Warrior 49

Welcome to the first Warrior of 2023!

We’re launching the first Warrior of the year with a Special Operations feature (pp.4-10). Here you can find a wide range of books covering Special Operations stories from the American Civil War through to the Vietnam War and beyond. Don’t miss SOG Kontum (p.4) which follows a year with the men of MACV-SOG at Forward Operating Base Kontum.

For the Civil War enthusiast Gettysburg in Color Volume 1: Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard (p. 28) has used an artificial intelligence-based computerized color identifier to colorize pictures from the three-day battle and so provides the most accurate colorized photos of this monumental battle ever to be published. After seeing these photos, you will never think of the battle again in the same way - it is not to be missed!

For the Eastern Front afficionado Blood, Dust and Snow: Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front (p.46) publishes the recently found diary of Oberleutnant Friedrich Wilhelm Sandler detailing his time with the 11th Panzer-Regiment from April 1938 to December 1943. It is a brutally honest, immediate, and unfiltered personal account and makes for some uniquely fascinating reading about some of the most important campaigns of the Second World War. It includes over 100 photographs and maps from the period. These are just a few of the many incredible books you will find in this issue of the Warrior and we are certain there is something for every military interest.

You may have seen that we’ve launched a new Warrior website at the end of 2022. This new site is a smoother ordering experience, and you will no longer need to use a code to access the site. Please visit www.warcorner. com, take a look around, and let us know what you think!

Happy Reading!

-The Warrior Team

Vietnam Combat Firefights and Writing History

Robin Bartlett

1st Lieutenant Robin Bartlett suddenly found himself at the “repo-depo” in Bien Hoa reassigned to the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). The unit had more helicopter support than any other unit in Vietnam. Wounded troops could be medevaced even in dense jungle using “jungle penetrators.” It also meant that Bartlett’s platoon could deploy through helicopter combat assaults into hot LZs (landing zones) at a moment’s notice if an enemy force had been spotted. And they did. It was with extreme anxiety that Bartlett made his way to join his battalion and company – it was the worst of times to be a platoon leader in Vietnam, let alone a grunt serving in a combat unit. Bartlett also had to cope with personal issues of commitment to a war that was rapidly losing support not only back home but among the soldiers he was leading through the jungles of I Corps on “search and destroy” missions. Fifty years later, Bartlett’s vivid combat experiences are brought to light in a fast-moving, well-written, firstperson narrative expressing the horror, fear, anguish, and sometimes illogical humor of that war.242422, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Black Hearts and Painted Guns

A Battalion’s Journey into Iraq’s Triangle of Death

Kelly Eads

Daniel S Morgan

Kelly Eads joined the 101st Airborne Division soon after 9/11, his experience reflecting the patriotism and commitment of so many young men and women who responded to the attack. He deployed to Iraq twice with the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment. The 502nd had been distinguished on the battlefield by black hearts on their helmets since World War II. Their Scout Platoon became known as Painted Guns due to their practice of camouflaging their rifles. With the help of Dan Morgan, an Infantry officer who deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan as a commander and operations officer, Eads takes the reader on a rollercoaster of combat experiences during the hunt for the most violent terrorist in Iraq, Ab? Mu??ab Zarq?w?, bringing to life the painstaking and horrid details of combat in a sectarian war. He tells the story of the soldiers’ camaraderie, built through adversity, and the love of family that sustained them.

241975, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

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Immigrant Warrior: A Memoir of Vietnam and Beyond A Challenging Life in War and Peace

Henrik O Lunde

Henrik Lunde graduated the University of California at Berkeley in 1958. After the Basic Infantry Officer, Ranger and Airborne courses, Hank spent 18 months with a covert Special Forces unit in Berlin. In 1963 he attended the Infantry Officer Career Course and attended the elite Pathfinder Course before reporting for assignment to the elite 101st Airborne Division. He deployed to Vietnam in 1965. At the end of 1967, he volunteered for the 9th Division in the Delta where he served as Brigade S-3 and battalion executive officer before moving to the Vietnamese II Corps as deputy operations adviser. After graduating from the Command and General Staff College in 1970, he obtained a master’s dgree from Syracuse University before returning to Vietnam in 1973 to serve as Chief of Negotiations of the U.S. Delegation to the FPJMT. After a year at the Political/Military Division of the Army General Staff, Hank attended the U.S. Army War College in 1975–76. From 1976 to 1979, he served in the Plans of Policy branch of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. His last assignment was as Director of National and International Security Studies for Europe at the Army War College.

241807, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 400 pages

The Flying Grunt The Story of Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey, USMC (Ret)

Alan E Mesches

During his 38-year military career Richard Edward Carey witnessed and participated in major historical events. In 189 days of combat, he escaped death seven times, and was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star Medals. In Vietnam, he flew 204 combat sorties, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and 16 Air Medals. In 1975, from Saigon, Carey led history’s largest helicopter evacuation of refugees. Never afraid to stand up for his principles, Carey faced down an Air Force general in Vietnam, and organized air defense for supply helicopters at Khe Sahn; he countermanded a senior Naval officer’s order during the 1975 Saigon evacuation, refusing to cease air operations. In retirement, Carey served as a cabinet member for the governor of Ohio. When the Careys moved to Texas, Carey continued supporting veterans, advocating for veterans’ health care, aiding the drive to build accommodation for families of hospitalized veterans, and was a leader in the effort to build a veterans’ cemetery in Dallas. He would lead the drive to build two Chosin Few memorials even as he cared for his ailing wife. This biography is based upon hours of interviews with the general, his papers, speeches, and Marine Corps documents that captured an exceptional and inspiring life.

