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Volume XIV, Issue II, Summer 2022

Modern War

Welcome readers, to the second edition of The Warrior for 2022!

With the weather warming and temperatures rising, it’s the perfect time to lose yourself in a good book. As usual,The Warrior is happy to provide for the discerning reader of military history, and we hope you enjoy this issue’s lineup.

Learn the Civil War origins of the “Juneteenth” celebration in General Gordon Granger (p.5), or remember the forgotten final stage of the Gettysburg Campaign in Meade and Lee After Gettysburg (p.21).Travel far into the past and hear the tale of the son of a slave who became roman emperor in Pertinax (p.9), or of the world of the declining Macedonian empire in Alexander the Great’s Legacy (p.6). Learn of WWII Germany’s experimental aircraft in Luftwaffe X-Planes (p. 39), or discover the secret conversations of their leadership in Tapping Hitler’s Generals (p.36).

Are you instead looking for something more contemporary? Check out our featured section on Modern War from pages 44 – 72. Read about the trials of counter-insurgency efforts in tribalized environments in What Went Wrong in Afghanistan (p.51), or study the capabilities, history, and traditions of the Chinese army in the 21st Century in The Dragon’s Teeth (p.47).

All this at much more in this issue of The Warrior. No matter your military history interest, we’ve got something for you.

Happy reading.

The Warrior Team

Nations in the Balance The India-Burma Campaigns, December 1943–August 1944

Christopher L Kolakowski From December 1943 to August 1944, Allied and Japanese forces fought the decisive battles of World War II in Southeast Asia. Fighting centered around North Burma, Imphal, Kohima and the Arakan, involving troops from all over the world along a battlefront the combined size of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The campaigns brought nations into collision for the highest stakes: British and Indian troops fighting for Empire, the Indo-Japanese forces seeking a prestige victory with an invasion of India and the Americans and Chinese focused on helping China and reopening the Burma Road. Events turned on the decisions of the principal commanders—Admiral Louis Mountbatten and Generals Joseph Stilwell, William Slim, Orde Wingate, Mutaguchi Renya, among many others. The impact of the fighting was felt in London, Tokyo and Washington, among other places far away from the battlefront, with effects that presaged postwar political relationships. This was also the first U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia, and Stilwell’s operations in some ways foreshadowed battles in Vietnam two decades later.

The Burma and India battles of 1944 offer dramatic and compelling stories of people fighting in difficult conditions against high odds, with far-reaching results. They also proved important to the postwar future of the participant nations and Asia as a whole, with effects that still reverberate decades after the war.

240961, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 240 pages

In the Shadows of Guadalcanal

Phillip Parotti Re-deployed from convoys in the Atlantic, the men of PC-450, an advanced sub chaser, face Japanese submarines and air attacks as they support the U.S. Marines island-hopping across the Pacific.

Twice torpedoed during the Battle of the Atlantic, LT. Tony Colombo USNR, a former merchant marine officer, is appointed to command a new Navy ship, PC-450, a 173 foot, steel-hulled and much advanced submarine chaser carrying five officers and sixty-five men. Tony suddenly finds himself escorting ships loaded with Marine Corps equipment all the way to Wellington, New Zealand and then to Brisbane, Australia.

Once arrived, he is instantly ordered to begin escorting small convoys up and down the Australian coast. Some weeks later, Tony and PC-450 engage in battle with a dangerous Japanese midget submarine which is attempting to penetrate Brisbane Harbor. The United States suddenly invades Guadalcanal with the result that Tony begins guiding convoys north in support of the invasion while fending off the multiple day and night air raids that the Japanese throw down The Slot. PC-450 participates in the invasion of the Russell Islands and then, during the grinding fight for New Georgia.

241623, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 288 pages The front cover image is from The Paras in Iraq: Operation Telic 1

by Craig Allen, Key Publishing, 2020 (page 48) Typeset by Courtney Huntzinger

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• NEW FROM CASEMATE • Torpedoes, Tea, and Medals The Gallant Life of Commander D. G. H. ‘Jake’ Wright DSC** Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Captain Chris O’Flaherty Royal Navy Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd CBE

In a career that included evacuating soldiers after Operation DYNAMO, torpedoing Axis shipping off Europe’s coasts, and becoming one of Brooke Bond’s senior directors supplying tea to Britain, this is the life story of a determined, brave, innovative, and decorated officer who has earned a place in the hearts of our nation. It is the story of Derek ‘Jake’ Wright, DSC**.

241401, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 208 pages

Red Bull - A History of the 34th Infantry Division in World War II Volume 1: From Mobilization to Victory in Tunisia

Robert Noel Stokes Jr The Division comes to life through a narrative based on original papers, declassified documents, and personal accounts of the soldiers themselves as they changed from green troops to veteran destroyers of the Third Reich. With constant focus on what happened to the men on the battle line, this book vividly sets forth major battles and little-known events of the Red Bull’s brutal introduction to war and its heroic metamorphosis into an effective combat organization, within the context of Allied strategy and leadership.

240466, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 560 pages

The Day Rommel Was Stopped The Battle of Ruweisat Ridge, 2 July 1942 Major F. R. Jephson MC TD Chris Jephson

George VI’s biographer, Sir John Wheeler Bennett wrote “The actual turning of the tide in the 2nd World War may be accurately determined as the first week of July 1942.” This book argues that it is possible to be even more exact: the tide turned at about 21.00 hrs. on 2 July 1942, when Rommel’s tanks withdrew for the first time since the fall of Tobruk on 20 June, or arguably since 14 January 1942 at El Agheila. If Robcol had failed, it is doubtful that Rommel would have stopped at the canal; it does not require much imagination to see his forces threatening to link up with Barbarossa in the Ukraine. This vivid account of the battle of Ruweisat Ridge, the beginning of the battle of Alamein, was written by an officer who was part of Robcol on the fateful day.

241272, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 304 pages

The Silent Service in World War II The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived It Michael Green Edward Monroe-Jones

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the U.S. Navy had a total of 111 submarines, mostly a collection of aging boats from the late teens and early twenties, with only a few of the newer, more modern Gato-class boats. Fortunately, with the war in Europe was already two years old and friction with Japan ever-increasing, help from what would become known as the Silent Service in the Pacific was on the way: there were 73 of the new fleet submarines under construction. This book takes you through the war as you learn what it was like to serve on submarines in combat, the exhilaration of a successful attack, and the terror of being depth-charged. From early war patrols in obsolescent, unreliable S-boats to new, modern fleet submarines roving the Pacific, the forty-six stories in this anthology give you a full understanding of what it was like to be a U.S. Navy submariner in combat.

241265, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 264 pages

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• NEW FROM CASEMATE • 7 Seconds to Die A Military Analysis of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Future of Warfighting Col. John F Antal (Ret).

Dr Alexander Kott

The Second Nagorno-Karabakh war—fought between Armenia and Azerbaijan between September 24 and November 10, 2020—was the first war in history won primarily by unmanned systems.

This 44-day war resulted in a decisive military victory for Azerbaijan. Armenia was outfought, outnumbered, and outspent and lost even though they controlled the high ground in a mountainous region that favored traditional defense. Azerbaijan’s alliance with Turkey, and close technological support from Israel, strategically isolated Armenia. In addition, Turkey’s posturing influenced the Russians not to intervene to support Armenia. That Azerbaijan attacked Armenia during the pandemic was an additional factor. The fact that Azerbaijan won the war is not extraordinary, considering the correlation of forces arrayed against Armenia. What is exceptional is that this was the first modern war primarily decided by unmanned weapons. In this war the Turkish-made BAYRAKTAR TB2 Unmanned Air Combat Vehicle (UCAV) and the Israeli-made HAROP Loitering Munition (LM) dominated the fighting and provided Azerbaijan with a war-winning advantage.

241234, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 160 pages

America’s War in Syria Fighting with Kurdish Anti-ISIS Forces Dr Till Paasche John Foxx

With America’s War on Terror and the subsequent democracy experiments in Afghanistan and Iraq having turned into geopolitical disasters, the US military campaign in alliance with the Kurdish forces in Syria remains a rare success story. Considering the overwhelming military victory, the functioning Kurdish civilian governing structures that followed the fighting, the extremely light military footprint, and the strong link to Kurdish partners, many political analysts, military experts, and politicians judge the intervention against ISIS in Syria as the nation’s most successful campaign since WWII. The authors, however, were there for over two years with the Kurdish forces, between them participating in all the large Kurdish operations against the Islamic State between late 2014 and mid-2016. Based on the authors’ unique insights, this book analyses America’s war in Syria and structures the intervention into different phases including the secretive build up and the ultimate destruction of the ISIS Caliphate.

241524, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 304 pages

Hell in the Streets of Husaybah The April 2004 Fights of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines in Husaybah, Iraq

Lt Col David E Kelly USMC (Ret) During the April 2004 fights throughout Iraq, most media attention was focused on the city of Fallujah. However, at the same time, out on the border with Syria in and around the city of Husaybah, fighting was equally intense.

This book tells the story of that period through many first-person accounts of intense fighting in the town of Husaybah, Iraq, during. It is based on interviews with Marines at all levels of the fight, from battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Matt Lopez, USMC, to infantrymen and squad leaders. When the Lima Company commander Captain Richard Gannon (Call sign Lima 6) was killed on entry to an enemy-held building, the company’s executive officer, Lieutenant Dominique Neal (Lima 5) informed his Marines that he had assumed command with the radio message, “Lima 5 is now Lima 6.” It also details the heroic actions of Corporal Jason Dunham who saved the Marines around him by covering an enemy grenade with his body.

241500, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 200 pages

Echo Among Warriors Close Combat in the Jungle of Vietnam Richard Camp In war, every action has a beginning and an end.

Echo Among Warriors is a story of close combat between two opposing, equally committed adversaries. The powerful narrative immerses the reader in both sides of the battle, playing and replaying the same battle sequence from alternating viewpoints—through the eyes of the Marines and through the eyes of the North Vietnamese. The bullet fired from a Marine’s M-16 at a silhouetted enemy solider crouched on the jungle path will in the next chapter tear into the flesh of that crouched NVA trooper. The story—unfolding from the initial contact to the final horrific ending—represents just one of perhaps thousands of deadly encounters that reflect the reality of battle—a mind-numbing, intensely personal experience that forever changes the participant.

240343, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 288 pages

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• NEW FROM CASEMATE • James Montgomery Abolitionist Warrior

Robert C Conner James Montgomery was a leader of the free-state movement in pre-Civil War Kansas and Missouri, associated with its direct-action military wing. He then joined the Union Army and fought through most of the war. A close associate and ally of other abolitionists including John Brown, Harriet Tubman, Colonels Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Robert G. Shaw, Montgomery led his African-American regiment along with Tubman and other civilians in the 1863 Combahee River raid, which freed almost 800 slaves from South Carolina plantations. He then commanded a brigade in the siege of Fort Wagner, near Charleston. This is the first published biography of Montgomery, who was and remains a controversial figure. It uncovers and deals honestly with his serious flaws, while debunking some wilder charges, and also bringing to light his considerable attributes and achievements. Montgomery’s life, from birth to death, is seen in the necessary perspective and clear delineation of the complex racial, political and military history of the Civil War era.

241425, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 240 pages

General Gordon Granger The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind “Juneteenth”

Robert C Conner This is the first full-length biography of the Civil War general who saved the Union army from catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga, and went on to play major roles in the Chattanooga and Mobile campaigns. Immediately after the war, as commander of U.S. troops in Texas, his actions sparked the “Juneteenth” celebrations of slavery’s end, which continue to this day. This long-overdue biography sheds fascinating new light on a colorful commander who fought through the war in the West from its first major battles to its last, and even left his impact on the Reconstruction beyond.

241302, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 264 pages

Lieutenant General James Longstreet and Innovative Military Strategy in the Civil War The Most Misunderstood Civil War General

F. Gregory Toretta Lieutenant-General James Longstreet, commander of the First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, was a brilliant tactician and strategist. Prior to the Civil War there were many technological developments, including the rifled musket and cannon, rail transport, and the telegraph. In addition, the North enjoyed a great advantage in manpower and resources. In contrast to many other southern generals, Longstreet advocated for defensive warfare, using entrenchments, and trying to maneuver the enemy to assault his position, conserving manpower, resources, and supplies. Unfortunately, his advice was not heeded. He was a pragmatic and methodical general and had his suggestions been utilized there would have been a better outcome for the South, as no others did made the leap to this new style of fighting, including Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, Bragg, Hood, and Jefferson Davis.. Many historians and biographers have misunderstood Longstreet and his motives, not focusing on the total picture. This work offers a fresh and unique perspective on Lieutenant-General James Longstreet and the Civil War. 241173, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 304 pages

Leaving Gettysburg

Curtis Crockett Pickett’s charge has just ended; the battle of Gettysburg is over. The Confederate army is defeated and must retreat to the Potomac River forty miles away with thousands of wagons full of wounded soldiers, provisions, and animals. Asa Helms, a private in the Twenty-Sixth North Carolina Infantry, joined the army to oppose the Yankee’s invasion of his “country,” and is now torn between serving his country with honor and going home to take care of his wife who is ill. Captain Louis Young, aide-to-camp to Confederate General James Pettigrew, is fighting to preserve a culture and a lifestyle. The defeat at Gettysburg, the horrendous condition of the army, and the endless resources of the enemy are causing him to doubt the ability of the Confederacy to gain another major victory and thus independence. Colonel George Gray, an Irishman, is colonel of the Sixth Michigan Cavalry. He is hell-bent on putting down the rebellion before it divides the country that has been so good to him. The journey ends at the Potomac River where each soldier must face the bitter realities of war.

241708, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 224 pages

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• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• Alexander the Great’s Legacy The Decline of Macedonian Europe in the Wake of the Wars of the Successors

Mike Roberts Why was it that the Macedonian state virtually created by Phillip II and taken to the heights of epochal triumph by his son Alexander the Great became a weaker entity than it had been when the young conqueror had crossed the Hellespont? The story that unfolds explores how the unique character and the particular legacy left when Alexander died ensured that his homeland failed to gain the kind of imperial dividend that accrued to others of the world’s great Empires. Only 50 or so years later, Macedon would end in a Galatian deluge that threatened the sacred site at Delphi and had remarkable parallels to the earlier Persian invasions of the Greek world that Alexander had claimed to avenge.

788528, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 320 pages

Ancient Battle Formations

Justin Swanton Justin Swanton examines the principal battle-winning formations of the Ancient world, determining their composition, function and efficacy. An introductory chapter looks at the fundamental components of the principal battle formations of heavy and light infantry, cavalry, elephants and chariots, showing how they bolstered the individual soldier’s willingness to fight. The rest of the book focuses on massed infantry that reigned supreme in this era: the heavily armored Greek hoplite phalanx that was immune to the weaponry of its non-Greek opponents; and the Macedonian pike phalanx that was unbeatable against frontal attacks so long as it kept order.

740069, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 320 pages

A Storm of Spears Understanding the Greek Hoplite in Action

Christopher Matthew The backbone of classical Greek armies was the phalanx of heavily armored spearmen, or hoplites. For around two centuries they were the dominant soldiers of the Classical world. Yet there are still many aspects of hoplite warfare that are little understood or the subject of fierce academic debate. Christopher Matthew’s groundbreaking reassessment combines analysis of the literary and archaeological evidence alongside the new disciplines of reconstructive archaeology, re-enactment and ballistic science. This is an innovative and refreshing reassessment of one of the most important kinds of troops in ancient warfare, sure to make a genuine contribution to the state of knowledge.

241333, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 360 pages

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The Army of Alexander the Great

Stephen English Many believe Alexander the Great was the greatest military genius of all time. Most of his reign as king of Macedon was spent conquering half the known world, during which he was never defeated in open battle and never besieged a city he did not take. Yet, while biographies of Alexander abound, there are relatively few full-length books dedicated to the Macedonian army which made his dazzling conquests possible. Stephen English investigates every aspect of the Macedonian forces, drawing on recent archaeological evidence and scholarship to present a detailed portrait of the army which demonstrated a superiority over its opponents and proved itself the most formidable machine of the age.

013864, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 176 pages

Religion & Classical Warfare Archaic and Classical Greece Christopher Matthew Matthew Dillon

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Ares, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans. Yet the link between war and religion is an area that has been regularly overlooked by modern scholars examining the conflicts of these times. This volume addresses that omission by drawing together the work of experts from across the globe.

834293, $50, $32.50, Hardback, 320 pages

Fields of Death Retracing Ancient Battlefields

Richard Evans Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights. By combining the ancient sources and latest archaeological findings with his personal observations on the ground, Richard Evans brings new perspectives to the dramatic events of the distant past. The author has carefully selected battles and sieges to explore, first to identify their locations and see how these fit with the ancient evidence. He then examines the historical episodes themselves, offering new observations from firsthand study of the field of battle along with up-to-date photographs, maps and diagrams.

847972, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 256 pages

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BATTLE OF THE BULGE • ••ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• Great Battles of the Classical Greek World

Great Battles of the Hellenistic World

Owen Rees This book presents a selection of eighteen land battles and sieges that span the Classical Greek period, from the Persian invasions to the eclipse of the traditional hoplite heavy infantry at the hands of the Macedonians.

This is the golden age of the hoplite phalanx but Owen Rees is keen to cover all aspects of battle, including mercenary armies and the rise of light infantry, emphasizing the variety and tactical developments across the period. Each battle is set in context with a brief background, then the battlefield and opposing forces are discussed before the narrative and analysis of the fighting is given and rounded off with consideration of the aftermath and strategic implications.

827295, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 304 pages

Joseph Pietrykowski For almost two centuries the Macedonian phalanx, created by Philip II and refined by his son, Alexander the Great, dominated the battlefields of the ancient world. As the preferred weapon of some of antiquity’s greatest commanders, this powerful military system took center stage in many of the largest and most decisive conflicts of ancient times. In Great Battles of the Hellenistic World, Joseph Pietrykowski explores the struggles that shook the ancient world and shaped history. From the structure and composition of the opposing armies, to the strategy of their campaigns, Great Battles of the Hellenistic World examines seventeen landmark conflicts.

846883, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 256 pages

The Battles of Antiochus the Great The failure of combined arms at Magnesia that handed the world to Rome

Ancient Greeks at War Warfare in the Classical World from Agamemnon to Alexander

Graham Wrightson As king of the Seleucid Empire, Antiochus III won many battles, and lost almost as many.

Compared with most of the other Hellenistic monarchs he had a greater variety of units that he could field in his army yet repeatedly came up short on the battlefield. His tactical shortcomings were no more obviously laid bare than at the Battle of Magnesia-ad-Sipylum where his combined army, one of the largest ever fielded

by Hellenistic rulers, was soundly thrashed by the smaller Roman force. Through analysis of the army and the three main battles of Antiochus, this book will show how it was his failure to utilize combined arms at its fullest realization that led to such a world-changing defeat.

793461, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 184 pages

Armies of Ancient Greece Circa 500 to 338 BC History, Organization & Equipment

Gabriele Esposito Conflict was rife among the Greeks of the Classical period, including some of the most famous wars and battles of the whole ancient period, such as the defeat of the Persians at Marathon, the Spartans’ heroic last stand at Thermopylae, the gruelling Pelopponesian War and the epic March of the Ten Thousand. Covering the period from the Persian Wars to the Macedonian victory at the Battle of Chaeronea, Gabriele Esposito examines not only the hoplites but also the other troops that featured in Greek armies with growing importance as time went on.

751898, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 224 pages

Simon Elliott Ancient Greeks at War is a lavishly illustrated tour de force covering every aspect of warfare in the Ancient Greek world. It begins with the Minoan culture on Crete around 2,000 BC, moving through to the Classical Greek civilization, as told through detailed narratives of the Greek and Persian Wars and Peloponnesian Wars. The book also focuses in detail on the exploits of Macedonia and Alexander the Great, and the series of conflicts that plagued the Hellenistic empire after his death, all the way up to the clash between the Hellenistic kingdoms and Rome. The book ends with the destruction of Corinth in 146 BC and considers the legacy of the Ancients Greeks in the Roman world and beyond.

009988, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 304 pages

The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323223 BC) Seleukos I to Seleukos III

John D. Grainger The Seleukid kingdom was the largest state in the world between Alexander’s death and the rise of Rome. It was ruled by a succession of able kings but broke down twice before eventually succumbing to dynastic rivalries, simultaneous external invasions and internal grasps for independence.

The first king, Seleukos I, established a pattern of rule which was unusually friendly towards his subjects, and his policies promoted the steady growth of wealth and population in many areas which had been depopulated when he took them over. The dynasty was active in founding cities from Asia Minor to Central Asia and set the social and economic scene of the Middle East for many centuries to come.

743763, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 256 pages

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BATTLE OF THE BULGE • ••ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• Septimius Severus and the Roman Army

Michael Sage The assassination of Emperor Commodus in 192 sparked a civil war. Septimius Severus emerged as the eventual victor and his dynasty ruled until 235.

He fought numerous campaigns, against both internal rivals and external enemies, extending the Empire in multiple locations.

The military aspects of his reign, including his reforms of the army, are the main focus of this new study from Michael Surge. The narrative focuses on many of his military campaigns and concludes with an account of the last campaign in Britain and Severus’ death.

The final chapters analyse Septimius’ reforms of the army and assess their impact on events of the next seventy years until the accession of Diocletian.

00323A, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 240 pages

Military History of Late Rome 284–361

Ilkka Syvänne This ambitious series is 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. 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.

085144, $34.95, $22.99, Paperback, 464 pages

Military History of Late Rome 425–457

Ilkka Syvänne The Military History of Late Rome 425-457 analyses in great detail how the Romans coped with the challenge posed by masses of Huns in a situation in which the Germanic tribes had gained a permanent foothold in the territories of West Rome. This analysis reassesses the strategy and tactics of the period and shows how cooperation between the West Roman Master of Soldiers, Aetius, and East Roman Emperor Marcian saved Western civilization from the Huns of Attila.

A fresh appraisal of the great clash at the Catalaunian Fields in 451 offers new insights into the mechanics of the fighting and shows that it was a true battle of nations which decided nothing less than the fate of human civilization.

848535, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 272 pages

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Leading the Roman Army Soldiers and Emperors, 31 BC – 235 AD

Jonathan Mark Eaton The Roman imperial army represented one of the main factors in the exercise of political control by the emperors. The effective political management of the army was essential for maintaining the safety and well-being of the empire as a whole. This book analyzes the means by which emperors controlled their soldiers and sustained their allegiance from the battle of Actium in 31 BC, to the demise of the Severan dynasty in AD 235. Recent discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of the Roman army. This study provides an up to date synthesis of a range of evidence from archaeological, epigraphic, literary and numismatic sources on the relationship between the emperor and his soldiers.

855632, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 216 pages

Rome’s Sicilian Slave Wars The Revolts of Eunus and Salvius, 136-132 and 105-100 BC

Natale Barca In 136 BC, in Sicily (which was then a Roman province), some four hundred slaves of Syrian origin rebelled against their masters and seized the city of Henna with much bloodshed.

Their leader, a fortune-teller named Eunus, was declared king (taking the Syrian royal name Antiochus), and tens of thousands of runaway slaves as well as poor native Sicilians soon flocked to join his fledgling kingdom. Antiochus’ ambition was to drive the Romans from the whole of Sicily. The Romans responded with characteristic intransigence and relentlessness, leading to years of brutal warfare and suppression.

767462, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 256 pages

Limits of Empire Rome’s Borders Simon Forty Jonathan Forty

The borders of the Roman Empire were frontiers that were often wild and dangerous.

They were a mix of defensive bulwarks, but also control areas where import and export taxes were levied, and entrance was controlled. This book examines these frontiers of the empire, looking at the way they were constructed and manned and how that changed over the years. It looks at the physical barriers – from the walls in Britain to the Fossatum Africae in the desert. It looks at the way that civil settlements grew up around the forts and what life was like for soldiers, sailors and civilians. The book also provides a guidebook to top Roman museums and a gazetteer of visitable sites.

240763, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 200 pages

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• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• Rome, Blood and Politics Reform, Murder and Popular Politics in the Late Republic 133-70 BC

Gareth C Sampson The last century of the Roman Republic saw the consensus of the ruling elite shattered by a series of high-profile politicians who proposed political or social reform programs, many of which culminated in acts of bloodshed on the streets of Rome itself. This began in 133 BC with the military recruitment reforms of Tiberius Gracchus, which saw him and his supporters lynched by a mob of angry Senators. Covering the period 133 - 70 BC, this volume analyzes each of the key reformers, what they were trying to achieve and how they met their end, narrating the long decline of the Roman Republic into anarchy and civil war.

887329, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 304 pages

The Battle of Actium 31 BC War for the World

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

The victory Octavian enjoyed that day set the state for fortyfour years of what would come to be known as the Augustan Peace, and was the dawn of the Roman Empire. Yet, what exactly happened at Actium has been a mystery. Professor Lee Fratantuono re-examines the ancient evidence and presents a compelling and solidly documented account of what took place in the waters off the promontory of Leucas in late August and early September of 31 BC. 847149, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 232 pages

Pertinax The Son of a Slave Who Became Roman Emperor

Simon Elliott The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the very top through hard work, grit and determination. This previously untold story brings a fascinating and important figure out of the shadows. A self made everyman, a man of principle and ambition, a role model respected by his contemporaries who styled himself on his philosophizing predecessor and sometime champion Marcus Aurelius, Pertinax’s remarkable story offers a unique and panoramic insight into the late 2nd century AD Principate Empire.

385255, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 224 pages

Lucullus The Life and Campaigns of a Roman Conqueror

Lee Fratantuono Lee Frantantuono considers every aspect of Lucullus life, starting with the training and education of a future Roman officer, but the greatest emphasis is on his military strategy and tactics during the Third Mithridatic War and his military adventures in Armenia. His most famous achievement was his victory against immense odds at the land battle of Tigranocerta. Lucullus complicated relationship with Sulla and Crassus is explored and the study concludes with the retirement of the man Pliny the Elder memorably referred to as ‘Xerxes in a Toga’, a patron of the arts and master of a life of horticulture and reflection.

