, where do his remains now lie? Respected investigative historians Norman Franks and Andy Saunders have assessed all the evidence and cut through the speculation to build up a complete picture of the man and his achievements as a fighter pilot. Having unearthed much new and enlightening information, they present herein, perhaps the first truly balanced overview of his life.

502126, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 192 pages

Britain Goes to War How the First World War Began to Reshape the Nation

Peter Liddle The First World War had a profound impact on British society and on British relations with continental Europe, the Dominions, the United States, and the emerging Soviet Union. In this book, a group of distinguished historians looks back, with the clarity of a modern perspective, at the issues that were critical to Britain’s war effort as the nation embarked on the most intense and damaging struggle in its history. In a series of penetrating chapters they explore the reasons for Britain going to war, the official preparations, the public reaction, the readiness of the armed forces, internment, and the care of the wounded.

828209, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 336 Pages

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Return to Morogoro With the South African Horse through East Africa to France and Flanders, 1914–1918

James Bourhill The past is brought to life in this historical epic about a South African family whose lives collided with the biggest event in history: the First World War. The central theme is the largely forgotten East Africa campaign, but by definition a world war has a wide reach. Five members of one family with deep roots in all four corners of the country, served in three different theaters of war. It could be called a military history or a social history, but it is a truly South African story which contains much new material for historians, while for the general reader it offers an accessible insight into an unparalleled period of history.

211747, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

The German Army in the Spring Offensives 1917 Arras, Aisne and Champagne

Jack Sheldon After the great battles of 1916, the Allied Armies planned to launch massive attacks North and South of the Somme.

This latest work by expert Jack Sheldon describes the event of Spring 1917 from the defenders’ perspective. In particular it reveals the methods the Germans used to smash the French attacks and Oberst Fritz von Lossberg’s transformation of the defenses in the Arras front. Actions described in detail are the bitter battles around Monchy Le Preun, the Roeux Chemical works and Bullecourt as well as the capture of Vimy Ridge.

463459, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 352 pages

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• WORLD WAR I • Sturmtruppen Les Troupes D’Assaut de L’Armee Allemande 1914-1918

Ricardo Recio Cardona The first assault units were formed in the spring and summer of 1916, after General Falkenhayn gave the orders for the creation of special detachments. But long before that, another type of troops had been created within the German infantry during the winter of 1914-1915: shock troops, infantry groups that were never officially recognized as such and have never belonged to a permanent unit, but remained active until the end of the war and contributed to the improvement of the offensive capability of the German infantry. This book is an account of the history of assault troops and it covers their fighting methods.

484288, $73 , $47.50 , Hardback, 216 pages

The Battle Book of Ypres A Reference to Military Operations in the Ypres Salient 1914-18

Beatrix Brice Of the many hard-fought battles on the Western Front, Ypres stands out as an example of almost inhuman endeavor.

For four long years it was the focal point of desperate fighting. Officially there were four main battles in 1914, 1915, 1917 and 1918; these were more accurately peaks in a continuing struggle, for Ypres symbolized Belgian defiance, and the British continued to expend disproportionate resources on defending it. It never fell, although the Germans came close to its gates, and indeed its loss would have been a severe blow to morale.

Mount of Aces The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a

Paul R. Hare From the author of Fonthill Media’s Fokker Fodder: The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c, Mount of Aces: The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a is a fitting testament to a legendary fighter. Arguably, the Sopwith Camel may be the best known British fighter plane of the First World War that took on the mighty and feared Jastas over the killing fields that were the trenches. However, almost all the highest scoring aces including McCudden and Mannock preferred the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a. It was well-armed, fast, highly maneuverable and a superb gun platform, and yet it was easy and safe for even the most sketchily trained pilot to fly.

552889, $28 , $18.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

1918: The Last Act

Barrie Pitt By 1918, after three years of war, Europe was weary of the stalemate and the terrible slaughter on the Western Front.

The Russian Front had collapsed but the United States had abandoned her neutral stance and joined the Allies. So the stage was set for what would be the last year of the Great War. Acclaimed military historian Barrie Pitt describes the savage battles that raged unceasingly along the Western front, and analyses the policies of the warring powers and studies the men who led them.

461721, $34.95 , $22.99 , Paperback, 320 pages

821231, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

The Baby Killers German Air Raids on Britain in the First World War

Thomas Fegan The First World War airship and airplane raids by Germany on Britain constituted the first strategic bombing campaign in history. It was a novel and unwelcome means of waging war that provoked panic and resentment, and dispelled Britain’s island sense of security. The raiders, demonized as ‘baby killers’ for causing indiscriminate civilian casualties, may not have crushed British morale, but they disrupted war production and succeeded in diverting personnel, arms and airplanes from where they were needed most at the Front. Most important, the raids changed the face of warfare forever by bringing the whole nation into the front line.

592038, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 192 pages

Suvla August Offensive

Stephen Chambers The landing at Suvla Bay commenced on the night of 6 August 1915. It was intended to support a breakout from Anzac Beach. Despite early hopes from a largely unopposed landing,Suvlawasamismanaged affair that quickly became a stalemate. The newly formed IX Corps, commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stopford, failed, not for lack of sacrifice by its New Army and Territorials, but because of a failure of generalship.

Opportunities were thoughtlessly wasted due to lethargy.

Suvla not only signaled the end of Stopford and many of his Brigadiers, but also saw the end of the Commander in Chief, Sir Ian Hamilton. It was the beginning of the end of the Gallipoli gamble.

845435, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 192 pages

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• WORLD WAR I • Deborah and the War of the Tanks

John Taylor Deborah is a British First World War tank that rose from the grave after taking part in one of the most momentous battles in history. In November 1917 she played a leading role in the first successful massed tank attack at Cambrai. Eighty years later, in a remarkable feat of archaeology, the tank’s buried remains were rediscovered and excavated, and are now preserved as a memorial to the battle and to the men who fought in it. John Taylor’s book tells the tale of the tank and her crew and tracks down their descendants to uncover a human story every bit as compelling as the military one.

The Somme in Pictures

Ed Skelding The Walking the Western Front series started in 2012 with the release of two films on the Ypres Salient. Directed by acclaimed film maker Ed Skelding, the series of films offered a detailed tour of the battlefields, exploring the skirmishes originally fought there as well as calling on Nigel’s high level of expertise. This book is aimed as a companion to the DVD series and explores the history of the battlefields through the eyes of the camera team. Complete with 150 prints taken over a twenty-year period reflecting the author’s many trips to the Somme, the book shows the battlefield as it was almost 100 years ago and is accompanied by a shot of the exact same spot as it stands today.

592021, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

848344, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

Death in the Air The War Diary and Photographs of a Flying Corps Pilot

The Extinguished Flame Olympians Killed in The Great War

Wesley D. Archer A pilot’s First World War diary with a large number of photographs was published in 1933. The publishers understood that the diarist was killed in action in 1918 and that it was in deference to the wishes of those who were close to him that his diary should be published. So remarkable were the photographs that their veracity was questioned, but no proof of their authenticity could be ascertained. It was not until 1983 that a collection of documents, photographs and artifacts was presented to the Smithsonian. Some of the photographs were recognized as being those of the mystery diarist and the truth was soon revealed. The photographs and diary had been faked.

Wyndham Halswelle, killed in action on 31 March 1915, won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in both field and track events. The German Fritz Bartholomae, killed in action 12 September 1915, won a Bronze in the rowing eights during the 1912 Olympics. The list of these heroes goes on and on.

Each Olympian, who made the supreme sacrifice, is honored in this magnificent book by a summary of their life, sporting achievement and manner of their death.

328785, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

877986, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 296 pages

The Red Baron A History in Pictures

Norman Franks Manfred, the iconic Red Baron, has constantly remained at the forefront of First World War studies and, in commemorating the one hundred years that haveelapsedsincethebeginning of hostilities, it seems like a good time to introduce a new arrangement of photographs covering the entire span of von Richthofen’s war. Following a number of visits to Belgium and Northern France in recent years, Franks has managed to acquire additional images, illustrating the places in which the Red Baron lived and fought between 1916 and 1918. This collection represents the entire span of von Richthofen’s recorded history in pictures; all housed here under one roof, for the very first time.

861220, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 200 pages

Nigel McCrery During the First World War no fewer than 135 Olympians perished. Many had won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. They came not just from the UK, Germany, France, and USA but from all over the globe.

The Russian Civil War, 1918–1921 An OperationalStrategic Sketch of the Red Army’s Combat Operations A S Bubnov S S Kamenev

This work is the third volume of the three-volume Soviet official history of the Russian Civil War, which appeared during 1928-1930, just before the imposition of Stalinist orthodoxy.

While the preceding volumes focused on the minutiae of the Red Army’s organizational development and military art, this volume provides an in-depth description and analysis of the of the civil war’s major operations along the numerous fronts. It also offers a well-argued case for the political reasons behind the Bolsheviks’military strategy and eventual success.

715044, $65 , $42.50 , Hardback, 552 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Sky My Kingdom Memoirs of the Famous German World War II Test Pilot Hanna Reitsch Lawrence Wilson

The Sky My Kingdom is the fascinating autobiography of the famous World War test pilot Hanna Reitsch (March 29, 1912 - August 24, 1979). As the war progressed, Reitsch was invited to fly many of Germany’s latest (and increasingly desperate) designs, including the rocket-propelled Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, and several larger bombers on which she tested various mechanisms for cutting barrage balloon cables. After crashing on her fifth Me 163 flight, she was badly injured but insisted on writing her report before falling unconscious and spending five months in hospital. Eventually she became Adolf Hitler’s favorite pilot.

Fogg in the Cockpit Howard Fogg—Master Railroad Artist, World War II Fighter Pilot Janet Fogg Richard Fogg

Renowned for decades as the world’s foremost railroad artist, Howard Fogg’s career spanned half a century and some twelve hundred paintings.

However, while his art has been welcomed for decades, few of his enthusiasts have been aware of his prior career, as a fighter pilot in the U.S. 8th Air Force during World War II. Fortunately Fogg left behind a detailed diary of his experiences, which illuminate this brief but exciting aspect of his life, as he engaged in direct combat with the Luftwaffe at the controls of a P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustangs.

000046, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 360 pages

033977, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

Air War Varsity

Hitler’s Sky Warriors German Paratroopers in Action 1939–1945

Martin W Bowman Operation ‘Varsity-Plunder’, the last large-scale Allied airborne operation of World War II, was certainly no walk-over.

‘Varsity’ was the airborne part, while ‘Plunder’ represented the amphibious operations. The successful air attack involved more than 10,000 Allied aircraft and was concentrated primarily on Luftwaffe airfields and the German transportation system. The combination of the two divisions in one lift made this the largest single day airborne drop in history. In this impressive account, Martin Bowman weaves firsthand testimony and a compelling historical narrative to create a complete and fascinating record of events as they played out in March 1945.

Christopher Ailsby During the Second World War, the German Fallschirmjger (paratroopers) carried out many successful and daring operations, such as the capture of the Belgian fortress at Eben Emael in 1940 and the invasion of Crete in 1941. Hitler’s Sky Warriors is a detailed examination of all the battles and campaigns of the Third Reich’s airborne forces, illustrated throughout by many previously unpublished photographs.

Hitler’s Sky Warriors includes detailed accounts of all the ground campaigns of the parachute divisions, especially in Italy, where their epic defenses of Monte Cassino entered military legend.

863101, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

886681, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 248 pages

Knights of the Battle of Britain Luftwaffe Aircrew Awarded the Knight’s Cross in 1940

The Polish ‘Few’ Polish Airmen in the Battle of Britain

Chris Goss The Knight’s Cross was the highest German military award of the Second World War. Throughout the summer of 1940, many Luftwaffe members would receive the Ritterkreuz.

Some of these awards were made posthumously, whilst others would learn of their awards whilst a prisoner of war in Britain or, later, in Canada.

In this book, the renowned aviation historian Chris Goss provides biographical details of all operational members of the Luftwaffe who received the Ritterkreuz during 1940 or were awarded it as a result of their actions in what became known as the Battle of Britain.

Peter Sikora Men of the Polish Air Force, who had escaped first to France and then to Britain, came to fly alongside the Royal Air Force just as Fighter Command faced its greatest challenge – the Battle of Britain. Many of the Polish airmen joined existing RAF squadrons, some formed their own. In total, 145 Polish pilots, the largest non-British contingent in Fighter Command at the time, fought in the Battle of Britain. While Winston Churchill praised the ‘Few,’ Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding added: ‘Had it not been for the magnificent material contributed by the Polish squadrons and their unsurpassed gallantry, I hesitate to say that the outcome of the Battle would have been the same.’