242583, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

The Human Face of D-Day Walking the Battlefields of Normandy: Essays, Reflections, and Conversations with Veterans of the Longest Day

Col Keith Nightingale (Ret)

Ever since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the men who survived have sought to return, to honor their dead, and to teach others of what they went through to liberate Europe. Soldier Keith Nightingale has conducted terrain walks in Normandy for over forty years. Over the decades he has had dozens of formal interviews and informal conversations with many of the principals of the day. Added to this rare, new primary material from the top brass are numerous conversations with lower-ranking vets who did the heavy lifting, many of which took place as they actually walked the battlefield with Nightingale. This unique approach to D-Day combines the author’s discussions with veteran and civilian participants, his personal reflections on Operation Overlord, and the insights that occur—often at the very site of a battle. Interspersed with veterans’ remarks, Nightingale’s personal essays are inspired by specific discussions or multiple interviews. Taken together, the succinct, human observations of these participants illuminate the hard facts to create a unique work of long-lasting interest.

241029, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Black Tulip

The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World’s Top Fighter Ace

Erik Schmidt

Over 1,404 wartime missions, Hartmann claimed a staggering 352 airborne kills, and his career contains all the dramas you would expect. Just when Hartmann’s second career was faltering, he was adopted by a network of writers and commentators personally invested in his welfare and reputation. These men, mostly Americans, published elaborate, celebratory stories about Hartmann and his elite fraternity of Luftwaffe pilots. With each dogfight tale put into print, Hartmann’s legacy became loftier and more secure, and his complicated service in support of Nazism faded away. A simplified, one-dimensional account of his life—devoid of the harder questions about allegiance and service under Hitler—has gone unchallenged for almost a generation. Black Tulip locates the ambiguous truth about Hartmann and so much of the German Wehrmacht in general: that many of these men were neither full-blown Nazis nor impeccable knights. They were complex, contradictory, and elusive.

243030, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 240 pages

SOG Medic Stories from Vietnam and Over the Fence

Joe Parnar

Robert Dumont

Elite units carried out many dangerous operations during the Vietnam War, the most secret and hazardous of which were conducted by the Studies and Observations Group, formed in 1964.In the years since the Vietnam War, the elite unit known as SOG has spawned many myths, legends and war stories. Parnar recounts his time with the recon men of this highly classified unit, as his job involved a unique combination of soldiering and lifesaving. His stories capture the extraordinary commitment made by all the men of SOG and reveal the special dedication of the medics, who put their own lives at risk to save the lives of their teammates.

006338, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

Da Nang Diary

A Forward Air Controller’s Gunsight View of Flying with SOG

Col. Thomas R Yarborough

This classic work has now been revised and updated with 50,000 words of additional narrative and previously unpublished photos. It is the story of how, in Vietnam, an elite group of Air Force pilots fought a secret air war in Cessna 0-2 and OV-10 Bronco prop planes—flying as low as they could get. The eyes and ears of the fast-moving jets who rained death and destruction down on enemy positions, the Forward Air Controller made an art form out of an air strike. In this work, the reader flies in the cockpit alongside Yarborough in his adrenaline-pumping chronicle of heroism, danger and wartime brotherhood.

002200, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 376 pages

The US Army’s First, Last, and Only AllBlack Rangers

The 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War, 19501951

Master Sergeant (Ret.) Edward

L. Posey

The 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was the first and only all-black Ranger unit in the history of the United States Army. Its ten-month lifespan included selection, training, and seven months of combat deployment in Korea, after which the unit was deactivated.

Posey’s book is based upon the firsthand experiences of many members of the unit, official records, interviews with survivors, and other archival material. Stitched together, this information offers a rich and worthy addition to the growing literature on the Korean War by explaining the obstacles these patriotic African Americans faced, their sacrifices, and their courageous actions on the far side of the world.

210774, $18.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 260 pages

SOG Kontum Top Secret Missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, 1968–1969

Joe Parnar

Robert Dumont

The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service United States Special Forces unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the Vietnam War. They conducted missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; capturing enemy prisoners, rescuing downed pilots, and conducting rescue operations to retrieve allied prisoners of war; and clandestine agent team activities and psychological operations. This book tells the story of the Teams operating out of FOB2 Kontum, near the tri-border area, in 68–69. The events are told through the words of the men themselves, supported by previously unreleased official documents.

242347, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 304 pages

The Green Berets in the Land of a Million Elephants

U.S. Army Special Warfare and the Secret War in Laos 1959-74

Col. Joseph Celeski

The Secret War in Laos was one of the first “Long Wars” for special operations, spanning a period of about thirteen years. It was one of the largest CIAparamilitary operations of the time, kept out of the view of the American public until now.