883611, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 208 pages

Handbook to Roman Legionary Fortresses

M.C. Bishop This is a reference guide to Roman legionary fortresses throughout the former Roman Empire, of which approximately eighty-five have been located and identified. This book brings together for the first time the legionary fortresses of the whole empire.The book will be accompanied by a website providing online links to sites relevant to particular fortresses and a Google Earth file containing all of the known fortress locations.

841383, $29.95, $19.50, Hardback, 256 pages

Rome, Parthia and India The Violent Emergence of a New World Order 150-140 BC

John D. Grainger Between 152 and 138 BC a series of wars from Africa to India produced a radically new geopolitical situation. In 150 Rome was confined to the western Mediterranean, and the largest state was the Seleukid Empire. By 140 Rome had spread to the borders of Asia Minor and the Seleukid Empire was confined to Syria. The new great power in the Middle East was Parthia, stretching from Babylonia to Baktria. These two divided the western world between them until the Arab conquests in the seventh century AD. 848252, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 256 pages

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• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• • CHURCHILL’S 145TH • Carthage’s Other Wars Carthaginian Warfare Outside the ‘Punic Wars’ Against Rome

Dexter Hoyos Although characterized in the surviving sources and modern studies as a predominantly mercantile state, Carthage fought many wars, both aggressive and defensive, before and in between the contests with the Roman parvenus. The Greek states of Sicily, above all Syracuse under its tyrants Dionysius the Great and then Agathocles, were her most resolute opponents, but in North Africa itself, in Sardinia, and later on in Spain she won—and sometimes lost—major wars. This is the first full-length study dedicated to these other wars which furthered Carthage’s interests for over half a millennium.

593578, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 256 pages

Masada Mass Suicide in the First Jewish-Roman War, c.

AD 73

Phil Carradice In 73 AD the rock fortress of Masada was the site of an event that was breathtaking in its courage and self-sacrifice. Here the last of the Jewish Zealots who had waged war against the Roman occupiers made their last stand. The Zealots on Masada had withstood a two-year siege but with Roman victory assured, they were faced by two options: capture or death.

When the Roman legions forced their way into the hill fort they were met with only silence and rows of bodies. Rather than fall into enemy hands the 960 men, women and children in Masada had committed suicide. The story has gone down in Israeli and Jewish folklore, but is little known elsewhere and it is time to redress the balance.

72897A, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 128 pages

The Galatians Celtic Invaders of Greece and Asia Minor

John D. Grainger The eastern Celtic tribes, known to the Greeks as Galatians, exploited the waning of Macedonian power after Alexander the Great’s death to launch increasingly ambitious raids and expeditions into the Balkans. In 279 BC they launched a major invasion, defeating and beheading the Macedonian king, Ptolemy Keraunos, before sacking the Greeks’ most sacred oracle at Delphi. Eventually forced to withdraw northwards, they were defeated by Antigonus Gonatus at Lysimachia in 277 BC but remained a threat.

770684, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 256 pages

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Anna Komnene and the Alexiad The Byzantine Princess and the First Crusade

Loulia Kolovou Anna Komnene is one of the most curious figures in the history of an intriguing empire.

A woman of extraordinary education and intellect, she was the only Byzantine female historian and one of the first historians in medieval Europe.

Subsequent historians have skewed the picture of Anna as an intellectual princess and powerful author. She has been largely viewed as an angry, bitter old woman; accusations of conspiracy and attempted murder were hurled at her and as punishment she was to live the last of her days in exile.

It was during her time in a convent that she composed the Alexiad, the history of the First Crusade and the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios I Komnenos, her father.

733016, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 272 pages

The Komnene Dynasty Byzantium’s Struggle for Survival 1057–1185

John Carr The 128-year dynasty of the Komneni was the last great epoch of Byzantium. Though the dynasty ended in cruelty and incompetence, it fought a valiant rear-guard action in keeping eastern Christendom alive. The Komnene dynasty saw several changes in Byzantine military practice, such as the adoption of heavy cavalry on the western model, the extensive use of foreign mercenaries and the neglect of the navy. A chapter is devoted to the famous Varangian Guard, which included many Saxons in exile following the Norman conquest of England. The terrible defeat at Myriokephalon in 1176 sealed the dynasty’s fate, preparing the way for the conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusaders.

702296, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 240 pages

Women at War in the Classical World

Paul Chrystal Paul Chrystal has written the first full length study of women and warfare in the Graeco Roman world. Although the conduct of war was generally monopolized by men, there were plenty of exceptions with women directly involved in its direction and even as combatants.

More commonly, of course, women were directly affected by war as noncombatant victims of rape and enslavement as spoils of war and this makes up an important strand of the author’s discussion. The portrayal of female warriors and goddesses in classical mythology and literature, and the use of war to justify gender roles and hierarchies, are also considered.

781468, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 272 pages

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• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL• • CHURCHILL'S 145th CHURCHILL’S 145TH • Rise of the Tang Dynasty The Reunification of China and the Military Response to the Steppe Nomads (AD 581-649)

Julian Romane Julian Romane examines the military events behind the emergence of the Sui and Tang dynasties in the period 581-626 AD. Narrating the campaigns and battles, he analyzes in detail the strategy and tactics employed, a central theme being the collision of the steppe cavalry with Chinese infantry armies.

By the fourth century AD, horse nomads had seized northern China. Conflict with these Turkic interlopers continued throughout the 5th and most of the 6th century.

The emergence of the Sui dynasty (581-618) brought some progress but internal weakness led to their rapid collapse.

887770, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 240 pages

The Samurai in 100 Objects The Fascinating World of the Samurai as Seen Through Arms and Armour, Places and Images

Stephen Turnbull From lowly attendants (samurai literally means ‘those who serve’) to members of one of the world’s most powerful military organizations, the samurai underwent a progression of changes to reach a preeminent position in Japanese society and culture. The artifacts, many of which are seen here for the first time, include castles, memorial statues, paintings and prints associated with the rise of the samurai along with their famous armor and weapons.

850385, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 248 pages

Medieval Armoured Combat The 1450 Fencing Manuscript from New Haven Dierk Hagedorn Bart?omiej Walczak

The “Gladiatoria” group of German fencing manuscripts are several editions of a treatise on armoured foot combat, specifically aimed at duel fighting. Gloriously-illustrated, and replete with substantial commentary, these works are some of the greatest achievements in the corpus of late medieval fight books. These works have both tremendous artistic merit and incalculable historical value. In this remarkable full color volume, authors Dierk Hagedorn and Bart?omiej Walczak elegantly present their work on the copy of this treatise now in the Yale Center for British Art, including a reproduction of the manuscript, a full transcription, and translations into English.

383336, $34.95, $22.99, Paperback, 272 pages

Cataphracts Knights of the Ancient Eastern Empires

Erich B Anderson Originating among the wealthiest nobles of various central Asian steppe tribes and adopted by several major empires, Cataphracts were the most heavily armored form of cavalry in the ancient world, with riders and mounts both clad in heavy armor. Erich B Anderson assesses the development, equipment, tactics and combat record of cataphracts, showing also how enemies sought to counter them. This is a valuable study of one of the most interesting weapon systems of the ancient world.

837980, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 208 pages

Battles of Ancient China

Chris Peers In the field of military history as in so many others, the Chinese have often been both admired and seen as something utterly mysterious and inscrutable.

Chris Peers illuminates the evolution of the military art in China with reference to ten battles, spanning more than 2,000 years, from the Battle of Mu in 1027BC to the Fall of Chung Tu in 1215AD. Selected both for their historical importance and for the light which they shed on weapons and tactics.

847903, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 176 pages

Medieval Warfare James Grant Bob Carruthers

Medieval Warfare collects James Grant’s work on the subject, from the Battle of Hastings in 1066 to the Battle of Barnet in 1471, a decisive engagement in the Wars of the Roses. The book contains remarkably detailed accounts of many key battles from the period including the Battle of the Standard and Bannockburn to Poitiers and Agincourt from the Hundred Years’ War. The historically defining strategies employed during these battles are explored throughout. Illustrated with vivid portraits of battle and detailed drawings of the tools and weapons of the period, this is the definitive account of a trying and bloody period in history.

592243, $19.95, $12.99, Paperback, 224 pages

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ANCIENT&&MEDIEVAL• MEDIEVAL • • •ANCIENT Áedán of the Gaels King of the Scots

Keith Coleman This is the first full-length work devoted to Áedán mac Gabráin, 6th century king of Dál Riata in Scotland. An associate of the famous St. Columba, he was the first recorded king to be ordained in the British Isles and was the most powerful ruler in his generation. This book details his dominant career, which came to a shattering end after decades of warfare at the Battle of Degsaston in AD 603.

There is also a unique and tantalizing accumulation of legend concerning Áedán. He is one of the few Gaelic kings to feature prominently in Welsh tradition, and modern writers highlight Áedán as the father of a prince named Arthur, which has led to his place in Arthurian studies.

794901, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 208 pages

Medieval Military Medicine From the Vikings to the High Middle Ages

Brian Burfield Soldiers of the Middle Ages faced many perils in war, from blades that could slice through flesh, arrows that could puncture armor, and more.

These casualties of war are the focus of Brian Burfield’s study, but they represent just a portion of the story – disease, disability, disfigurement, damaged minds all played their roles in this awful reality. His account features many individual cases, extracting their stories from chronicles, miracle collections, surgeries, government records and other documents. The literature of the period are also of great value in bringing these cases to life, as is the evidence provided by modern archaeological and historical scholarship.

754745, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 224 pages

Medieval Maritime Warfare

Charles D. Stanton Following the fall of Rome, the sea is increasingly the stage upon which the human struggle of western civilization is played out. In a world of few roads and great disorder, the sea is the medium on which power is projected and wealth sought.

Yet this confused period in the history of maritime warfare has rarely been studied – it is little known and even less understood. Charles Stanton uses an innovative and involving approach to describe this fascinating but neglected facet of European medieval history.

782199, $34.95, $22.99, Paperback, 368 pages

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Bosworth The Archaeology of the Battlefield

Richard Mackinder The Wars of the Roses came to a bloody climax at the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August 1485. This decisive moment in English history ought to be clearly recorded and understood, yet controversy has confused our understanding of where and how the battle was fought. That is why Richard Mackinder’s highly illustrated and personal account of the search for evidence is such absorbing reading. He shows how archaeological evidence, discovered by painstaking work on the ground, has put this historic battle into the modern landscape. A vivid impression of the battle emerges from his narrative which is closely linked to the landscape that was fought over on that fateful day.

010528, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 232 pages

The Long War for Britannia 367–664 Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain

Edwin Pace Justinian II became Roman emperor at a time when the Empire was beset by external enemies. His forces gained success but his religious and social policies fuelled internal opposition which resulted in him being deposed and mutilated in 695. After a decade in exile, he regained power through a coup d’etat with the backing of the erstwhile Bulgar enemy.

His reign saw developments in numismatics, administration, finance and architecture, but he was deposed a second time in 711 and beheaded. Peter Crawford makes a long-overdue re-assessment of Justinian’s colorful but troubled career and asks if he fully deserves his poor reputation.

013758, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 400 pages

The Norman Commanders Masters of Warfare, 911–1135

Paul Hill Robert Guiscard, William the Conqueror, Roger I of Sicily, and Bohemond Prince of Antioch are just four of the exceptional Norman commanders who not only led their armies to victory in battle but also, through military force, created their own kingdoms in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Their single-minded and aggressive leadership, and the organization, discipline and fighting qualities of their armies, marked them out from their Viking forebears and from many of the armed forces that stood against them.

782014, $32.95, $21.50, Paperback, 240 pages

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• 17TH & 18TH CENTURY • In the Midst of the Kingdom The Royalist War Effort in the North Midlands, 1642-1646

Martyn Bennett This book is the first study to reassess the nature of the royalist cause in the North midland counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, and Staffordshire during the first civil war (1642-1646). Previous studies have been heavily dependent on parliamentarian accounts, which were not written to create a thorough narrative of the war, but to demonize the royalists and their cause. Examination of a wider range of information showed that the royalists had a regional command structure which exploited the resources of the region. However, there were several problems, such as internal rivalries, divided commanders, and interference of the king.

118891, $49.95, $32.50, Paperback, 290 pages

The Colonial Ironsides English Expeditions under the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1650 – 1660

Jonathon Riley The Colonial Ironsides is a comprehensive survey of the role played by Oliver Cromwell’s expeditionary forces in subduing Royalist outposts abroad after the conclusion of the Civil Wars in the Three Kingdoms, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, the Scillies, the West Indies and North America. The book details the launch of the Western Design against Spain in the Caribbean, and the role of Cromwell’s expeditionary brigade, and Charles II’s army in exile, in the struggle between France and Spain during the last years of the Protectorate. This decade of early expeditionary warfare marked a change in English foreign policy from raiding the colonies of others to becoming an imperial power.

070371, $59.95, $38.99, Paperback, 386 pages

No Armour But Courage Colonel Sir George Lisle 1615-1648

Serena Jones Few army officers of King Charles I shone as bright as George Lisle during the English Civil Wars, yet have drawn so little attention from subsequent historians. In this first ever biography of Lisle, the author has scoured dozens of primary sources for fragmentary references - painstakingly piecing together his personal background and re-examining every known detail of his career. The accuracy of existing stories and long-held assumptions about him is investigated minutely, and the first well-informed assessments made of his character and motives. Finally, the persistent memory of his execution is traced forwards through later writers and painters into the 20th century.

059575, $50, $32.50, Paperback, 508 pages

Canon Played the Great Fort Sieges in the Severn Valley during the English Civil War 1642-1646

Richard Israel The battlefields of Edgehill, Newbury, and Marston Moor are superlatives with the conflict known as the English Civil War, and while their importance to the conflict is undeniable, they detract from the power struggle that occurred between the Royalists and Parliamentarians. This power struggle culminated in the construction of siege batteries and fortifications. Focusing on the Severn Valley region of England, this book examines, through archaeological, topographic, cartographic and historical research, the sieges of Bristol, Gloucester, Worcester, Bridgnorth, and Shrewsbury, demonstrating how siege techniques and this style of warfare impacted the outcome of the conflict.

336509, $37.50, $24.50, Paperback, 166 pages

Cromwell’s Buffoon The Life and Career of the Regicide, Thomas Pride

Robert Hodkinson Cromwell’s Buffoon is a detailed and engaging account of the life of soldier and regicide, Colonel Thomas Pride, a Somerset farmer’s son who fought his way through the Civil Wars to become one of the English Commonwealth’s most forceful personalities. Robert Hodkinson’s lively and authoritative study charts Thomas Pride’s rise from businessman and brewer, through his association with London Puritanism, the experiences of the seventeenth century battlefield, obtaining military command through army mutiny, to finally brushing aside accusations of hypocrisy self-gain to claim ownership of a former Royal estate and a seat in Oliver Cromwell’s House of Lords.

070937, $47.50, $30.99, Paperback, 224 pages

The Anglo-Spanish War 1655-1660 Volume 2: War in Jamaica

Paul Sutton In 1655 Oliver Cromwell sent a fleet to attack and seize Spanish possessions in South America.

After initial failure on Hispaniola, the English occupied Jamaica and in so doing started a five-year war with Spain in the West Indies, that later spread to Europe. This is the second of a two book that series that describes the military campaign from late 1655 until 1660. Utilizing numerous English and Spanish sources, it also puts the events that occurred in the West Indies into context with the wider European political situation and explains how the war spread to Europe. The book concludes with the transition from a Commonwealth to a Crown colony and the advent of civilian rule.

059711, $50, $32.50, Paperback, 318 pages

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• •17TH & 18TH CENTURY •• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL The Arte Militaire The Application Of 17th Century Military Manuals To Conflict Archaeology

The King’s Irish The Royalist Anglo-Irish Foot of the English Civil War

Warwick Louth Military manuals have been used as a source through a range of historical studies, but only recently has their potential to Conflict Archaeology truly been recognized. Military manuals allowed the progression of the Military Revolution from the informed amateur towards the scientific, mathematical choreography for massed troops at the height of the Military Revolution, and their use as a viable historical resource often taken at face value - negating their worth. Using correlated GIS, landscape archaeology, metal detecting, military knowledge and experimental archaeology, we might understand more fully the limitations and strengths drill books provide us.

096221, $39.95, $25.99, Paperback, 148 pages

John Barratt The English troops serving in Ireland were vital source of experienced and possibly warwinning manpower sought after by both King and Parliament in the Civil War. The “cessation” or truce which King Charles reached with the Irish Confederates in September 1643 enabled him to begin shipping over troops from Ireland to reinforce the Royalist armies. During the following year the “Irish,” as they were frequently known were an important factor in the war. The Nantwich campaign, the consolidation of Royalist control in the Welsh Marches during the spring of 1644, the Marston Moor campaign, and the Battle of Montgomery all received major contributions from the troops from Ireland.

866533, $32.95, $21.50, Paperback, 214 pages

More Like Lions than Men Sir William Brereton and the Cheshire Army of Parliament, 1642-46

The Saxon Mars and his Force The Saxon Army during the Reign of John George III 1680 – 1691

Andrew Abram Based on primary archival research, supported by field trips to battlefields and castles, More Like Lions than Men represents the first focused and sustained study of the recruitment, organisation, payment, equipping, leadership and war service of the forces raised and maintained in the service of parliament in Cheshire between 1642 and 1646. and explores the context, nature and composition of the Cheshire forces in detail, in order to give credence to the notion that this was an effective, seasoned and important fighting force, albeit mainly on a regional stage.

118822, $49.95, $32.50, Paperback, 402 pages

Better Begging than Fighting The Royalist Army in exile in the war against Cromwell 1656-1660

John Barratt Cromwell’s alliance with France opened for the English Republic and Charles II’s army in exile a new theater of war in Flanders.

It resulted in the old opponents of the Civil Wars in Britain meeting in combat once again. This book tells the story of the two armies: Charles II’s polyglot army of Irish, Scottish and English soldiers -and the expeditionary force dispatched

by Cromwell to assist his French allies, with the objective of securing Dunkirk as an English possession. The book, the first detailed study in English, will relate how the two armies were raised and equipped; the commanders and their colorful personalities; and the lives of the soldiers and their campaigns.

777725, $49.95, $32.50, Paperback, 136 pages

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Alexander Querengässer This is the first detailed study of the origins of the standing Saxon army. Created by elector John George III (r. 1680-1691), it quickly won its laurels in the battle of Vienna (1683) and later in campaigns against the Ottomans and the French.

This book gives a broad analysis on this army, dealing with topics like finances and organisation, uniforms, tactics and an overview of its campaigns.

866601, $39.95, $25.99, Paperback, 152 pages

The Battle of Killiecrankie The First Jacobite Campaign, 1689-1691

Jonathan D. Oates There has not been an account of the first attempt made in Scotland to restore the exiled Stuarts at the end of the seventeenth century for three decades; most accounts stop with the death of the movement’s first leader, ‘Bonnie Dundee.’ This book is the first full length account of the military struggle between forces loyal to the newly established Scottish government and the Jacobite cause. The book is largely based on primary sources, both published and manuscript from record offices and libraries in London and Edinburgh. There is also a brief description of the battlefields as they are today.

390984, $49.95, $32.50, Paperback, 224 pages

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••17TH & 18TH CENTURY •• ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL James II and the First Modern Revolution The End of Absolute Monarchy

John Van Der Kiste In February 1685, James II succeeded his brother Charles II on the English throne. During a period of less than forty years that had seen the execution of their father, Charles I, the proclamation of a republic, and restoration of the monarchy a few years later, nothing could be taken for granted, but the omens for a reign of stability seemed good. This book examines how the forces of Anglicanism and Jacobitism collided, how a monarch came to forfeit so much goodwill so quickly, and through his own folly aided the effortless victory those who replaced him on the throne and at last brought a period of calm to a country that had only recently endured civil war and years of upheaval.

001403, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 224 pages

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.

001533, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 208 pages

Charles I’s Executioners Civil War, Regicide and the Republic

James Hobson On an icy winter’s day in January 1649, a unique event in English history took place: Charles I, King of England, was executed. Regicide, a onceunfathomable act, formed the basis of the Commonwealth’s new dawn. The killers of the king were soldiers, lawyers, Puritans, Republicans and some simply opportunists, all brought together under one infamous banner. While the events surrounding Charles I and Cromwell are well-trodden, the lives of the other fifty-eight men – their backgrounds, ideals and motives – has been sorely neglected. This is their shocking story: the ideals that united them, and the decision that unmade them.

761842, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 224 pages

The Civil War in Wales The Scouring of the Nation

Terry John The Civil Wars of the seventeenth century had a devastating effect upon Wales and the Marches, stripping the country of its human resources and ruining whole communities.

This book explores the years of conflict between 1642 and 1649, detailing the campaigns, sieges and battles which took place in every corner of the country, presenting information from a wide variety of sources to paint a wide-ranging picture of the nation at a significant turning point in its history.

00476A, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 256 pages

Cromwell Against the Scots The Last Anglo-Scottish War 1650-1652 (Revised edition)

John D Grainger Although also known as the Third English Civil War, the author makes it clear that this was the last war between the Scots and English as separate states. He narrates in detail the events following the exiled King Charles II’s landing in Scotland and his alliance with the Scots Covenanters. Cromwell’s preemptive invasion of Scotland led to the Battle of Dunbar, a crushing defeat for the Scots.

Cromwell caught up with Charles II at Worcester, where the Scots/Royalist army was decisively defeated, thousands of the prisoners being sold into slavery in the colonies. This revised and updated edition contains an expanded chapter on the aftermath of the war and the fate of the POWs. 786500, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 176 pages

Parliament’s Generals Supreme Command and Politics During the British Wars 1642-51

Malcolm Wanklyn Waller, Essex, Fairfax, Manchester and Cromwell are among the most famous military men who fought for Parliament during the English Civil War. While their performance as generals has been explored in numerous books on the campaigns, comparatively little has been written by military historians about the political aspects of high command, namely the ever-changing and often fractious relationship with the English Parliament and its executive committees.

That is why Malcolm Wanklyn’s study of these men is of such value, for he sheds new light on the qualities they employed in their attempts to achieve their military and political aspirations.

898363, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 240 pages

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By Fire and Bayonet Grey’s West Indies Campaign of 1794

Steve Brown There have been few books about Grey’s glorious (but ultimately ill-fated) West Indies campaign in the early years of the long and terrible wars of 1793-1815, yet five of the subalterns in Grey’s expeditionary force went on to command divisions in Wellington’s Peninsula army; another two commanded the Iron Duke’s Royal Artillery; and one (Richard Fletcher) famously - the Royal Engineers. It took many years to learn the lessons presented by the campaign, but for the young officers who survived, it provided some invaluable lessons that were put to good use 15 or 20 years later in the British Army of a later era.

070906, $42.50, $27.99, Paperback, 250 pages

Life in the Red Coat: The British Soldier 17211815 Proceedings of the 2019 Helion and Company ‘From Reason to Revolution’ Conference

Andrew Bamford The 2019 From Reason to Revolution conference took as its theme the experiences of the ordinary British soldier in the era 1721-1815, from enlistment, through service at home, to life on campaign and the experience of battle. This book presents the proceedings of that conference in full, along with an introduction by series editor Andrew Bamford. This was an era in which the social position of the soldier began to change, as did the relationship between the Army and society at large. As the idea of a social contract became embedded, it was necessary to make provision for pensions, as well as the more obvious need for medical care for the sick and wounded.

118945, $44.95, $29.50, Paperback, 198 pages

Glories to Useless Heroism The Seven Years War in North America from the French Journals of Comte Maurès De Malartic, 1755-1760

William Raffle ‘These are the facts and notes taken by a soldier on campaign, written daily, sometimes in a tent, sometimes in a canoe, today in the presence of the enemy, tomorrow in conference with a tribe of savages’.

This is taken from the original edition of the journal of Comte Maurès de Malartic. Malartic sailed to the North American colony of New France in 1755. As war escalated, he remained in the colony, present at the engagements in the ‘French and Indian War’. Keeping his journal almost daily during the campaign, Malartic describes his military duties and continues his observations of winters spent in Canada.

512196, $49.95, $32.50, Paperback, 324 pages

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The Secret Expedition The Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland 1799

Geert van Uythoven In 1799, as part of the Second Coalition against France, an Anglo-Russian army landed in Holland to overthrow the Batavian Republic and to reinstate the Stadtholder William V of Orange. The description of the invasion reads like a novel: five major battles were fought between armies of four different nations, with unexpected deeds of heroism and unexpected defeats. The aim of this book is to give a balanced, detailed, and complete account of the events taking place during the invasion: the preparations on both sides, detailed descriptions of the battles as well as the events taking place at sea and in the eastern provinces of the Batavian Republic.

05913A, $44.95, $29.50, Paperback, 448 pages

Neither Up Nor Down The British Army and the Campaign in Flanders 1793-1795

Philip Ball Britain’s war against Revolutionary France is today a largely forgotten prelude to the Napoleonic Wars. The campaign in Flanders was Britain’s attempt to stem the power of the new republic as it threatened to engulf its neighbors, but it was to end in disaster. This is the first account of this intensive campaign written in modern times; chronicling the many battles as the varying fortunes of the combatants saw their armies march to and fro across the fields of Flanders. This book details the numerous major battles of the campaign and the unraveling of the First Coalition using British, French and German sources.

118907, $55, $35.99, Hardback, 432 pages

The Lilies & The Thistle French Troops in the Jacobite ‘45

Andrew Bamford The Jacobite Rising of 1745 could not have taken place without French support. French ships carried Charles Edward Stuart to Scotland, French gold financed his campaign, and French weapons equipped many of his troops. Yet the actual French military contribution to the campaign was small, and its role is frequently neglected. This book seeks to redress this balance by looking in detail at the French military contribution to the Jacobite ’45, the result is to fill an important gap in our understanding of these dramatic events, one of the last occasions that foreign troops fought on British soil.