726513, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

714855, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 595 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Storm Over Europe Allied Bombing Missions in the Second World War

Juan Vázquez García Bomber Command’s highly controversial bombing tactics continued to develop until the very end of the war, creating a weapon of devastation and terror. Meanwhile, in 1942 the Eighth American Air Force began a campaign of day time bombing raids on targets in continental Europe that would last until the end of the war. Unlike the devastating and bloody night time campaign launched by Bomber Command, the American bombers were determined to demonstrate that precision bombing was possible on selected, strategic targets, which would stifle the economy and the German war effort, as well as minimizing civilian casualties.

Ultimate Spitfires

Peter Caygill The Spitfire is probably Britain’s best loved and admired airplane.

It is also revered around the world. This book looks at the later marques that were modified for various special tasks and differed to a large degree from Supermarine’s first early versions that saw action in the early days of World War II. New and more powerful Rolls-Royce engines replaced the well-tried Merlin, but increased the aircraft’s performance in terms of speed and operational altitude. Subtle changes to wing design also increased the maneuverability and capability of these spectacular models that survived in the operational role until superseded by the introduction of jet-powered flight.

782298, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 224 pages

740984, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 160 pages

Eyewitness RAF The Experience of War, 1939–1945

South Pacific Air War Volume 3 Coral Sea & Aftermath May - June 1942

James Goulty Much has been written about the Royal Air Force during the Second World War – memoirs, biographies, histories of Fighter and Bomber commands, technical studies of the aircraft, accountsofindividualoperations and exploits – but few books have attempted to take the reader on a journey through basic training and active service as air or ground crew and eventual demobilization at the end of the war. That is the aim of James Goulty’s Eyewitness RAF. Using a vivid selection of testimony from men and women, he offers a direct insight into every aspect of wartime life in the service.

This third volume chronicles aerial warfare in the South Pacific during the critical months of May and June 1942. It can be read alone or as part of a trilogy that spans the first six months of the Pacific War and culminates in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Never before has this campaign been chronicled in such detail, with Allied accounts matched against Japanese records and supported by the most accurate artwork ever produced of this era. Both authors are uniquely qualified to tell this story.

752376, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 272 pages

588999, $46.95 , $30.99 , Paperback, 248 pages

Eagles over Darwin American Airmen Defending Northern Australia in 1942

Dr Tom Lewis OAM In 1942, the air defense of the northern Australian frontier town Darwin was operated by airmen from the United States.

That year was very nearly the end of Australia as a country.

To those men the present nation owes a debt. A massive Japanese attack on Darwin on 19 February had left the town and its air base in ruins.

An understrength squadron of USAAC P-40E Warhawks fought a gallant defense but was all but wiped out. Northern Australia was now at the mercy of Imperial Japanese Navy Betty bombers and Zero fighters whose crews were both skilled and experienced. However, help was on the way.

665984, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 140 pages

Michael John Claringbould Peter Ingman

Pacific Profiles Volume Three Allied Medium Bombers: Douglas A-20 Havoc Series, Southwest Pacific 1942-1944

Michael Claringbould The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII aircraft profiles to date of Japanese & Allied aircraft in the Pacific theater. Volume Three illustrates, by squadron, USAAF Fifth Air Force A-20 series medium bombers operating in New Guinea from July 1942 to the end of 1944. In this distant theater, a dozen USAAF A-20 squadrons from the 3rd, 312th and 417th Bombardment Groups, joined by No. 22 Squadron, RAAF, used many variants of the A-20, mainly as strafers. The profiles, based on photos, diaries and other wide-ranging documents, are accompanied by brief histories of each squadron, the development of respective heraldry and information on each aircraft profiled.

926207, $38.95 , $25.50 , Paperback, 100 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Yamato Flagship of the Japanese Imperial Navy

Daniel Knowles Named after the Yamato Province, Yamato was designed to counter the numerically superior fleet of the US Navy.

Built amongst a shroud of secrecy and deception and commissioned shortly after the outbreak of the war in the Pacific, she was present at a number of engagements including the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Despite having been designed to engage and sink enemy surface vessels, the Yamato would only fire her unrivaled 18.1 inch guns at an enemy surface target on one occasion, in October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

558140, $49 , $31.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Leyte, 1944 The Soldiers’ Battle

Nathan N. Prefer When General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia in March 1942, having successfully left the Philippines to organize a new American army, he vowed, “I shall return!” More than two years later he did return, at the head of a large U.S. army to retake the Philippines from the Japanese. The place of his re-invasion was the central Philippine Island of Leyte. Much has been written about the naval Battle of Leyte Gulf that his return provoked, but almost nothing has been written about the three-month long battle to seize Leyte itself. Leyte was a three-dimensional battle, fought with the best both sides had to offer, and did indeed decide the fate of the Philippines in World War II. 007168, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 408 pages

Leaving Mac Behind The Lost Marines of Guadalcanal

Geoffrey Roecker Between 1942 and 1944, nearly four hundred Marines vanished in the jungles, seas, and skies of Guadalcanal. They were the victims of enemy ambushes and friendly fire, hard fighting and poor planning. They were buried in field graves, in cemeteries as unknowns, or left where they fell. They were classified as “missing,” as “not recovered,” as “presumed dead.” And in the years that followed, their families wondered at their fates and how an administrative decision could close the book on sons, brothers, and husbands without healing the wounds left by their absence. Leaving Mac Behind reconstructs the lives, last moments, and legacies of some of these men.

557341, $36.95 , $24.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

American Guerrilla The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckman

Mike Guardia With his parting words “I shall return,” General Douglas MacArthur sealed the fate of the last American forces on Bataan.

Yet one young Army Captain named Russell Volckmann refused to surrender.

He disappeared into the jungles of north Luzon where he raised a Filipino army of over 22,000 men. For the next three years he led a guerrilla war against the Japanese, killing over 50,000 enemy soldiers. At the same time he established radio contact with MacArthur’s HQ in Australia and directed Allied forces to key enemy positions.

When General Yamashita finally surrendered, he made his initial overtures not to MacArthur, but to Volckmann.

007151, $16.95 , $11.50 , Paperback, 240 pages

The Gilbert and Ellice Islands – Pacific War

Jim Moran Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Gilbert Islands were occupied by the Japanese who built a seaplane base at Butaritari.

In August 1942 this base was attacked by the US 2nd Raider Battalion (Carlson’s Raiders). As a result the base was reinforced and a second built at Apamana. Betio Island on the Tarawa Atoll became the main Japanese strong point.

Thanks to the author’s in depth knowledge and access to superb contemporary images, this book will be of particular interest and value to historians and laymen.

751195, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 176 pages

The Dauntless in Battle

Peter C. Smith The Douglas Dauntless was a Second World War American naval scout plane and dive bomber that saw active service during the course of this conflict and beyond, before being retired in 1959. US Navy and Marine Corps SBD’s (Small But Deadly) saw their first action at Pearl harbor and went on to enjoy an illustrious career thereafter. The Battle of Midway was an important milestone in the career of the Dauntless; they delivered the crushing blows to the Japanese carriers in June 1942. Action was also seen during the Guadalcanal Campaign, Operation Torch, the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Pacific War. 704603, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 264 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Storm Clouds over the Pacific, 1931–1941

Peter Harmsen War in the Far East is a trilogy comprising a general history of the war against Japan. Storm Clouds Over the Pacific begins the story long before Pearl Harbor, showing how the war can only be understood if ancient hatreds and longstanding geopolitics are taken into account. Peter Harmsen demonstrates how Japan and China’s ancient enmity grew in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries leading to increased tensions in the 1930s which exploded into conflict in 1937, followed by he battles of Shanghai, Nanjing, and Taierzhuang in 1938. A war of attrition continued up to 1941, the year when Japan made the momentous decision for all-out war: the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor.

004808, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 234 pages

HMS Hood Pride of the Royal Navy

“The Most Dangerous Moment of the War” Japan’s Attack on the Indian Ocean, 1942

John Clancy In early April 1942, a littleknown episode of World War II took place, said by Sir Winston Churchill to be “the most dangerous moment of the war,” when the Japanese made their only major offensive westwards into the Indian Ocean. The British lost a carrier, two heavy cruisers and many other ships; however, the Japanese eventually turned back, never to sail against India again. John Clancy, whose father survived the sinking of HMS Cornwall during the battle, tells the story of this dramatic but little known campaign in which a major Allied catastrophe was only narrowly averted.

003344, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 208 pages

Aircraft Carrier Impero The Axis Powers’ V-1 Carrying Capital Ship

Daniel Knowles For over twenty years the battlecruiser HMS ‘Hood’ toured the world as the most iconic warship in the Royal Navy. Unmatched in her beauty and charisma, ‘Hood’ is one of history’s greatest warships.

During the twilight years of the British Empire the ‘Hood’ toured the world showing the flag as a symbol of British power. As the Royal Navy’s show-ship, ‘Hood’ came to command a special place in the hearts and minds of the British public. Such was the regard for HMS ‘Hood’ that her destruction in the Denmark Strait on the morning of 24 May 1941 by the German battleship ‘Bismarck’ created dismay across the world.

From late 1941 Italy had been developing a secret project with her German allies to move the V1 wunderwaffen aboard aircraft carriers. The new documentation reveals the draft terms of conversion of the last of the four Littorio class modern battleships which were in a state of advanced preparation (hull components and engines completed). In the period 1941–43 a series of plans was drawn for Impero’s conversion to an aircraft carrier providing, inter alia, for the embarkation of Fi-103 (the German V1), to provide substance to Italo-German cooperation in strategic military sectors.

557235, $50 , $32.50 , Hardback, 416 pages

556771, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

Tirpitz The Life and Death of Germany’s Last Great Battleship

Davide F. Jabes, Stefano Sappino

Exercise Tiger The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Silent Few

Daniel Knowles Referred to by Winston Churchill as ‘the Beast’, ‘Tirpitz’ was Germany’s last great battleship and was one of the largest and heaviest battleships ever constructed by a European navy. Sister ship to the infamous ‘Bismarck’, ‘Tirpitz’ may be referred to as ‘the Lonely Queen of the North’. It was in November 1944 that the ‘Tirpitz’ was finally sunk, not by the Royal Navy, but by the aircraft of RAF Bomber Command. Using a variety of sources this book begins by looking at the military and political situation in Germany that led to the decision to build the ‘Tirpitz’ before going on to analyse the life and death of Germany’s last great battleship.

Wendy Lawrance Shrouded in mystery, one of the D-Day preparation exercises ended in disaster for over 600 young American servicemen, as their movements were discovered by a patrol of German e-boats, which attacked, leaving two LSTs sunk and one badly damaged. The secret nature of these exercises, some claimed, led to a military cover-up and many families were not immediately informed of the nature of the deaths of their loved-ones.

Using archive documents and images, this book recounts the history and personal accounts behind this tragic event, as well as examining the many subsequent conspiracy theories and exploring the evidence behind them.

556696, $50 , $32.50 , Hardback, 336 pages

551103, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 160 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • The War With Hitler’s Navy

Adrian Stewart As this well researched work reveals, Hitler’s handling the German Navy during the Second World War was full of contradictions.

Despite having built and nurtured a surface fleet with capital ships of formidable power, Hitler was uncharacteristically cautious of employing them aggressively. Examination of the reasons for this make for fascinating reading, possibly stemming from the early loss of the Graf Spee and the fact that, whenever possible, the Royal Navy threw all its weight regardless of cost at the Nazi threat 710574, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Churchill’s Thin Grey Line British Merchant Ships at War 1939–1945

Bernard Edwards The first British casualties of the Second World War were British merchant seamen on the liner Athenia For the duration of the War, Britain’s merchant fleet performed a vital role, carrying the essential supplies that kept the country running during the darkest days and then made victory possible. Their achievements came at a terrible cost with 2,535 British oceangoing merchant ships being sunk.

Using casebook examples, this well researched book tells the inspiring story of those brave civilian volunteers who fought so gallantly to defend their ships and the cargoes.

711663, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 248 pages

A Destroyer at War The Fighting Life and Loss of HMS Havock from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean 1939–42

The Battle of the River Plate The First Naval Battle of the Second World War

It was headline news on 8 April 1942: ‘One of the Navy’s most famous destroyers, a ship which survived bombs, torpedoes and full scale battles, has been wrecked.’ That destroyer was HMS Havock. The authors have tracked down fifty of the surviving crew and from interviews have been able to compile one of the most detailed histories of a destroyer during the Second World War. Destroyer at War tells the story of the battles and operations of a famous ship, and its sad destruction, through newspaper reports, official documents, and the words of the men who sailed and fought in HMS Havock.

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 out-gun 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.