006659, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 400 pages

Yank and Rebel Rangers Special Operations in the American Civil War

Robert W Black

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

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

Fighting with the Filthy Thirteen

The World War II Story of Jack Womer, Ranger and Paratrooper

Stephen C. DeVito

Jack Womer

In this work one of the The Filthy Thirteen’s (the most notorious squad of fighting men in the 101st Airborne Division) integral members—and probably its best soldier—reveals his own inside account of fighting as a spearhead of the Screaming Eagles in Normandy, Market Garden, and the Battle of the Bulge.Jack Womer was originally a member of the 29th Infantry Division and was selected to be part of its elite Ranger battalion.In this work, with the help of Stephen DeVito, Jack provides an amazingly frank look at closequarters combat in Europe, as well as the almost surreal experience of dust-bowl-era GI’s entering country after country in their grapple with the Wehrmacht, finally ending up in Hitler’s mountaintop lair in Germany itself.

001005, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 312 pages

Winged Pegasus and The Rangers

Martin W Bowman

This is the third volume of a comprehensive five part work, detailing every aspect of air and paratroop operations on the night of 5/6 June 1944. This dynamic episode in the history of D-Day is expertly researched and relayed with both style and reverence for the aircrew who participated in proceedings.

591185, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 176 pages

SOE In France, 1941–1945

An Official Account of the Special Operations Executive’s ‘British’ Circuits in France

Major Robert Bourne-Patterson

In the archives of the Special Operations Executive lay a report compiled by a staff officer and former member of SOE’s French Section, Major Robert Bourne-Patterson, that until recently could not be published. Because of the highly sensitive nature of the work undertaken by the SOE, the paper was treated as confidential and its circulation was limited to selected personnel. Now, at last, it can be made available to the general public. It contains an overview of operations in France by the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War with records of individual circuits from their inception onwards, containing information concerning individual agents and their contacts, calendars of subversive activity against the Germans.

01980A, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 288 pages

D-Day Cover Up at Pointe du Hoc

The History of the 2nd & 5th US Army Rangers, 1st May – 10th June 1944

Gary Sterne

Gary Sterne, a keen collector of militaria and co-founder of The Armourer and Skirmish magazines, has always been fascinated by the D-Day landings. In particular he was intrigued by the lack of precise information relating to the mystery of the ‘missing guns’ of Pointe du Hoc.His research led to the finding of a map which indicated the position of an ‘unknown’ German gun position buried in the village of Maisy. The rediscovery of the Maisy Batteries made headline news around the world and his best-selling book Cover Up at Omaha Beach subsequently changed the history of the Omaha sector and made many start to question the Rangers’ Pointe du Hoc mission.

823747, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 1160 pages

SOE in Czechoslovakia The Special Operations Executive’s Czech

Section in WW2

An Official History

This is the first full, official account of SOE in Czechoslovakia, compiled by SOE headquarters staff who had direct access to all the organization’s records, many of which were destroyed after the war. The majority of the successful SOE operations in Europe took place in countries occupied by the Germans after the outbreak of war in 1939, Hitler’s forces being regarded as foreign invaders. In Czechoslovakia it was different. The country, which had large numbers of ethnic Germans living within its borders, had been occupied since 1938, allowing the Germans to establish a strong hold on the country which limited the opportunities for subversive action by resistance movements.

08275A, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 160 pages

Special Operations Executive: Polish Section The Death of the Second Polish Republic

Wie?aw Rogalski

The aim of this title is to ascertain the ultimate effectiveness of SOE assistance provided to Poland in WWII. Firstly examining early contacts made between British and Polish military authorities following the signing of the pact of mutual assistance between the two countries in 1939, before analyzing certain issues pertaining to the Polish forces prior to the opening of conflict. Then looking at the Polish defensive war, its failure and the consequences of defeat, followed by an examination of the nascent underground resistance movement. Events drastically change when the Soviet Union joined the western allies after Operation Barbarossa.

113740, $34.95 , $22.99 , Paperback, 254 pages

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SAS: Secret War Operation Storm in the Middle East

Major General Tony Jeapes

In 1970 the SAS was called in to support the Sultan of Oman’s armed forces in their struggle against a Communist-backed insurrection. The task in hand was not to obliterate the enemy, for these were the Sultan’s subjects, but to persuade the rebels to join the Omani government’s side, as well as encouraging the independentlyminded peoples of the Jebel Dhofar to abandon their support for the insurgents. This is the gripping story of the part played in the conflict by the men and squadrons of the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, the first full SAS squadron in the region.

329812, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

SAS Warlord Shoot to Kill

Tom Siegriste

There are no official military records available on the British Army’s Military Reaction Force (MRF) and yet it played a dramatic part in the evolution of the Irish Troubles in the 1970s. SAS Warlord - Shoot to Kill, covers SAS soldier Jack Gillespie’s time in Belfast with the MRF, which was tasked with seeking out and shooting IRA gunmen. Gillespie, a unit commander, posed as a press photographer deep in “enemy territory”. Some days however the camera was left at home and the Thomson machine gun was brought instead. Readers will scarcely believe the account as it contradicts the propaganda they were fed about the British Army in Northern Ireland for a generation. And for them to hear it from the inside makes it all the more remarkable.