628170, $34.95, $22.99, Paperback, 104 pages

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• 18TH CENTURY • • ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL • Fighting the French Revolution The Great Vendée Rising of 1793

Rob Harper In 1793 France was facing foreign invasion along its borders and a fierce political war was raging in Paris when a large-scale revolt, centered on the western Department of the Vendée, suddenly erupted, almost bringing the new-born French Republic to its knees. This is the story of the new Republic’s ferocious military campaigns against the armies of the Vendée, which fiercely defied them between March and December 1793, tying down hundreds of thousands of troops desperately needed on the frontiers. Napoleon later called it ‘The War of Giants’ and it directly led to the implementation of some of the Republic’s most extreme laws.

868960, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 400 pages

Early Modern Systems of Command Queen Anne’s Generals, Staff Officers and the Direction of Allied Warfare in the Low Countries and Germany, 1702–1711

Stewart Stansfield The Anglophone history of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14) in the Low Countries is dominated by military biographies of John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722. Marlborough exercised a profound influence as a statesman and general, but did not direct his forces.

Marlborough was variously aided, abetted and disrupted by a number of general and staff officers. This book explores the lives these individuals led on campaign and the nature of the apparatus of command they formed, and it examines topics as diverse as corruption, logistics, military justice and intelligence-gathering.

294475, $89.95, $58.50, Hardback, 304 pages

A Redcoat in America The Diaries of Lieutenant William Bamford, 1757-1765 and 1776

John B. Hattendorff This volume consists of two diaries by William Bamford, an Irish officer in the British Army in the mid-18th century.

The first is ‘A narrative of the campaigns and feats of arms of the 35th Regiment (Royal Sussex)’. It covers the regiment’s activities during the French and Indian War. The second diary, running from January through December 1776, documents William Bamford’s service in the 40th Regiment at Boston and its involvement in the Revolutionary War. In Part II, between the two diaries, a transcribed letter from Bamford relates part of his career, along with his commission as a captain in the 40th Foot.

628477, $39.95, $25.99, Paperback, 128 pages

Peter the Great’s Revenge The Russian Siege of Narva in 1704

Boris Megorsky Military campaigns in the Baroque age across Europe were far more fortressoriented - field battles were few while sieges were many.

Even then, Narva’s two sieges are extraordinary as they provide samples of nearly all possible siege tactics typical to the period but rarely applied to one and the same town.

Telling the story of these 1700 and 1704 events thus gives us a chance to speak about the mechanism of fortification warfare, about everyday life of the besieger and the besieged, about morale, military customs of that time, and about broader context of the resolute struggle between Tsar Peter and King Charles.

628026, $49.95, $32.50, Paperback, 270 pages

Frigates, Sloops and Brigs

James Henderson Admiral Nelson’s most frequent cry was for more frigates.

Though not ships of the line these fast and powerful warships were the ‘eyes of the fleet.’

They enabled admirals to find where the enemy lay, as well as patrolling vital trade routes and providing information from far-flung colonies. Together with their smaller cousins, the sloops and brigs of the Royal Navy, they performed a vital function. Generally commanded by ambitious young men, these were the ships that could capture enemy prizes and earn their officers and men enough prize-money to set them up for life. Originally published in two volumes, this book is a bargain for all who want the factual low-down on Nelson’s navy.

845268, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 384 pages

‘They Were Good Soldiers’ African–Americans Serving in the Continental Army, 1775-1783

John U. Rees The role of African-Americans, most free but some enslaved, in the regiments of the Continental Army is not well-known; neither is the fact that large numbers served in southern regiments and that the greatest number served alongside their white comrades in integrated units.

‘They Were Good Soldiers’ begins by discussing the inclusion and treatment of black Americans by the various Crown forces. The narrative then moves into an overview of black soldiers in the Continental Army and examines their service state by state. The book makes extensive use of black veterans’ pension narratives to tell their stories, and provides insights into their lives, before, during, and after the war.

62854A, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 210 pages

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• 18TH CENTURY • • 17TH / 18TH CENTURY • Benedict Arnold in the Company of Heroes The Lives of the Extraordinary Patriots Who Followed Arnold to Canada at the Start of the American Revolution

Arthur S. Lefkowitz Hundreds of men followed Col Benedict Arnold northward on his famous expedition to join with Gen Richard Montgomery and capture Quebec in late December 1775. When Montgomery was killed, his men retreated. Arnold’s troops, however, continued fighting after Arnold fell wounded and only surrendered when hopelessly outnumbered and trapped. Who were these men and what became of them?

Arthur Lefkowitz answers these questions in his fresh and compelling Benedict Arnold in the Company of Heroes.

211115, $29.95, $19.50, Hardback, 312 pages

Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution J. David Dameron Theodore P. Savas

This book is the first comprehensive account of every engagement of the Revolution, a war that began with a brief skirmish at Lexington Green on April 19, 1775, and concluded on the battlefield at the Siege of Yorktown in October 1781.

This book presents each engagement in a unique way. Each battle entry offers a wide and rich template of information to make it easy for readers to find exactly what they are seeking.Fresh, scholarly, informative, and entertaining, Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution will be welcomed by historians and general enthusiasts everywhere.

714944, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 432 pages

7 Leadership Lessons of the American Revolution The Founding Fathers, Liberty, and the Struggle for Independence

Col. John F Antal (Ret).

This book is about leadership. It tells the dramatic story of seven defining leadership moments from the American Revolution.

In this book, you learn about real people facing historic challenges and overcoming what reasonable observers believed were insurmountable odds. These leadership stories tell the story of the birth of the United States as well as providing case studies that can improve your leadership. A good step on the road to improving your leadership is to read this book and inculcate the lessons learned from the Founding Fathers.

002026, $29.95, $19.50, Hardback, 240 pages

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Benedict Arnold’s Army The 1775 American Invasion of Canada During the Revolutionary War

Arthur S. Lefkowitz A brilliant American combat officer and this country’s most famous traitor, his contemporaries called Arnold “the American Hannibal” after he successfully led more than 1,000 men through the savage Maine wilderness in 1775. The objective of Arnold and his heroic corps was the fortress city of Quebec, the capital of British-held Canada. The epic campaign is the subject of Benedict Arnold’s Army, a fascinating campaign to bring Canada into the war as the 14th colony. Lefkowitz extensively researched Arnold’s expedition and made numerous trips along the same route that Arnold’s army took.

214185, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 400 pages

A Battlefield Atlas of the American Revolution

Craig L. Symonds This is a visual and narrative overview of the principal military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Symonds narrates each battle in a clear, concise, and readable way. Accompanying two-color, full-page maps make everything easy to understand, and make this book an ideal classroom text, battlefield tour guide, or library reference.

214420, $18.95, $12.50, Paperback, 120 pages

True for the Cause of Liberty The Second Spartan Regiment in the American Revolution Catherine R. Gilbert Oscar E. Gilbert

This study uses battlefield terrain analysis and the words of the officers and common soldiers, from pension records and little-known interviews, to bring to life the crucial role of one militia regiment—the Second Spartans of South Carolina--that fought in virtually every action of the vicious back-country war that decided the fate of America. Or as one private in the Second Spartans said, expressing admiration for his colonel: “. . . a few Brave Men stood true for the cause of liberty.”

003276, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 328 pages

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• 18TH CENTURY • • • 17TH / 18TH CENTURY With Musket and Tomahawk. Volume II The Mohawk Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777

Michael O. Logusz “Using colorful storytelling techniques, Logusz captures the personalities of those individuals who played a pivotal role in the outcome of the Mohawk Valley Campaign...breathes dramatic life into a depiction of the long standing alliances and rivalries that fueled Patriot and Loyalist causes in the region, while describing how neighbors, families, friends and foes were caught up in Burgoyne’s doomed play.”—Toy Soldier and Model Figure 002255, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 264 pages

A Handsome Flogging The Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778

William R. Griffith IV In A Handsome Flogging: The Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778, historian William Griffith retells the story of what many historians have dubbed the “battle that made the American army,” and takes you along the routes trekked by both armies on their marches toward destiny. Follow in the footsteps of heroes (and a heroine) who, on a hot summer day, met in desperate struggle in the woods and farm fields around Monmouth Court House.

214956, $14.95, $9.99, Paperback, 192 pages

George Washington’s War In Caricature and Print

Kenneth Baker This was the five-year war that made America a nation.

Indeed President Barack Obama referred to it in his Inaugural Address; and every American child is steeped in its history, but all too often the fog of myth shrouds the reality from all sides of the conflict. In these pages, the path to war is starkly documented by British caricatures of politicians and generals, for the most part favorable to the Colonists. Kenneth Baker has used contemporary material, not the romantic patriotic pictures of the 19th Century. He has drawn upon his own experiences of high politics, and his personal collection of caricatures, as well as the libraries and historical societies of the East Coast.

502539, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 224 pages

George Washington’s Nemesis The Outrageous Treason and Unfair Court-Martial of Major General Charles Lee during the Revolutionary War

Christian McBurney Revolutionary War Historians and biographers of Charles Lee have treated him as either an inveterate enemy of George Washington, or a great defender of American liberty.

Neither approach is accurate. According to author Christian McBurney, absolute objectivity is required to fully understand the war’s most complicated general. McBurney’s new book, George Washington’s Nemesis, relies on original documents (some newly discovered) to combine two dramatic stories involving the military law of treason and court-martials, creating a balanced view of one of the Revolution’s most fascinating personalities.

214659, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 336 pages

Brandywine A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777

Michael C. Harris On September 11, 1777, General Sir William Howe pushed against the American center at Chadds Ford and marched on Philadelphia.

Michael C. Harris’s Brandywine is the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of this important set-piece battle into a single compelling account. Brandywine will take its place as one of the most important military studies of the American Revolution ever written.

213225, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 528 pages

British Army Uniforms from 1751 to 1783 Including the Seven Years’ War and the American War of Independence

Carl Franklin Based on contemporary records and paintings, this book identifies each cavalry and infantry regiment and illustrates changes in uniforms, their facing colors and the nature and shape of lace worn by officers, NCOs and private soldiers from 1751 to 1783. Regiments that served in the American War of Independence are noted and the book includes more than 200 full-color plates of uniforms and distinctions.

Divided into four sections, it not only details the cavalry and infantry uniforms of the period but also the tartans of the Highland regiments, some of which were short-lived, and the distinction of the Guards’ regiments.

886667, $39.95, $25.99, Paperback, 384 pages

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• 19TH CENTURY • • • 17TH / 18TH CENTURY The Carnage was Fearful The Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862

Michael E. Block In early August 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson took to the field with his Army of the Valley for one last fight—one that would also turn out to be his last independent command. Near the base of Cedar Mountain, in the midst of a blistering heat wave, a violent three-hour battle erupted, yielding more than 3,600 casualties. Civil War history typically breezes by the battle of Cedar Mountain, but the stand-alone battle at Cedar Mountain had major implications. Most importantly, the Federal defeat at Cedar Mountain halted an advance into central Virginia and provided Gen. Robert E. Lee an opportunity to take the fight away from Richmond and toward Washington.

214406, $16.95, $11.50, Paperback, 192 pages

Let Us Die Like Men The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864

William Lee White On November 30, in a small country town called Franklin, commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee John Bell Hood caught part of the Union army outside of its stronghold of Nashville. But what began as a promising opportunity for the outnumbered Confederate army soon turned grim. As wave after murderous wave crashed against the Federal fortifications, the Army of Tennessee shattered itself. It eventually found victory—but at a cost so bloody and so chilling, the name “Franklin” would ever after be synonymous with disaster. Historian William Lee White now pens the penultimate chapter in the army’s storied history.

212969, $14.95, $9.99, Paperback, 168 pages

Don’t Give an Inch The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 Daniel T. Davis Chris Mackowski PhD

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

212297, $16.95, $11.50, Paperback, 192 pages

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Call Out the Cadets The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 Sarah Kay Bierle Col. Keith E. Gibson

“May God forgive me for the order,” Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge remarked as he ordered young cadets from Virginia Military Institute into the battle lines at New Market, just days after calling them from their academic studies to assist in a crucial defense. When the opposing divisions clashed near the small town of New Market on May 15, 1864 the young cadets rushed into the battle, an opportunity for an hour of glory and tragedy. Call Out the Cadets traces the history of this important, yet smaller battle. While covering the military aspects of the battle, the book also follows the history of individuals whose lives or military careers were changed because of the fight.

214697, $16.95, $11.50, Paperback, 192 pages

That Field of Blood The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862

Daniel J. Vermilya September 17, 1862—one of the most consequential days in the history of the United States—was a moment in time when the future of the country could have veered in two starkly different directions.

The fighting near Sharpsburg, Maryland, that day would change the course of American history, but in the process, it became the costliest day this nation has ever known, with more than 23,000 men falling as casualties.

213751, $14.95, $9.99, Paperback, 192 pages

Out Flew the Sabres The Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863 Daniel T. Davis Eric J. Wittenberg

Twelve thousand Union cavalrymen against 9,000 of their Confederate counterparts—with three thousand Union infantry thrown in for good measure.

Amidst the thunder of hooves and the clashing of sabers, they slugged it out Culpepper County, Virginia. It escalated into the largest cavalry battle ever fought on the North American continent. Fleetwood Hill at Brandy Station was the site of four major cavalry battles during the course of the Civil War, but none was more important than the one fought on June 9, 1863. That clash turned out to be the opening engagement of the Gettysburg Campaign, and the one-day delay it caused may have impacted the outcome of the entire campaign.

212563, $14.95, $9.99, Paperback, 168 pages

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• 17TH / 18TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • • Hearts Torn Asunder Trauma in the Civil War’s Final Campaign in North Carolina

Ernest A. Dollar Jr. Most people believe the end of the Civil War came at Appomattox with handshakes and amicable banter between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant—an honorable ceremony amongst noble warriors. And so it has been remembered to this day. But the war did not end on April 9, 1865. A larger and arguably more important surrender had yet to take place in North Carolina. This part of the surrender story occupies but little space in the vast annals of Civil War literature, and as author Ernest A. Dollar Jr. ably explains in Hearts Torn Asunder: Trauma in the Civil War’s Final Campaign in North Carolina, the lens of modern science may reveal why.

215120, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 264 pages

Cedar Mountain to Antietam A Civil War Campaign History of the Union XII Corps, July – September 1862

M. Chris Bryan M. Chris Bryan’s Cedar Mountain to Antietam: A Civil War Campaign History of the Union XII Corps, July – September 1862 begins with the formation of this often-luckless command as the II Corps in Maj. Gen. John Pope’s Army of Virginia in 1862. This unique study, which blends unit history with sound leadership and character assessments, puts the XII Corps’ actions in proper context by providing significant and substantive treatment to its Confederate opponents. His extensive archival research, newspapers, and other important resources, together with detailed maps and images, offers a compelling story of a little-studied yet consequential command that fills a longstanding historiographical gap.

215779, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 408 pages

Targeted Tracks The Cumberland Valley Railroad in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Scott L. Mingus Sr. Cooper H. Wingert

The Civil War was the first conflict in which railroads played a major role. Although much has been written about the role of railroads in general, little has been written about specific lines. The Cumberland Valley Railroad played an important strategic role by connecting Hagerstown, Maryland, to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Its location was essential during some of the Civil War’s most critical campaigns. Despite the line’s significance to the Union, its remarkable story remains little known. Now available in paperback, Targeted Tracks: The Cumberland Valley Railroad in the Civil War, 1861-1865, by Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Cooper H. Wingert, rectifies that oversight.

215434, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 272 pages

The Great “What Ifs” of the American Civil War Historians Tackle the Conflict’s Most Intriguing Possibilities Chris Mackowski PhD Brian Matthew Jordan

“What If . . . ?” Every Civil War armchair general asks the question. Possibilities unfold. Disappointments vanish. Imaginations soar. More questions arise. “What if . . .” can be more than an exercise in wistful fantasy. A serious inquiry sparks rigorous exploration, demands critical thinking, and unlocks important insights. The Great “What Ifs” of the American Civil War: Historians Tackle the Conflict’s Most Intriguing Possibilities is a collection of fourteen essays by the historians at Emerging Civil War and includes a Foreword by acclaimed alternate history writer Peter G. Tsouras.

215731, $29.95, $19.50, Hardback, 312 pages

Meade and Lee After Gettysburg The Forgotten Final Stage of the Gettysburg Campaign, from Falling Waters to Culpeper Court House, July 14–31, 1863

Jeffrey Wm Hunt The period of the Civil War in Virginia sandwiched between the traditional ending date of the Gettysburg Campaign and the arrival of U. S. Grant is routinely overlooked. Author Jeffrey Wm Hunt helps rectify this glaring oversight. In the first of four volumes, Hunt demonstrates that this period was full of drama as Lee and Meade sought to repair the damage done to their armies at Gettysburg, cope with an epidemic of desertions and home front disenchantment, and a host of logistical and strategic dilemmas. The Gettysburg Campaign, argues Hunt, did not end until late July, and included the fighting at Shepherdstown and Manassas Gap. 214451, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 312 pages

“Lee is Trapped and Must be Taken” Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg, July 4–14, 1863 Thomas J. Ryan Richard R. Schaus

Thousands of books and articles examine nearly every aspect of the Civil War, but the important retreat of the armies from the Gettysburg battlefield to the Potomac River has been but little covered. Until now, no one had produced a critical analysis of the command decisions made during that fateful time based upon available intelligence.

“Lee is Trapped and Must be Taken” is a sequel to Thomas Ryan’s Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign.

215427, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 372 pages

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• •19TH 19THCENTURY CENTURY• • Riflemen The History of the 5th Battalion, 60th (Royal American) Regiment 1797-1818

Robert Griffith The 5th Battalion of the 60th (Royal American) Regiment was the first rifle battalion in the regular British Army. Raised in 1797, it marked a significant step in the development of British light infantry and rifle corps. Drawing on official records, memoirs, court martial transcripts, inspection reports, and unpublished letters, Riflemen recounts not only the campaigns in which the battalion fought, but also many personal stories of the soldiers who served with it. As the first history of the battalion written in almost 100 years, it sheds new light on a vital component of Wellington’s army and its important place in the history of the British Army.

059636, $50 , $32.50 , Paperback, 464 pages

Recollections from the Ranks Three Russian Soldiers’ Autobiographies from the Napoleonic Wars

Darrin Boland From Napoleon’s invasion of 1812 to the Wars of Liberation and beyond, seen from the common Russian soldier’s perspective. This volume is composed of three accounts previously unavailable in English.

Detailed annotations illuminate a seldom understood army and nation during one of the pivotal episodes in European history. Contains an introduction by the translator, footnotes throughout with citations and bibliography, and multiple illustrations of relevant persons and events.

174188, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 134 pages

Godoy’s Army Spanish Regiments and Uniforms from the Estado Militar of 1800 Charles Esdaile Alan Perry

Based on an extremely rare (albeit slightly incomplete) illustrated version of the Spanish Army’s order of battle as it existed in the year 1800, this work is a most unusual addition to the collection of anyone interested in military uniforms. Almost every regiment of the Spanish Army is represented - including such extraordinary units as the Royal Corps of Cosmographic Engineers - while the beautiful full-page, hand-colored engravings of the originals have been supplemented by a transcript of the details given in the published edition of the army’s order of battle, to which the album reproduced in the pages of this work was intended to complement.

512653, $39.95, $25.99, Paperback, 120 pages

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In the Legions of Napoleon The Memoirs of a Polish Officer in Spain and Russia 1808-1813

Henrich von Brandt This book recounts the adventures of an intrepid Polish soldier who fought for Napoleon the length and breadth of Europe. By the time he was twenty-five, Heinrich von Brandt had marched from Madrid to Moscow and had been severely wounded on three separate occasions. In his extraordinary memoirs Brandt describes in great detail the actions in which he fought, the type of officers and men with whom he served and the grueling campaigns in which they participated. He also gives fascinating insight into the minds of his comrades and superiors. This book is a must for every Napoleonic historian, enthusiast, and anyone who likes a good story of high adventure.

882898, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

Memoirs of a French Napoleonic Officer Jean-Baptiste Barres, Chasseur of the Imperial Guard

Jean-Baptiste Barres These lively memoirs date from the time of Barrès’ entry into the Chasseurs Velites of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard in 1804. The modest Barrès was not only at the cannon’s mouth, but also a participant at such spectacular events as the Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon, the torch light procession on the eve of Austerlitz, the meeting of the two Emperors at Tilsit, and the magnificent military display in the Champ de Mars. His duties involved mounting guard at Malmaison and the palace of Saint-Cloud. This is a superb record of a serving soldier.

882935, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 220 pages

A Soldier for Napoleon The Campaigns of Lieutenant Franz Joseph Hausmann - 7th Bavarian Infantry

Franz Joseph Hausmann The letters and diaries of Lieutenant Franz Joseph Hausmann are here placed in the context of the military events of the period by renowned historian John Gill. They stem from Hausmann’s first campaign in 1805 in the war against Austria, followed by the 1806 and 1807 campaigns in Prussia and Poland. He served as part of the Bavarian corps that was shattered in this cataclysmic campaign. He survived to describe the 1813 campaign and the 1814 campaign in France when the Bavarians switched sides and fought against Napoleon. With additional commentary by Gill on the Bavarian Army and its campaigns and battles, this book is an important, authoritative addition to the works on the Napoleonic Wars.

882690, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 272 pages

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• •19TH 19THCENTURY CENTURY• • Napoleon’s Imperial Guard Uniforms and Equipment. Volume 1 The Infantry

Paul L Dawson From its origins as the Consular Guard of the French Republic, and as Napoleon’s personal bodyguard, the Imperial Guard developed into a force of all arms numbering almost 100,000 men. Naturally, the Imperial Guard has been the subject of numerous books over many decades, yet there has never been a publication that has investigated the uniforms and equipment of the infantry of the Imperial Guard in such detail and with such precision. This glorious book is unsurpassed as the standard work on the clothing and equipment of the Imperial Guard, and will not only be invaluable to historians, but also reenactors, wargamers and modelers.

701916, $60, $39.50, Hardback, 248 pages

The Light Division in the Peninsular War, 1811–1814 Tim Saunders Rob Yuill

By the middle of 1811, Brigadier General Robert Craufurd’s Light Division was emerging as the elite of the Peninsular Army and Wellington was seeking opportunities to go over to the offensive, following the expulsion of Marshal Masséna from Portugal. With news of Napoleon’s disaster in Russia and with reinforcements from Britain, Wellington prepared his army to drive the French from the Peninsular. With the allies closing in on all sides, the French fought on into 1814 and the Light Bobs had further fighting before the spoils of peace in a war-weary France could be enjoyed.

770134, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 272 pages

Wellington and the Vitoria Campaign 1813 Never a Finer Army

Carole Divall Over two hundred years ago, on 21 June 1813, just southwest of Vitoria in northern Spain, the British, Portuguese, and Spanish army commanded by the Duke of Wellington confronted the French army of Napoleon’s brother Joseph.

Hours later Wellington’s forces won an overwhelming victory and, after six years of bitter occupation, the French were ousted from Iberia. This is the critical battle that Carole Divall focuses on in this vivid, scholarly study of the last phase of the Peninsular War. Through the graphic recollections of the men who were there – from commanders to the merest foot soldiers – she offers us a direct insight into the reality of combat during the Napoleonic Wars.

774026, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 256 pages

Napoleon’s Imperial Guard Uniforms and Equipment. Volume 2 The Cavalry

Paul L Dawson Few military formations have attracted more attention than Napoleon’s Imperial Guard, and fewer still have been so extravagantly clothed and accoutred with the finest materials and the brightest colors. This glorious book is, and will remain, unsurpassed as the standard work on the clothing and equipment of the Cavalry of the Imperial Guard, and will be eagerly sought by reenactors, wargamers and modelers, and will sit on the book shelves of historians and enthusiasts as one of the most important publications ever produced on this most famous of military formations.

708960, $59.95, $38.99, Hardback, 400 pages

Salamanca Campaign 1812

Tim Saunders After a gap of two years, the 1812 Salamanca Campaign saw Wellington taking the offensive in Spain against Marshal Marmont’s Army of Portugal.

In the past it has been difficult to place the fighting on the ground in the center of the Salamanca battlefield, where ‘vast clouds of smoke and dust that rolled along the basin’ obscured vision even for those fighting. Supplementing their letters, diaries and memoirs with modern geographical aids, archaeology and a stout pair of boots, it is now possible to reconcile the sequence of the battle with locations, in a way in which it was not feasible even a few years ago.

001366, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 272 pages

Napoleon at Dresden The Battles of August 1813

George Nafziger This work is the second in a three-volume series on the 1813 campaign; it is the first significant study on the 1813 campaign since Petre. It was prepared using French archival and published sources, as well as German, Danish and Russian published sources. It discusses every battle and significant action in all parts of Germany - including various sieges. Detailed color maps support the major battles and a large collection of orders of battle drawn from the French Archives, as well as period-published documents, support the discussion of the campaign, complemented by a large selection of images.

059605, $69.95, $45.50, Paperback, 386 pages

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19THCENTURY CENTURY• • • •19TH Kingdom in Crisis The Zulu Response to the British- Invasion of 1879

John Laband John Laband’s classic work is the first history of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 to examine in full the complexities of the Zulu response to the British invasion of their kingdom. He does more than substitute a Zulu perspective of the campaign for the British one. He gives a fascinating insight into the social, political and military traditions of the Zulus which made it so difficult for them to withstand the invaders. His compelling account is based on extensive archival research, and is written in vivid detail.

He shows how the Zulus were unable to adapt their military methods to counter the British challenge.

155842, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 288 pages

Who’s Who in the Anglo Zulu War 1879.

Volume 1 The British Adrian Greaves Ian Knight

The Anglo Zulu War continues to attract phenomenal interest.