709004, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

878952, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

Richard H Osborne David Goodey

The Watery Grave The Life and Death of the Cruiser HMS Manchester

Richard H. Osborne In 2002 the wreck of a British cruiser was located by divers off the coast of Tunisia. The stunning photographs of the wreck inspired Dr Richard Osborne to delve into the controversy surrounding the loss of one of the Royal Navy’s proudest ships – HMS Manchester. Coupled with photographs of the wreck and a detailed account of its discovery, The Watery Grave: The Life and Death of HMS Manchester will shed new light on this remarkable tale.

845855, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 256 Pages

The Road To Russia Arctic Convoys 1942

Bernard Edwards During the Summer of 1942 Britain and America jointly agreed to supply desperately needed arms to Soviet Russia. The Germans were as determined to halt this potentially war-winning operation as the Allies were that it should succeed. The battleground could not have been more inhospitable than the appalling conditions of the Arctic sea. The British and American merchantmen and their gallant naval escorts suffered grievous losses. The book deals in detail with the fate of the convoys PQ13 and PQ 17, bound from Iceland to North Russia, and the Westbound convoy QP13. Attacked by aircraft and U-boats, PQ13 and PQ17 lost a total of thirty ships while QP13 ran into a British minefield off Iceland.

827677, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Building a WWII Jeep Finding, Restoring, and Rebuilding a Wartime Legend

Sean Dunnage The Jeep as we know it from WW2 news reels, big screen movies and television shows such as M.A.S.H. or The Rat Patrol was the result of the US War Department’s requirement for a light command-reconnaissance car to meet the US Army’s needs under the threat of a looming European war. After only a few weeks of development the Jeep would end up in all of the Allied armies of the world courtesy of Bantam, Willys and Ford. Many of the Jeeps built during the war would go on to serve for over 60 years in various parts of the world in both military and civilian use. This book is a basic guide to building a WW2 Jeep using restored, rebuilt and modern reproduction parts.

Heldentod The Nazi Culture of Death

Paul Garson Heldentod – The Nazi Culture of Death graphically focuses on the Third Reich’s conception and promotion of the “Hero’s Death” as it fostered and then fueled a cataclysm of apocalyptic carnage and destruction.

This underlying driving force, ultimately self-destructive, is shown infusing both State sponsored propaganda and echoed by the personal battlefield images captured by its soldiers’personal cameras.

In so doing it confronts the matter of subject vs. observer and their intimate connection. The original, often one-of-akind and never before seen photos also serve as a searing documentation of man’s inhumanity to man and a stark warning to future generations.

557570, $60 , $39.50 , Hardback, 448 pages

755506, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 272 pages

K98K Rifle

Guus de Vries Bas Martens The first volume of the Propaganda Photo Series, a unique series of books on World War II small arms. Each volume covers all essential information on history & development, ammunition & accessories, codes & markings and contains photos of nearly every model and accessory.

The most important quality of the Propaganda Photo Series however, is a unique selection of original German World War II propaganda photos, most never published before. The combination of solid information and original photos makes the Propaganda Photo Series the most extensive and reliable source of German small arms“in-use”, depicting the weapons and equipment as they were actually used.

German Sniper Rifles

Albrecht Wacker This book gives a detailed description of the German sniper rifles in World War II. The scoped versions of the K43, Sturmgewehr and Fallschirmjägergewehr are described and depicted as well.

The most important quality of the Propaganda Photo Series however, is a unique selection of original German World War II propaganda photos, most never published before. The combination of solid information and original photos makes the Propaganda Photo Series the most extensive and reliable source of German small arms ‘in-use’, depicting the weapons and equipment as they were actually used.

521044, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 152 pages

558311, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 152 pages

The FG42 Fallschirmjägergewehr

Guus de Vries TheFG42Fallschirmjägergewehr is Vol. VIII in the Propaganda Photo Series, a unique series of books on German small arms of World War II. This book gives a detailed description of the origin and history of the enigmatic Fallschirmjägergewehr (paratrooper’s rifle), Germany’s most famous, but also most mysterious small arm of World War II.This book also describes and depicts its accessories, codes and markings, and the concurrents. As with the other volumes of this series, the FG42 Fallschirmjägergewehr features a unique selection of original German World War II propaganda photos, most of them never published before, depicting the Fallschirmjägergewehr in use.

521051, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 152 pages

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MG34 Machinegun

Guus de Vries This book contains a description of the development, production and use, the accessories and markings of the MG34, including many pictures and descriptions of prototypes and variants that have never been depicted and described before. The most important quality of the Propaganda Photo Series however, is a unique selection of original German World War II propaganda photos, most never published before.The combination of solid information and original photos makes the Propaganda Photo Series the most extensive and reliable source of German small arms ‘in-use’, depicting the weapons and equipment as they were actually used.

521037, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 152 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Himmler’s Hostages The Untold Story of Himmler’s Special Prisoners and the End of WWII

A Noble Crusade The History of the Eighth Army, 1941–1945

Tom Wall This book tells the true story of Himmler’s plan to use prominent WWII concentration camp prisoners as hostages in an attempt to engage the Western Powers in negotiations. At the center of the tale are five British survivors of the ‘Great Escape,’ two MI5 agents kidnapped by the Nazis, and Irish born POWs. Meticulously researched and revealing many previously unknown facts, it relates how the British group came to be integrated with a multinational group of VIP prisoners in Dachau concentration camp, including German family groups of men, women and children; relatives of those implicated in plot to kill Hitler.

Richard Doherty Eighth Army was formed in Egypt in September 1941. A year later, under Montgomery, it defeatedRommel’sPanzerarmee Afrika at El Alamein which led to the victorious end of the North African campaign at Tunis in May 1943. The controversial landings in Italy in September 1943 followed the short Sicilian campaign.Tenacious German resistance, exemplified by the protracted Monte Cassino battle during the first half of 1944, made the Eighth Army’s advance north testing and costly. In April 1945, Eighth Army, now commanded by General Dick McCreery, brilliantly attacked into the plain of Lombardy overcoming the last Nazi defensive lines in Italy.

785855, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 272 pages

787910, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 368 pages

From Texas to Rome Fighting World War II and the Italian Campaign with the 36th Infantry Division

Dambuster-in-Chief The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane

Fred L. Walker Major General Fred Walker assumed command of the Texas National Guard’s 36th Infantry Division in September 1941. He led it through training, overseas deployment, and World War II’s horrific Italian campaign.

Throughout, Walker kept a daily journal. The diary was originally published in a limited run in 1969 and has been out of print for decades. Thanks to the efforts of the Texas Military Forces Museum (the official museum of the Texas National Guard), Walker’s remarkable and very rare memoir is available once more.

Richard Mead Ralph Cochrane was born in 1895 into a distinguished naval family. After joining the Royal Navy, he volunteered in 1915 to serve with the RNAS in airships and was an early winner of the Air Force Cross. In 1918 he transferred to the fledgling RAF and learned to fly, serving in Iraq as a flight commander under ‘Bomber’ Harris. His inter-war career saw him as a squadron commander in Aden before he became the first Chief of Air Staff of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. During the Second World War he served mainly in Bomber Command and commanded 5 Group from early 1943.

214826, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 456 pages

765079, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

SOE’s Mastermind An Authorized Biography of Major General Sir Colin Gubbins KCMG, DSO, MC

Helping Stop Hitler’s Luftwaffe The Memoirs of a Pilot Involved in the Development of Radar Interception, Vital in the Battle of Britain

Brian Lett For those with even a passing interest in the Second World War, the name Colin Gubbins is synonymous with the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

This is not surprising as from its creation in late 1940 at Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s command to set Europe ablaze, Gubbins was the driving force behind SOE. Over the next four years as, first, Operations and Training Director (codename M) and, from 1943, its Commander (CD) he masterminded every aspect of its worldwide covert operations. Remarkably this is the first full biography of the man whose contribution to victory ranks in the premier league.

Air Marshal Sir Arthur McDonald ‘The bomber will always get through.’ This belief determined the UK’s military strategy, with more attention, and resources, being devoted to bomber production rather than fighters. With bombers able to fly at hundreds of miles an hour, by the time the incoming aircraft had been detected, it would be too late to scramble fighters to intercept them. That was until Sir Henry Tizard and his colleagues first demonstrated that radar could detect an aircraft approaching Britain at a considerable distance, allowing fighters to take to the air before the intruders reached British soil.

796493, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 288 pages

764782, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 286 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Barbed-Wire Blues A Blinded Musician’s Memoir of Wartime Captivity 1940–1943

Bernard Harris As the author, a young Army bandsman lies wounded at the Battle of Corinth, he is shot between the eyes at point blank range. Miraculously he survives but is blinded. In a makeshift hospital a young Greek volunteer saves his life. Captured Allied medics later restore the sight in one eye. In this moving and entertaining memoir Bernard describes daily life in POW camps in Greece and Germany. He established a theatrical group and an orchestra who perform to fellow POWs and their German guards. A superb raconteur, as well as a gifted musician, the author’s anecdotes are memorably amusing.

783868, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

Mussolini’s Defeat at Hill 731, March 1941 How the Greeks Halted Italy’s Albanian Offensive

John Carr Hill 731 was the scene of the most ferocious battle of the Greek-Italian War in Albania.

Watched by Mussolini himself, on 9 March 1941 the Italians launched their Spring Offensive, designed to stem four months of humiliating reverses. The objective was a pair of parallel valleys dominated by the Greek-held Hill 731 that had to be taken at all costs. Mussolini had wanted a spring victory to impress the Führer. Instead, the bloody debacle of Hill 731 could well have contributed to Hitler’s decision to postpone his invasion of Russia by at least four weeks, a costly delay.

765031, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Stringbag The Fairey Swordfish at War

David Wragg During World War Two an American naval officer stared at a Swordfish for the first time.

‘Where did that come from?’ he asked. ‘Fairey’s’, came the reply from a British naval officer standing nearby. He stroked his chin thoughtfully. ‘That figures’, he replied. This is a narrative account of the operations of the Fairey Swordfish throughout World War Two. The most famous of these was the attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto, crippling three battleships and damaging several other ships as well as the seaplane base and an oil storage depot. Throughout the book, the text is interwoven with personal accounts by naval airmen.

790996, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

Arnhem - The Fight To Sustain The Untold Story of the Airborne Logisticians

Frank Steer On the ground the airborne logisticians at the battle of Arnhem fought to the bitter end, indistinguishable from their paratroop comrades. In the air, their deeds and sacrifice were shining examples of duty done under the most desperate circumstances. Witness the account of Flight Lieutenant H J King, navigator of Dakota KG 374 of 271 squadron RAF, Down Ampney: These men were not volunteers like aircrew.

They received no flyingpay, yet were, without doubt, superb in their fulfillment of duty even though KG 374 was burning for the whole period over the dropping zone.

791931, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 176 pages

Hitler’s Spies Lena and the Prelude to Operation Sealion

Mel Kavanagh September 1940: Britain stands alone against the might of the advancing German Army and the specter of invasion looms. Using a wealth of primary material including sources previously designated secret, this is the first book, written in English, dedicated to the story of the first four German spies who successfully arrived in the south of England. Using the codename Operation Lena, it was the initial undertaking to necessitate Hitler’s invasion of England, itself codenamed Operation Sealion. These men were to be the pathfinders, the scouts, the eyes and ears that would help the first invasion of England for several hundred years.

768728, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

Bomber Command’s War Against Germany Planning the RAF’s Bombing Offensive in WWII and its Contribution to the Allied Victory

An Official History The all-too frequently cited mantra that ‘the bomber will always get through’ had dominated Britain’s strategic air policy. However, the experiences of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz indicated that aerial bombardments were not as effective at disabling a country’s ability to fight as had been believed. The result of this assessment was a change of policy from precision bombing of carefully identified key installations, to area bombing with the declared intent of striking at the homes of the German workers, the factories where they worked regardless of the nature of such establishments or of the civilian casualties that would be the inevitable consequence.

790873, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

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• MODERN • WORLDWARFARE WAR II • • I Flew for the Führer The Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot

Heinz Knoke This vivid first-hand record of Heinz Knoke’s experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs and is a fascinating counterbalance to the numerous accounts written by Allied pilots.

Knoke joined the Luftwaffe on the outbreak of war, and eventually became commanding officer of a fighter wing. An brave and skillful fighter, he logged over two thousand flights and shot down fifty-two enemy aircraft. He had flown over four hundred operational missions before being wounded in an astonishing ‘last stand’ towards the end of the war. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross for his achievements.

386023, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 208 pages

Hitler Strikes North The Nazi Invasion of Norway & Denmark, 9 April 1940 Jack Greene Alessandro Massignani

In the early hours of 9 April 1940, Hitler’s forces launched their invasion of Denmark and Norway. Ostensibly undertaken asapreventivemaneuveragainst a planned Franco-British plan to occupy Norway, Operation Weserübung has been shrouded in mystery. Strategic political and legal issues were unclear and military issues were dominated by risk. The German success was the result of improvisation and the application of available forces far beyond the comprehension of their British and Norwegian counterparts.