000350, $12.99 , $8.50 , Paperback, 360 pages

Keystone of 22 SAS

The Life and Times of Lieutenant Colonel J M (Jock) Woodhouse

MBE MC

Alan Hoe

For all its successes, the future of the Special Air Service was uncertain after the Second World War. Resurrected as 22 SAS Regiment for the Malayan Emergency, after a shaky start it evolved into an important tool in the struggle against terrorism. Credit for this renaissance in the 1950s must go to a small group of highly motivated officers, of these, Lt. Col. John Woodhouse stood out. As this biography written by an SAS insider describes, Woodhouse’s energy, knowledge and courage were pivotal to establishing the standards that made 22 SAS. While Col. Sir David Stirling publicly acknowledged Woodhouse as a cofounder, his role has not been widely recognized. As this book reveals, without his efforts there would probably be no 22 SAS today.

745057, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 272 pages

SAS Zero Hour The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service

Tim Jones

Britain’s elite Special Air Service Regiment, the SAS, is one of the most revered – and feared –special-ops units in the world.

It is commonly held that the regiment was the brainchild of just one man, David Stirling. While not dismissing Stirling’s considerable contribution to the regiment’s genesis, Jones’s insightful investigation identifies all of the major factors that played a part in shaping the SAS. Drawing extensively on primary sources, as well as reassessing the more recent regimental histories and memoirs, SAS Zero Hour is an illuminating and provocative account of how this renowned regiment came into being.

713513, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 224 pages

SAS Action in Africa Terrorists, Poachers and Civil War C Squadron Operations: 1968–1980

Michael Graham

This gripping action-packed book is the eagerly awaited sequel to the best-selling Secret SAS Missions in Africa. C Squadron SAS, comprising dedicated battle-hardened veterans, operated against ruthless terrorist groups, trained and equipped by the Chinese and Russians between 1968 and 1980. The author, who rose to be the Squadron Secondin-Command, is superbly qualified to tell the inside story of their daring and deadly operations undertaken regardless of international borders in former Southern Rhodesia, Zambia, Angola and Mozambique. With its fast pace, colorful characters and behind-the-lines operations, SAS Action in Africa is a superb and thrilling read.

76084A, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

From SAS to Blood Diamond Wars

Fred Marafono MBE Hamish Ross

Even by SAS standards this is the story of an outstanding warrior. On the point of being demobbed from the SAS, Fred Marafono was recruited by David Stirling for his private security company. After Stirling’s death, Fred found himself in the midst of Sierra Leone’s Blood Diamond wars and formed an unbreakable bonding with the country’s champion of democracy, Chief Hinga Norman, whose leadership and tragic death are integral to the story. Peter Penfold sums it all up in the book’s foreword, writing of the, ‘confidence, trust and admiration I have for this remarkable man.’

845114, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

A Handful of Hard Men

The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia

Hannes Wessels

During the West’s great transition into the post-Colonial age, the country of Rhodesia refused to succumb quietly. During this long war many heroes emerged, but none more skillful and courageous than Captain Darrell Watt of the Rhodesian SAS. It is difficult to find another soldier’s story to equal Watt’s in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. When the guns went quiet Watt had won all his battles but lost the war. In this fascinating work we learn that in his twilight years he is now concerned with saving wildlife on a continent where they are in continued danger, devoting himself to both the fauna and African people he has cared so deeply about. 003450, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 304 pages

Secret SAS Missions in Africa

C Squadron’s CounterTerrorist Operations

1968–1980

Michael Graham

This fascinating book is the first to cover the little known C Squadron of the Special Air Service. Operating in East Africa, the Squadron was involved in almost continuous counter communist terrorist operations over the period 1968 to 1980.

Written by a seasoned former senior member of C Squadron, Secret SAS Missions in East Africa paints a graphic and thrilling account of their covert operations and the colorful characters that undertook them.

712462, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

An Active Service

The Story of a Soldier’s Life in the Grenadier Guards, SAS and SBS, 1935-58

Richard Dorney

An Active Service’ traces a young Sid Dowland from civilian life through his service in the SAS and the end of the war. It is a tale of adventure but will be of interest to anyone studying the Second World War or the early days of the SAS. Most of the historical information is previously unpublished and much of it is drawn from SAS operation reports in the National Archives and from the war diaries of the Grenadier Guards. The lively text is accompanied by many previously unseen photographs from private collections and is brought to life by a series of high quality and accurate drawings depicting the uniforms of the day.

033484, $39.95 , $25.99 , Paperback, 211 pages

On Operations with C Squadron SAS Terrorist Pursuit and Rebel Attacks in Cold War Africa

Michael Graham

This is the third and final ‘standalone’ account of C Squadron SAS’s thrilling operations against the relentless spread of communist backed terrorism in East Africa. Drawing on firsthand experiences the author describes operations against communist-backed terrorists in Angola and Mozambique, aiding the Portuguese and Renamo against the MPLA and Frelimo respectively. Although C Squadron was disbanded in 1980 many members joined the South African special forces. Operations undertaken included unsuccessful and costly destabilization attempts against Mugabe and missions into Mozambique including the assassination of Samora Machel.