What was meant to be a quick punitive expedition led by Lord Chelmsford turned into a watershed for British Colonial power. The ignominious defeat at Iswandhlwana was a terrible blow to British military pride but the heroic stand at Rourke’s Drift, while a minor event by comparison, allowed the powers-that-be to salvage some honor. This authoritative book covers all the main players, be they military, political or civilian, with concise yet readable individual entries. Individuals such as The Crown Prince Imperial whose actions made an impact all have entries.

154791, $50, $32.50, Hardback, 256 pages

A Handful of Heroes, Rorke’s Drift Facts, Myths and Legends

Katie Stossel Thanks to newly discovered letters and documents, A Handful of Heroes updates the history of the defense of Rorkes Drift, which will forever be one of the most celebrated British feats of arms. Remarkably after such prolonged historical scrutiny, the authors research proves that there is yet more to discover about this famous incident of the Zulu War 1879 and her superbly researched book reveals a number of myths that have distorted what happened during the gallant defense of the small Mission Station. While this in no way denigrates the heroic efforts of the heavily out-numbered defenders, it does help to explain the successful defense against seemingly overwhelming odds.

014892, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 224 pages

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Victoria’s Harvest The Irish Soldier in the Zulu War of 1879 David Truesdale John Young

The tradition of Irish soldiers in the British Army can be traced back many hundreds of years. Henry V at Agincourt faced a French army with his band of brothers that included a unit of Irish hoblairs. By the time of Agincourt the numbers remaining would have been much less, but contributed to an Irish presence nonetheless. The inclusion of Irish soldiers in the Army continued unabated into reign of Queen Victoria and the General Army Return notes the following breakdown of soldiers by place of birth: English 69.7%, Scottish 8%, Irish 20.9%. This book tells the story of some of the Irish men who served as soldiers in Queen Victoria’s Army, before, during and after the Zulu War. 29452H, $79.95, $51.99, Hardback, 376 pages

The Anatomy of the Zulu Army From Shaka to Cetshwayo, 1818–1879

Ian Knight Forces of the independent Zulu kingdom inflicted a crushing defeat on British imperial forces at Isandlwana in January 1879. The Zulu Army was not, however, a professional force, unlike its British counterpart, but was the mobilized manpower of the Zulu state. Ian Knight details how the Zulu army functioned and ties its role firmly to the broader context of Zulu society and culture. In the early nineteenth century, King Shaka began to reform his forces into regular military units.

This book analyzes the Zulu’s fighting methods, weapons, and philosophy, all of which led to the disciplined force that faced the British army in 1879.

329102, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 282 Pages

The Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects

The War Museum of the Boer Republics The Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects brings the victories and the tragedies – and the full extent of the human drama behind this war – to life through 100 iconic artifacts. While a Mafeking siege note helps to illustrate the acute shortages caused by the siege, a spade used by a Scottish soldier at Magersfontein and the boots of a Boer soldier who died at Spion Kop tell of the severity of some of the famous battles. The book follows the course of the war but also highlights specific themes, such as British and Boer weaponry, medical services and POW camps, as well as major figures on both sides.

734037, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 264 pages

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• WORLD WAR I • The Royal Army Medical Corps in the Great War

Animals in the Great War

Great War Fighter Aces 1916 - 1918

With the Guns 1914 1918 A Subaltern’s Story

Timothy McCracken The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) supported the British Army throughout the First World War treating sick and wounded military personnel. A range of previously unpublished photograph illustrate experiences of RAMC and medical personnel.

892323, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 192 pages

Norman Franks By the close of 1916, the air war over France was progressing amazingly. This book explores the many ways in which fighter pilots developed tactics in order to outdo the opposition in the fight for allied victory and looks at the development of militarized flight during the course of these key years.

861268, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 144 pages

The German Army on Campaign 1914 - 1918 Bob Carruthers This volume in the Images of War series features the actions of the German Army on the Somme. It is comprised of rare photographs illustrating the German Army fighting a defensive war against superior odds.

837829, $19.95, $12.99, Paperback, 128 pages

Carnage The German Front in World War One

Alistair Smith These amazingly well preserved photograph collection portrays life and conditions in World War One in the Germany, from the trenches to the villages destroyed but the Allied offensive. This is not a book for the feint hearted as it portrays the true horror of the war as experienced by the German Army.

846821, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 144 pages

Lucinda Moore Animals in the Great War throws a spotlight on the experience of creatures great and small during the First World War, vividly telling their stories through the incredible archival images of the Mary Evans Picture Library.

862111, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 140 pages

Stanley Foxall John Jones

Acquired at a local Cheshire auction house, several personal albums of WWI photographs taken by their previous gentleman owner, an officer in the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) called Harold Cooper Bebington. They show the “Home Front” aspects of army life covering officer training and medical care and recreation.

860650, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 144 pages

American Expeditionary Force France 1917-1918

Jack Holroyd When the United States entered the war in 1917 the belligerents were approaching exhaustion. It had been hoped by the British and French Generals that untold numbers of fresh troops would be assimilated into their commands. However, America fielded its own army alongside the Allies with its own section on the front line.

848771, $19.99, $12.99, Paperback, 144 pages

German Army on the Western Front 1917 1918

David Bilton This highly illustrated book covers the German retreat from the Somme, through the defensive battles of 1917, the Kaiserschlacht of early 1918, to the final Allied offensive from August to the end of the War. The post-Armistice events are also covered as the implications of defeat sunk in on an exhausted nation.

155026, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 176 pages

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• WORLD WAR I • Dreadnoughts and Super-Dreadnoughts

Chris McNab When HMS Dreadnought was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1906 this revolutionary new class of big-gun iron-clad warship immediately changed the face of naval warfare. The Admiralty realized that as soon as the ship was revealed to the global naval community Britain would be a in race to stay ahead, and so the first dreadnoughts were built in record time. Other countries, notably Germany, soon began to lay down dreadnoughts. The culmination of this arms race would be the confrontation of the British and German fleets at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 – the greatest clash of naval firepower in history.

240862, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 224 pages

Masters of Mayhem Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission to the Hejaz

James Stejskal T. E. Lawrence was one of the earliest practitioners of modern unconventional warfare. His tactics and strategies were used by men like Mao and Giap in their wars of liberation. This book looks at the creation of the HEDGEHOG force, the formation of armored car sections and other units, and focuses on the Hejaz Operations Staff, the Allied officers and men who took Lawrence’s idea and prosecuted it against the Ottoman Turkish army assisting Field Marshal Allenby to achieve victory in 1918.Stejskal concludes with an examination of how HEDGEHOG has influenced special operations.

005744, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 304 pages

Gotha Aircraft From the London Bomber to the Flying Wing Jet Fighter

Andreas Metzmacher The Gothaer Waggonfabrik (GWF), originally a German rail vehicle manufacturer, entered the aircraft industry in 1913. As with ‘Fokker’ regarding fighter aircraft, the name ‘Gotha’ is synonymous with German bomber aircraft of the Great War. Even successful seaplanes and the world’s first asymmetric aircraft were a part of GWF’s production at this time, and lasted until the postwar Treaty of Versailles forced the abandonment of aircraft production. Aircraft could not be built in Gotha again until 1933. GWF did get development contracts for the Luftwaffe, but they were essentially incidental side issues and not of the lucrative mass construction variety.

557068, $35, $22.99, Hardback, 144 pages

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General Fox Conner Pershing’s Chief of Operations and Eisenhower’s Mentor

Steven Rabalais John J. Pershing considered Fox Conner to have been “a brilliant solider” and “one of the finest characters our Army has ever produced.” During World War I, General Conner served as chief of operations for the American Expeditionary Force. In the early 1920s, Conner transformed his protégé Eisenhower from a struggling young officer on the verge of a court martial into one of the American army’s rising stars.

This book presents the first complete biography of this significant, but now forgotten, figure in American military history.

240503, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 320 pages

The Lafayette Escadrille A Photo History of the First American Fighter Squadron

Steven A. Ruffin The Lafayette Escadrille was an all-volunteer squadron of Americans who flew for France during World War I. One hundred years later, it is still arguably the best-known fighter squadron ever to take to the skies. In this work the entire history of these gallant volunteers—who named themselves after the Marquis Lafayette, who came to America’s aid during its Revolution— is laid out in both text and pictorial form. This work not only tells the fascinating story of the Lafayette Escadrille, it shows it. The result is undoubtedly the finest photographic collection of the Lafayette Escadrille to appear in print. It is a never-before-seen visual history that anyone will appreciate.

003504, $37.95, $24.99, Hardback, 288 pages

I Served With Hitler in the Trenches In the Field, 1914–1918

Hans von Mend This remarkable book details the shared experiences of Hans von Mend and his comrade in arms, Adolf Hitler, throughout almost the whole of the First World War. Though I Served With Hitler in the Trenches was written in a certain era, it provides much detail about the personal nature and actions of Adolf Hitler. In some ways it is perhaps more insightful than many of the accounts that were to follow when the man who became the German Chancellor was known to the world and a new image of him had been formed.

010016, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 128 pages

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• WORLD WAR 1 I• American Expeditionary Forces in The Great War Montfaucon

Maarten Otte Any visitor to the site of the bloodiest battle in the history of the United States will be drawn to Montfaucon, for it is here that General Pershing, the Commander in Chief, determined that the major memorial to the American Expeditionary Forces would be sited. The impressive classical column, erected on the summit of Montfaucon Hill, can be seen from many parts of the battlefield of the Meuse-Argonne 1918. Maarten Otte sets the importance of Montfaucon and the ultimately successful effort to capture it within a succinct narrative.

734914, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 280 pages

The Meuse-Argonne 1918 The Right Bank to the Armistice

Maarten Otte These tours of the MeuseArgonne take the visitor over some beautiful countryside, with stunning views over the Meuse and the Woevre Plain. There are significant vestiges of the war still to be seen, including numerous observation bunkers and shelters as well as trenches.

An unusual feature of the area are the traces of part of the Maginot Line, notably bunkers and the rail infrastructure to support it. One of these tours follows the fate of Henry Gunther, officially the last American soldier to be killed in action in the Great War. There is substantial myth about Gunther; the facts surrounding his death are examined, as well as placing his last action on the ground.

796172, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 288 pages

The French on the Somme 1914 – 30 June 1916 From Serre to the River Somme

David O’Mara For many British visitors, the fighting in the Somme starts on 1 July 1916 and few consider what happened in the area before the British took over the line. In fact there was extensive fighting during the opening phase of the war, as both the French and Germans tried to outflank each other. Through the autumn and winter there was a struggle to hold the best tactical ground, with small scale but ferocious skirmishes from Beaumont Hamel to the Somme.

The conflict in what became known as the Glory Hole, close to the well known Lochnagar Crater, was particularly prolonged. Evidence of the fighting, mainly in the form of a large mine crater field, is visible today.

722409, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 264 pages

Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914–1918

David Bilton Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918 is based on over thirty years research in museums, archives and collections. The book will illustrate the cap and shoulder titles used, as well as cloth signs worn to provide easy recognition in the trenches. It is an exhaustive study of the development of the battalion, brigade and divisional signs of the twelve divisions that formed the regular army during the Great War. It also looks at the badges of those battalions left behind to guard the Empire. The book also provides some comments from these veterans. Using the illustrations will allow many of those unidentified photos in family albums to come to life.

758026, $60, $39.50, Hardback, 352 pages

The German Army on the Western Front 1915

Jack Sheldon Jack Sheldon examines the German mindset at the close of 1914 when it became apparent that a quick victory was no longer a possibility. In a reversal of roles, the French launched major offensives in Champagne and Artois, while the British Army went on the offensive in support at Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge and Loos. Such was the Allied pressure that the only German offensive in 1915 was at Ypres in April using gas on a large scale for the first time. Using his skill at archival research, Sheldon describes how the 1915 experience shaped the German approach to the cataclysmic battles that lay ahead, leading to the ultimate, previously unthinkable defeat of the Kaisers Germany.

08512A, $32.95, $21.50, Paperback, 336 pages

The German Army at Ypres 1914

Jack Sheldon This book will be the first complete account of the operations of the German army in the battles north of Lille in the late autumn of 1914. The main emphasis will be placed on the battles around Ypres against the Old Contemptibles of the BEF, but the fighting against the French and Belgian armies will also be featured. The book uses the comprehensive histories of the participating German regiments found in the Kriegsarchiv in Munich and the Hauptstaatsarchiv in Stuttgart, and focuses on some of the most bitterly disputed battles of the first three months of the war, when the Germans strained to achieve a breakthrough and the BEF resisted heroically, at the price of its own destruction.

014526, $34.95, $22.99, Paperback, 400 pages

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• WORLDWAR WAR1 I• • • WORLD The True Story of the Christmas Truce British and German Eyewitness Accounts from World War I Anthony Richards Eva Burke

On Christmas Eve 1914, a group of German soldiers laid down their arms, lit lanterns and started to sing Christmas carols.

The British troops in nearby trenches responded by singing songs of their own. The next day, men from both sides met in No Man’s Land. They shook hands, took photos and exchanged food and souvenirs. Some even played improvised football games, kicking around empty bully-beef cans and using helmets for goalposts. In this fascinating new book, historian Anthony Richards has brought together hundreds of first-hand reminiscences from those who were there – including previously unpublished German accounts – to cast fresh light on this extraordinary episode.

386146, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 256 pages

The Red Baron A History in Pictures

Norman Franks 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. 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, some new and lesser-known, some iconic and widely circulated; all housed here under one roof, for the very first time.

08523A, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 200 pages

Victoria Crosses on the Western Front – Battle of Albert 21-27 August 1918

Paul Oldfield A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants.

Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives warts and all: parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.

787996, $34.95, $22.99, Paperback, 240 pages

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Boy Soldiers of the Great War

Richard van Emden After the outbreak of the Great War, boys as young as twelve were caught up in a national wave of patriotism and, in huge numbers, volunteered to serve their country. The press, recruiting offices and the Government all contributed to the enlistment of hundreds of thousands of under-age soldiers in both Britain and the Empire. In this, the final update of his ground-breaking book, Richard van Emden reveals new hitherto unknown stories and adds many more unseen images. He also proves that far more boys enlisted in the British Army under-age than originally estimated, providing compelling evidence that as many as 400,000 served.

01163B, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 488 pages

Victoria Crosses on the Western Front – Battles of the Scarpe 1918 and Drocourt-Queant Line 26 August - 2 September 1918

Paul Oldfield A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context.

Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives warts and all: parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.

788030, $39.95, $25.99, Paperback, 352 pages

Shell Shocked Britain The First World War’s Legacy for Britain’s Mental Health

Suzie Grogan A fresh perspective on the history of the post-war period, and the plight of a traumatized nation. The First World War’s disturbing legacy for soldiers and their families, exploring the myth of a nation of ‘broken men’ and ‘spare women’. In 1922, the British Parliament published a report into the situation of thousands of mentally ill ex-soldiers still in hospital.

Suzie Grogan has examined what happened to these men, what sort of treatments were on offer to them, and what reception did they receive from their families and society?

She also uncovers fascinating neglected areas, like the surge in spiritualism and the effects of the Zeppelin raids on the Home Front.

09785A, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 176 pages

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• WORLD WAR I • The Newcastle Commercials 16th (S) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers in the Great War Ian S Johnson Nigel Cave

Arriving in France at the end of 1915, the battalion, like so many others of its type, had its first experience of a major action on the Somme on 1st July 1916, in its case in the forlorn attempt to capture the German front line village of Thiepval.

In 1917 it was involved in the advance on the Hindenburg Line and was then transferred to the North Sea coast, with the intention of taking part in the daring plan to launch a major amphibious landing behind the German lines in the summer. Ian Richardson has worked extraordinarily hard to gather documents from members of the battalion - letters, diaries and recollections - as well as numerous photographs.

735317, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 680 pages

Asia in Flanders Fields Indians and Chinese on the Western Front, 1914–1920

Dominiek Dendooven The First World War brought peoples from five continents to support the British and French Allies on the Western Front. Many were from colonial territories in the British and French empires, and the largest contingents were Indians and Chinese - some 140,000. It is a story of the encounter with the European ‘other’, including the civilian European local populations, often marred by racism, discrimination and xenophobia both inside and outside the military command, but also lightened by moving and enduring ‘human’ social relationships. This is a vivid and original contribution to imperial decline from the First World War. 763334, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 248 pages

Arras 1914-1918 Part 1: Arras South Jim Smithson Tim Wright

Designed to both guide and educate the visitor around four years of conflict that Arras and its environs endured.

Each location is provided with accompanying photographs and a clear description of what is to be seen and what happened at key moments during the fighting.

Travel advice with regard to location accessibility (car, bicycle or foot) is also provided. Lavishly illustrated with maps and photographs, Arras 1914-1918 covers the area south of the River Scarpe including the British and Dominion attacks of April-May 1917, the German offensive of March 1918 and the opening of the great Anglo-Canadian offensive which culminated in the end of the war.

174836, $39.95, $25.99, Paperback, 282 pages

The Darkest Year The British Army on the Western Front 1917 Spencer Jones Gary Sheffield

In this stimulating essay collection, leading First World War historians examine key aspects of the British Army’s campaign on the Western Front in 1917. It includes studies of the Battle of Arras, Third Battle of Ypres, and Battle of Cambrai, as well as examinations of British Army strategy, morale, tactics, training, and intelligence gathering. It is the fourth book in Spencer Jones’s award-winning series which examines the British Army on the Western Front year-by-year and marks a major contribution to our understanding of the Army in this controversial year.

059988, $29.95, $19.50, Hardback, 400 pages

Thousands Of Heroes Have Arisen Sikh Voices of the Great War 1914-1918 Sukwinder Singh Bassi Maj Gen Peter Davies CB

The Great War was truly a global conflict for the Sikhs, who fought in every arena including the Western Front, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, Persia, Africa, Palestine and the Far East. Their voices are arranged here to allow the reader to understand how perspectives changed through the course of the war.

The book explores many reasons why Sikhs rose to the challenge of fighting in the Great War, and how this is linked to the Sikh psyche, their martial traditions, coercion and to the prevailing situation in the Punjab. Utilizing research from hundreds of unpublished letters written to and from Sikh soldiers, testimonies, newspaper articles, archives and other sources.

05907A, $39.95, $25.99, Paperback, 416 pages

Catholic General The Private Wartime Correspondence of Major-General Sir Edward Pereira, 1914-19 Edward Pereira Spencer Jones

This detailed and fascinating mid-level BEF commander’s private wartime correspondence with his devoted wife Helen and numerous contemporaries both civil and military is now available for the first time to specialist and general readers alike. A Victorian/Edwardian Guards officer and devout Roman Catholic. Service with the Niger Company provided the eager young subaltern with the welcome opportunity to join the MacDonald Expedition (1897-98) which ventured into the relatively unknown Ugandan interior. The result was an epic albeit almost forgotten late 19th century exploration feat. With the coming of the First World War Cecil successively served on the Western Front.

866144, $49.95, $32.50, Paperback, 432 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Island Nijmegen to Arnhem

Tim Saunders Having fought their way up fifty miles of Hell’s Highway and through Nijmegen, XXX Corps was just ten miles from Arnhem and the 1st British Airborne Division. Here it found itself on an island of flat land between the Waal at Nijmegen and the Rhine at Arnhem, the situation was increasingly bad. The Guards Armoured and then 43rd Wessex Infantry Division took turns to lead before reaching the Rhine opposite the paratroopers in the Oosterbeek Perimeter. Attempts to cross the Rhine by the Polish Paras and the Dorset Regiment had little success, but meanwhile, the guns of XXX Corps ensured the survival of the Perimeter.

528619, $16.95, $11.50, Paperback, 160 pages

Operation Market Garden The Campaign for the Low Countries, Autumn 1944: Seventy Years On John Buckley Peter Preston-Hough

In September 1944 the Western Allies mounted an attempt to seize a crossing over the Rhine into Germany in a bid to end the Second World War. Yet despite the deployment of thousands airborne troops the plan failed spectacularly and the war continued well into 1945. Famously depicted in the blockbuster film A Bridge Too Far (1977) the operation, code named Market Garden, has attained iconic status and is the subject of countless books, documentaries and articles, and is subjected to more speculation than almost any other Allied operation of the war. After 70 years it is time to reevaluate the importance, impact and outcome of Market Garden.

390465, $37.95, $24.99, Paperback, 312 pages

Panzersoldaten!

Italian Blackshirt Division of the Eastern Front 1941-1943

Paolo Morisi Panzersoldaten! is a history of the Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (MVSN), commonly referred to as the Blackshirts due to their wartime attire. They were an anti-Communist paramilitary organization that fought for Mussolini while Italy was under fascist rule; following the Duce’s removal from power, the organization was quickly swept up by the Italian Army, and forced to swear allegiance to the king. Some, however, defected and continued to fight for the Axis alliance as volunteer units in the German Army.

558195, $45, $29.50, Hardback, 288 pages

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Cherbourg

Andrew Rawson Following the landings in Normandy, one of the Allies main concerns was how to supply the expanding beachhead.

Having cut off the Cotentin peninsula, General Bradley turned his attentions to the port of Cherbourg, the deep-water port nearest to the American landing beaches. However, Hitler had given specific orders that the port must be held until the last man. This book details this important, yet little known battle, giving a detailed and illustrated account of the events around Cherbourg in June 1944. Visitors to the area will also be able to visit the key sites on a series of tours around the peninsula.

150830, $19.99, $12.99, Paperback, 160 pages

Beyond Rome to the Alps Across the Arno and Gothic Line, 1944–1945

Jon Diamond Rome was liberated but the Italian campaign had another eleven months to run. The US 5th and British 8th Armies drove across the Arno River, capturing Florence. The Wehrmacht’s 10th and 14th Armies eluded destruction, withdrawing into the Gothic Line in the Northern Apennines. The 8th Army penetrated this German defensive belt. Yet the Allied campaign stalled due to a lethal combination of supply, manpower shortages, the early winter and the rugged terrain. The Aspring offensive saw 8th Army breakthrough the Argenta Gap into the Po Valley, while 5th Army captured Bologna. Crossing the Po River, the Allies fanned out across Northern Italy before the Nazi surrender.

727091, $28.95, $18.99, Paperback, 224 pages

The Last German Victory Operation Market Garden, 1944

Aaron Bates Operation Market Garden is one of the most famous and controversial Allied failures of the Second World War. Many books have been written on the subject seeking to explain the defeat, but little attention has been paid to the influence that combat doctrine and training had upon the relative performance of the forces involved. It is this aspect that Aaron Bates emphasizes in this perceptive, closely argued, and absorbing reevaluation of the battle. This thought-provoking study sheds fresh light on the course of the fighting around Arnhem and should lead to a deeper understanding of one of the most remarkable episodes in the final stage of the Second World War in western Europe.

000765, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 216 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Assaults From the Sky

Martin W Bowman This is the second volume of a comprehensive five part work on D-Day that includes a multitude of personal military accounts from both Allied and German aviation personnel ‘who were there’. Overlord began with an assault by more than 23,000 airborne troops, paratroopers of the US 101st ‘Screaming Eagles’ Division US 82nd ‘All American’ Division. By the end of the operation, the list of casualties was extensive. This important episode within the wider history of D-Day is enlivened in classic Bowman fashion, featuring both extensive historical notes as well as deeply personal accounts of endurance and individual gallantry.

591161, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 256 pages

Sword Beach 3rd British Division/27th Armoured Brigade

Tim Kilvert-Jones The action on this Normandy beach is now covered in all the detail that has become standard with the Battleground Europe series.

526738, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 160 pages

Spearheading D-Day American Special Units in Normandy

Jonathan Gawne This book examines the US landings at Omaha and Utah with an eye to what other writers have ignored. Utilizing the original military records and extensive veteran interviews, it covers such diverse topics as how the invasion tactics were developed, the organization of the units involved, as well as the uniforms and equipment of the assault troops. For the first time, both Navy officers directly involved with the first waves at Utah Beach speak out on what actually caused the misdirection of the Utah landings. The emphasis of Spearheading D-Day has been placed on little-known photos, including a selection of rarely seen color stills taken from Coast Guard movies of the Normandy invasion.

502012, $34.95, $22.99, Paperback, 288 pages

Air War D-Day The Build Up

Martin W Bowman This is the first volume of a fivepart work that includes personal military and civilian accounts of the aerial operations which were carried out on D-Day. It was a day that changed the whole course of the war and resulted in the first steps to final victory in Europe. Copious quotes from American and British and Dominion forces, fighting men, sailors, airmen from the occupied countries and their German opponents, tell of incredible, illuminating and often under-stated actions of extraordinary courage, companionship and a common fear of death or serious injury which offer a more personalized view of D-Day. This first volume sets an impressive precedent for the rest of the series.

591192, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 256 pages

Operation Goodwood Attack by Three British Armoured Divisions July 1944

Ian Daglish Operation GOODWOOD is the story of the largest armoured battle fought in the campaign for north west Europe.

Over a thousand British and Canadian tanks were employed as three British armoured divisions pushed forward down a narrow corridor in an attempt to achieve a clean penetration of the German lines. The clash between two very different armies resulted in a number of local battles, which are studied in detail. This Battleground book guides visitors around the tanks battlefield, showing what remains and what has changed, using copious presentday images alongside previously unpublished 1944 pictures, including detailed aerial photography of the battle in progress.

150304, $16.95, $11.50, Paperback, 160 pages

Normandy 1944 The Fight for Point 103, Tilly-sur-Seulles and Vilers Bocage

Tim Saunders This is the story of the fighting in Normandy by the veteran desert formations brought back by Montgomery from the Mediterranean in order to spearhead the invasion; 50th Infantry and 7th Armoured divisions, plus 4th Armoured Brigade. Heavily reinforced by individuals and fresh units, their task beyond the beaches was to push south to Villers Bocage with armour on the evening of D Day in order to disrupt German counter-attacks on the beachhead.