781840, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 352 pages

Invading Hitler’s Europe From Salerno to the Capture of Göring The Memoir of a US Intelligence Officer

Roswell K Doughty On the day that Roswell K. Doughty graduated from Boston University he also received a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army of the United States of America. That, though, was in 1931 and it was not until 1942 that he was called to active duty – to face some of the toughest fighting of the Second World War. This is the fascinating and diverse account of one officer’s part in the liberation of Europe in the Second World War, one which led him from North Africa through Italy and France into the heart of the Third Reich.

773227, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 328 pages

Artillery Warfare, 1939–1945 Simon Forty Jonathan Forty

It is said that artillery won the Second World War for the Allies – that Soviet guns wore down German forces on the Eastern Front, negating their superior tactics and fighting ability, and that the accuracy and intensity of the British and American artillery was a major reason for the success of Allied forces in North Africa from El Alamein, in Italy and Normandy, and played a vital role in the battles of 1944 and 1945. Yet the range of weapons used is often overlooked or taken for granted – which is why this highly illustrated history by Simon and Jonathan Forty is of such value.

776785, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

The Terror Raids of 1942 The Baedeker Blitz

Jan Gore “We shall go out and bomb every building in Britain marked with three stars in the Baedeker Guide,” the German Foreign Office announced in April 1942 as the Luftwaffe attacked Exeter, Bath, Norwich, York and Canterbury. Over a thousand people died. These raids were direct retaliation for RAF raids on equally historic German cities. Hitler had ordered that “Preference is to be given… where attacks are likely to have the greatest possible effect on civilian life” and in this narrow aim – as Jan Gore shows in the first full history of the raids to be published for over twenty years – they certainly succeeded.

745132, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

Nazi Prisons in Britain Political Prisoners during the German Occupation of Jersey and Guernsey, 1940–1945

Gilly Carr Nazi Prisons in Britain is a groundbreaking book – a systematic study of Jersey and Guernsey prisons during the German occupation of the Channel Islands based on the experiences of the prisoners. It brings to light for the first time the surviving sources – memoirs, diaries, official archival material, poetry, graffiti, autograph books, letters and material culture are all included. This dazzling array of evidence reveals the reality of life behind bars in Nazi prisons on British territory. The text is enlivened by the words of notorious wartime criminals, including Eddie Chapman – Agent Zigzag – and the traitor Eric Pleasants, who later joined the SS. 770936, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

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• MODERN WARFARE • • WORLD WAR II • The German Way of War A Lesson in Tactical Management

Jaap Jan Brouwer The German Army lost two consecutive wars and the conclusion is often drawn that it simply wasn’t able to cope with its opponents.

Nothing was as far from the truth. The records show that the Germans consistently outfought the Allied armies that eventually defeated them.

A central element within the Prussian/German Army is Auftragstaktik, a tactical management concept that dates from the middle of the nineteenth century.

Using more than fifty examples, the author explains why Auftragstaktik is still the basic form of operation for many European armies more than 150 years after its conception.

790378, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Pathfinder Pilot The Wartime Memoirs of Wing Commander R A Wellington DSO OBE DFC R. A. Wellington DSO OBE DFC Sandra Wellington

During the Second World War, 55,573 RAF Bomber Command aircrew were killed, a shocking 44.4% death rate. A further 8,500 were wounded and 9,800 became prisoners of war. The author of this thrilling memoir defied the odds becoming one of the few Lancaster Captains to survive his quota of sixty bombing missions. ‘Wimpy’ Wellington’s skills must have been exceptional. After serving in 106 Squadron under the legendary Guy Gibson, he and his crew moved to the elite 83 Pathfinder Squadron. As readers will discover, they nightly diced with death surviving enemy fighters, intense flak and mechanical problems.

779700, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

I Somehow Survived Eyewitness Accounts from World War II

Klaus G Förg Based on interviews with veterans from across the spectrum of wartime experience, the book documents one of the most gruesome times in history. From anti-partisan warfare in the French mountains and atrocities in East Prussia to the experience of a Norwegian concentration camp, the accounts include rarely heard stories from a range of people caught up in the war. With the distance of time, these survivors have been able to offer new perspectives on their experiences and expose truths they would not have dared admit several decades ago.

385453, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 192 pages

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Strike from the Air The Early Years of the US Air Forces

Terry C Treadwell Following the outbreak of the First World War, the United States was gradually drawn into the conflict. Before this had happened, a number of American traveled to Europe to volunteer for the Lafayette Escadrille in France, as well as the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. Many of these men eventually joined the newly created United States Army Air Service, taking their valuable experience and knowledge with them.

Among the notable early US aviators were individuals such as Eugene Bullard, the first African-American military pilot, and eccentric loners like Frank Luke. The part played by the US Navy and USMC is not neglected.

776457, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 312 pages

Fighting Through From Dunkirk to Hamburg A Green Howard’s Wartime Memoir Bill Cheall Paul Cheall

When Bill Cheall joined up in April 1939, he could not have imagined the drama, trauma, rewards and anguish that lay in store. First and foremost a Green Howard, he saw the sharp end of the Nazis Blitzkrieg and was evacuated exhausted. Next step, courtesy of the Queen Mary, was North Africa as part of Monty’s 8th Army. After victory in Tunisia, the Sicily invasion followed. The Green Howards returned to England to be in the vanguard of the Normandy Landings on GOLD Beach. The author’s many and varied experiences make fascinating reading. He tells his story with modesty, humility and humor.

783707, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 176 pages

Winston Churchill’s Illnesses, 1886–1965 Allister Vale John Scadding

Allister Vale and John Scadding have written the definitive account of Churchill’s illnesses and document all Churchill’s major illnesses, from an episode of childhood pneumonia in 1886 until his death in 1965.

They have adopted a thorough approach in gaining access to numerous sources of medical information and have cited extensively from the clinical records of the numerous distinguished physicians and surgeons invited to consult on Churchill during his many episodes of illness. These include not only objective clinical data, but also personal reflections

by Churchill’s family, friends and political colleagues.

789495, $52.95 , $34.50 , Hardback, 528 pages

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• MODERN WARFARE • • • FRENCH LANGUAGE WWII Les panzers de la HitlerJugend Normandie 44

Norbert Számvéber This is the war diary of one of the “ Hitler Youth “ found by the author. Here we can follow, day by day, engagement of the panzer division in the heavy fighting of the Battle of Normandy. Included is the number of engaged tanks, losses and successes with important notes and apparatus comments. This book is a valuable document for those seeking true information on this battle.

It is accompanied by a rich iconography of forty previously unpublished photos. It is an essential contribution to better understanding World War Two. Text in French.

484189, $69 , $44.99 , Hardback, 220 pages

Les Fortifications d’Alsace Lorraine 1870-1918

Philippe Burtscher After the defeat of 1870, Germany annexed the two districts of Alsace (except Belfort), the major part of Moselle and a part of Meurthe and Vosges, and prevented France from any attempt to reconquer this territory. The engineers of the Empire developed in Alsace and in Lorraine all the techniques coming from the art of fortifying in Germany: from Alexis von Biehler’s forts in Strasbourg to the strongholds on the square of Metz. During 45 years, Germany built on its frontiers with France a coherent defensive system, consistent with its strategy and adapted to the army’s operational plans proposed by Von Schlieffen: “the Empire’s occidental shield”.

Text in French.

500704, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 68 pages

La saga du Sherman

Michel Esteve This exceptional book highlights the roles and difficulties of the crew who served this mythical tank. The technical pitfalls and solutions that were found are explained by designers and the different combat methods developed by the allies are detailed. This book contains an exhaustive list of the equipment, the engines and the models generated. Includes exceptional images, colour plates, materials and markings. Text in French.

484707, $67 , $43.99 , Hardback, 232 pages

50 Aérodromes pour une Victoire Juin-Septembre 1944 J. Clementine François Robinard French Text Beginning on June 6, the Allies were able to establish their first airfields in Normandy. Here we will discover the fifty airfields that played an essential role in the Allied victory in Normandy.

The authors offer detailed descriptions, maps, and archival photos for each of the airfields. In addition to the technical plans for the runways, the squadrons assigned to the airfields along with more than one hundred color profiles of the aircraft are included. Text in French.

483274, $131 , $85.50 , Hardback, 336 pages

La 1st Marine Division dans l’enfer du Pacifique The Old Breed Charles Trang The follow up to the first volume of Charles Trang’s dedication to Marines in the Pacific. The author provides a history of the 1st Marine Division with exceptional documents, illustrated with about 800 photos. Text in French.

483427, $120 , $78.50 , Hardback, 420 pages

Les marines dans l’enfer du Pacifique

Charles Trang Charles Trang has written an encyclopedic study of the Marines in the Pacific 19411945. Each campaign is treated indetailindividuallyaccompanied by firsthand accounts and photos, many previously unpublished. Corregidor, Wake, Midway, Guadalcanal, Makin, Bougainville, Rabaul, Tarawa, Marshall Islands, Cape Gloucester, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, bloody, pitiless battles where the Marines forged their reputation for tenacity, implacability and professionalism rarely equaled during the Second World War. This book looks at all the various units of the USMC, orders of battle, command structures and profiles of all the recipients of the Medal of Honor. Text in French.

484905, $111 , $72.50 , Hardback, 480 pages

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• FRENCH LANGUAGE WWII • MODERN WARFARE • • Le Carrousel des Panzers. Volume 1

Jean-Yves Mary After the success of Corridor des Panzers and Zur Küste, both recognized for their superior quality and precise detailing of operations and battlefields in addition to their stunning comparative photographs, this new volume takes us directly into the Dunkerque arena, and concludes the suite of works on this dramatic period of history. Text in French.

482901, $129 , $83.99 , Hardback, 420 pages

Le Carrousel des Panzers. Volume 2 Nach Frankreich hinein

Jean-Yves Mary In the evening of June 12, Weygand ordered all the troops who were still struggling to make a brutal drop across the front and to retreat as far as possible towards the south in order to avoid what remained of the French army to undergo a total annihilation.

The Germans did not take long to realize that the French were slipping away, and thus immediately threw all their units onto the path of the retreating troops in order to thwart what remained of their plans. What resulted was a chase in which on one side, men would sacrifice themselves for a cause already lost while the other men would fall for a cause already won. Text in French.

483571, $131 , $85.50 , Hardback, 400 pages

Paras De La Waffen-SS. Volume 1 SS-FallschirmjägerBataillon 500/600

Rüdiger Franz A battalion of Waffen-SS paratroopers was set up in the fall of 1943 to carry out special missions. The author, a paratroop captain in the Luftwaffe(FRG), earning his German, French and US wings in the sixties, now a historian, gives here a detailed history in three volumes of about 400 pages each. The first volume is devoted to the operation against Tito’s troops in Yugoslavia, the second to the fighting in the Baltic States and the third to operations in Hungary, in the Ardennes and in the Oder bridgehead. The three volumes devoted to the SS-Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon 500/600 include documents and more than 1 000 photographs. Text in French.

484066, $73 , $47.50 , Hardback, 260 pages

Sturmartillerie.

Volume 1

Didier Laugier Initially intended as a single volume edition, this work of encyclopedic proportions by Didier Laugier, will finally appear in a two volume series. Rich in both photographs and text, this first volume presents the development of the assault gun, its production, the various models (with sixteen pages of color profiles), weaponry and equipment, along with a historical description of most assault gun groups and brigades. Text in French.

482857, $129 , $83.99 , Hardback, 400 pages

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Paras De La Waffen-SS. Volume 2 SS-FallschirmjägerBataillon 500/601 Rüdiger Franz Text in French

A battalion of Waffen-SS paratroopers was set up in the fall of 1943 to carry out special missions. The author, a paratroop captain in the Luftwaffe(FRG), earning his German, French and US wings in the sixties, now a historian, gives here a detailed history in three volumes.

The first volume is devoted to the operation against Tito’s troops in Yugoslavia, the second to the fighting in the Baltic States and the third to operations in Hungary, in the Ardennes and in the Oder bridgehead. The three volumes devoted to the SS-Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon 500/600 include documents and more than 1, 000 photographs.

484073, $78 , $50.99 , Hardback, 260 pages

Sturmartillerie.

Volume 2

Didier Laugier Due to the significance of the rare documentation and photographic records, we have decided to publish this supplementalvolumetogivethis work full attention. Volume two will highlight other assault gun groups among which are those of the Waffen-SS. Also to be included are full-color presentations of the various uniforms, in addition to certificates and awards. Text in French.

483069, $87 , $56.99 , Hardback, 144 pages

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• FRENCH LANGUAGE WWII • MODERN WARFARE • • Les paras allemands.