772817, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

With the SAS and Other Animals A Vet’s Experiences During the Dhofar War 1974

Andrew Higgins

In 1970 at the height of the Cold War, the young Sultan Qaboes of Oman, with secret British military backing, took on the communist rebels in a fierce but little known war. Along with regular British Army and ‘contract’ officers, the SAS played a key role in this bitterly fought but ultimately successful campaign.

844865, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

Anders Lassen VC, MC of the SAS

Mike Langley

Edited by Nigel Cave

From the day he stalked and killed a stag armed only with a knife, Lassen had been recognized as quite unique. He took part in a series of extraordinary strikes against the Axis powers in West Africa, Normandy, the Channel Islands, the Aegean and Greece, the Balkans and, finally, in Italy. This classic biography of a remarkable warrior, which was first published in 1988, is based on interviews with Lassen’s fellow soldiers and a wealth of original research. It covers each stage of Lassen’s short, brilliant career in vivid detail and offers a penetrating insight into the exceptional courage, confidence and singleminded motivation that lay behind Lassen’s extraordinary exploits.

879515, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

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Born of the Desert With the SAS in North Africa

Malcolm James

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

327825, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 336 pages

Gentleman Jim

The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS and Special Forces

Lorna Almonds Windmill

This remarkable story of Jim Almonds (Gentleman Jim) is set in wartime England, the western desert, Italy and France, and recounts his formative role in the birth of the SAS. Against a dramatic background of love, courage and high-risk adventure, it captures for the first time the real spirit of the young soldiers in the newly emerging Special Air Service. Written by Gentleman Jim’s daughter and based on Almond’s own diaries, various primary sources and interviews with other ‘originals’, the action throughout is vivid and immediate.

844247, $39.95 , $25.99 , Paperback, 282 pages

George Jellicoe

SAS and SBS Commander

Nicholas C Jellicoe

George Jellicoe, son of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, commander of the British Grand Fleet at Jutland, was never compromised by his privileged upbringing. In this insightful biography, his son describes a life of action, drama, public service and controversy.

George’s exploits with the newly formed SAS, as David Stirling’s second-in-command, and later commanding the SBS, make for fascinating reading. Thanks to the author’s research and access, this is more than a biography of a significant public figure. It provides fascinating detail of Special Forces operations and the characters of the countless figures with whom he mixed.

009447, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 336 pages

Desert Raids with the SAS Memories of Action, Capture and Escape

Major

Gerald

Tony Hough

Hough

In March 1941, Tony Hough’s under-gunned Battalion suffered a catastrophic baptism of fire in Libya from Rommel’s Afrika Korps. For the next 18 months they experienced brutal conflict against a formidable enemy. Selected for the Special Air Service (SAS), he was captured in December 1942 while raiding behind enemy lines. Sent to an Italian POW camp he suffered the deprivations of captivity. After the Sept. 1943 Italian armistice, he escaped and, after an arduous three month ordeal, he reached Allied lines thanks to the help of brave locals. He went on to fight in North West Europe before becoming a mayor in occupied Germany. Beautifully and modestly written, Tony’s many and varied experiences make for a classic war memoir.

007221, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

He Who Dares Recollections of Service in the SAS, SBS and MI5

David Sutherland

With so few survivors of the Second World War military generation alive today, it is extremely fortunate that men like David Sutherland recorded their experiences for posterity. There can be few veterans whose contribution to victory can rival Sutherland’s. Much of the action is set in the Aegean where the author served with the Special Boat Service, an offshoot of the infant SAS, raiding airfields on the German-held islands. He Who Dares is more than a military memoir, it is true adventure story which remains an inspiring and revealing insight in to Second World War special forces operations.

782229, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

SAS in Italy 1943-1945 Raiders in Enemy Territory

Malcolm

Tudor

This is the story of Britain’s elite special force in Italy during the Second World War. In the summer of 1943 the SAS came out of Africa to carry the fight to the Germans and Fascists in Sicily and the mainland. On the Italian Armistice and Surrender in September 1943 the originator of the SAS, Scots Guards lieutenant David Stirling, was a prisoner at the high-security prisoner of war camp five at Gavi in Piedmont, northwestern Italy, after being captured in January in Tunisia. He eventually ended up as a prisoner at Colditz Castle in Germany, but his work continued.

556979, $28.95 , $18.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

Special Forces Brothers in Arms

Eoin and Ambrose

McGonigal: War in the SAS and SBS

Patric McGonigal

The McGonigals, Eoin and Ambrose were fiercely independent characters. After leading a troop at the River Litani battle in Syria, Eoin became the youngest of the original officers selected for the fledgling SAS and quickly made a name for himself. Tragically, he was lost after parachuting behind enemy lines in Libya. Ambrose, having carried out multiple coastal raids with the Commandos and winning two Military Crosses, later led operations for the SBS in Yugoslavia and Italy. Post-war, he had a short but notable legal career as a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles. This is a thought-provoking account of lost and fulfilled potential and unswerving loyalty at a time of political and religious turmoil.