784230, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 336 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • A German General on the Eastern Front The Letters and Diaries of Gotthard Heinrici 1941-1942

Johannes Hurter General Gotthard Heinrici, a career soldier, a highly decorated First World War veteran, observed and recorded in his diary and letters the unprecedented harshness of the German conduct of the campaign. With remarkable candour he described his experiences at the front and the lives of the troops under his command - and the appalling conditions in which the war was fought. This selection from Heinrici’s diaries and letter gives a fascinating inside view of the fighting on the Eastern Front from a commander’s perspective. It is also provides an unusual insight into the feelings, attitudes and acute anxieties of one of the Wehrmacht’s most able generals in the midst of a brutal campaign.

08281A, $19.95, $12.99, Paperback, 176 pages

Crucible of Combat Germany’s Defensive Battles in the Ukraine 1943-44

Rolf Hinze Hinze provides the only comprehensive account of events on the central and southern portions of the German Eastern Front during the years of German retreat.

This volume covers events on the southern portion of the Eastern Front from late 1943, in the aftermath of the Battle of Kursk, through the great Soviet summer offensives of 1943 and 1944. Indispensable to any study of the great retreats across the Ukraine to the borders of Hungary and Rumania, and the evacuation of the Crimean Peninsula. There are no other detailed but comprehensive accounts in which the various individual narratives, unit histories and studies of individual battles may find their place in relation to the big picture.

033392, $79.95, $51.99, Hardback, 504 pages

The Soviet Union at War 1941-1945

David Stone Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 precipitated a massive clash of arms that gave rise to destruction and suffering on an unprecedented scale.

Stone has brought together a distinguished group of experts who give a penetrating reassessment of the Soviet war effort and economy. They offer a telling insight into the way in which enormous obstacles were overcome – and sacrifices were made – in order to achieve an overwhelming victory that changed the shape of Europe. Their wide-ranging analysis seeks to dispel myths and misperceptions that have distorted our understanding of the performance of the Red Army and the Soviet people.

840522, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 256 pages

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Für Volk and Führer The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

Erwin Bartmann Berlin schoolboy Erwin Bartmann fell under the spell of the Zeitgeist cultivated by the Nazis. Convinced he was growing up in the best country in the world, he dreamt of joining the Leibstandarte, Hitler’s elite Waffen SS unit. Erwin fulfilled his dream on Mayday 1941, when he gave up his apprenticeship and walked into the Lichterfelde barracks in Berlin as a raw, volunteer recruit. From the war on the southern sector of the Eastern Front to a bomb-shattered Berlin populated largely by old men and demoralized lonely women, this candid eyewitness account offers a unique and sometimes surprising perspective on the life of a young Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler volunteer.

384538, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 256 pages

Days of Battle Armoured Operations North of the River Danube, Hungary 1944-45

Norbert Számvéber The detailed accounts of four important clashes of GermanHungarian and Soviet armor north of the river Danube, in the southern territory of the historical Upper Hungary in three separate studies. The author, chief of Hungary’s military archives, has based his research firmly on files and documentation from German, Hungarian and Soviet sources. The book’s authoritative text is supported by photographs and color battle maps. This is a very important new study that throws much-needed light on armored warfare on the Eastern Front during the final months of the war.

677649, $79.95, $51.99, Hardback, 288 pages

TO THE BITTER END The Final Battles of Army Groups A, North Ukraine, Centre-Eastern Front, 1944-45

Rolf Hinze This is a penetrating and detailed account of the climactic battles of the German forces in Slovakia, the Carpathians, parts of Poland, Silesia and Saxony, from autumn 1944 until the end of the war. The author provides excellent detail on the movements and actions of numerous German units, and the text covers all major actions including the battle for the Vistula bridgeheads, the epic siege of Breslau, and the final desperate actions around Bautzen and Dresden. Appendices include comprehensive orders-of-battle. A large number of detailed battle maps are also included.

62236H, $59.95, $38.99, Hardback, 232 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Eyewitness to Wehrmacht Atrocities on the Eastern Front A German Soldier’s Memoir of War and Captivity

Luis Raffeiner Hannes Heer How can the truth about the devastating atrocities committed by the German army on the Eastern Front in the Second World War be reconciled with the propaganda of their heroism and their victories? And how did a simple soldier caught up in the turmoil of a vast conflict make sense of the actions he had taken and the ruthlessness he had seen? Luis Raffeiner’s plain and simple account records circumstances which made him a victim and perpetrator at the same time. He recounted his vividly remembered experiences in order to produce this insightful and thought-provoking book. His memoir is not a heroic tale, it shows how a man can become acquainted with, and a participant in, the horrors of war.

097703, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 200 pages

The Battle of Halbe, 1945 Eyewitness Accounts from Hell’s Cauldron

Eberhard Baumgart Roger Moorhouse This collection of first-hand accounts tells the story of the battle and its aftermath from the German perspective. It is an eclectic mix, containing the recollections of ordinary soldiers, SS-men and men of the Panzer Divisions, as well as civilians caught up in the battle as they attempted to flee ahead of the advancing armies. It brings to life the grim realities of this one-sided engagement, revealing the brutal vengeance of the Soviets and the desperation to escape the slaughter. Translated into English for the first time, this is an important insight into this devastating and little-known aspect of World War II history.

387112, $29.95, $19.50, Hardback, 208 pages

The Iasi-Kishinev Operation The Red Army’s Summer Offensive into the Balkans

Soviet General Staff Richard W. Harrison The Iasi—Kishinev Operation details the Soviet preparation and conduct of the Red Army’s massive offensive into Romania in the summer of 1944. The seventh of the ten strategic operations conducted by the Soviet armed forces that year, the operation successfully carried out the task of destroying German forces in northern Romania and taking Germany’s Romanian satellite out of the war, and was the first step in Stalin’s consolidation of a Balkan empire. The study is divided into two parts and is a doctoral dissertation dealing with the Third Ukrainian Front’s 37th Army, which played the leading role in the front’s offensive across the Dnestr River.

113047, $49.95, $32.50, Paperback, 316 pages

The War on the Eastern Front The Soviet Union, 19411945 - A Photographic History

Alexander Hill The RIA-Novosti press agency has one of the best archives of Soviet Second World War photographs and for this remarkable book Alexander Hill has made a superb selection of them. These striking images record vividly, as only photographs can, the brutal conflict on the Eastern Front and the extraordinary experience of the soldiers and civilians who were caught up in it. Every aspect of the struggle is depicted; the fighting on the front lines and behind the lines, aerial combat and naval warfare, the ordeal of living under German occupation, the war industries and Lend-Lease and the massive sacrifices made at every level of Soviet society to defeat the Germans.

786104, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 344 pages

Hitler’s Wolfsschanze The Wolf’s Lair Headquarters on the Eastern Front – An Illustrated Guide

John Grehan Set deep in the heart of the Masurian woods of northern Poland, in what was formally East Prussia, lies a vast complex of ruined bunkers and shelters that once constituted Hitler’s headquarters – the Wolfsschanze or Wolf’s Lair – for Germany’s attack upon the Soviet Union in 1941. With the aid of a unique collection of color photographs, the reader is guided around the Wolfsschanze as it appears today, with each building and its purpose identified. Laced with numerous personal accounts of the installation and of Hitler’s routines, supplemented with contemporary images, the Wolfsschanze is brought to life once more.

753113, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 320 pages

Poland Betrayed The Nazi-Soviet Invasions of 1939

David G. Williamson Hitler’s attack on Poland in 1939 was the first brutal act in six years of world war, but the campaign is often overshadowed by the momentous struggle that followed across the rest of Europe. David Williamson reconstructs each stage of the battle in graphic detail. He looks at the precarious situation of the Polish nation caught between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, reconsiders the pre-war policies of the other European powers, particularly France and Britain, and assesses the state of the opposing armed forces before the Germans launched Operation White. In a vivid and fast-moving narrative he follows the course of the campaign as it moved across Poland in September 1939.

782106, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 256 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Fighting with the Fourteenth Army in Burma Original War Summaries of the Battle Against Japan 1943–1945

James Luto The Fourteenth Army was one of the most successful British and Commonwealth forces of the Second World War. It was not only the largest of the Commonwealth armies but was also the largest single army in the world with around half a million men under its command. Operating in the most inhospitable terrain, it drove the previously undefeated Japanese Army from the Indian border and out of Burma in an unrelenting offensive. Fighting with the Fourteenth Army in Burma is completed with citations for those actions which saw the award of the Victoria Cross and detailed Orders of Battle throughout the Fourteenth Army’s existence to make this the most detailed study of its kind.

013499, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 288 pages

In the Shadow of Death The Story of a Medic on the Burma Railway, 1942–45

Idris James Barwick Elizabeth Garland Idris (Taff) James was a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps and one of the thousands of young British soldiers taken prisoner by the Japanese in early 1942. He was ordered to become a medic by his Company Commander, who must have been a very shrewd judge of character. His account of the conditions and suffering endured by his fellow prisoners and himself makes for the most extraordinary and disturbing reading. His description of the courage of his fellow captives and, regrettably, the failings of some in authority, give grounds for serious thought. If you only read one book by a POW of the Japanese, this is the one.

01442A, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 304 pages

Medical Officers on the Infamous Burma Railway Accounts of Life, Death and War Crimes by Those Who Were There With F-Force

John Grehan In 1944, a compilation of medical reports from the main prisoner of war work camps along the infamous Thailand-Burma railway was submitted to General Arimura Tsunemichi, commander of the Japanese Prisoner of War Administration. The prisoners received only one reply – that all copies of the documents must be destroyed.

Copies of these reports survived, stored away in dusty files, for future generations to learn the truth. Through the words of the Medical Officers themselves, details of what really happened on the Death Railway is revealed here.

095624, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 224 pages

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Pearl Harbor - 80 Years on

Jack Harrison Released to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the attack, this 132-page volume looks in detail at how the events of December 7, 1941, unfolded at Pearl Harbor, the military forces involved from both sides and the key people who played a part. The story is told through hundreds of rarely seen photographs and combines eyewitness accounts with in-depth analysis of this critical turning point that changed world history forever.

639749, $12.99, $8.50, Paperback, 132 pages

The Death Railway The Personal Account of Lieutenant Colonel Kappe on the ThaiBurma Railroad

Charles Kappe They had faced the indignity of surrender and the squalor of Changi prison, so the spirits of the British and American troops lifted when they were told that they would be transferred to another healthier location where conditions would be more benign and food far more abundant. From the outset, the prisoners realized that none of the promises the Japanese had made would be fulfilled.Despite the protests of the British and Australian officers, conditions in the malaria and cholera infested camps were utterly horrific. As Lieutenant Colonel Kappe wrote, the ‘barbarism’ they experienced at the hands of the Japanese had never ‘been equaled…in history’.

017770, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 192 pages

First Burma Campaign The Japanese Conquest of 1942

Colonel E C V Foucar MC Shortly after the British and Indian forces had withdrawn from Burma in the face of the Japanese onslaught in 1942, Colonel E.C.V. Foucar MC was instructed to seek out documentary material and information from the various officers involved in the First Burma Campaign. The final element of Foucar’s task was to write an account of the fighting, based on these many eyewitness accounts, for the Director of Military Training. This fascinating narrative sets out the challenging geographical, climatic and political conditions the British were faced with in Burma as war became an increasing possibility.

783219, $59.95, $38.99, Hardback, 384 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • The War in East Africa 1939-1943 John Grehan Martin Mace

Despatches in this volume include dispatch on operations in the Somaliland Protectorate 1939-1940, by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; dispatch on operations in East Africa November 1940 to July 1941, by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; dispatch on operations in East Africa July 1941 to January 1943, by Lieutenant-General Sir William Platt, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, East Africa Command; and the Capture of Diego Suarez during Operation Ironclad by Rear-Admiral Syfret.

462230, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 224 pages

The Ohio and Malta The Legendary Tanker That Refused to Die

Michael Pearson Malta, the lynchpin of the Allied campaign in the Mediterranean and North African theaters was, extremely difficult to keep supplied, (particularly with oil), and by the summer of 1942 the Island was close to surrender; the Pedestal convoy of August that year was literally the last chance. On entering the Mediterranean, the convoy was subjected to prolonged ferocious air and submarine attacks and suffered terrific losses both in warship escorts and merchant men. Ohio, being the only tanker, was marked for particular attention.

845213, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 176 pages

The Battles of El Alamein The End of the Beginning

Ben Skipper The two battles, in July, and October to November 1942, were to see men and equipment tested to the very limit of their capabilities. They were also the first major battles where Allied intelligence and all arms planning played a key part in defeating an experienced adversary.

These battles would cement the two armies’ and their commanders’ reputations in perpetuity and sows the seeds for the steady defeat of the Axis in the West. This Battle Craft title also looks at four pieces of military hardware that were involved in these legendary battles. The Crusader and Panzer III, The Desert Air Force’s Curtiss P40Es and the Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitt Bf109 E. 007627, $28.95, $18.99, Paperback, 64 pages

Bare Feet and Bandoliers Wingate, Sandford, the Patriots and the Liberation of Ethiopia

David Shireff This is the story of two remarkable ‘firsts’. It is the story of the first successful attempt

by Allied forces during the Second World War to support and sustain a local resistance movement with regular forces in enemy-held territory. It is also the story of how Ethiopia became the first nation conquered by the Axis to be freed.

David Shireff gives an account of how Colonel Orde Wingate with his Gideon Force was able to force the surrender of a large part of the Italian forces. Shireff also explores the role of Brigadier Daniel Sandford, now an almost forgotten commander, in organizing his Mission 101 and the sustained rebellion of the Patriots.

840294, $39.99, $25.99, Hardback, 336 pages

Long Range Desert Group Reconnaissance and Raiding Behind Enemy Lines

W.B. Kennedy Shaw During the two-and-a-half years fighting in the Western Desert of North Africa, which began with the Italian declaration of war in June 1940 and ended in 1943, the Long Range Desert Group became the acknowledged master of the vast desert. This small, highly mobile force was engaged in daring exploits and reconnaissance far behind the enemy’s lines. Emerging suddenly from the depths of the desert, the LRDG would raid important airfields or attack Axis lines of communication along the Mediterranean coast, and then vanish back into the desert, to reappear hundreds of miles away.

092050, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 272 pages

The Italian Army in North Africa, 1940-43 Luck Was Lacking, But Valor Was Not Ralph Riccio Massimiliano Afiero

Taken as a whole, this book presents an account of Italian ground operations in North Africa, from the time of their initial trouncing at the hands of the British Western desert Force, through the battles when the combined Italo-German forces battled with the British, through the decimation of the Italian forces during the El Alamein battles, and finally with the retreat to Tunisia and surrender of all Axis forces there..

This book is the first English-language work to address in a systematic way the contributions of the Italian army to the North African campaign, and challenges the conventional wisdom that the German Afrika Korps was the preeminent Axis force in the desert.

336165, $59.95, $38.99, Hardback, 272 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Countering Hitler’s Spies British Military Intelligence, 1940–1945

Men Amidst the Madness British Technology Development in World War II

Stephen Wynn When the military aspect of the Second World War is discussed, there is one aspect, rarely mentioned and never quite fully appreciated, which played a massive role in winning the war. The Double Cross system, operated by MI5, involved capturing German spies who had been sent to the United Kingdom and offering them the opportunity to become double agents and spy for the British against the Germans.

Most agreed, although the alternative wasn’t that pleasant: refusing to become a spy would have almost certainly resulted in death.

725523, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 192 pages

David Rogers Individually and collectively, the Fellows of the Royal Society were involved in many wartime activities. Some Fellows such as Sir Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Alan Turing, Sir Barnes Wallis and Jan Christian Smuts were either in the public eye during World War Two, or were the subject of films and documentaries soon afterwards. Equally there are individuals who have escaped the limelight. A fascinating and detailed picture of the men frequently labeled ‘boffins’, and the work they did during World War Two. 982086, $45, $29.50, Paperback, 304 pages

XD Operations Secret British Missions Denying Oil to the Nazis

Tapping Hitler’s Generals Transcripts of Secret Conversations 1942–45

C.C.H. Brazier XD Operations is the first account of the thrilling operations by the Kent Fortress Royal Engineers, a small Territorial Army Unit given the largest demolition program ever undertaken by the Royal Engineers. These took place in May 1940 with the object of destroying all the oil reserves stored in refineries in the ports along the Continental coastline from Holland to the Bay of Biscay, thus denying the Nazis vital stocks.

153138, $21.99, $14.50, Paperback, 176 pages

Sonke Neitzel Sonke Neitzel

In this extraordinary work Professor Neitzel examines these transcripts in depth for the first time. His findings are truly revealing and address important questions regarding the officers’ attitudes towards the German leadership and Nazi policies: How did the German generals judge the overall war situation? From what date did they consider it lost? How did they react to the attempt on Hitler’s life in July 1944? What knowledge did they have of the atrocities?

By turns insightful and horrifying, this unprecedented research is a must for any serious scholar of the period and anyone interested in exploring the truth behind the image of an ‘unblemished Wehrmact’.

327153, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 424 pages

No Cloak, No Dagger Allied Spycraft in Occupied France

Benjamin Cowburn The memoir of SOE agent Benjamin Cowburn is rightly regarded as a classic of wartime literature. In simple, gripping detail Cowburn explains the methods of special agents who were dropped into France during the war and the ways that agents would set about establishing secure networks with the French Resistance.Cowburn gives fascinating general lessons in the art of spying from establishing a worthy target to executing an operation.

325432, $39.99, $25.99, Hardback, 224 pages

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Nazis on the Potomac The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II

Robert K. Sutton Now a green open space enjoyed by residents, Fort Hunt, Virginia, about 15 miles south of Washington, DC. was the site of one of the highest-level, clandestine operations during World War II. This is the first book to describe the intelligence operations at PO Box 1142 and their part in that success. It will never be known how many American lives were spared, or whether the war ended sooner with the programs at Fort Hunt, but they doubtless did make a difference. Moreover these programs gave the young Jewish men stationed there the chance to combat the evil that had befallen them and their families.

009872, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 240 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Axis Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the Second World War

Michael Green During the Second World War the Axis powers deployed a vast array of armored fighting vehicles to support their tanks and infantry. These included tank destroyers, reconnaissance vehicles, flame-thrower vehicles, and self-propelled artillery pieces. This book will delight readers, collectors, modelmakers and war-gamers.

887046, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 208 pages

German Armour Lost on the Eastern Front

Bob Carruthers Rare photographs from both German and Russian sources today there are very few surviving vehicles from the Wehrmacht. which illustrate the fate of many of the armored fighting vehicles of Hitler’s much vaunted Panzerwaffe.

868441, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 144 pages

Armoured Warfare and the Waffen-SS 19441945

Anthony Tucker-Jones A graphic snapshot of the dramatic tank battles fought by the Waffen-SS panzer and panzergrenadier divisions during 1944-5 on both the Eastern and Western fronts. Anthony Tucker-Jones’s photographic history is a fascinating introduction to these elite units during the final phase of the fighting in Europe.

877948, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 128 pages

The Waffen SS at Arnhem Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

Ian Baxter Drawing on rare and unpublished photographs, this Images of War series work reveals the historical combat record of the ‘Hohenstaufen’ and ‘Frundsberg’ divisions. This superbly illustrated book with its well-researched text and full captions captures the drama of that historic battle for a bridge over the Rhine.

012942, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 112 pages

The Centurion Tank Brian Delf Pat Ware

Pat Ware’s highly illustrated history covers this tank’s design and development, its technical specifications and the many variants produced. His expert account of this fighting vehicle is accompanied by a series of color plates showing the main variants of the design and the common ancillary equipment and unit markings.

590119, $34.95, $22.99, Paperback, 128 pages

Hitler’s Tank Destroyers Paul Thomas Covering the development and technology throughout the war that led to tank destroyers like the Panzerjager I, Sturmgeschtz, Marders, Nashorn, Hetzer, Jagdpanzer, Elefant, Jagdtiger IV and Jagdpanther vehicles being developed, this comprehensive account covers all the Nazi’s mobile antitank vehicles in words and images.

896178, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 136 pages

The Warsaw Uprisings, 1943–1944

Ian Baxter By 1942 the Nazi leadership had decided that the Jewish ghettos across occupied Poland should be liquidated, with Warsaw’s being the largest, processed in phases. The first Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began in April 1943. This gallant but tragic struggle is brought to life in this book.

799913, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 128 pages

Waffen-SS in Normandy, 1944 Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

Ian Baxter This classic Images of War book describes how the formidable Leibstandarte, Das Reich, Hitlerjugend, Hohenstaufen, and the Frundsberg SS divisions with supporting Wehrmacht divisions fought fanatically despite facing overwhelming enemy airpower and determined well-led Allied armies.

091411, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 128 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • U-48: The Most Successful U-Boat of the Second World War

Franz Kurowski At the outset of the Second World War, Dönitz argued for a 300-strong U-boat fleet, since his force of 57 U-boats ‘could only inflict pin-pricks against British seaborne trade’. In August 1939, U-48 left Germany, commanded by ‘Vaddi’ Schultze, to take up a waiting position around England. It scored its first success on 5 September, when it torpedoed the British freighter Royal Sceptre, then the Winkleigh on 8 September. By 1 August 1941, U-48, the most successful boat of the Second World War, had sunk 56 merchant ships of 322,478 gross tons and one corvette.

01431A, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 208 pages

U-Boats off Bermuda Patrol Summaries and Merchant Ship Survivors Landed in Bermuda 1940-1944

Eric Wiberg For the first time, a book exposes an obscure theater of the First World War in great detail and comprehensively, not just in terms of geography but also from the perspectives of both Allied and Axis participants. U-Boats off Bermuda provides details of specific U-Boat patrols and their commanders, as well as a general overview of the situation in the theater of war around Bermuda. Detailed maps and illustrations provide a human face to what were often tragic attacks with fatal consequences.

556061, $35.95, $23.50, Hardback, 256 pages

The Lancastria Tragedy Sinking and Cover-up – June 1940

Stephen Wynn The story behind the sinking of the Lancastria comes in two parts: the sinking of the ship itself and the people who died, and the aftermath which led to allegations of a government cover up ordered by Winston Churchill. There is an ‘officially accepted’ list of those who died, but allegations that hundreds more went down with the ship, and have not been accounted for, still linger to this very day.

Churchill placed s a ‘D’ Notice on the tragic events, thereby restricting the press from reporting it. Those who survived t were told not to speak about their experience. The question has to be asked, why are official documents in relation to the matter being kept secret until the year 2040?

706638, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 184 pages

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From Hunter to Hunted The U-Boat in the Atlantic, 1939–1943

Bernard Edwards In the early stages of the Second World War, Donitz’s U-boats generally adhered to Prize Rules, surfacing before attacking and making every effort to preserve the lives of their victims’ crews. But, with the arming of merchant men and greater risk of damage or worse, they increasingly attacked without warning.

Expert naval author and historian Bernard Edwards traces the course of the battle of the Atlantic through a series of thrilling engagement case studies.

763594, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 208 pages

Schnellboote A Complete Operational History

Lawrence Paterson The Kriegsmarine’s Schnellboote were the primary German naval attack units in coastal waters throughout WW2.

Operating close to their various bases they became a devastatingly effective weapon in nearly all the Kriegsmarine’s theaters of war, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and English Channel. In addition to interception and attack, they were also used for minelaying, landing sabotage troops and general escort duties.

As the War progressed, S-boats suffered from the increased Allied mastery of the seas and skies but they were a formidable foe right to the end; this new book is the first to do full justice to their record of success.

08228A, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 352 pages

Coastal Convoys 1939–1945 The Indestructible Highway

Nick Hewitt Using official records from the National Archives personal accounts from the Imperial War Museum and other sources, Coastal Convoys 1939 -� 1945: The Indestructible Highway describes Britain’s dependence on coastal shipping and the introduction of the convoy system in coastal waters at the outset of the war. It brings to life the hazards of the German mining offensive of 1939, the desperate battles fought in coastal waters during 1940 and 1941, and the long struggle against German air and naval forces which lasted to the end of the Second World War. Reference is also made to the important role played by coasters during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 and the Normandy landings in 1944.

752543, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 256 pages

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• WORLD WAR II • Mosquito Mayhem de Havilland’s Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII

Martin W Bowman The Mosquito was probably World War IIs most versatile combat aircraft. This book contains hundreds of first-hand accounts from many of the twoman crews who flew in them; pilots and navigators. It portrays the dramatic experiences of flying in its many roles as pathfinder, night fighter, reconnaissance aircraft, precision bombing and low-level ground attack aircraft. It describes many of the RAFs most audacious raids on prime but difficult targets where carpet bombing by heavy bombers was likely to be ineffective and cause unnecessary casualties to civilians. It is a remarkable record of the aircraft and the men that flew them.

08506A, $28.95, $18.99, Paperback, 280 pages

Kamikaze Japan’s Last Bid for Victory

Adrian Stewart In this fascinating book the author examines the Japanese concept of Kamikaze, the deliberate self-sacrifice of life in the cause of victory. This attitude, while incomprehensible to their American and European enemies, has its roots in the samurai tradition of fighting for their master or nation regardless of personal safety.

Graphic description of these suicide attacks and the resulting loss of life and ships litter this revealing and shocking book.

The author’s in depth study of the historic and cultural reasons for this seemingly reckless courage is important and illuminating.

000246, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 224 pages

How to Kill a Tiger Tank Unpublished Scientific Reports from the Second World War

Craig Moore This is not a typical book on the Tiger tank. It tries to show the reader what the British and Commonwealth forces knew about the Tiger I tank during the war and the results of scientific firing trials. Unpublished Second World War original documents, have been transcribed and reproduced along with any existing photographs found in those official secret reports. These include top secret Bletchley Park and Enigma intercepts of German messages that were decoded and translated before being sent to wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Illustrated with over 360 images, How to Kill a Tiger Tank is the definitive examination of a worldchanging fighting vehicle.