Volume 1 Uniformes 1936-1945

Karl Veltzé This work describes in depth the ‘green Devils’ operations, the attack on Norway in the last days of the Third Reich, passing by the assault on the Belgian fortress of Eben Emael.

Campaigns in Holland, Crete, North Africa, Russia, Italy, Normandy and the Ardennes are included in this trilogy. With the help of collectors and museums around the world, the author and the German Publisher have undertaken an unprecedented collaboration.

The three volumes total more than 1,000 pages in color, with thousands of photos of objects from collections of the Fallschirmjäger including pieces never revealed and investigated. Text in French.

484486, $143 , $92.99 , Hardback, 368 pages

2. Panzerdivision En Normandie. Volume 1 Juin-Juillet 1944

Frédéric Deprun The author Frédéric Deprun, has devoted more than ten years to studying meticulously thisarmoredunit’sengagements in the Norman bocage. The first part deals with the unit re-forming in the Arras area while waiting for D-Day then guides the reader through the murderous fighting at Caumont-l’Evanté, Cahagnes, Cheux,then May-sur-Orne in June and July 1944. In the second volume, an account is given of the Panzer unit’s inability to contain the Allied offensive to the south of Saint-Lô at the end of July 1944, then the attack at Mortain up until the moment when the men in the unit with the Trident were encircled in the ChamboisArgentancauldron. Text in French.

484363, $84 , $54.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

Les paras allemands.

Volume 2 Casques, équipements et armes 1936-1945

Karl Veltzé This work describes in depth the ‘green Devils’ operations, the attack on Norway in the last days of the Third Reich, passing by the assault on the Belgian fortress of Eben Emael.

Campaigns in Holland, Crete, North Africa, Russia, Italy, Normandy and the Ardennes are included in this trilogy. With the help of collectors and museums around the world, the author and the German Publisher have undertaken an unprecedented collaboration.

The three volumes total more than 1,000 pages in color, with thousands of photos of objects from collections of the Fallschirmjäger including pieces never revealed and investigated. Text in French.

Wiking. Volume 3 May 1943 - May 1945

Charles Trang The Wiking Division was the only SS armored division exclusively to fight on the Eastern Front. True, it was partly composedofvolunteersFlemish, Dutch and Scandinavian whose primary motivation was to fight against Bolshevism. It fought with an unwavering energy even if the victory was not always rewarded for their efforts and sacrifices, as in Tscherkassy or Hungar. Its history, very rich and illustrated by more than 2500 exceptional photos in large part from personal collections, is traced here through a series of three volumes.

Text in French.

483489, $104 , $67.99 , Hardback, 576 pages

48449A, $143 , $92.99 , Hardback, 376 pages

Les paras allemands.

Volume 3 Batailles, combats, documents et insignes

Karl Veltzé This work describes in depth the ‘green Devils’ operations, the attack on Norway in the last days of the Third Reich, passing by the assault on the Belgian fortress of Eben Emael.

Campaigns in Holland, Crete, North Africa, Russia, Italy, Normandy and the Ardennes are included in this trilogy. With the help of collectors and museums around the world, the author and the German Publisher have undertaken an unprecedented collaboration.

The three volumes total more than 1,000 pages in color, with thousands of photos of objects from collections of the Fallschirmjäger including pieces never revealed and investigated. Text in French.

Panzer Regiment Totenkopf

Pierre Tiquet Using various veterans’ testimonies and memoirs, the reader plunges into the daily life of a unit, the SS-Panzer Regiment 3 “Totenkopf”, which only fought on the Eastern Front. It was one of the most capable.TheKriegestagbuch(log book) of this unit’s tank pointer is the main thread of this book, interspersed with never before published documents. Text in French.

484875, $58 , $37.99 , Hardback, 160 pages

48450A, $143 , $92.99 , Hardback, 376 pages

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• COLD WAR & BEYOND • • MODELING • Chosin Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War

The United States Marine Corps in the Korean War

Eric Hammel Told from the point of view of the men in the foxholes and tanks, outposts and command posts, this is the definitive account of the epic retreat under fire of the 1st Marine Division from the Chosin Reservoir. The author first sketches in the errors and miscalculations on the part of the American high command that caused the Marines to be strung out at the end of a narrow road scores of miles from the sea. He then plunges right into the action: the massing of Chinese forces in about ten-to-one strength; the Marines’ command problems due to the climate and terrain and high-level over confidence; and the onset of the overwhelming Chinese assault.

Michael Green On June 25, 1950, the North Korean Army invaded South Korea. Among the US forces sent to South Korea was the 1st Marine Division. In September 1950, the Division audaciously landed deep behind enemy lines at Inchon port, throwing the North Korea Army into disarray. In November 1950, the Chinese Army invaded North Korea with eight divisions tasked with the destruction of the 1st Marine Division at the Chosin Reservoir. The Marines made a 78-mile fighting withdrawal in arctic conditions before being evacuated by the US Navy. Expert author Michael Green describes the United States Marine Corps’outstanding contribution, organization, tactics, fighting doctrine and weaponry.

007885, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 432 pages

765376, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

The US Army’s First, Last, and Only AllBlack Rangers The 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War, 19501951

Edward L. Posey The 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was the first and only all-black Ranger unit in the history of the US Army. Its ten-month lifespan included selection, training, and seven months of combat deployment in Korea, after which the unit was deactivated.

Posey’s book is based upon the firsthand experiences of many members of the unit, official records, interviews with survivors, and other archival material. This information offers a rich and worthy addition to the growing literature on the Korean War by explaining the obstacles these patriotic African Americans faced, their sacrifices, and their courageous actions on the far side of the world.

210774, $18.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 260 pages

Naval Aviation in the Korean War Aircraft, Ships, and Men

Warren Thompson The first part of this book covers the role of US aircraft carriers and aircraft in stopping the North Korean initial push to the south and also their role in the famous Inchon Landing and Pusan Perimeter Break out.

The book goes on to describe the stabilization of the front lines after the Chinese had entered the war during 1951.

It also includes the entry of the F2H Banshee into carrier operations which gave the USA four major types of aircraft with which to wage the war. During 1952 most carrier air groups spend their time off the coast of North Korea while hitting targets up along the Yalu River, putting them well within the range of the MiG-15s.

844889, $50 , $32.50 , Hardback, 304 pages

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MIG Menace Over Korea Nicolai Sutiagin, Top Ace Soviet of the Korean War Igor Seidov Yuri Sutiagin

Nikolai Vasil’evich Sutiagin, the top-scoring Soviet air ace of the Korean War, flew his MiG-15 in lethaldogfightsagainstAmerican Sabres and Australian Meteors. He is credited with at 22 ‘kills’. Yet the full story of his extraordinary achievements has never been told. Only now, with the opening of Russian archives, can an authoritative account of his wartime exploits be written. The authors use official records, the reminiscences of Sutiagin’s comrades and his wife’s diary to reconstruct in vivid detail the career of one of the great fighter pilots.

840386, $40 , $26.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

Hal Moore A Soldier Once…and Always

Mike Guardia Finalist 2013 Army Historical Society Distinguished Writing Award.

Hal Moore, one of the most admired American combat leaders of the last 50 years, has until now been best known to the public for being portrayed

by Mel Gibson in the movie “We Were Soldiers.” In this first-ever, fully illustrated biography, we finally learn the full story of one of America’s true military heroes. At this writing, Hal Moore is 90 years old and living quietly in Auburn, Alabama. He graciously allowed the author interviews and granted full access to his files and collection of letters,documents,andnever-before-publishedphotographs.

002071, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 232 pages

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• MODELING • • COLD WAR & BEYOND • Battle for Skyline Ridge The CIA Secret War in Laos

James E. Parker Jr In late 1971, the People’s Army of Vietnam launched Campaign “Z” into northern Laos, escalating the war in Laos with the aim of defeating the last Royal Lao Army troops. The NVA troops numbered 27,000 and brought with them 130mm field guns and T-34 tanks, while the North Vietnamese air force launched MiG-21s into Lao air space. General Giap’s specific orders to this task force were to kill the CIA army under command of the Hmong war lord Vang Pao and occupy its field headquarters. Despite the odds being overwhelmingly in the NVA’s favor, the battle did not go to plan. It raged for more than 100 days, the longest in the Vietnam War, and it all came down to Skyline Ridge.

Ambush Valley I Corps, Vietnam 1967 – the Story of a Marine Infantry Battalion’s Battle for Survival

Eric Hammel On September 10, while advancing to a new sector near Con Thien, the 3d Battalion, 26th Marines, was attacked by at least a full North Vietnamese regiment. Isolated into two separate defensive perimeters, the Marines battled through the afternoon and evening against repeated assaults by waves of NVA regulars intent upon achieving a major victory. In a battle described as “Custer’s Last Stand—With Air Support,” the Americans prevailed by the narrowest of margins.

Ambush Valley is an unforgettable account of bravery and survival under impossible conditions.

00787A, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 310 pages

007052, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 216 pages

Valor in Vietnam Chronicles of Honor, Courage and Sacrifice: 1963 - 1977

Allen B. Clark Lt. Gen. Dave R. Palmer US Army (Ret) 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.

Broken Arrow How the U.S. Navy Lost a Nuclear Bomb

Jim Winchester Douglas Webster was a young pilot from Ohio. On Dec 5, 1965 he strapped into an A-4 Skyhawk bomber for a routine weapons loading. After mishandling the maneuver, the plane and its pilot sunk to the bottom of the South China sea, along with a live B43 one-megaton thermonuclear bomb.

The incident, a ‘Broken Arrow,’ was kept under wraps for 25 years. The details that emerged revealed that the U.S. had violatedagreementswhenresearchersdiscovereddocuments that disclosed the true location of the carrier, hundreds of miles closer to land than admitted.

006918, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

007144, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 288 pages

Autopsy of an Unwinnable War Vietnam

Col. William C. Haponski (Ret) Col. Jerry J. Burcham (Ret) Since the fall of Saigon in 1975 there have been many books published on why (and whether) America lost the war in Vietnam. The senior American commander in charge of prosecuting the war during its buildup and peak of fighting, Admiral U.S.G. Sharp, concluded his memoir, saying, “The real tragedy of Vietnam is that this war was not won by the other side, by Hanoi or Moscow or Peiping. It was lost in Washington, D. C.” This remains an all too common belief.

The stark facts, though, are that the Vietnam War was lost before the first American shot was fired.

007199, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

SOG Medic Stories from Vietnam and Over the Fence Joe Parnar Robert Dumont

Elite units carried out many dangerous operations during the Vietnam War, the most secret and hazardous of which were conducted by the Studies and Observations Group, formed in 1964.In the years since the Vietnam War, the elite unit known as SOG has spawned many myths, legends and war stories. Parnar recounts his time with the recon men of this highly classified unit, as his job involved a unique combination of soldiering and lifesaving. His stories capture the extraordinary commitment made by all the men of SOG and reveal the special dedication of the medics, who put their own lives at risk to save the lives of their teammates.

006338, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

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• COLD WAR & BEYOND • • MODELING • Nam Sense Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division

Arthur Wiknik Jr. Nam Sense is the brilliantly written story of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Arthur Wiknik was a 19-year-old kid from New England when he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1968.

Wiknik’s account of life and death in Vietnam includes everything from heavy combat, to faking insanity to get some R & R. Nam Sense offers a perfect blend of candor, sarcasm, and humor - and it spares nothing and no one in its attempt to accurately convey what really transpired during the Vietnam War. Wiknik has produced a gripping and complete record of life and death in Vietnam, and he has done so with a style and flair few others will ever achieve.

Thud Pilot A Pilot’s Account of Early F-105 Combat in Vietnam

Victor Vizcarra Thud Pilot is the personal account of a combat fighter pilot who flew the Air Force’s premier fighter-bomber in the most dangerous skies over North Vietnam. Thud Pilot tells the story of the courageous men who flew the F-105 from its earliest combat deployment in 1964, and on through 1966.

The author’s more significant missions are described in detail and are accompanied by map drawings depicting the mission routes from take-off to refueling orbits, the target, and return. The book is full of several ‘firsts’ in the expanding air war over North Vietnam, including ‘Operation Spring High,’ the first counter SAM strike in the history of aerial warfare.

556450, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

006529, $14.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 288 pages

Marine Corps Tank Battles in Vietnam

Oscar E. Gilbert In 1965 the large, loud, and highly visible tanks of 3rd Platoon, B Company, 3rd Tank Battalion landed across a beach near Da Nang, drawing unwelcome attention to America’s first commitment of ground troops. As the Marine Corps presence grew, the Tank Battalions were committed to the conflict. For the United States Marine Corps, the protracted and bloody struggle was marked by controversy, but for Marine Corps tankers, it was marked by bitter frustration as they saw their own high levels of command turn their backs on some of the hardest-won lessons of tankinfantry cooperation learned in the Pacific War and in Korea.