08219A, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 360 pages

The SAS in Occupied France

The Phantom Major The Story of David Stirling and the SAS Regiment

Virginia Cowles

In the dark and uncertain days of 1941 and 1942, when Rommel’s Afrika Korps was sweeping towards Egypt and the Suez Canal, a small group of daring raiders made history for the Allies. They operated deep behind the German lines, driving hundreds of miles through the deserts of North Africa. The men were the Special Air Service, the SAS, the brainchild of David Stirling, a deceptively mild-mannered man with a brilliant idea. Virginia Cowles’s The Phantom Major is a classic account of these raids, an amazing tale of courage, impudence and daring, packed with action and high adventure. Her narrative, based on the eyewitness testimony of the men who took part, gives a fascinating insight into the early years of the SAS.

843868, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 320 pages

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SAS Operations, June to October 1944

Gavin Mortimer

In the world of military history there is no brand as potent as that of the SAS. They burst into global prominence in 1980 with their spectacular storming of the Iranian Embassy, and there have been hundreds of books, films, documentaries and even reality TV shows about them. But what there hasn’t been is a guide to the scenes of some of their most famous Second World War operations. That is why Gavin Mortimer’s vivid two-volume account of their daring missions in Germanoccupied France in 1944 is such compelling reading.

769626, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

With the SAS: Across the Rhine Into the

Heart of Hitler’s Third Reich

Ian Wellsted

With the SAS: Across the Rhine is the story of the latter part of Captain Ian Wellsted’s military career with the Special Air Service, the first part of which was detailed in his well-received SAS: With the Maquis. This is a very personal account, revealing the many emotional as well as physical strains placed upon men in the fighting line. The author takes us back to his time employed with the 79th armored Division (the famous ‘Hobart’s Funnies’) preparing for D-Day and his desire for more exciting action, which led first to the Parachute Regiment and then the SAS. While we learn a little of his time with the maquis, the main focus of the story is his part in Operation Archway.

745699, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 248 pages

With Stirling’s SAS in the Desert When the Grass Stops Growing

Carol Mather

Carol Mather had a remarkable war. As an early member of Stirling’s newly formed Special Air Service, he was involved in thrilling exploits in the Western Desert before becoming a liaison officer on Monty’s personal staff. In this role he had a front-seat view of the Battle of El Alamein. This exceptional wartime memoir is studded with legendary characters. The unique combination of behind enemy lines action and personal insights into how the war was conducted at the highest command level makes for utterly compulsive reading.

796509, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 236 pages

Fighting with the Long Range Desert Group

Merlyn Craw MM’s War 1940–1945

Brendan O’Carroll

Formed in 1940 the Long Range Desert Group was the first Allied Special Forces unit established to operate behind German and Italian lines in North Africa. Its officers and men were volunteers recruited from British and Commonwealth units. Merlyn Craw was serving with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force when he joined the LRDG in 1941. He took part in numerous missions in the desert. Drawing on interviews with Merlyn and other former LRDG veterans, the author has created a vivid picture of this exceptional and highly decorated fighting man. Readers cannot fail to be impressed by the courage and ruthless determination of Merlyn Craw MM and his comrades.

08427A, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

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Ghost Patrol

A History of the Long Range Desert Group, 1940–1945

John Sadler

The origins of most of the west’s Special Forces can be traced back to the Long Range Desert Group which operated across the limitless expanses of the Libyan Desert, an area the size of India, during the whole of the Desert War from 1940 – 1943. After the defeat of the Axis in North Africa they adapted to serve in the Mediterranean, the Greek islands, Albania, Yugoslavia and Greece. They became the stuff of legend. The brainchild of Ralph Bagnold, a prewar desert explorer, featured, in fictional terms in The English Patient, who put all of his expertise into the creation of a new and, by the standards of the day, highly unorthodox unit.

008424, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 232 pages

The Long Range Desert Group

History & Legacy

Karl-Gunnar Norén

Lars Gyllenhaal

The world’s most respected special forces unit, the Special Air Service (SAS), was inspired by another irregular unit, the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) or simply Ghost Patrol. You may now accompany the authors in Ghost Patrol vehicles far, far behind Rommel’s lines. While doing so you will acquire insights into some extreme raids and reconnaissance missions. You will become familiar with tactics and inventions of the Ghost Patrol that are still relevant today. This book is also the story of an LRDG research expedition to modern Egypt undertaken in original WWII Jeeps and described as a “2300-mile Sahara epic” by Classic & Sports Car magazine. Original LRDG training notes and other tips for extreme travellers are included.

113061, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 164 pages

The Long Range Desert Group in Action 1940–1943

Brendan O’Carroll

The Long Range Desert Group has a strong claim to the first Special Forces unit in the British Army. This superbly illustrated history follows the LRDG from its July 1940 formation as the Long Range Patrol in North Africa, tasked with intelligence gathering, mapping and reconnaissance deep behind enemy lines.

777416, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 224 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. 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. With its brilliant description of the harsh beauty of the desert, and its exciting chronicle of the LRDG activities, this book is as fascinating today as it was when was first published in 1945, after being vetted by the War Office.