558584, $45, $29.50, Paperback, 250 pages

Luftwaffe X-Planes German Experimental Aircraft of World War II

Manfred Griehl Despite the Allied authorities ban on research, countless aircraft were designed and tested by the Luftwaffe and German manufacturers before World War II. The research took place at secret evaluation sites. After the outbreak of the war this work continued. Many projects remained on the drawing board or at prototype stage because either they were deemed unsuitable or, as is the case with most of those in this selection, the developers simply ran out of time and the projects never went into production. Renowned aviation expert Manfred Griehl has painstakingly assembled a valuable selection of images which shows the remarkable range of projects dreamed up by the German designers.

018258, $17.95, $11.99, Paperback, 80 pages

Fallschirm-PanzerDivision ‘Hermann Göring’ A History of the Luftwaffe’s Only Armoured Division, 1933-1945 Lawrence Paterson Professor Richard Overy

In the early years of the Third Reich, Hermann Göring, one of the most notorious leaders of the Third Reich, worked to establish his own personal army to rival Himmler’s SS and Reichswehr. The result: a private Prussian police force which grew into one of the most powerful armored units in Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht. Drawing on first-hand accounts and extensive archive material, World War II historian Lawrence Paterson presents a comprehensive and unbiased history of the establishment of the famous 1. Fallschirm-Panzer Division.

386108, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 320 pages

How the World Allowed Hitler to Proceed with the Holocaust Tragedy at Evian

Tony Matthews In July 1938 the United States, Great Britain and thirty other countries participated in a vital conference at Évianles-Bains, France, to discuss the persecution and possible emigration of the European Jews. However, most of those nations rejected the pleas then being made by the Jewish communities, thus condemning them to the Holocaust. It’s time to reflect on the past to ensure we never again make the same mistakes. This book also shines a spotlight on some of the astonishing and courageous stories of heroic efforts of individuals and private organizations who worked under extremely dangerous conditions to assist in the rescue of the Jewish people.

006392, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 480 pages

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• COLD WAR • North Korean Onslaught UN Stand at the Pusan Perimeter, AugustSeptember 1950

Gerry van Tonder In the first volume in this series on the Korean War, North Korea Invades the South, North Korean ground forces, armor and artillery crossed the 38th Parallel, and, in blitzkrieg style, rolled back UN and South Korean forces down the Korean peninsula. Despite the US and South Korea committing army, air force and navy units, by 31 July, eleven enemy divisions were concentrated in a disconnected line from Ch?nju to Y?ngdong. Along the south coast, North Korean divisions pushed eastward towards Masan. Supreme commander of UN forces, General Douglas MacArthur, had his back to the sea, facing thirteen enemy infantry divisions, two new tank brigades and an armored division.

72833A, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 136 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 Inchon Landing and Pusan Perimeter Break out. The last part of the first chapter deals with naval operations during the Marine’s Chosin Reservoir march to the sea.. The book goes on to describe the stabilization of the front lines after the Chinese had entered the war during 1951. At this time, the emphasis for naval air operations is centered on interdiction behind the lines. The focus is on trying to stop road and rail traffic from resupplying the communist troops and allowing them to build up to a major offensive.

08515A, $28.95, $18.99, Paperback, 176 pages

Fortune Favours the Brave The Battles of the Hook Korea, 1952–1953

A.J. Barker The Hook, a prominent ridge on the Korean Peninsula, saw more blood spilt than any other feature in that grisly and intense war. So much so that it was known as the bloody Hook. The two costliest battles are told in detail in this military classic.

013413, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 224 pages

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North Korea Invades the South Across the 38th Parallel, June 1950

Gerry van Tonder It is more than 25 years since the end of the Cold War. The battle lines are no longer drawn, but they linger on in conflict zones. In an era of massproduced AK-47s and ICBMs, one such flashpoint was Korea.

Without warning, at 4.00 a.m. on 25 June 1950, North Korean artillery laid down a heavy bombardment on the Ongjin Peninsula.

The first in a six-volume series on the Korean War, this publication considers those first few fateful days in June 1950 that would cement north–south antagonism to this day, the pariah state that is communist North Korea a seemingly increasing threat to an already tenuous global peace.

708182, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 128 pages

MIG Menace Over Korea The Story of Soviet Fighter Ace Nicolai Sutiagian Igor Seidov Yuri Sutiagin

Nikolai Vasil’evich Sutiagin, the top-scoring Soviet air ace of the Korean War, flew his MiG-15 in lethal dogfights against American 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.

014281, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 256 pages

Victoria Cross Winners of the Korean War

Stephen Wynn The Korean War (1950-53) is often referred to by many British and Commonwealth veterans who took part in it as the ‘forgotten war’, a reference which does not include themselves or the families and friends of those who were killed. During the course of the Korean War, the Victoria Cross was awarded on just four occasions, although two other men were also awarded the equivalent George Cross. The Victoria Cross was twice awarded posthumously, with a third recipient dying in 1986 and the fourth dying in July 2018.

Each of the actions which led to the awards are discussed in this book, which in the case of Bill Speakman, includes an interview he gave to the author in 2017.

71331A, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 176 pages

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• COLD WAR • Vietnam’s Final Air Campaign Operation Linebacker I & II, May–December 1972

Stephen Emerson On March 30, 1972 some 30,000 North Vietnamese troops surged across the demilitarized zone into South Vietnam. By early May South Vietnamese forces were on the ropes and faltering. Without the support of U.S. combat troops the Saigon government was in danger of total collapse. In response, President Nixon called for an aggressive, sustained bombardment of North Vietnam.

Code-named Operation Linebacker I, the effort sought to stem the flow of men and materiel southward, as well as sever all outside supply lines in the first new bombing of the North Vietnamese heartland in nearly four years.

72845A, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 136 pages

The U.S. Army Infantryman Vietnam Pocket Manual

Chris McNab This pocket manual draws its content not only from essential U.S. military field manuals of the Vietnam era, but also a vast collection of declassified primary documents, including rare after-action reports, intelligence analysis, firsthand accounts, and combat studies.

Through these documents the pocket manual provides a deep insight into what it was like for infantry to live, survive, and fight in Vietnam. The book includes infantry intelligence documents about the NVA and VC threats, plus chapters explaining hard-won lessons about using weaponry, surviving and moving through the jungle, tactical maneuvers, and applications of the ubiquitous helicopter for combat and support.

240305, $16.95, $11.50, Hardback, 160 pages

Logistics in the Vietnam Wars, 1945– 1975

N S Nash CBE The combatants in the three Vietnam wars from 1945 to 1975 employed widely contrasting supply methods.

This fascinating book reveals that basic traditional techniques proved superior to expensive state of the art systems. The outcome of the final war between the Communist North Vietnam and the corrupt Southern leadership was almost a forgone conclusion.

The author is superbly qualified to examine these three wars from the logistic perspective. His conclusions make for compelling reading and will be instructive to acting practitioners and inquiring minds.

798145, $28.95, $18.99, Paperback, 312 pages

Air War Over North Vietnam Operation Rolling Thunder, 1965–1968

Stephen Emerson Through an ever escalating onslaught of destruction, Operation Rolling Thunder intended to signal America’s unwavering commitment to its South Vietnamese ally in the face of continued North Vietnamese aggression, break Hanoi’s political will to prosecute the war, and bring about a negotiated settlement to the conflict. Against the backdrop of the Cold War and fears of widening the conflict into a global confrontation, Washington policy makers micromanaged and mismanaged the air campaign and increasingly muddled strategic objectives and operational methods that ultimately sowed the seeds of failure, despite the heroic sacrifices by U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots and crews 708229, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 128 pages

Marines in Vietnam

Christopher Anderson This illustrated series presents the uniforms and equipment of the United States Army from the nineteenth century to the present day. This book is a must for anyone interested in American military uniforms and the history of the United States Army. The illustrated guide brings together more than 100 rare and unusual photographs to demonstrate the uniforms, insignia and equipment of the U.S.M.C., including the M14 rifle (later replaced by the M16); grenades, mines and flamethrowers; body armor flak jackets, helmets, camouflage and jungle boots; and transports such as the LVTP-5, Sea Knight and Chinook.

328105, $19.99, $12.99, Paperback, 72 pages

Marine Corps Tank Battles in Vietnam

Oscar E. Gilbert In 1965 the tanks of 3rd Platoon, B Company, 3rd Tank Battalion landed across a beach near Da Nang, drawing unwelcome attention to America’s first, almost covert, commitment of ground troops in South Vietnam.The battlehardened Viet Cong were masters of the art of striking hard, then slipping away to fight another day. The highly motivated troops of the North Vietnamese Army, equipped with long-range artillery and able to flee across nearby borders into sanctuaries where the Marines were forbidden to follow, engaged the Marines in brutal conventional combat.

Both foes were equipped with modern anti-tank weapons, and sought out the tanks as valuable symbolic targets.

033663, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 304 pages

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• COLD WAR • Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War 1945 to Korea, Cuba, Vietnam and The Iron Curtain

Doug Gordon This book describes how the United States Air Force tactical reconnaissance units operated from the end of World War II until the 1970s. This was an immensely active period that also included major conflicts in Korea and Vietnam. It was also a period of rapid technological development in aircraft and photographic techniques. The book includes color profiles by Robbie Robinson.

784353, $34.95, $22.99, Paperback, 320 pages

Battlegroup!

The Lessons of the Unfought Battles of the Cold War

Jim Storr Battlegroup! investigates the unfought land battles of the Cold War on the Central Front.

It focusses on the 1980s. It looks solely at high-intensity, conventional warfare; largely from NATO’s perspective. It concentrates on the lower tactical levels: from company to brigade, or perhaps division.

It considers the tactics, organization and equipment and of the American, British, West German, French and Soviet armies. Battlegroup! relies heavily on two previously untapped sources, virtually unknown to English-speaking audiences, explaining much of the Bundeswehr’s highly individual approach to defeating a potential Warsaw Pact attack.

059964, $45, $29.50, Paperback, 312 pages

Assassins The KGB’s Poison Factory Ten Years On

Boris Volodarsky In November 1998, Alexander Litvinenko, a former Lieutenant Colonel of the Russian security service publicly stated that his superiors had instigated an assassination attempt on a Russian oligarch. Eight years later, Litvinenko was assassinated in London. Significant amounts of a rare and highly toxic element were found in his body.

Before his death, Litvinenko had said: ‘You may succeed in silencing one man but the howl of protest from around the world, Mr Putin, will reverberate in your ears for the rest of your life.’

733924, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 256 pages

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Capital of Spies Intelligence Agencies in Berlin During the Cold War Sven Felix Kellerhoff Bernd von Kostka

Throughout the Cold War, espionage was part of everyday life in both East and West Berlin, with German spies playing a crucial part of operations on both sides The construction of the wall in 1961 changed the political situation and the environment for espionage—the invisible front was now concreted and unmistakable. Berlin was and would remain the capital of spies until the fall of the Berlin Wall, which makes it all the more surprising that there are so few books about the work of the secret services in Berlin during the Cold War. Journalist Sven Felix Kellerhoff and historian Bernd von Kostka describe the successes and failures of the various secret services based in the city.

240008, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 256 pages

Up Against the Wall The KGB and Latvia

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.

059544, $40, $26.50, Paperback, 384 pages

Berlin Cold War 19451989 Companion

David McCormack This highly detailed, absorbing Cold War guide is the ideal companion for anyone wishing to explore the once divided capital of Berlin. Using his indepth knowledge as a historian and battlefield/historical guide, David McCormack describes in vivid detail the tension and drama of the long standoff between the superpowers which shaped the landscape of both a defeated Germany and Europe for years to come.

Meticulous historical research combines with the author’s intimate knowledge of Berlin to produce a user friendly guide rich in historical detail.

557280, $28.95, $18.99, Paperback, 192 pages

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• MODERN • • COLDWARFARE WAR • US Cold War Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Michael Green To counter the Soviet threat and that of their client States during the Cold War years 1949-1991, the American military deployed an impressive range of main battle tanks (MBTs) and armored fighting vehicles (AFVs). The Patton series of medium MBTs (including the M46, M47 and M48) supplemented by the M103s Heavy Tank initially formed the core of the US tank fleet. In 1960 the M60 MBT with its British designed 105mm gun entered service and, in turn, was replaced by the M1 Abrams in 1980. Expert author Michael Green covers all these vehicles and their variants in this informative and superbly illustrated Images of War series work.

727213, $28.95, $18.99, Paperback, 224 pages

RAF Aircraft of the Cold War, 1970–90 Air-to-Air Images

Tony Paxton This striking photographic collection looks at the large variety of RAF aircraft involved in the Cold War. These included air defenders such as Lightnings and Phantoms; strike/attack aircraft such as Buccaneers, Jaguars and Harriers, Victors, Tristars, and VC10s and Nimrods. As the war progressed, some types of aircraft would be replaced by other, more advanced machines. The Vulcan was replaced by the Tornado GR1 in the UK, the Tornado F3 took over from the Lightning and TWU Hawks were introduced. This book brings these classic aircraft to life with stunning photography, displaying them in all their glory, flying through the skies of a world divided by an iron curtain.

295844, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 160 pages

Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers

Nick McCamley This book tells the previously undisclosed story of the secret defense structures built by the West during the Cold War years. It describes in fascinating detail a vast umbrella of radar stations that spanned the North American continent and the north Atlantic from the Aleutian Islands through Canada to the North Yorkshire moors, all centered upon an enormous secret control center. In the UK, there were the London bunkers and the Regional War rooms built in the 1950’s to protect against the Soviet threat. Finally the book examines the provision, of shelter space for the general population, comparing the situation in the USA and the UK with some other European countries and the Soviet Union.

030101, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 304 pages

The Berlin Airlift The World’s Largest Ever Air Supply Operation

John Grehan The choice faced by the Allies was a stark one – let Berlin fall, or risk war with the Soviets by breaking the Soviet stranglehold.

In a remarkably visionary move, the Allies decided that they could keep Berlin supplied by flying over the Soviet blockade, thus avoiding armed conflict with the USSR. On 26 June 1948, the Berlin Airlift began. Throughout the following thirteen months, more than 266,600 flights were undertaken by the men and aircraft from the US, France, Britain and across the Commonwealth, which delivered in excess of 2,223,000 tons of food, fuel and supplies in the greatest airlift in history.

758262, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 192 pages

The Last of Africa’s Cold War Conflicts Portuguese Guinea and its Guerilla Insurgency

Al J Venter Portugal was the first European country to colonize Africa. It was also the last to leave, almost five centuries later. During the course of what Lisbon called its “civilizing mission in Africa” the Portuguese weathered numerous insurrections, but none as severe as the guerrilla war first launched in Angola in 1961 and two years later in Portuguese Guinea. While Angola had a solid economic infrastructure, that did not hold for the tiny West African enclave that was to become Guinea-Bissau. Both Soviets and Cubans believed that because that tiny colony- roughly the size of Belgium - had no resources and a small population, that Lisbon would soon capitulate. They were wrong.

772985, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 240 pages

Soviet Cold War Fighters

Alexander Mladenov Soviet Cold War Fighters looks at the main periods of the development of the Soviet fighter designs, generation by generation, covering all the important features and developments of each generation and the most emblematic combat employments of the members of the generation. Soviet Cold War Fighters explains the Cold War background of the technological developments behind the front-line fighter types in the Soviet Union, detailing where, when and how these aircraft were deployed and what was their impact on the Cold War developments.

554968, $70, $45.50, Hardback, 304 Pages

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• MODERN WARFARE • • MODERN WAR • Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles Current Types, Ordnance and Operations

Dan Gettinger The influence of UCAVs on the conduct of war has already been felt in conflicts in the Caucasus, the Middle East and North Africa, where state and non-state actors have fielded a dizzying number of UCAVs from around the world. Advanced militaries are beginning to equip UCAVs with increasingly sophisticated munitions. The first in a new series of Strategic Handbooks from Harpia Publishing presents an essential guide to the world of armed unmanned aircraft. It features profiles of every unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) currently in active military service or under development, as well as other unmanned aerial vehicles that could potentially be armed in the future.

394050, $84.99, $55.50, Hardback, 144 pages

Chinese Air Power in the 20th Century Rise of the Red Dragon

Andreas Rupprecht Chinese Air Power in the 20th Century examines the different periods, explains the political events behind them and they connect to military developments, individual structure and capabilities.

This comprehensive directory provides a lavishly illustrated, in-depth analysis and overview of the historical gestation of the PLAAF and its path to becoming the modern air arm we know today. The title also includes an assessment of how the political climate influenced the design and development of the country’s major military aircraft including the fighters, attack aircraft and bombers created by the Chinese aviation industry after World War II. 394005, $59.95, $38.99, Paperback, 256 pages

Carrier Aviation in the 21st Century Aircraft carriers and their units in detail

Thomas Newdick The modern aircraft carrier is without doubt one of the most exciting and hazardous operating environments in the field of warfare. The ‘flattop’ is a symbol of global military power without parallel, and it remains a capability beyond reach of all but the most well equipped navies. With the detail, precision and accuracy expected of Harpia Publishing, this latest volume provides a force report of the various air components and associated vessels fielded by those select nations that field fixed-wing-capable aircraft carriers.

309225, $64.95, $42.50, Paperback, 256 pages

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Modern South Korean Air Power The Republic of Korea Air Force Today

Robin Polderman Since the early 1950s, the heavily industrialized nation of South Korea has seen steady growth and is now the world’s seventh-largest exporter and 11th-largest economy overall.

As the Cold War on the Korean peninsula gathered momentum, the development of the Republic of Korea Air Force became one of the nation’s top priorities. While initially dependent on the United States for its aircraft, Korea’s aviation industry has matured rapidly, and the ROKAF’s use of indigenously manufactured equipment is on the rise.

Modern South Korean Air Power provides a detailed look at the aircraft and armament, as well as the organization and the modernization process of the Republic of Korea Air Force.

394074, $59.95, $38.99, Paperback, 256 pages

Flashpoint Russia Russia’s Air Power: Capabilities and Structure

Piotr Butowski Russian military aviation has undergone several upheavals in the post-Soviet era. There have been two driving forces behind these changes. First, the Russian experience of air power in conflicts has led to an increasing integration of the various branches of the armed forces.

Today’s VKS was created as a result of the absorption of the Air Defence Troops (VPVO) by the Air Force (VVS) in 1998, and then a merger of the Air Force with the Aerospace Defence Troops (VVKO) in 2015.

309270, $39.95, $25.99, Paperback, 144 pages

EMB-312 Tucano Brazil’s turboprop success story

João Paulo Zeitoun Moralez This book recounts the story of Embraer’s EMB-312 turboprop trainer, the first aircraft in its class to offer a cockpit and controls equivalent to its fighter contemporaries, as well enough power to match the high-speed maneuvers of comparable jet trainers. Drawing upon a cadre of authors who are experts in their field, Carrier Aviation in the 21st Century continues Harpia’s reputation for providing unprecedented detail and extensive technical specifications, as well as detailing the structure of all the air arms and the individual units that currently embark on board carriers. Illustrations include specially commissioned artworks and diagrams.

309232, $64.95, $42.50, Paperback, 256 pages

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• MODERN WARFARE • • MODERN WAR • At the Forward Edge of Battle - A History of the Pakistan Armoured Corps 1938-2016 Volume 2

Major General Syed Ali Hamid The first ever illustrated history of the Pakistan Armoured Corps. The Pakistan Armoured Corps is based on a unique blend of values and traditions inherited from its predecessors, and those of the post-Independence national army. The origins of this force can be traced back to the time when the cavalry units of the British India Army were mechanized, in the late 1930s. They were worked up and then deployed extensively during the Second World War, and further moulded during the post-independence period and two wars with India between 1948-1971. By the 1990s, the Pakistan Armoured Corps had evolved into a modern fighting force in thought, organization, and equipment.

866335, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 136 pages

Paradise Afire - The Sri Lankan War Volume 1 - 1971-1987 Tom Cooper Adrien Fontanellaz

In 1983, Sri Lanka was ripped apart by a murderous war against Tamil insurgents. This came to a stop in 1987 with the implementation of a peace arrangement virtually enforced by the government of India and a deployment of a large peacekeeping force of the Indian military. Eventually, the Indian military intervention proved to be only a temporary solution. Relying on extensive studies of the Sri Lankan War with the help of firsthand sources, official documentation and publications from all of involved parties, this volume provides an in-depth and particularly detailed account of military operations during the first 16 years of this war.

390342, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 88 pages

Moscow’s Game of Poker Russian Military Intervention in Syria, 2015-2017

Tom Cooper In August 2015, the Russian Federation embarked on an intervention in Syria. Illustrated by over 130 photographs, maps and color profiles, ‘Moscow’s Game of Poker’ is providing a clear outline of the participants in this extremely complex conflict, and areas it impacts. It is providing a unique and in-depth study of Moscow’s political aims, strategy, doctrine, target selection process, military technology and tactics, day-by-day operations, and the way the Russian Federation cooperates with diverse local allies. This story is told in combination with an exclusive insight into the similar campaign run by what is left of the Syrian Arab Air Force.

390373, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 80 pages

Sniper in Helmand Six Months on the Frontline James Cartwright Andy McNab

Few soldiers are deemed good enough to be selected and trained as snipers and even fewer qualify. As a result, snipers are regarded as the elite of their units and their skills command the ungrudging respect of their fellows - and the enemy. The Author is one such man who recently served a full tour of duty with 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. As part of the Battle Group’s crack Mobile Operations Group, James’s mission was to liquidate as many Taliban as possible.

The reader experiences sniper tactics and actions, whether in ambush or quick pre-planned strikes, amid the ever present lethal danger of IEDs. 013444, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 192 pages

Into Helmand with the Walking Dead A Story of Combat in Afghanistan Miles Vining Kevin Schranz

The Marines of First Battalion, Ninth Marines earned their macabre moniker ‘The Walking Dead’ in the Vietnam War. Into Helmand with the Walking Dead follows the experiences of two Marine infantrymen from 1/9 fighting in Afghanistan. This is the tale of the young Americans who became infantrymen and conducted America’s foreign policy in its most ruthless and straightforward manner. But war, in and of itself, is only playing a small part. The culture and environment from which they reentered civil society would leave them uncertain, and confused as to the cataclysm they had just left. This book is a testimony to their experience and the legacy of war on their generation.

007931, $26.95, $17.99, Paperback, 288 pages

Blood Clot In Combat with the Patrols Platoon, 3 Para, Afghanistan 2006

Jake Scott This is the story of the 3 Para battle group in the Helmand Province, south Afghanistan, as told by one man who was involved in the thick of the action. Jake and his mates probed, escorted, and fought their way in and around some of the most dangerous areas in the Middle East - virgin Taliban country. After intense fighting against the odds, leaving dead Taliban soldiers in their wake and encountering some very near misses themselves, the Patrols platoon eventually ended their tour of duty. This is their story.

033811, $39.95, $25.99, Paperback, 232 pages

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MODERNWARFARE WAR • • •MODERN • Pebble Island The Falklands War 1982 Jon Cooksey Francis Mackay

This is the story of the SAS raid on Pebble Island during the Falklands War. In atrocious weather, 48 men of 22 SAS Regiment were landed by Sea King Helicopter on the Island.

Their task was to destroy the 11 enemy aircraft located at the Airstrip on the Island and neutralize the Argentinean force posted there to guard it. The raid was successful and all the Aircraft were destroyed but debate still goes on as to the true purpose of the mission. The book covers sections on: history of the engagement, training and planning involved, equipment used, weapons file, breakdown of forces engaged, consequences and controversies as well as personal accounts of those involved.

892958, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 128 pages

Putin’s Virtual War Russia’s Subversion and Conversion of America, Europe and the World Beyond

William Nester As the Kremlin’s latest ruler, Putin, like most of his predecessors, is as realistic as he is ruthless. He knows the limits of Russian hard and soft power while constantly trying to expand them. He is doing whatever he can to advance Russian national interests as he interprets them. In Putin’s mind, Russia can rise only as far as the West can fall. And on multiple fronts he is methodically advancing to those ends. Putin’s Virtual War reveals just how and why he does so, and the dire consequences for America, Europe, and the world beyond.

771186, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 320 pages

Losing Arab Hearts and Minds The Coalition, Al Jazeera and Muslim Public Opinion

Steve Tatham From November 2002 to May 2003, Steve Tatham worked alongside American military planners in the Gulf, coordinating the huge media campaign that foreshadowed and accompanied the eventual invasion of Iraq. He witnessed how, in advance of the outbreak of hostilities, the US planned to win over skeptical Arab hearts and minds. Yet as the campaign unfolded, Tatham, the Royal Navy’s public spokesman in Iraq, saw how differently the British and Americans regarded the media and how badly journalists from the Arab world, in particular from Al-Jazeera satellite television, were treated in comparison to those from coalition nations. His book is highly critical of how the US handled its information war.

557238, $25, $16.50, Hardback, 256 pages

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The Yompers With 45 Commando in the Falklands War

Ian Gardiner Called to action in April 1982, the men of 45 Commando Royal Marines assembled from around the world to sail 8,000 miles to recover the Falkland Islands from Argentine invasion.

Lacking helicopters and short of food, they ‘yomped’ in appalling weather carrying overloaded rucksacks across the roughest terrain. They then fought and won the highly successful and fierce night battle for Two Sisters, a 1,000 foot mountain which was the key to the defensive positions around Stanley. The first to be written by a company commander in the Falklands War, the book gives a compelling description of the infantry fighting and offers penetrating insights into the realities of war at higher levels.

853423, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 224 Pages

Superpowers, Rogue States and Terrorism Countering the Security Threats to the West

Paul Moorcraft Numerous books have attempted to assess the generational threat from Jihadist-inspired terrorism but few offer any positive advice on solutions. Islamist terrorism is today a fact of life and its potency is vividly illustrated by outrages in otherwise secure Western democracies not to mention overt ISIL aggression in the Middle East and many African States. Without a far better understanding of the Islamic religion, its beliefs, value, hierarchy and different sects, countering the existential threat will be greatly hindered, not to say nearly impossible.