005324, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 304 pages

White Water Red Hot Lead On Board U.S. Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam

Dan Daly During the Vietnam war 3500 officers and men served in the Swift Boat program in a fleet of 130 boats with no armor plating.

The boats patrolled the coast and rivers of South Vietnam, with the average age of the crew being twenty-four. Their days consisted of deadly combat, intense lightning firefights, storms and many hidden dangers. The six man crew of PCF 76 were volunteers from all over the United States, eager to serve their country in a unique type of duty not seen since the PT boats of WWII. This inexperienced and disparate group of men would meld into a combat team - a team that formed an unbreakable, lifelong bond.

First In, Last Out An Unconventional British Officer in IndoChina J P Cross Hew Strachan

This is the astonishing tale of two episodes in the life of Colonel J P Cross, jungle fighter and linguist extraordinaire. As a young officer at the end of the war against Japan in 1945, he took part in counterinsurgency operations against the Vietminh at a time of chaos and confusion. Sent to the area to help disarm the defeated Japanese, Cross found himself commanding a battalion of the very same troops against the Vietminh. That period provides the backdrop to Cross’s experiences as British Defence Attache to Laos between 1972 and 1976. His mastery of the languages of the region allowed him rarely accorded access to high Laotian political circles.

382209, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

U.S. Forces in Vietnam: 1968-1975

Guillaume Rousseaux This book is the logical sequel to the first volume (19621967), chronologically presents the evolution of uniforms, equipment and weapons of the American soldier during the Vietnam war, during the period 1968 to 1975. This second volume deals with the 1968 Tet offensive, the maximum commitment of U.S. forces in 1969, incursions into Cambodia in 1970, then the gradual withdrawal of US troops (1970-72). And finally the tragic outcome of this conflict with the evacuation of the American Embassy, which marks the end of the war in Vietnam in 1975.

502876, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 84 pages

004785, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 360 pages

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• MODELING • • COLD WAR & BEYOND • Desert Storm Volume 2 Operation Desert Storm and the Coalition Liberation of Kuwait 1991 E.R. Hooton Tom Cooper

On 2 August 1990, aircraft of the Iraqi Air Force bombed Kuwaiti air bases, and then the Iraqi Republican Guards stormed into the country.

Thus began what would be called the ‘Gulf War’ – fought between January and March 1991. However, when President Saddam Hussein unleashed his military upon Kuwait, little did he know what kind of reaction he would provoke from the Western superpowers, and what kind of devastation his country would suffer in return. Desert Storm Volume 2 tells the story of the air campaign, naval operations, the 100 hours of the land war, and the aftermath of this conflict.

336356, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 80 pages

Up Against the Wall The KGB and Latvia

Cold War

Stephen Twigge Cold War tells the story of half a century of superpower confrontation from the end of the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book describes in chilling detail the military and ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that dominated the postwar landscape. The book highlights the role played by Britain during the Cold War and its involvement in Cold War flash points including the Berlin Blockade, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The book describes the devastating consequences of nuclear war, the growth and influence of the peace movement and the exploits of the Cold War spy networks built up by both sides.

739902, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 160 pages

Cold War Spymaster The Legacy of Guy Liddell, Deputy Director of MI5

Vincent Hunt Through the stories of people held as prisoners, never told before in English, Up Against the Wall details the methods of a brutal totalitarian regime and the bloody twists and turns of Latvia’s long and complicated relationship with the Soviet security police. This is not for the squeamish. The author presents harrowing personal testimonies of those imprisoned, tortured and deported to Siberian gulags by the KGB, drawing from museum archives and interviews translated into English for this book as well as from declassified CIA files, KGB records and his own research in Latvia.

Nigel West Guy Liddell was the Director of MI5’s counter-espionage B Division throughout the Second World War, during which he wrote a confidential personal diary. Within its pages details of virtually every important event that had any intelligence significance during the conflict were recorded.Those recently declassified diaries, which were edited by Nigel West, have been followed by a postwar series which cover the period from the German surrender until Liddell’s sudden resignation in May 1953. These eight years of the early Cold War contain many disturbing secrets.

628835, $59.95 , $38.99 , Hardback, 378 pages

736222, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Falklands Gunner A Day-by-Day Personal Account of the Royal Artillery in the Falklands War

Tom Martin The Royal Artillery played an absolutely vital, though often forgotten, part in the British armed forces’ successful operation to recapture the Falkland Islands in 1982. The actions of the artillery were recorded by one young officer in a journal which he kept before, during and after the conflict.

Whilst in the South Atlantic, Martin sought to detail and record the action on the Battery’s gun position. Supported by the recollections of some of those he served alongside, Martin’s notes and diary entries form the basis of this book; a vivid,blow-by-blowaccountwhichprovides a comprehensive picture of the Royal Artillery and its pivotal role in the Falklands War.

Gunship Ace The Wars of Neall Ellis, Helicopter Pilot and Mercenary

Al J Venter A former South African Air Force pilot who saw action throughout the region from the 1970s on, Neall Ellis is the best-known mercenary combat aviator alive. Apart from flying Alouette helicopter gunships in Angola, he has fought in the Balkan War (for Islamic forces), tried to resuscitate Mobutu’s ailing air force during his final days ruling the Congo, flew Mi-8s for Executive Outcomes, and thereafter an Mi-8 fondly dubbed ‘Bokkie’ for Colonel Tim Spicer in Sierra Leone.

Finally, with a pair of aging Mi-24 Hinds, Ellis ran the Air Wing out of Aberdeen Barracks in the war against Sankoh’s vicious RUF rebels.

000701, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 336 pages

881211, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

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• BARGAIN • • • COLD WAR &BOOKS BEYOND Why Soldiers Miss War The Journey Home

Nolan Peterson Ask most combat veterans to name the worst experience of their lives, and they’ll probably tell you it was war. But ask them to choose the best experience of their life, and they’ll usually say it was war, too. For someone who has not been to war, this is nearly impossible to understand.

What is it about war that soldiers miss? Weaving together a wide range of stories from the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier off Syria to climbing a forbidden Himalayan pass into Tibet, this moving and insightful book explains one of the most everlasting human pursuits – war. But it is also about coming home and confronting another kind of struggle - the search for happiness.

007731, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 216 pages

Air War Northern Ireland Britain’s Air Arms and the ‘Bandit Country’ of South Armagh, Operation Banner 1969 - 2007

Steven Taylor From pot-shot attacks with Second World War-era rifles in the early days of the conflict to large scale, highly co-ordinated ambushes by PIRA active service units equipped with heavy machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and even shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), the threat to British air operations by the late 1980s led to the arming of helicopters operating in the border regions of Northern Ireland.Drawing on a wide range of sources, including official records and the accounts of aircrew, this book tells the little-known story of the battle for control of the skies over Northern Ireland’s ‘Bandit Country’.

721549, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 176 pages

The Bramall Papers Reflections in War and Peace

Crawling Out of Hell The True Story of a British Sniper’s Greatest Battle

Field Marshal Lord Bramall Over the course of his 75 year career Field Marshal Bramall – or Dwin as he is universally known – has been in the forefront of military thinking.

Clearly destined to reach the pinnacle of his profession he shone in a succession of prestigious appointments both in command and on the staff.

He fought in Normandy, saw active service in Ireland and Borneo and masterminded the Falklands Campaign. As this unique collection of personal Papers , dating from the 1950s to the present day, testify, Bramall has never shied away from controversy or original thought, whether on low level leadership or higher military strategy.

Dean Bailey Lance Corporal Dean Bailey was just 22 when he was sent to Afghanistan as a Sniper Section Commander. Craving the opportunity to finally see some action, he now had the chance to put his elite marksmanship training to the test. During one ambush, Dean’s Platoon is attacked from all sides, and Dean’s Viking is immobilized. Going up on top of the carrier to fend off the assailants with his rifle, an RPG explodes next to him.

Continuing his defense, Dean takes a direct hit from an RPG ending his brave covering fire. Dragged from the burning Viking, he is flown back to England. Dean’s next battle was the hardest he ever had to face.

725646, $50 , $32.50 , Hardback, 384 pages

555569, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 192 pages

War on Two Fronts An Infantry Commander’s War in Iraq and the Pentagon

Col. Christopher Hughes Shortly after the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the war in Iraq became the most confusing in U.S. history, the high command not knowing who to fight, who was attacking Coalition troops, and who among the different Iraqi groups were fighting each other. Yet there were a few astute officers like Lt. Col. Christopher Hughes, commanding the 2d Battalion of the 327th Inf. Regiment, 101st Airborne, who sensed the complexity of the task from the beginning.

In “War on Two Fronts” Col. Hughes writes movingly of his “No-Slack” battalion at war in Iraq.

Guns of Special Forces 2001 – 2015

Leigh Neville In the years since 9/11, the Special Forces of many nations have been in almost constant action in covert, high risk operations around the globe.

These include the two long conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, fighting nationalist insurgents and jihadist terrorists, as well as other lesser known operations.

The weapons used by SF are a constant source of interest and speculation. The armories of these elite units have developed rapidly to meet their demands, and they include suppressed piston-driven carbines, programmable grenade launchers that airburst behind hidden enemies, and sniper rifles of extreme accuracy and range.

821064, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 320 Pages

004310, $22.50 , $14.99 , Paperback, 320 pages

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• MODELING & REFERENCE • • BARGAIN BOOKS • Panzer I & II Blueprint for Blitzkrieg 1933–1941

Robert Jackson The Panzer I and II played a significant part in the blitzkrieg campaigns that brought Germany such extraordinary success in the early years of the Second World War As well as tracing the history of the Panzer I and II, Robert Jackson’s book is an excellent source of reference for the modeler, providing details of available kits, together with artworks showing the color schemes applied to these tanks. Each section of the book is supported by a wealth of wartime photographs as well as diagrams showing the technical changes that were made to these tanks in the course of their careers.

German Destroyers

Robert Brown This volume covers the large and powerful German destroyers of the Second World War era.

Always popular as modeling subjects, interest in them has been further increased recently by the release of a number of very fine large scale kits. With its unparalleled level of visual information – paint schemes, models, line drawings and photographs – this book is simply the best reference for any model maker setting out to build one of these unusual ships.

724922, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

711243, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 64 pages

Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer German Army and Waffen-SS, Western Europe 1944–1945

Dennis Oliver Combining the destructive firepower of the 88mm gun with the outstanding mobility of the Panther series, the Jagdpanther is quite probably the best-known tank destroyer of the Second World War. In his fifth book in the TankCraft series, Dennis Oliver uses contemporary photographs and meticulously researched illustrations. A large part of this work showcases available model kits and after market products, complemented by a gallery of expertly constructed and painted models. Technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also explained giving the modeler all the information and knowledge required.

British Destroyers: A-I and Tribal Classes

Les Brown Lavishly illustrated, each ShipCraft 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 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.

320239, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

710895, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 64 pages

Sherman Tanks US Army, North-Western Europe, 1944–1945

Dennis Oliver Following his first book in the TankCraft series on the British army’s Shermans during the battle for Normandy, Dennis Oliver has compiled a companion volume on those used by the US Army throughout the campaign in Western Europe. These were the tanks that made up the bulk of the American armored forces that swept across occupied France and advanced into Hitler’s Germany.

Wartime photographs and carefully researched, exquisitely presented color illustrations show in detail the types of Sherman – including the main variants – that played a vital role in Allied operations.

741868, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 64 pages

Type VII U-Boats

Roger Chesneau The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types.

This volume is devoted to the largest class of submarines ever built, the Type VII, which formed the backbone of the German effort in the critical Battle of the Atlantic. A pre-war design, the Type VII was developed as the campaign progressed and was still in frontline service in 1945. All the major variants, as well as minor changes to equipment, are covered here. With its unparalleled level of visual information – paint schemes, models, line drawings and photographs – it is simply the best reference for any modelmaker setting out to build one of these famous boats.

321236, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

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• MODELING & REFERENCE • • BARGAIN BOOKS • Sturmgeschütz III A, B, F, F L43, F/8, G

Maciej Noszczak First prototypes of German tank destroyer Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) were built in 1937 and based on PzKpfw III Ausf. B tank.

Vehicles were armed with shortbarelled 75mm gun. From spring, 1942, StuG IIIs were equipped with StuK 40 75mm gun. Self propelled guns StuG III served in separated assault artillery units, and later in self propelled guns brigades. They were also used in support units of armored divisions.

148895, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 20 pages

M4 Sherman M4, M4A1, M4A4 Firefly

Stanislaw Krzysztof Mokwa M4 Sherman was the most popular American tank of World War II. Between February, 1942, and June, 1945, a total of 49.000 units of all versions were produced.