328587, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 256 Pages

The Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945 Providence

Sir John Keegan

David Lloyd Owen

Their Guide

In a campaign known for many special warfare units, the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) became one of the greatest legends of the North African Campaign in World War II. This classic insider’s account has been updated and supplemented with rare photographs from the LRDG collection in the Imperial War Museum.

528060, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 238 pages

The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean

Brendan

O’Carroll

Shortly after the invasion of Sicily and to distract German attention from the Italian campaign, Churchill ordered the occupation of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean. The Long Range Desert Group, retraining in Lebanon, were now part of Raiding Forces, Middle East, along with the Special Boat Service and No 30 Commando. In support of 3,000 regulars in 234 Brigade, the LRDG landed covertly on Leros establishing observation posts, reporting movement of enemy shipping and aircraft. The author, an acknowledged expert on the LRDG uses official sources, both British and German, and individual accounts to piece together the full story of this dramatic, costly but little-known campaign.

777379, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 336 pages

Alexander the Great Conqueror, Commander, King

John Sadler

Rosie

Serdiville

Alexander was perhaps the greatest conquering general in history. In just over a generation, his northern Greek state of Macedon rose to control the whole of the vast Persian Empire. No-one in history has equaled his achievement. Julius Caesar is said to have wept because by contrast he had accomplished so little.

006819, $12.95 , $8.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

The

Wars of

Alexander’s Successors 323 – 281

BC

Volume 1Commanders and Campaigns

Bob

Bennett

Mike Roberts

When the dying Alexander the Great was asked to whom he bequeathed his vast empire, he supposedly replied ”to the strongest.” There ensued a long series of struggles between his generals and governors for control of these territories. Most of these Diadochi (Successors) were consummate professionals who had learned the art of war under Alexander or even his father, Philip. Few died a peaceful death and the last survivors of this tough breed were still leading their armies against each other well into their seventies. Colorful characters, epic battles, treachery and subterfuge make this a period with great appeal to anyone interested in ancient history and ancient warfare in particular.

760746, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

Mercenaries in the Classical World To the Death of Alexander

Stephen English

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

843301, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 192 pages

The Field Campaigns of Alexander the Great

Stephen English

There is a copious literature on Alexander the Great, but most are biographies of the man himself, with relatively few recent works analyzing his campaigns from a purely military angle. This book combines a narrative of the course of each of Alexander’s campaigns, with clear analysis of strategy, tactics, logistics etc.

Combined with Stephen English’s The Army of Alexander the Great and The Sieges of Alexander the Great, it completes a very compelling examination of one of the most successful armies and greatest conquerors ever known.

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

The Wars of Alexander’s Successors 323 – 281 BC

Volume 2 - Battles and Tactics

Bob

Bennett

Mike Roberts

When the dying Alexander the Great was asked to whom he bequeathed his vast empire, he supposedly replied to the strongest. There ensued a long series of struggles between his generals and governors for control of these vast territories. Most of these Diadochi, or successors, were consummate professionals who had learnt their trade under Alexander and, in some cases, his father Philip. This second volume studies how they applied that experience and further developed the art of war in a further four decades of warfare.

760791, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

The Attack on Troy

Rodney Castleden

3300 years ago Agamemnon, king of Mycenae in Greece, attacked the city of Troy in western Anatolia. The bloody siege that followed gave rise to one of the most famous legends of the ancient world, and the search for the truth behind the legend has intrigued scholars ever since. In this fascinating new investigation Rodney Castleden reconsiders all the evidence in order to establish the facts and give a historical basis to the most potent myth of ancient warfare.

766762, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 224 pages

Greek Mythology Gods and Heroes Brought to Life

Robert Garland

Greek mythology is very much alive and well in the contemporary world. There are many narrative versions of the myths currently available, but this book will do something very different: it will give the characters the chance to tell their stories in their own words. In so doing, it will give both gods and humans the opportunity to reflect upon their life stories and, in places, justify their actions. In this way they will come across as real people, just as they are, say, in the plays of the dramatists.

776549, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 232 pages

Henchmen of Ares Warriors and Warfare in Early Greece

Josho Brouwers

This book provides a detailed, diachronic treatment of a dynamic and formative period of Greek history: from the Mycenaean Bronze Age down to the Persian Wars. Secondly, it offers an up-to-date and detailed treatment of the archaeological evidence in addition to the ancient texts. Thirdly, it places the military developments into their proper cultural and historical contexts: warfare was not merely an activity that ancient peoples frequently engaged in, but served a much broader function as a constituent element of their cultural identities.

258078, $38 , $24.99 , Hardback, 204 pages

The Greek Victories and the Persian Ebb 480-479 BC

The Battles of Salamis, Plataea, Mycale

and after

Manousos E Kambouris

The dramatic conclusion to this trilogy explains the reversal of fortunes and final defeat of Xerxes’ Persian invasion of Greece; not as unlikely as usually presupposed. The focus is on the successful repulse of the Persian massive armada at Salamis, a resounding naval victory with parallels to the English defeat of the Spanish Armada. Along with the backstage policies and cloak-anddagger events, the analysis of hard data of naval and military realities and environment shows the reason for this outcome and more so of the closely fought double campaign of the following year that ended the Persian threat. This is a fine finale to this fresh appraisal of these hugely significant events.