894723, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 208 pages

Iran’s Nuclear Option Tehran’s Quest for the Atom Bomb

Al J Venter In Iran’s Nuclear Option, defense expert Al J. Venter details the extent to which Iran’s weapons program has developed, and the clandestine manner in which its nuclear technology has been acquired. He demonstrates how Tehran has violated the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and details the involvement of several countries who have been shown by the IAEA to have trafficked in illegal nuclear materials. He proves a direct link between the now-defunct South African apartheid regime’s nuclear program and Tehran’s current nuclear ambitions.

033335, $29.95, $19.50, Hardback, 460 pages

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• MODERN WAR • • • MODERN WARFARE Black Hawks Rising The Story of AMISOM’s Successful War against Somali Insurgents, 20072014

Opiyo Oloya Black Hawks Rising acknowledges the formation and deployment of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) in March 2007. The chapters of the book take the reader behind the scenes to highlight the inconsistent US policy in the Horn of Africa generally, and in Somalia. The spotlight focuses on the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, whose Herculean efforts were pivotal to the success of the mission.

777695, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 286 pages

Military Operations from Kosovo to Kabul The Unique Experiences of a Combat Lawyer

James Nelson In this highly unusual role for a lawyer, the author has participated in treaties from Kosovo to Afghanistan. Unlike the short, sharp Kosovo experience in central Europe, this war in central Asia was the longest in the history of the USA, although for the British it was just the latest in a succession of operations going back two centuries to the ‘Great Game’. Trying to apply the law, balancing the need for aggression with compliance with Western notions of human rights, and vain efforts to win over the hearts and minds of a proud but impoverished people historically blighted by conflict proved to be unimaginably fraught.

004619, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 176 pages

United States Airborne Divisions 1942–2018

Michael Green This superbly illustrated book describes how both 82nd and 101st earned their reputations as ‘crack’ divisions at the forefront of US operations and military interventions, be it Grenada (Urgent Fury), Panama (Just Cause), the Gulf Wars and most recently Afghanistan (Enduring Freedom). Thanks to the Author’s knowledge and research, this Images of War book gives the reader a full insight into the battles and the men and their equipment that have made these divisions the elite of the US Army.

734679, $32.95, $21.50, Paperback, 216 pages

When the Tempest Gathers From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War

Andrew Milburn The story of the first Marine to command a special operations task force, recounted against a backdrop of his journey from raw Second Lieutenant to seasoned Colonel and Task Force Commander; from leading Marines through the streets of Mogadishu, Baghdad, Fallujah and Mosul to directing multi-national special operations forces in a dauntingly complex fight against a formidable foe.

The journey culminates in the fight against ISIS, in which the author is able to lead the SOF task force under his command to hasten the Caliphate’s eventual demise. Milburn tells his story with self-effacing candor, describing his own struggles with the isolation of command and post-combat trauma.

750556, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 336 pages

Out of the Siege of Sarajevo Memoirs of a Former Yugoslav

Jasna Levinger-Goy Set during the horrors of the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the very heart of Europe in 1992, this book offers a personal story of a family of Jewish origin who identified as Yugoslavs. It traces their journey over a period of ten years, starting with their life in Sarajevo under siege and ending in the UK. Without belonging to any of the warring factions, this story takes place on the front lines in the heart of Sarajevo. We are presented with people caught in the crossfire of politics outside their control. It is tangled with a sense of loss – of home, country, identity. Set against the backdrop of a brutal conflict, it is about the very human cost of war.

09862A, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 192 pages

The Dragon’s Teeth The Chinese People’s Liberation Army—Its History, Traditions, and Air, Sea and Land Capabilities in the 21st Century

Benjamin Lai Successive decades of economic growth have transformed China since Mao Zedong proclaimed The People’s Republic of China in 1949—in addition to the weapons revolution during the computer age—so that by now the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has become a modern fighting force. No longer relying on massed infantry attacks, it now features a formidable arsenal including nuclear submarines, ICBMs, stealth fighters, and modern battle tanks.

The Chinese have also focused on missile technology and anti-aircraft systems, and have explored cyber-warfare.

240572, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 320 pages

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• MODERN WAR• • • MODELING Counterinsurgency Theory and Reality Dr Daniel Whittingham Dr Stuart Mitchell

Counterinsurgency is defined as efforts to defeat and confine a rebellion against a constituted authority. While it has become a buzz-word in the last twenty years, it is as old as society itself.

This concise history discusses the development of modern counterinsurgency over the last two hundred years, beginning with the origins of modern insurgency from the concept of ‘small wars’ and colonial warfare, through the ideas of early insurgents including Clausewitz and the theories of Lawrence of Arabia, to the methods of 20th-century insurgents, including Mao and Che Guevara.

009483, $29.95, $19.50, Hardback, 192 pages

Fighting the War on Terror Global Counter-Terrorist Units and their Actions

Judith Grohmann SWAT teams, GSG9, EKO Cobra, SCO 19 – these elite police units are used to dealing with dangerous situations, particularly in the fight against global terrorism. European political-economic journalist and author Judith Grohmann, is the first outsider to be given access into the world of specialist counter-terrorism units in 16 countries, including the USA, Russia, Israel, and the UK. Whether performing hostage rescues, subduing barricaded suspects, engaging with heavily-armed criminals or taking part in counterterrorism operations, her interviews with the men and women concerned explain their work, their most dangerous missions, and the physical and mental training required.

727459, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 200 pages

Guardian Angel Life and Death Adventures with Pararescue, the World’s Most Powerful Commando Rescue Force

William F. Sine, Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Ret.) U.S. Air Force Pararescue is the most skillful and capable rescue force in the world, taking on some of the most dangerous rescue missions imaginable. PJs (short for para-jumpers), are members of an elite unit whose commando skills are so wide-reaching they often seem like something out of science fiction. This book presents true stories of uncommon courage told from the perspective of the actual men in the arena. They do these things for their country, to protect their brothers in arms, and to honor their motto: “That Others May Live.”

00251C, $18.95, $12.50, Paperback, 240 pages

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The Counter Terrorist Manual A Practical Guide to Elite International Units

Leroy Thompson Following the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center, the mission of many anti-terrorist units has expanded. The selection, training, structure and principles of maintaining such units, together with basic theories of asymmetric warfare are the subject of Thompson’s latest work. In a practical, step-bystep guide he analyses the necessary organization of such elite teams, the arming and equipping of units, and methods for a variety of missions.

325142, $39.99, $25.99, Hardback, 256 pages

Special Forces Operator Serving with the SAS and MRF

Robert W Brown Rob was a Special Forces operator with some of the world finest regiments and served in four national armies over a career that has spanned 40 years and continues today.

Starting by earning a Green Beret as a member of 2 Commando Australia to Laos (in the war that never was), and continuing with three tours in Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles. 1974 saw Rob in Rhodesia as a member of the internationally acclaimed C Squadron SAS, and then in 1980 with South African Defense Force, he was a member of 6 Reconnaissance Commando Special Forces and later became an operative with the CSI Chief of Staff Intelligence. From 1996 to 2007 Rob was in South Sudan and Iraq.

785497, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 216 pages

The Paras in Iraq Operation Telic 1

Craig Allen For Operation Telic, the 2003 campaign in Iraq, the UK was the jr partner alongside their American allies but still contributed a substantial force.

Written by a media escort and photographer with 3 Para, who was himself a Para, this book contains over 200 photos and concentrates on 16 Air Assault Brigade’s two parachute battalions, 1 and 3 Para. Beginning with the invasion and operations in the southern oilfields, the story follows 3 Para’s successful entry into Basrah, before the action switches to 1 Para and a move to Baghdad to secure the British Embassy. This is followed by a look at life at the Embassy and on patrol in the city before 3 Para’s return south.

295905, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 96 pages

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• MODELING • MODERN WAR• • Syrian Conflagration The Syrian Civil War, 2011-2013

The Iraq War Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003

Tom Cooper This title covers the Syrian Civil War, starting with the unrest within the Syrian population and a series of mass demonstrations within the context of wider protest movements (Arab Spring). The government of Syria deployed the full force of its military, its intelligence apparatus, and para-military groups, launching an unprecedented crackdown that resulted in the arrest, detention, and killing of many thousands. Despite its brutality, this effort backfired: it provoked mass desertions of the Syrian military and an armed uprising. Drawing on extensive research, including firsthand accounts, this book provides a compelling overview of the first three years of the ongoing conflict in Syria.

294109, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 80 pages

Anthony Tucker-Jones The Iraq War is a visual record of the American-led Operation Iraqi Freedom of 2003, which resulted in the dramatic overthrow of Dictator Saddam Hussein. In a striking sequence of photographs Anthony Tucker-Jones shows how this was achieved by the American and British armed forces in a lightning campaign of just two weeks. But the photographs also show the disastrous aftermath when the swift victory was undermined by the outbreak of the Iraqi insurgency - in the Shia south, in Baghdad and the Sunni Triangle, and in Fallujah where two ferocious battles were fought.

591659, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 160 pages

Baghdad Operators Ex Special Forces in Iraq

Intifada Palestine and Israel The Long Day of Rage

James Glasse Andrew Rawson

Ever wondered what members of the Special Forces did after they left the services? This story starts with five guys organizing an undercover road trip across worn torn Iraq in the spring 2003. Discover how they used their unique military skills to create a successful security company with over 300 employees during the early days of the occupation. See how Iraq was torn apart from the inside from someone who was there and get an insight into what it took to rebuild a country ripped apart by war and insurgency.

593653, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 240 pages

Small Wars and their Influence on Nation States 1500 to the Present

William Urban After 1500, European warfare was repeatedly revolutionized by new weapons, new methods for supplying armies in the field, improved fortifications, and new tactics. This allowed empires to grow, with the Ottomans expanding into the Middle East and Africa, Britain dominating India, and Russia conquering the steppe. The dynamics of resistance to this expansion were remarkably similar to what we see today in ISIS, Afghan and Pakistani Talibans, and various jihadist groups that are more tribal than Islamist. Such resistance continues to be met by world powers who misunderstand the motives of the people that take up arms against them, and this details both more and less effective methods they use.

837928, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 288 Pages

David Pratt Armed with stones, Kalashnikovs, and the scarcely believable martyrdom of the suicide bomber, a generation of Palestinians has confronted one of the most lethal armies in the Middle East in a battle that has stunned and horrified the world. For almost two decades the Intifada has been the byword for Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation. But, for all its familiar usage in the media, many people remain unclear as to what the Intifada really is, or how it began. Part reflection, part reportage, David Pratt, takes the reader on a journey across the frontlines of the Palestinian uprising.

033632, $16.95, $11.50, Paperback, 288 pages

Deadlines on the Front Line Travels with a Veteran War Correspondent

Paul Moorcraft As a war correspondent and paramilitary policeman, Moorcraft was a magnet for drama and action. His descriptions of sometimes tragic and often hilarious escapades in war torn countries literally from A (Afghanistan) to Z (Zimbabwe) are self-effacingly entertaining. His light-hearted approach disguises a thoroughly perceptive and analytical mind. Reporting on wars in over thirty combat zones in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe, this is his book of hazardous travels to strange, often little-known places, meeting people who were often all too keen to lock him up or try and kill him. It offers an intelligent insight into the turbulent world of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

739490, $42.95, $27.99, Hardback, 256 pages

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• MODERN WAR• • • MODELING Laughter is the Best Weapon The Remarkable Adventures of an Unconventional Soldier Charles Ritchie HRH Anne The Princess Royal

Postings to the Yemen, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, and more gave the author many opportunities to demonstrate that the ability to laugh – and make others laugh – is an invaluable skill in an officer’s kitbag. Here, he abandons the popular trend for military heroism, and instead leads the reader on a light-hearted and self-deprecating journey. If you prefer your military history more entertainingly honest than earnestly intellectual and your soldiers hilariously slapstick rather than heroically stoic, then this is the book for you.

Full of career-limiting cock-ups and bizarre near-death experiences, these anecdotes deliver a hugely entertaining glimpse into his life and career.

091886, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 216 pages

With The Royal Navy in War and Peace O’er The Dark Blue Sea B B Schofield Victoria Schofield

The Royal Navy that Schofield joined at the beginning of the Twentieth Century truly ruled the waves. Safe anchorages spanned the globe and faster, better armored ships with revolutionary weaponry were coming into service. After serving as a midshipman in The Great War, Schofield qualified as a navigator and interpreter in French and Italian. At the outbreak of WWII he was Naval Attaché in The Hague and Brussels before becoming Director of Trade Division during the critical years 1941-1943. While commanding the battleship King George V he witnessed the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay in August 1945. This is a superbly written memoir offering a fascinating insight into a bygone era.

736475, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 288 pages

Britain’s Future Navy

Nick Childs What kind of Royal Navy does Britain need now? The 21st century promises to be one of huge uncertainties and challenges for the senior service.

Does Britain have the right naval strategy to cope with emerging threats and, if so, does the Navy have the right ships and enough of them to implement it? Nick Childs looks at the changing strategic environment. He asks what Britain’s role in the world could or should be – is she still interventionist?

If so, should our forces be designed purely to work with US, UN or Western European forces? What are the options for a naval strategy? The author considers what kind of navy would be needed to support such options.

823242, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 208 pages

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We Dared to Win The SAS in Rhodesia Hannes Wessels Andre Scheepers

Andre Scheepers grew up on a farm in Rhodesia, learning about the bush from his African childhood friends, before joining the army. He started out as a trooper in the SAS before being commissioned into the Rhodesian Light Infantry Commandos, where he was engaged in fireforce combat operations. He then rejoined the SAS. He emerged as the SAS officer par excellence; beloved by his men, displaying extraordinary calmness, courage, and audacious cunning during a host of extremely dangerous operations. Andre writes vividly about his experiences, his emotions, and his state of mind during the war, and reflects candidly on what he learned and how war has shaped his life since.

005874, $32.95, $21.50, Hardback, 320 pages

The Armed Forces of the United Kingdom 2014-2015

Charles Heyman This book has been published at regular intervals during the last 20 years, and the latest 2014–2015 addition is the one that deals with the most far reaching changes the UK Armed Forces have gone through for a generation. Although the UK’s Armed Forces are reduced in size, the UK remains the country with the fourth largest defense budget in the world and extensive international commitments.The Royal Navy has new submarines, new destroyers and a Type 26 Global Combat Ship in the pipeline, with two new aircraft carriers and F-35 attack aircraft by the end of the decade.

463510, $19.95, $12.99, Paperback, 208 pages

Fighting for the French Foreign Legion Memoirs of a Scottish Legionnaire

Alex Lochrie The author describes how he joined the French Foreign Legion, without being able to speak any French and very close to the age limit. He takes the reader through the vigorous selection procedure, the relentless recruit regime and then elite Second Parachute Regiment’s training in Corsica.

We learn about the ethos and strict discipline of the Foreign Legion. He describes his fellow legionnaires drawn from many backgrounds and nations. Having won his kepi and paratroop wings he served across Africa and the Middle East, taking part in Operation DESERT STORM, peace keeping operations in Sarajevo and Bosnia and in former French colonies such as Chad and the Central African Republic.

376155, $19.95, $12.99, Paperback, 176 pages

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• MODELING • MODERN WAR• • What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?

Understanding Counter-insurgency Efforts in Tribalized Rural and Muslim Environments

Metin Gurcan The aim of this book is to describe some on-the-ground problems of counterinsurgency (COIN) efforts in TRMEs specifically in rural Afghanistan - and then to propose how these efforts might be improved.

Along the way, it will be necessary to challenge many current assumptions about the conduct of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan. Most generally, the book will show how counterinsurgency succeeds or fails at the local level and that these decisions cannot be successful without understanding the culture and perspective of those who live in TRMEs. Written by a man with both first-hand experience, it is also deeply analytical.

096009, $35, $22.99, Paperback, 132 pages

Battle for Afghanistan Mark Adkin Mohammad Yousaf

This is the story of the defeat of Soviet Russia’s forces in Afghanistan by a guerrilla force known as the Mujahideen, heavily backed by Pakistan and the USA. The Mujahideen paved the way for the Taliban regime, to exist having all but defeated the Russian Army in the late 80’s. The author, Brigadier Mohammad Yousaf, was head of the Afghan Bureau of Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence and as such was effectively the Mujahideen’s commander-in-chief. This compelling is essential reading for anyone interested in the truth behind the Afghanistan War which led to the conditions that exist there today.

156160, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 256 pages

Soldier in the Sand A Personal History of the Modern Middle East

Sir Simon Mayall KBE CB With the Middle East in a state of persistent change and upheaval, there is a need for a comprehensive, yet readable, study that can give the interested ‘lay-person’ a greater understanding of this diverse, complex region. As well as analyzing its history and religions, which strongly influence people’s actions, attitudes, and relationships, he draws on his own experiences and impressions based on his many years spent in key military and diplomatic appointments in numerous countries in the region. In addition to knowing many of the key players personally, he has studied British policy and engagement in the area and he understands the effects of this long-term engagement.

777737, $49.95, $32.50, Hardback, 320 pages

Frontier Fighters On Active Serivce in Warziristan Walter Cummings Jules Stewart

These are fascinating memoirs of a British officer who fought the legendary Pathan tribesmen of the Northwest Frontier, right up to the beginning of WW2.

He describes desperate battles against this highly skilled and ruthless enemy. Pathan atrocities were commonplace and no prisoners were taken. Cummings served in two Frontier units, the South Waziristan Scouts and the Corps of Guides. Frontier Fighters describes the closing stages of Britain’s imperial presence on the subcontinent. Yet beside the pig sticking, polo and hunting, there was great excitement danger and gallantry. Cummings went on to command a Pathan regiment in North Africa in WW2.

842410, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 208 pages

Radioman: TwentyFive Years in the Marine Corps From Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom Andrew Hesterman Robert Einaudi

From a Gulf War grunt to a full-fledged Marine Major in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Andrew Hesterman saw it all. Radioman offers a highly personal and unfiltered view of the Marine Corps as it transitioned from the post-Vietnam analog Reagan era to the post-9/11 high-tech George W. Bush and Obama years.

Radioman provides an honest and vivid military portrait of the Marine Corps and the modern US military seen through the experiences of one Marine.

09075A, $34.95, $22.99, Hardback, 328 pages

Investigating Organised Crime and War Crimes A Personal Account of a Senior Detective in Kosovo, Iraq and Beyond

Anthony Nott Anthony Nott describes in detail the investigation of human trafficking for the sex trade and illustrates some conflicting rivalries between the UN and the European Union police mission.He describes the difficulties he had in dealing with some senior members of the Iraqi Police; in particular, the refusal of a Deputy Minister of Interior, who declined to reopen an investigation into the murder of a British security contractor and four Iraqi citizens.

Whilst this book covers the worst of human behavior, it also highlights the bravery and triumph of the human spirit, by those ordinary people who were caught up in these events.

898912, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 216 pages

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• BARGAIN • MODERNBOOKS WAR • • M1 Abrams

David Doyle The M1 Abrams has been the principal main battle tank of the US military since 1980.

Conceived to counter the threat of a massive Soviet armored incursion in Europe, the tank gained considerable fame during the Persian Gulf War of 1991, and its combat record has continued to climb. With such a long service life, the Abrams has undergone continual improvements and upgrades, which are illustrated in great detail in this volume. The unique features of the various models are detailed in stunning color photos, and the combat use of these fearsome vehicles is richly illustrated through previously unpublished photos.

738776, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 232 pages

M2/M3 Bradley

David Doyle Through hundreds of color photos, the bulk previously unpublished, this book explores America’s premier Infantry Fighting Vehicle in an unprecedented level of detail.

Go inside and out the modernday icon, then ride it into battle through they myriad of photos presented in this book. See why Bradley remains one of the most formidable armored combat vehicles of its class, even as it logs over 35 years of service.

738813, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 240 pages

United States Navy Submarines 1900–2019

Michael Green In 1900 the US Navy took into its first submarine, the Holland VI, into service. With a single torpedo tube, it had a crew of six, weighed 82 tons and traveled submerged at 6.2mph at a depth of up to 75 feet. Contrast this to the 18 Ohio Class nuclear-powered submarines which entered service in 1981. Weighing 21,000 tons with a crew of 155, its underwater speed is estimated at 30mph at a depth of some 1,000 feet. It carries 16 nuclear warhead ballistic missiles with a range of 4,600 miles. This title provides a detailed insight into the many US Navy submarine classes.

742063, $22.95, $14.99, Paperback, 224 pages

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Harrier Boys. Volume 2 New Technology, New Threats, New Tactics, 1990-2010

Bob Marston In the 2nd volume of Harrier Boys, the history of this remarkable aircraft in service is illustrated through personal reminiscences of the people who worked with it. The book begins with explanations of the mature concept of operations with the Harrier GR3 in the Cold War, then progresses through the evolution of Harrier II and updates to the Sea Harrier, while the potential battles to be fought necessitated ever-changing tactics and technology. The new Harriers used digital developments for airframe, engine and weapons control. It looks at the aircraft during conflicts in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan.

690178, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 192 pages

Air Defence Artillery in Combat, 1972 to the Present The Age of Surface-toAir Missiles

Mandeep Singh In this unique examination, the author details the development of not just surface-to-air missiles, but all anti-aircraft artillery, since 1972. The part that such equipment played in all of the major conflicts since then is explored, including the Soviet Afghan War, the Falklands War, in which Rapier was deployed, the conflict in Lebanon, Kosovo and Bosnia, the Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 1993.

The investigation is brought right up to date by a study of the weapons, tactics and engagements seen in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen.

762047, $28.95, $18.99, Hardback, 264 pages

Royal Naval Submarines 1901 to 2008

Maurice Cocker This is a must-buy for the Royal Navy and Submarine enthusiast, being a complete directory of RN submarines from the outset to the present day.

There is a wealth of detail on each class. Every entry contains the specification, launch dates of individual boats, details of evolving construction and armament and other salient information in a compact form.

The high quality of the drawings of the majority of classes adds to the value of this work which includes the very latest Astute submarines currently coming into service.

This book is a complete directory of submarines and will be widely welcomed by all with an interest, professional or lay, in the subject.

791900, $29.95, $19.50, Paperback, 136 pages

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• BARGAIN BOOKS • • MODELING & REFERENCE • Airbus A-400M Atlas Aircraft in Detail Robert Pied Nicolas Deboeck

The first close-up look of the new European military transport in detail and action. Aircraft of all current operators are included.

083093, $36, $23.50, Paperback, 140 pages

C-160 Transall Aircraft in Detail Robert Pied Nicolas Deboeck

The first close up look at a true workhorse in European Military aviation. The Transall, a two-engine transport aircraft, is seen in every detail, as well in spectacular action with the Luftwaffe, Armée de l’Air and Turkish AF. Includes a chapter on maintenance and the cockpit, plus walk-around and action photography!

083123, $32, $20.99, Paperback, 116 pages

MiG-31 Foxhound Aircraft in Detail Robert Pied Nicolas Deboeck

A close up of the MiG-31 Foxhound, this offers detailed photographs of the Mach 3 Russian interceptor. Fuselage, landing gear, engine, wings and a close-up of the cockpit. Close-up of the weapons included, such as the R-33 and R-40 missiles, as well as the internal gun.

083017, $31, $20.50, Paperback, 108 pages

Dassault Mirage F1 Aircraft in Detail Robert Pied Nicolas Deboeck

A close up of the Dassault Mirage F1, including every detail of the fuselage, cockpit, wings, landing gear, engine, vertical tail, and more. Action photos of French, Spanish, Iraqi, and other Mirage F1s. Includes many cockpit and maintenance photos. Also includes photos of the Mirage F1s currently operated in the US. 248890, $29, $18.99, Paperback, 84 pages

Grumman EA-6B Prowler Aircraft in Detail Robert Pied Nicolas Deboeck

A close up look at the EA6B Prowler, which was the electronic warfare aircraft for the US Navy and US Marines.

This book contains walk-around and action photography.

083116, $36, $23.50, Paperback, 140 pages

BAE Harrier GR7/GR9 & Boeing AV-8B Harrier II Plus Aircraft in Detail Robert Pied Nicolas Deboeck

A complete close-up of the Harrier II, in service with the RAF, US Marine Corps, and the Italian and Spanish Navy. Every aspect of the aircraft and 14 pages of cockpit, plus over 400 photos, including action shots, sea-operations, air-to-air photography, operations in the Middle East, and more.

083000, $35, $22.99, Paperback, 140 pages

Lockheed-Martin C-130 Hercules Aircraft in Detail Robert Pied Nicolas Deboeck

About the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft: C-130H, EC130H Compass Call, EC-130J Commando Solo, AC-130W Stinger II, AC-130J Ghostrider, MC-130J Commando II, MC130H Combat Talon II, HC-130P Combat King I, HC-130J Combat King II, the Hurrican hunter WC-130J Weatherbird, the LC-130 and fire-fighting C-130s.

248883, $39, $25.50, Paperback, 196 pages

Dassault Mirage 2000 Aircraft in Detail Robert Pied Nicolas Deboeck

A close up at the Dassault Mirage 2000, in service with the Armée de L’Air and many other air forces. Includes details of all versions, from 2000 B/C to 2000-5 and 2000-9.

248821, $31, $20.50, Paperback, 108 pages

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• MODELING & REFERENCE • • BARGAIN BOOKS • M60 Main Battle Tank America’s Cold War Warrior 1959-1997

David Grummitt This volume charts the development of the M60 from WWII to the Cold War, focusing on the US military and other NATO armies. It shows the wide range of kits available in all the popular scales and a modeling gallery. Detailed color profiles provide both reference and inspiration for modelers and military enthusiasts.

09645A, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 64 pages

Panzer IV, Medium Tank German Army and Waffen-SS Normandy Campaign , Summer 1944

Dennis Oliver This variant of 758 Pzkpfw IV tanks, the Pzkpfw IV ausf H was at least the equal of the best Allied tanks. Drawing on official documentation and unit histories, Oliver investigates the formations that operated them and uses archive photos and color illustrations to examine the markings, camouflage and technical aspects.