Dozens of variants of M4 tanks were created. They differed in the method of hull production (welded, riveted, casted) as well as turret, main armament and additional equipment. Several special versions were also made (especially for the needs of the Normandy landing in 1944): the floating Sherman DD (Duplex Drive), Sherman Crab (with anti-mine trawl), Sherman Dozer (with bulldozer at the front – for demining and engineering tasks), and the Sherman Zippo (Sherman with a flamethrower mounted instead of the main gun).

148932, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 20 pages

Fiat C.R. 42

Alessandro Cordasco Camillo Cordasco The Fiat CR 42 designed by Ing. Celestino Rosatelli has the undoubted characteristic of being the last single-seat fighter biplane to be manufactured during the Second World War. It represents the final evolution of the aircraft series since Fiat CR 30 – 32 – 33 – 40 - 41, made during the 1935-1938 years in Turin. The prototype flew the first time on 23 May 1938 and about 1800 Fiat CR 42 were produced, divided into 15 construction SERIE. There were no productive variants but only small changes along the SERIE due to various operational uses.

148376, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 24 pages

Junkers Ju 88 G

Maciej Noszczak Junkers Ju 88 was an extremely versatile and universal bomber.

Among its many variants, there were night versions. Initially, all Ju 88 night fighter versions were based on Ju 88 A frames, in which various specialized equipment was assembled.

The situation changed after the introduction of the Ju 88 G, which from the very beginning was designed as a night fighter. The fuselage of the aircraft was deprived of the lower gondola under the nose, which reduced the weight of the aircraft and improved its aerodynamics. Another visual change was the use of a square-shaped vertical stabilizer and a rudder, which was taken from Ju 188.

148642, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 20 pages

Nakajima B5N Kate B5N1,B5N2

Anirudh Rao The Nakajima B5N prototype, designated B5N1 (in Allied reported name: Kate), was flown in January 1937. The first serial aircraft carried the designation Model 98 Model 11. The machines were tested in combat in China.

In December 1939, another serial version entered the production marked as B5N2 Model 12. The aircraft was equipped with a Nakajima Sakae engine with a smaller frontal diameter and increased power. which improved the plane’s performance. Initially, a hydraulic wing tip folding mechanism was used, but after a short time it was replaced with a more reliable manual one.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 T

Mariusz Lukasik Messerschmitt Bf 109T was supposed to operate from German aircraft carrier “Graf Zeppelin”. The plane was equipped with arresting hook and had enlarged wing span up to 11,08 m. It did not have folding wings because “Graf Zeppelin’s” elevators were supposed to be enough big to fit planes with fixed wings. Anyway the wings could be detached for transport. There were versions T-1 and T-2 developed.

Fighters served in JG 77 and JG 11 units.

148888, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 20 pages

148635, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 20 pages

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• MODELING & REFERENCE • • BARGAIN BOOKS • Messerschmitt Bf 109 G with DB 605 A engine

Macchi C.202 Folgore 3rd Edition

Robert P?czkowski Artur Juszczak

Przemyslaw Skulski Karolina Holda

Third edition, revised and extended. The development of the most famous Italian WWII fighter is described and illustrated. Combining the agility and excellent flying characteristics of the earlier MC.200 with a powerful German aero-engine, the Folgore was the best Italian fighter in large-scale service. It served with the Regia Aeronautica and other forces, including the Croatian air arm. This book describes the design, development and operations of this elegant and effective fighter. This expanded 3rd edition contains: scale plans, photos and drawings from Technical Manuals, superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, and rare b&w archive photographs.

This book describes famous Bf 109 G variants with DB 605 A engine. Technical aspects of all variants. Books describes all variants differences in detail.

A detailed technical description is attached. All variants are lavishly illustrated by pictures including strip down and walk around pictures of the fighter and its systems.

1/72 scale plans of all versions.

Color profiles.

281685, $29 , $18.99 , Paperback, 96 pages

958891, $35 , $22.99 , Paperback, 120 pages

Operation Market Garden Paratroopers.

Volume 2 Weapons, equipment and transport of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade

Piotr Witkowski Weapons, equipment and transport items of Polish (British) paratroopers shown in the detailed photos.

Largely overlooked in other histories of parachute troops, the Polish unit differed in many ways from its British counterparts, and this book fleshes out the history and makes good the omissions and errors in another works.

281388, $39 , $25.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

Finnish & German Seaplane Colours.

Finland 1939-1945 Kari Stenman Karolina Holda

This book describes in detail the camouflage and markings of the seaplenes used by the Finnish Air Force and by Germans from Finnish bases from 1939 to 1945. Aircraft of different countries’ origin are shown.

This profusely illustrated book includes many historical photographs and color profiles showing the colors and markings carried by the aircraft. Detailed color notes and precise description and illustration of national markings over the period complete a book that will be invaluable to aircraft enthusiasts, historians and modellers.

Operation Market Garden Paratroopers.

Volume 3 Transport of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade

Piotr Witkowski Transport items of Polish (British) paratroopers are shown in the detailed photos.Largely overlooked in other histories of parachute troops, the Polish unit differed in many ways from its British counterparts, and this book fleshes out the history and makes good the omissions and errors in another works.

281753, $29 , $18.99 , Paperback, 96 pages321526, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

Polish Fighter Colours 1939-1947. Volume 1 Bart?omiej 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 wellknown quartet of distinguished Polish aviation historians: Kopa?ski, Belcarz, Gretzyngier and Matusiak. Many historical photos and color profiles.

678623, $50 , $32.50 , Hardback, 240 pages

More than 280 historical photos and about 60 color profiles.

958488, $52 , $33.99 , Hardback, 260 pages

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• MODELING & REFERENCE • • BARGAIN BOOKS • Henschel Hs 129 Krzysztof Wo?owski Krzysztof Wo?owski

40 color profiles of the famous Henschel Hs 129, a German WW2 ground-attack aircraft.

German and foreign users’ camouflages are shown.

958273, $29 , $18.99 , Hardback, 42 pages

Petlyakov Pe-2 & UPe2. Tupolev USB Lechos?aw Musia?kowski Karolina Holda

The next book in the popular Polish Wings series is on the famous Russian WW2 bombers in Polish Air Forces. Covers duty of these aircraft during WW2 and postwar period. More than 120 photos, mostly unpublished, and many color profiles.

958426, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 80 pages

Junkers Ju 88 A

Maciej Noszczak 40 color profiles of the famous German WW2 bomber Junkers Ju 88 A versions.

Many subversions are shown in variety of the camouflages including captured Swiss Ju 88.

958037, $28 , $18.50 , Hardback, 44 pages

303 Squadron North American Mustang Wojtek Matusiak Piotr Sikora

No. 303 Squadron was the only Polish unit equipped with the Mustang IV, as the bubble-top P-51D and P-51K were known collectively to the RAF. Between April 1945 and December 1946, the squadron used a total of 29 of these aircraft, plus six Mustang I’s as hacks. The book includes over 120 photos and nearly 30 color plates to profusely illustrate these aircraft.

Their technical details, military markings and maintenance stencils are shown in the detail.

281807, $26 , $16.99 , Paperback, 64 pages

Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Instrument Panels Hisato Nakada Hisato Nakada

This book from the series “INSIDE” shows detailed drawings of the famous Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft instrument panels in great detail.

Instrument panels of the 20 aircraft are shown with detailed captions.

FV 4201 Chieftain Main Battle Tank Dariusz Karnas Richard Kent

Scale plans in 1/35, 1/48, 1/72 and 1/76 scale of the famous FV 4201 Chieftain Main Battle Tank 10 A3 size scale plans of the Chieftain versions.

958662, $11.99 , $7.99 , Paperback, 24 pages

958402, $25 , $16.50 , Hardback, 42 pages

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• MODELING & REFERENCE • • BARGAIN BOOKS • Camouflage & Markings of Axis Armor in the Balkans Campaigns 1940-1941

Dornier Do 17/Do 215

Jeffrey Plowman Published as a companion volume to ACG #14, Camouflage and Markings of Commonwealth and Greek Armor in the Balkans Campaigns April – May 1941, this is an authoritative guide to the armor deployed by the Axis in the Balkans during 1940 and 1941, particularly some of the lesser known operations. To put together this book the author has collected a remarkable set of photographs from public and private archives. Covering a wide variety of armored vehicles, this book includes many rare and never before published photos of early war Axis armored vehicles, with very detailed captions.

Marek J. Murawski The monograph on the WW2 German bombers Dornier Do 17 and Dornier Do 215 discusses their design, development and operational history. Each variant is specified and described with coverage of changes made in its subvariants, including the special modifications for the foreign recipients. Designed and built in the late 1930s, originally as reconnaissance and bomber plane, the Do 17/215 was also used as a night fighter equipped with radar systems. A large part of the book is devoted to the combat use of the aircraft in the Spanish Civil War, Poland, the Balkans and Russia together with the Western Campaign and Battle of Britain.

A short account of the night fighting missions is also included.

672310, $44.95 , $29.50 , Paperback, 72 pages

596339, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 136 pages

Camouflage and Markings of the Shermans in New Zealand Service 1943-45

Jeffrey Plowman An authoritative guide to the New Zealand Sherman tanks’ camouflageandmarkingsduring 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.

672068, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

Arado Ar 196

Marek J. Murawski This superb monograph is devoted to the Ar 196, a shipboard reconnaissance aircraft, which became the standard aircraft of the Kriegsmarine throughout World War II. Loved by its pilots for its superior handling both in the air and on the water, the A-1s were added to coastal squadrons, and continued to fly reconnaissance missions and submarine hunts into late 1944. Two notable operations were the capture of HMS Seal, and the repeated interception of RAF Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley bombers. This volume includes many rare color profile artworks, detailing the aircraft.

220961, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 80 pages

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.

672198, $35.95 , $23.50 , Paperback, 40 pages

Vought F4U Corsair Volume 2

Tomasz Szlagor Leszek A. Wieliczko The second volume carries on the story of the F4U Corsair by examining its development and operational service in later stages of the World War Two. By early 1944 the Corsair well proved its worth in combat.

Vought and Goodyear engineers continued to improve and refine the Corsair. New, more powerful engines enabled them to develop two more versions before the war’s end – the ultimate Corsair (Vought F4U-4) and the Super Corsair (Goodyear F2G-1/2). Their story is related in the opening chapter. A separate chapter is devoted to camouflage and markings of British and New Zealand’s Corsairs, with a brief resume of the aircraft’s service in the two air forces.

596087, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 112 pages

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• BARGAIN BOOKS • • MODELING & REFERENCE • Sturmgeschütz III & Sturmhaubitze 42 Vyacheslav Kozitsyn Felipe Rodna

The first book in an exciting new series from Panzerwrecks; the Ostfront Warfare Series by Vyacheslav Kozitsyn, who examines the German armored vehicles and campaigns on the Eastern Front. As you would expect from Panzerwrecks, each book has high production values, with large format photographs selected for the interest and rarity printed on high-quality gloss art paper.

Felipe Rodna provides the artwork as diptychs – in the house style. Vyacheslav’s debut is the Sturmgeschütz III & Sturmhaubitze 42 – looking at the ‘long-gun’ Stugs; Ausf.F, F/8 & G and the howitzer armed Sturmhaubitze 42. 100+ large-format photographs, 6 color artworks and various unit insignias

Forgotten Archives 2 The Lost Signal Corps Photos Darren Neely Felipe Rodna

This 240 page book features 252 clear, high quality photographs of US and German fighting vehicles and is complemented by 8 pages of specially commissioned color artworks by Felipe Rodna which bring the subjects to life. Once again, this book is a must have for the student of military history, armor enthusiast or model maker.

032157, $59.99 , $38.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

032195, $37.95 , $24.99 , Paperback, 112 pages

40M Nimród Tank Destroyer and Armoured Anti Aircraft Gun

Attila Bonhardt The M40 NIMRÓD self-propelled armored autocannon was constructed and redesigned by Hungarian engineers of Swedish origin.This armored fighting vehicle was originally designed for antitank and antiaircraft role, but from 1943 it was used against tanks and selfpropelled guns only for self defense. However, the NIMRÓD proved to be an excellent self-propelled antiaircraft weapon and has been very effective in the fire support of own infantry units. It was a real Hungarian Flakpanzer of WW2.

583148, $41.95 , $27.50 , Hardback, 128 pages

From Leningrad to Narva An Illustrated Study of the Battles in the Northern Baltic Area, January-September 1944

Kamen Nevenkin In January 1944 the Red Army succeeded in putting to an end one of the most dramatic sieges in the history of warfare, that of Leningrad. The Soviet spearheads quickly expelled the Wehrmacht from the city, but once they reached the border with Estonia, they were stopped dead in their tracks by a very determined Axis resistance. There, at river Narva, Germans, Estonians, and Waffen SS volunteers and conscripts from all over Europe stood firm for several months against numerous Soviet attacks. By doing so, they were able to cripple the ambitious military and political plans of Joseph Stalin, and to effectively postpone the Soviet reconquest of the Baltic States for more than half a year.