018043, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

Tiger I, German Army Heavy Tank Eastern Front, 1942

Dennis Oliver The Tiger I and Tiger II tanks played a key role in every part of the war. Here you will find photographs, painstakingly researched, exquisitely presented color illustrations, model kits, and a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales.

018081, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

Hetzer - Jagdpanzer 38 Tank Destroyer German Army and Waffen-SS Western Front, 1944–1945

Dennis Oliver Since the earliest days of the war, the Germans had experimented with mounting anti-tank weapons on obsolete chassis and one of the most successful of these would prove to be the Jagdpanzer 38, referred to as the Hetzer. This heavily illustrated and detailed book describes this in depth.

791184, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

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Landing Craft & Amphibians Seaborne Vessels in the 20th Century

Ben Skipper This title focuses on Landing Craft and Amphibian development during WWII as versatile sea borne assets. The book also looks at the post-war evolution of the Landing Craft and Amphibians, and how the simple concepts of their design remain alive and in use almost a century later.

092135, $24.95, $16.50, Paperback, 64 pages

Bradley Fighting Vehicle The US Army’s CombatProven Fighting Platform, 1981–2021

David Grummitt The Bradley Fighting Vehicle was developed in the 1970s to counter the new Infantry Fighting Vehicles of the Soviet Union. Designed to survive Nuclear, Biological and Chemical battlefields of the Cold War, it became a mainstay of the US armored forces. Includes kits, a modelling galley, and detailed colored profiles.

009409, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

Mikoyan MiG-31 Defender of the Homeland

Yefim Gordon The MiG-31 started life as an advanced derivative of the famous MiG-25P interceptor, becoming the first Soviet fourth-generation combat aircraft. This book describes its developmental history and features a full and comprehensive survey of the various MiG-31 model-making kits currently available.

823921, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 96 Pages

V-Bombers Vulcan, Valiant and Victor Martin W Bowman Dave Windle

The Vickers Valiant, Vulcan and Victor saw prolific and varied service during the course of their careers. This book contains color profiles of all three in different operational modes, configurations, and color schemes with detailed descriptions, model-making content and photographs for the perfect enthusiast’s reference.

834248, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

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• MODELING & REFERENCE • • BARGAIN BOOKS • Dornier Do 335 Pfeil A

Marek Ry? In 1937, Dornier obtained a patent for a plane with two engines in the fuselage, driving the pull and push propellers.

The design was marked P.59, and was refined in the P.59-05 variant. When in 1942 the RLM announced the requirements for a high-speed multipurpose aircraft, Dornier proposed the P.231 as an unusual answer.

673786, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 20 pages

The British Battleship HMS Vanguard

Witold Koszela The British battleship HMS “Vanguard” is widely regarded as Britain’s best designed battleship but also least needed. The first major event in the history of the ship was the 3 month journey to the British dominion of the Union of South Africa with George VI, Queen Mary, and Princess Elizabeth and Anne, on board.

673779, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 20 pages

Republic P-43 Lancer

Marek Ry? This is a history of Aleksander Siewierski and Alexander Kartvelli - and the projects which resulted in the P-35 fighter. Later, a design for the XP-41 high-altitude fighter equipped with a turbocharger was prepared. Only a prototype was built, while many of its solutions went to a more advanced aircraft, AP-4 and P-43.

673700, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 20 pages

The Panzerjäger Tiger(P) (Sd.Kfz. 184) Ferdinand

Slawomir Zajaczkowski The German heavy tank destroyer Panzerjäger Tiger (P) (Sd.Kfz. 184) Ferdinand was based on the chassis of the Tiger (P) tank. The vehicle was not accepted by the army, but because 90 had already been produced at the Nibelungenwerke plant, it was decided that they could be usefully developed.

673724, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 28 pages

The Russian Cruiser Askold

Aliaksandr Sukhanevich In the late 1890s, the Russian Empire was threatened by the Imperial Japanese Navy and sought to strengthen its presence in the Far East.

Emperor Nicholas II created a program which saw the construction of six 5-6K ton cruisers. Formulating technical requirement for these fell to the Maritime Technical Committee (MTK).

673762, $37.95 , $24.99 , Paperback, 72 pages

The American Destroyer USS Fletcher 1942

Waldemar Góralski In the early 1930s, the US began modernizing their navy and prioritized the replacement of old destroyers from WWI. However, the new projects were difficult. Some of the vessels were heavily overloaded and so some of the weaponry was removed. There were six variants of vessels different from earlier Benson and Sims classes.

148826, $37.95 , $24.99 , Paperback, 84 pages

The Soviet Skoryi Class Destroyer Oleg Pomoshnikov The “Smelyi” type destroyer, Project 30 bis (Skoryi class, according to NATO classification), was the first destroyer designed and built after World War two with new shipbuilding technologies available in the USSR. World War Two demonstrated that all early-built Soviet destroyers had serious flaws.

148307, $37.95 , $24.99 , Paperback, 84 pages

Imperial Japanese Navy Type B1 Submarine I-15 (1939) and I-37 (1943) Anirudh Rao For over thirty years after the Battle of Tsushima, the central strategic concept of the Imperial Navy considered the United States of America as the potential enemy. The Washington Treaty, signed by Japan, limited its capabilities of constructing large warships.

148529, $37.95 , $24.99 , Paperback, 80 pages

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• MODELING & REFERENCE • • BARGAIN BOOKS • PZL TS-11 Iskra bis DF Dariusz Karnas Artur Juszczak

This book compiles color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the PZL TS-11 Iskra bis DF. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.

Also includes photos of the details in B&W and color and color profiles of the PZL TS-11 Iskra bis

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 Dariusz Karnas Andrzej M. Olejniczak

Includes scale plans in 1/35, 1/48, 1/72 $ 1/144 scale of the famous Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 aircraft and 8 A3 size scale plans of Bf 109 G-6.

549715, $11.95 , $7.99 , Paperback, 24 pages

DF in Polish Service.

549555, $11.90 , $7.99 , Paperback, 24 pages

F-4B Phantom II Przemyslaw Skulski Janusz ?wiatlo?

This book compiles the 4-view color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the McDonnel F-4B Phantom II. Scale plans are in 1/72 scale, plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. It also includes photos of the details in B&W and color.

549791, $11.99 , $7.99 , Paperback, 24 pages

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF Dariusz Karnas Artur Juszczak

This book compiles color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG21MF. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also includes photos of the details in B&W/color and color profiles of the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG21MF in Polish Service.

549548, $11.90 , $7.99 , Paperback, 24 pages

Saab J 29B

Thierry Vallet This book compiles the 4-view color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the Saab J 29B. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also included are photos of the details in B&W and color.

549319, $11.99 , $7.99 , Paperback, 24 pages

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Messerschmitt Bf 109E

Dariusz Karnas Fold-out scale plans for 1/72, 1/48 and 1/38 scale modelers of all variants of the Bf 109E. The 109E first saw service with the ‘Condor Legion’ during the last phase of the Spanish Civil War and was the main variant from the beginning of World War II until mid-1941 when the 109F replaced it in the pure fighter role.

678852, $11.99 , $7.99 , Paperback, 12 pages

Saab J 21

Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale plans of Saab 21 10 A3 size pages in A4 pb.

All subversions are shown.

281890, $11.99 , $7.99 , Paperback, 20 pages

SAAB 29 Flygande Tunnan

Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 SAAB 29 Flygande Tunnan variants.

A3 size pages in A4 pb.

All subversions are shown.

281456, $11.99 , $7.99 , Paperback, 12 pages

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• MODELING & REFERENCE • • BARGAIN BOOKS • The Fighting Colours of Richard J. Caruana 50th Anniversary Collection. 1: Saab 37 Viggen

Richard J Caruana This tribute to the Saab 37 Viggen provides a brief history of the aircraft and an exceptional collection of over 56 color profiles showing schemes worn operationally and special celebratory schemes. Each profile is accompanied by a detailed caption and a brief history, as well as scale drawings and unit markings.

549463, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 40 pages

Austro-Hungarian Submarines in WWI

Ji?í Novák Austrian submarines of WWI were known as “U-boot”, an abbreviation of Unterseeboot.

This book details the history of the development and use by the Austro-Hungarian navy of subs in WWI, and contains descriptions and specifications of all the boats involved. Profusely illustrated with scale drawings and many rare photos.

421443, $41 , $26.99 , Paperback, 180 pages

Schwerer Gelandegargiger Personenkfraftwagen and Successors

Alan Ranger This album covers such a broad selection of Germany’s heavy off road passenger cars, including the Schwerer Geländegängiger Personenkraftwagen, the Horch 108 type 1 and its licensed build Ford type EG equivalents, as well as the heavy cars built on light truck chassis like the Styer 1500 and Mercedes 1500A & S types.

549098, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 80 pages

Panama Canal Defenders Camouflage and Markings of US Sixth Air Force and Antilles Air Command 1941-1945 Volume 1: Singleengined Fighters

Dan Hagedorn This book describes the extraordinary array of classic aircraft that deployed to defend the Panama Canal and its approaches during WWII. Unlike those in the European and Pacific theaters, the units, aircraft, and airmen of the Sixth Air Force – often cited as the “Forgotten Air Force” – have been almost forgotten until now.

672341, $41.95 , $27.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

The Fighting Colours of Richard J. Caruana.

50th Anniversary Collection.

2. Malta George Cross

Richard J. Caruana This short narrative gives an outline of the Malta Battle’s history which is then illustrated with close to 200 color profiles and other drawings. This book is a veritable successor to the author’s best-selling Malta G.C. – Victory in the Air, published in 1996 which is now out of print.

549746, $30 , $19.50 , Paperback, 62 pages

Scapa Flow Home of the Royal Navy 1939-1945

Krzysztof Kubiak Because of its great distance from German airfields, Scapa Flow was again selected as the main British naval base during WWII and remained in use until 1956. The book presents the detailed history of the naval base during World War II. Many photos and maps help readers explore history of this Royal Navy base.

549036, $35 , $22.99 , Paperback, 96 pages

Opel Blitz 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 Ton Lorries

Alan Ranger Opel Blitz was the name given to various light and middleweight truck series built by Opel.

Here are detailed impressions of the following vehicles through original photographs, taken both during and before the war: Opel Blitz type 3,5-134 & 3,5-157, Opel Blitz type 2,0-12, Opel Blitz type 2,5-35, and Opel Blitz type 5200.

958976, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 80 pages

South African Air Force Fighter Colors Vol. 2 The War in the Desert 1941-1942

Piet van Schalkwyk Once the East African Campaign ended, some of the SAAF Fighter Squadrons, operating in Ethiopia and Sudan, moved north to Egypt to partake in the campaign in Palestine and the Desert War. This covers their history, as well as their colors and markings and includes 20 full-color plates and 95 b&w photos.

672334, $48.95 , $31.99 , Paperback, 88 pages

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• BARGAIN BOOKS • • MODELING & REFERENCE • HU-16A Albatross

Federico Anselmino Claudio Col The backbone of the SAR, the HU-16A Albatross has played a fundamental role in the birth of the specialty in the air force.

105094, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

AB 205

Federico Anselmino Claudio Col This book tells the development of the famous AB 205, built in Italy by Agusta, and analyzes its use in Army aviation - including its use in Afghanistan.

523199, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

MB-339A PAN/CD/MLU Marco Tomassoni Claudio Col

The final story, written by its pilot. Marco Tomassoni, Maj (Ret.) ItAF tells us everything on the popular Italian trainer.

523168, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

F-16A Air Defense Fighter Federico Anselmino Claudio Col

Everything you need to know about Viper’s Italian operation!

Chapters include: Introduction; Origins and development; In service with the Italian Air Force; War use; Modeling notes; Technical data - armaments serials This book contains 124 color photographs, 13 reproductions of patches, 11 documents, and 6 profiles.

523113, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

Mustang The Untold Story

Matthew Willis The North American Mustang is one of the most wellstudied aircraft, however many conceptions of its early history are not entirely correct. This new history tackles tactical doctrine, strategy, and politics of the plane in WWII. The Allison Mustang proved to be one of the best of the war, as this study illustrates.

295882, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 304 pages

British Fighters of the 1970s and ‘80s

Chris Goss Two of the RAF’s most memorable aircraft are the English Electric Lightning and the McDonnell Phantom.

Illustrated with more than 180 photographs, this book covers in great detail the Lightning and Phantom fighter aircraft and the part they played in the latter stages of the Cold War. 870393, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 96 pages

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AirForces of the World South America

Mark Ayton Each year, our network of contributors work their way around the globe to bring you exhaustive coverage of the world’s air arms, region by region. The latest installment from the teams behind Air Forces Monthly and Air Forces Intelligence puts the spotlight on South America.

295004, $18.99 , $12.50 , Paperback, 116 pages

British Bombers of the 1970s and ‘80s

Chris Goss The mainstays of the RAF’s bomber force in the 1970s and ’80s were the distinctive Avro Vulcan and the slightly less well-known Blackburn Buccaneer. Illustrated with 180 photographs, this book details the much-loved Buccaneer and Vulcan and the part they played in the latter stages of the Cold War. 870935, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 96 pages

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• MODELING & REFERENCE • Guide To German Night Fighters In World War II The Night Defenders Of The Reich

Eduardo Manuel Gil Martínez In our Guide to German Night Fighters in WWII, you will be able to know all the types and subtypes of aircraft used by the Luftwaffe in the night defense of Germany. In addition, it covers the history, the units, aces, tactics, types of radars, the camouflages, the armament, etc.

We will not forget the use of night fighters made in Germany in other countries such as Italy, Romania or Hungary, or even Japanese night fighters. Finally, we will make a ranking of the German night fighters to know which of them was the best.

673687, $46.95 , $30.99 , Paperback, 140 pages

Soviet Heavy Fighters 1926–1949

Dariusz Paduch Following World War I, the need arose to renew the aging air force of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes which consisted mostly of obsolete war relics. The Kingdom approached the Dornier factory having recognized its reputation for quality instead of going exclusively to its traditional ally, France. Of course, wartime reparation payments played a role in this decision, however this is not to detract from the fact that at the time airplanes which the Kingdom expressed interest in and eventually purchased from Dornier, had no equivalents.

This book describes the nearly 90 year history of Dornier aircraft in Yugoslavia and its successor states.

673663, $46.95 , $30.99 , Paperback, 172 pages

Panzerknacker

Massimiliano Afiero Seventy years after the battle of Kursk, which was probably the greatest tank battle of the Second World War and perhaps of all military history, comes this new publication. Characterized by hundreds of period photos, allowing the reader to relive those tragic and terrible events.

The photos of men, weapons, and vehicles taken on the battlefield before, during, and after the engagements during the rare moments of rest are a true testament to military history. An exceptional photographic documentation, which will be useful to historians, military history students and modelling enthusiasts.

148260, $37.95 , $24.99 , Paperback, 96 pages

Barbarossa Campaign in 1941 Hungarian Perspective

Peter Mujzer Following World War I, the need arose to renew the aging air force of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes which consisted mostly of obsolete war relics. The Kingdom approached the Dornier factory having recognized its reputation for quality instead of going exclusively to its traditional ally, France. Of course, wartime reparation payments played a role in this decision, however this is not to detract from the fact that at the time airplanes which the Kingdom expressed interest in and eventually purchased from Dornier, had no equivalents.

This book describes the nearly 90 year history of Dornier aircraft in Yugoslavia and its successor states.

673670, $46.95 , $30.99 , Paperback, 160 pages

Dornier The Yugoslav Saga 1926-2007 Djordje Nikoli?

Aleksandar M. Ognjevic

Following World War I, the need arose to renew the aging air force of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes which consisted mostly of obsolete war relics. The Kingdom approached the Dornier factory having recognized its reputation for quality instead of going exclusively to its traditional ally, France. Of course, wartime reparation payments played a role in this decision, however this is not to detract from the fact that at the time airplanes which the Kingdom expressed interest in and eventually purchased from Dornier, had no equivalents.

This book describes the nearly 90 year history of Dornier aircraft in Yugoslavia and its successor states.

673618, $46.95 , $30.99 , Paperback, 336 pages

U-Boots’ Escape to South America Secret Of The Gray Wolves Mariusz Borowiak Peter Wytykowski

A captivating story of German submarines that fled to Argentina on the eve of the Third Reich’s capitulation, unwilling to surrender to the Allies.

The authors of the book discovered numerous unpublished documents in England, Argentina, Germany and the USA. They debunk myths and expose lies concerning the escapes of the German Nazis and the transportation of large amounts of treasure, mainly gold, as well as documentation of the most valuable military projects of the German Reich, which were supposed to turn the tide of the war.

The book uses documents from interrogations of the U-Boot commanders who were sent to a special POW camp near Washington for prisoners of exceptional importance.

148239, $37.95 , $24.99 , Paperback, 265 pages

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• MODELING & REFERENCE • M107/M110 Family of Self-propelled Artillery 1956 -1991

David Doyle Contains 250 photos, many of them in color, illustrating the history and US military service of this weapon system from its the early 1950s through the first Gulf War. Widely used in Vietnam, where it had the longest range of any land-based artillery, the M107 and M110 series of vehicles, along with the M109, formed the backbone of US self-propelled artillery for decades, including the height of the Cold War. Augmenting the vintage photos are carefully selected photos of preserved examples chosen to illustrate the details of the vehicles. All variants of the M107 and M110 are presented in this volume.

751302, $35 , $22.99 , Paperback, 127 pages

Panther Project.

Volume 1 Drivetrain and Hull Lee Lloyd Brian Balkwill

The technical development, a performance evaluation and a detailed combat history of this seminal German tank of World War II is beyond the scope of this published work. Instead we will concentrate here on a visual feast for the eyes, 96 pages detailing an incredible work of restoration being carried out on a Panther Ausf. A in the workshops of the Wheatcroft Collection. By being able to photograph virtually the entire vehicle before fitting of all the major components we have been able to document those elements that are not normally visible even in those studies that comprehensively cover interior walkarounds.

642203, $23 , $14.99 , Paperback, 96 pages

BMW R75 Escaping from the Falaise Pocket

Robert Doepp Modelers of all abilities will learn from Robert’s techniques for vehicle scratchbuilding, figure sculpting, painting and weathering with detailed stepby-step guides to apply the tips, tricks and methods to your own projects.

M3 Lee Grant The Design, Production and service of the M3 Medium Tank, the Foundation of America’s Tank Industry

David Doyle This volume is the most detailed study yet presented of the M3 Lee/Grant tanks, illustrating and describing the development, production, and use of these iconic vehicles by US, Commonwealth, and Russian forces during WWII. The tanks, their power plants, and production techniques used by each manufacturer are shown from assembly line to front line through this profusely illustrated book, including numerous never before published vintage photos.

564680, $79.95 , $51.99 , Hardback, 470 pages

Panther Project.

Volume 2 Engine and Turret Lee Lloyd Brian Balkwill

The second volume in The Panther Project series details the incredible restoration that was carried out on a Panther Ausf. A in the workshops of the Wheatcroft Collection.

This volume comprises 208 pages, covers the period 2009-2018, and concentrates on the restoration of the Turret and its contents, the Maybach 230 P30 engine, and various components of the cooling and fuel systems. It contains 440 photographs and 12 A4 color diagrams, including 45 pre-restoration images, and a wartime history.

564642, $46 , $29.99 , Paperback, 208 pages

Scrapyard Armour Scenes from a Russian Armour Scrapyard David Parker Mark Neville

116 pages featuring 3 different model builds and 40 pages of walkaround images from the scrapyard.

564604, $28.50 , $18.99 , Paperback, 116 pages

Whether you’re a modeler or enthusiast of wartime German motorcycles, equipment and uniforms Robert presents a wealth of information with the dissection of every component in detail, rare wartime images and comprehensive walk-around color photographs of a contemporary restoration.

564666, $35 , $22.99 , Paperback, 112 pages

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• BARGAINS • War in Ancient Greece

Sparta’s Kings

Bob Carruthers The Athenian Thucydides (c490–395BC) wrote this history of the Peloponnesian War between the Spartans and the Athenians, believing that it would be a greater war than any that had preceded it, and his version of events would serve as “a possession for all time”.

592175, $19.95, $9.99, Paperback, 576 pages

John Carr This is a human interest account - not intended as a complete history - of the kings and their accomplishments (or lack thereof), from the founding Herakleidai clan to Kleomenes III, and the Roman conquest in the middle of the 2nd century BC. 848498, $29.95, $14.99, Hardback, 208 pages

Organisation of War Under Edward III

Richard III and the Bosworth Campaign

H.J. Hewitt Andrew Ayton

H.J. Hewitt’s classic study looks beyond the succession of campaigns, marches, raids, sieges, and pitched battles that punctuated the long reign of Edward III. He focuses instead on the organization of war—how armies were raised and trained, how they were transported and supplied, and

Peter Hammond In the most famous battle of the War of the Roses, Richard III and Henry Tudor clashed at Bosworth Field in Leicestershire.

Richard was defeated and killed, and Henry took the crown as Henry VII. This vivid and perceptive account of the battle offers a gripping analysis of the contest itself.

376162, $24.95, $12.50, Paperback, 224 pages

how they fought.

152315, $21.99, $10.99, Paperback, 208 pages

Custer and His Commands From West Point to Little Bighorn Kurt Hamilton John P. Langellier

This superbly illustrated book provides a unique visual record of this famous commander from his graduation at West Point to the last great battle of the American West: the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Rare photographs from private collections show his stylish uniforms, weapons and artifacts.

328075, $19.95, $9.99, Paperback, 64 Pages

Hitler Dictator or Puppet?

Andrew Norman Written by an authority on Adolf Hitler, this book charts new ground and shows how the writings of a deluded ex-monk, Lanz von Liebenfels and the pseudo-science of Liebenfels and other writers, convinced Hitler that Germany’s destiny was to save the world from a JewishBolshevik conspiracy.

845237, $39.95, $19.99, Hardback, 224 pages

The First Battle for Petersburg The Attack and Defense of the Cockade City, June 9, 1864

William Glenn Robertson The First Battle for Petersburg describes the strategy, tactics, and generalship of the Battle of June 9 in full detail, as well as the impact on the city’s citizens, both in and out of the ranks.

Robertson’s study is grounded in extensive primary sources supported by original maps and photos and illustrations.

212143, $27.95, $13.99, Hardback, 192 pages

Mortars in World War II

John Norris Mortars were used throughout WWII by all armies and in all theaters. Although a simple weapon, they greatly enhanced the firepower of infantry formations, giving them their own mobile artillery arm. It gives a brief history of its origins and its use in WWI looks in detail at the many types developed and used in WWII. 463763, $34.95, $17.50, Hardback, 240 pages

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• BARGAINS • Prisoner of the Rising Sun

Stanley Wort This is the story of a young man in the Royal Navy in Hong Kong. He relates some of the humorous situations in which he found himself and provides a realistic account of what life was like for servicemen in pre-war Hong Kong. It describes the prelude, the war, his part in the Battle for Hong Kong, and his imprisonment.

840034, $39.99, $19.99, Hardback, 208 pages

Surprised at Being Alive An Accidental Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and Beyond

Robert F. Curtis Starting with enlisting in the Army to fly helicopters during Vietnam, over the next 17 years Major Robert Curtis would fly around the world off US and British ships from Egypt to Norway and all points in between. His engaging story will be a delight to all aviation enthusiasts.

002750, $32.95, $16.50, Hardback, 312 pages

Kimberly’s Flight The Story of Captain Kimberly Hampton, America’s First Woman Combat Pilot Killed in Battle Anna Simon Ann Hampton

U.S. Army Captain Kimberly Hampton was living her dream flying armed helicopters in combat and commanding troops.

On 01/02/04, Captain Hampton was flying a helicopter above Fallujah when it was wracked by an explosion and crashed, killing her. Her story is told through interviews, e-mails, and her mother’s memories.

001029, $29.95, $14.99, Hardback, 240 pages

Honourable Warriors Fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan - A Frontline Account of the British Army’s Battle for Helmand

Richard Streatfeild Major Richard Streatfeild and his men fought for six months against the Taliban in Sangin, northern Helmand. They were engaged in over 800 fire-fights.

His personal account gives an inside view of the physical, psychological and political battle to come to terms with severe casualties and the stress of battle.

462278, $39.95, $19.99, Hardback, 240 pages

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Frantic 7 The American Effort to Aid the Warsaw Uprising and the Origins of the Cold War, 1944 John Radzilowski Jerzy Szcze?niak

This is the story of Frantic 7, the only daytime air drop providing assistance to the Poles during the Warsaw Uprising, including details of the fate of the bombers shot down that day.

005607, $29.95, $14.99, Hardback, 208 pages

Mist over the Rice Fields A Soldier’s Story of the Burma Campaign 194345 and Korean War 1950-51

John Shipster The author served in two hard-fought campaigns in Asia.

From 1943 to 1945, he was an officer in the British-led Indian Army. In 1950, he was sent to Korea to aid U.S. and South Korean forces. From the steaming jungles of Shipster’s past experience to the bitter cold over a series of bleak hills.

527421, $29.95, $14.99, Hardback, 224 pages

Crossing the Wire One Woman’s Journey into the Hidden Dangers of the Afghan War

AnnaMaria Cardinalli, Ph.D. When an explosive US military report on the topic of sexuality in southern Afghanistan was leaked into mainstream American media, it generated a firestorm of attention. While some of the findings were simply of cultural interest, other findings were of grave humanitarian concern, such as the cyclical abuse of young boys.

001913, $29.95, $14.99, Hardback, 240 pages

15 Years of War How the Longest War in U.S. History Affected a Military Family in Love, Loss, and the Cost Of Service

Kristine Schellhaas This book provides a unique perspective on coping with war in modern-day America. It reveals a true account of how a dedicated Marine and his equally committed spouse faced unfathomable challenges and achieved triumph, from the days just before 9/11 through 15 years of training workups, deployments, and other separations.

213485, $19.95, $9.99, Paperback, 384 pages

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