583186, $41.95 , $27.50 , Hardback, 80 pages

War Photographer 1.0

Tom Cockle This new photo book series presents you various selections of rare wartime photographs.

They will be selected based on numerous subjects. Each volume introduces photographs from battles, operations, vehicles or complete photo albums from soldiers who fought in world war two.

This book illustrates photos from an unidentified German Sturmartillerist of the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 189.

583193, $27.95 , $18.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

German Self-Propelled Guns on the Battlefield

Jon Feenstra In the nineteenth volume of this photo-monograph series, German self-propelled guns on the battlefield were displayed with more than hundred unpublished photographs from various German made self-propelled guns widely known as Hummel, Wespe, Sturmtiger, Bison I and many more.

The hardcover, landscape formatted book kept the highest possible quality. Both the introduction and the captions are bilingual (English / Hungarian).

583162, $41.95 , $27.50 , Hardback, 112 pages

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• BARGAINS • A Waste of Blood and Treasure The 1799 AngloRussian Invasion of the Netherlands

Gentleman Usher The Life and Times of George Dempster 1732-1818

Philip Ball With the Netherlands overrun

by French Republican forces, the British and Russian governments sent an army of 48,000 men under the Duke of York to liberate the country and restore the House of Orange. This book examines British, French, Dutch and Russian sources to reveal a fascinating tale of intrigue, diplomatic skullduggery and daring action.

John Evans George Dempster was a giant of a man who became one of the best-known and most deservedly popular Scotsman of his day. He served for thirty years as an MP in Westminster and was closely involved with the expansion of British influence and trade across the world particularly in India and North America.

885189, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 192 pages

151516, $60 , $30 , Hardback, 244 pages

Subaltern Chronicle of the Peninsular War

Regency Spies Secret Histories of Britain’s Rebels and Revolutionaries

Sue Wilkes Sue Wilkes reveals the shadowy world of Britain’s spies, rebels and secret societies from the late 1780s until 1820. Drawing on contemporary literature and official records, Wilkes unmasks the real conspirators and tells the tragic stories of the unwitting victims sent to the gallows.

400614, $39.95 , $19.99 , Hardback, 224 Pages

George Gleig Ian Robertson

George Gleig was not unique when he joined the 85th Light Infantry at the age of 17. Gleig left behind a unique account of Wellington’s victories, the primitive conditions endured by both soldiers and civilians, and the mood of the times.

528305, $36.95 , $18.50 , Hardback, 208 pages

Journal of the Waterloo Campaign

Indian Mutiny and Beyond

Cavalie Mercer Mercer’s journal is the most outstanding eyewitness account of the Waterloo campaign ever published, it is a classic of military history. This new, fully illustrated edition, featuring an extensiveintroductionandnotes

by Andrew Uffindell, contains a mass of additional material not included in the original.

843653, $50 , $25 , Hardback, 400 pages

Robert Shebbeare VC

Arthur Littlewood Robert Shebbeare went out as a cadet to India at the age of seventeen, he was wounded six times and was awarded the Victoria Cross. He raised a new regiment, the 15th Punjab, which volunteered for service in China and took part in the advance on Peking in 1860. Tragically, he died en route for England.

155743, $39.95 , $19.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Battle of Albuera 1811 Glorious Field of Grief Michael Oliver Richard Partridge

On 16 May 1811 a combined British, Portuguese and Spanish force met the French army in southern Spain. What followed was one of the bloodiest and most controversial battles of the Peninsular War. In this groundbreaking book, Michael Oliver and Richard Partridge examine the carnage of Albuera in unprecedented detail.

154616, $39.95 , $19.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Wellington’s Men Remembered. Volume 2: M to Z A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo David Bromley Janet Bromley

Compiled on behalf of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee and contains over 3,000 memorials to soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo together with 150 battlefield and regimental memorials in 24 countries.

847507, $100 , $50 , Hardback, 688 pages

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• BARGAINS • Red Star Under the Baltic A Firsthand Account of Life on board a Soviet Submarine in World War Two

Viktor Korzh Red Star Under The Baltic is the graphic memoir of a Soviet submariner during his years at sea in the Baltic during the Second World War. Not only a superb record of the appalling conditions endured on these craft, but a very human account detailing the comradeship and tensions among the crew.

151387, $32.99 , $16.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

Churchill and the Generals

Barrie Pitt This book brings alive the dramatic situation facing the Allies after the loss of Dunkirk.

Churchill and his generals were faced with many disasters that required courageous decisions.

This is the inside story of the outcome of those choices, an incredible portrayal of the courage, nerve and commitment of those brave men.

151011, $12.99 , $6.50 , Paperback, 196 pages

Kamikaze - To Die for the Emperor

Peter C. Smith Explores the engaging and often incredibly disturbing history of the Kamikaze tradition in Japanese culture.

Tracing its history back to the original Divine Wind (major natural typhoons), through the subsequent resurrection of the cult of the warrior in the late nineteenth century, through into

General Boy The Life of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning

Richard Mead This is the first biography of ‘Boy’ Browning, whose name is inextricably linked with the creation and employment of Britain’s airborne forces in the Second World War. 898998, $29.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 288 pages

Smashing the Atlantic Wall The Destruction of Hitler’s Coastal Fortresses

Patrick Delaforce In 1940, Hitler ordered the building of a night defense system along 1,500 miles of coastline from Denmark to the Spanish border. He was personally involved in the planning which was based round 15 fortresses guarding vital ports. Built by the Todt Organisation using slave labor, the scale of the Atlantic Wall was unprecedented.

152568, $39.95 , $19.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

The Pacific Naval War 1941-1945

the Second World War.

David Wragg The Pacific Naval War 19411945 is an account of the war between the Allies and the Japanese. This was primarily a naval war as sea power allowed the Japanese to mount their attack on Pearl Harbor and then advance westwards and southwards, and it was sea power that enabled the Allies to strike back and even take the war to Japan itself.

593134, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

842830, $39.95 , $19.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Rising Sun

John Toland This magnificent Pulitzer Prizewinning history, told primarily from the Japanese viewpoint, traces the dramatic fortunes of the Empire of the Sun from the invasion of Manchuria to the dropping of the atomic bombs,demolishingmanymyths surrounding this catastrophic conflict.

845251, $39.95 , $19.99 , Paperback, 976 pages

Götterdämmerung The Last Battles in the East Bob Carruthers Willhelm Willemar

This fascinating collection of primary source accounts focuses on the combat actions of the Wehrmacht in the final battles of the war. The material is drawn from a variety of wartime sources and encompasses fascinating writings concerning the tactical, operational and strategic aspects of the battle for Berlin.

591369, $14.95 , $7.50 , Paperback, 144 pages

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• BARGAINS • Hitlers Forgotten Armies: Combat in Norway & Finland

Bob Carruthers The German campaigns in the northern theatre of operations encompassing Denmark, Norway, Finland and the far north of Russia are detailed in this long neglected account of the campaign as described from the German point of view. Based mainly on original German records captured in 1945 alongside the postwar military recollections of veterans.

591437, $22.95 , $11.50 , Paperback, 384 pages

Out of the Depths of Hell A Soldier’s Story of Life and Death in Japanese Hands

The Drive on Moscow, 1941 Operation Taifun and Germany’s First Great Crisis of World War II Anders Frankson Niklas Zetterling

The battle had a crucial role in the overall German strategy in the East, and its outcome reveals why the failure of the German assault on Moscow may have been the true turning point.

004334, $19.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 336 pages

Nazi Millionaires The Allied Search for Hidden SS Gold Kenneth Alford Theodore P. Savas

John McEwan When John McEwan and his Regiment landed in Malaya, they were all hugely confident. This evaporated in utter disbelief as the British were totally outmanoeuvered by the Japanese advance culminating in the capture of Singapore. However there was hard fighting, more than generally credited, and John McEwan found himself in the thick of it.

During the final days of WWII, German SS officers crammed trains, cars, and trucks full of gold, currency, and jewels, and headed for Austria. Most were eventually apprehended, but many managed to evade capture. The intensive postwar investigation recovered only a sliver of this mountain of gold.

152919, $19.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 176 pages

149354, $16.95 , $8.50 , Paperback, 320 pages

Special Forces Pilot A Flying Memoir of the Falklands War

Colonel Richard Hutchings DSC As a Commando helicopter pilot, the author served with 846 Naval Air Squadron in the Falklands War and was decorated for gallantry (DSC).

The author re-lives his part in operations, in particular Special Forcesintelligencegatheringand direct action missions, including the Pebble Island raid.

823174, $24.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

Invasion 1982 The Falkland Islanders Story

Graham Bound Falkland Islanders were the first British people to come under enemy occupation since the Channel Islanders during the Second World War. This book tells how islanders’ warnings were ignored in London, how their slim defenses gave way to a massive invasion, and how they survived occupation.

853430, $19.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 256 Pages

I Am Soldier of Fortune Dancing with Devils

Lt. Col. Robert Brown USAR (Ret.) Vann Spencer This book takes the readers into combat zones where Brown and his daring combat journalists trotted across the globe. His rogue warrior journalists embedded themselves with anti-Communist guerillas or freedom fighters, often training and fighting with rebels against oppressive regimes.

001937, $29.95 , $14.99 , Hardback, 440 pages

Marching with the Tigers The History of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment 1955 – 1975

Michael Goldschmidt The definitive final volume of the history of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment.

Marching with The Tigers covers events in that Regiment and its successor, over the years 195575. During this period the Battalions undertook overseas and operational tours in Cyprus, Germany, Hong Kong, Borneo, Aden, Malta and Libya, Bahrain and Northern Ireland.

840355, $60 , $30 , Hardback, 384 pages

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• BARGAINS • Special Operations in Iraq

Mike Ryan This sensational book reveals the true and compelling story of the Special Force units of the Coalition. It describes their missions behind the lines from the early days, well before hostilities opened formally. These are thrilling tales of incredible daring and endurance told by men whose courage and military skills are inspiring.

153275, $19.99 , $9.99 , Paperback, 176 pages

Launch Pad UK Britain and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Jim Wilson For most of Britain, the weekend of October, 1962 could very easily have been their last. Thor nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles stood on a state of alert ready to be fired, which made Britain, in effect, America’s launch pad. During the crisis both RAF Bomber Command and the US Strategic Air Command were poised at the highest states of readiness.

886650, $29.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 208 pages

BAC SI A Green Beret Medic’s War in Vietnam Robert Dumont Jerry Krizan

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. Bac Si is the story of Sgt. Jerry Krizan who was assigned to Special Forces Camp A-331.

002460, $32.95 , $16.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

Awakening Victory How Iraqi Tribes and American Troops Reclaimed Al Anbar and Defeated Al Qaeda in Iraq

Michael E. Silverman In August 2006, there were over 100 attacks per day against U.S. military in al Anbar; al Qaeda had planted their flag, declaring it the capital of their new “Islamic State of Iraq.” Awakening Victory tells the story of this incredible campaign.

000978, $18.95 , $9.50 , Paperback, 352 pages

Arms of Little Value The Challenge of Insurgency and Global Instability in the TwentyFirst Century

Hidden Battles on Unseen Fronts Stories of American Soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD Patricia Driscoll Celia Straus

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.

The author has been a student and observer—and sometimes a participant—in various insurgencies since his “initiation” in Vietnam in 1969.

This book documents the everincreasing cases of physical or mental brain trauma among our vets that has risen as a direct result of more soldiers surviving their flesh wounds on the battlefield. All royalties from this work will go directly to the front line of support for wounded warriors with PTSD and TBI, and their families.

001043, $32.95 , $16.50 , Hardback, 312 pages

149408, $18.95 , $9.50 , Paperback, 320 pages

Aviation Assault Battlegroup in Afghanistan The 2009 Tour of The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland During their 2009 OP HERRICK tour, The Black Watch’s role was to raid into Taliban insurgent heartlands, rather than ‘hold ground’, like other battle groups.

The book charts the experiences of the Battlegroup from its training, deployment, and its thirteen operations including raids into the Sangin Valley.

845367, $60 , $30 , Hardback, 288 pages

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Hearts and Mines With the Marines in al Anbar—A Story of Psychological Warfare in Iraq

Russell Snyder This is the firsthand account of a member of one of the United States Army’s three-man Tactical Psychological OperationsTeams, groups of men tasked with winning the hearts and minds of Iraq’s civilian population through leaflets, loudspeakers, conversation, and bribery.

001050, $29.95 , $14.99 , Hardback, 232 pages

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