097802, $52.95 , $34.50 , Hardback, 264 pages

Themistocles The Powerbroker of Athens

Jeffrey Smith

This is an exciting new biography of Themistocles of Athens, architect of the Greek victory over the Persian invasions of 490 BC and 480 to 479 BC. While his role in the Persian wars is naturally a major theme, Themistocles’ career before and after those conflicts is also considered in detail. Themistocles was a leading exponent of a new kind of populist politics in the young democracy of Athens, manipulating the practice of ostracism to get rid of his political rivals. Jeffrey Smith explains Themistocles’ rise to a position of virtual hegemony which allowed him to institute his far-sighted policy of preparation against the growing Persian threat.

790453, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 312 pages

Two Deaths at Amphipolis

Cleon vs Brasidas in the Peloponnesian War

Mike Roberts

This original book looks in detail at arguably the two most significant characters on either side in the middle years of the great Peloponnesian War and the showdown in and around Amphipolis. The Spartan commander Brasidas was already a veteran of many campaigns when he headed for the strategically important northern theater. Cleon was the key hawk in the Athenian assembly who led his fellow citizens in a major effort to counter the impact that Brasidas was having in the north. The two finally clashed in battle outside the Athenian colony of Amphipolis which Brasidas had by then captured.

463787, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

The Fall of the Seleukid Empire 187-75 BC

John D. Grainger

The concluding part of John D Grainger’s history of the Seleukids traces the tumultuous last century of their empire. In this period it was riven by dynastic disputes, secessions and rebellions, the religiouslyinspired insurrection of the Jewish Maccabees, civil war and external invasion from Egypt in the West and the Parthians in the East. By the 80s BC, the empire was disintegrating, internally fractured and squeezed by the converging expansionist powers of Rome and Parthia. This is a fittingly, dramatic and colorful conclusion to John Grainger’s masterful account of this once-mighty empire.

030309, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 Pages

Ancient Egyptian Warfare Tactics, Weaponry and Ideology of the Pharaohs

Ian Shaw

A concise introduction to Ancient Egyptian warfare from the Neolithic period through to the Iron Age, covering everything from battle tactics to weaponry and battle injuries. The excellent preservation of Egyptian artifacts including bows, axes and chariots, means that it is possible to track the changing nature of Egyptian military technology, as well as the equipment and ideas that were adopted from other civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East. As well as discussing such crucial issues as military strategy, martial ideology, construction of fortresses and waging of siege warfare.

007250, $14.95 , $9.99 , Hardback, 160 pages

Warfare and Weaponry in Dynastic Egypt

Rebecca Angharad Dean

The development of warfare in any society provides an evocative glance into the lives of our predecessors. This is never more the case than with that most enticing of ancient civilizations, Ancient Egypt. Follow Rebecca Dean through the fascinating world of mysterious figures such as Tutankhamun and Nefertiti, examining not only the history and development of ancient Egyptian warfare, but the weapons used and the way they were handled. Swords, axes, and daggers are the weapons of choice here, as ancient Egyptian warfare is brought vividly to life through the exciting use of experimental archaeology. By examining and testing replicas of real-life artifacts, just how deadly these ancient Egyptian weapons were can be seen.

823556, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

Before the Pharaohs Exploring the Archaeology of Stone Age Egypt

Julian Maxwell Heath

This book examines the fascinating archaeology of stone Age Egypt, from its very beginnings, when early members of the human species arrived in Egypt from sub-Saharan Africa, to its end, when the impressive Naqada Culture emerged, setting in motion the processes that led to the formation of one of the world’s greatest ancient civilizations. The remarkable archaeology of pharaonic Egypt continues to captivate countless people worldwide but evidence for Egypt’s prehistoric or Stone Age past has been relatively neglected.

790415, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 232 pages

The Army of Ptolemaic Egypt 323 to 204 BC An Institutional and Operational History

Paul

Johstono

The Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt and much of the eastern Mediterranean basin for nearly 300 years. As a Macedonian dynasty, they derived much of their legitimacy from military activity. To achieve this they devoted much of their activity to the development and maintenance of a large army and navy. This work offers a study of the Ptolemaic army as an institution, and of its military operations, both reconstructed through a wide range of ancient sources, from histories to documentary papyri and inscriptions to archaeological finds.

833838, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

Warfare in New Kingdom Egypt

Paul

Elliott

The New Kingdom of Egypt marks the apogee of military organization and preparedness. Beginning the era under foreign occupation, the Egyptians built up an army to challenge the invaders and liberate their land. Using the newest battlefield technologies (bows, chariots, and hand weapons), the new pharaohs pushed the frontiers of the New Kingdom into Syria and Ethiopia. This book narrates this incredible rise to power, describing in detail the way in which the Egyptian war machine was structured, how it was supplied, and how it fought.

555804, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 176 pages

The Royal Tombs of Ancient Egypt

Aidan Dodson

The royal tombs of ancient Egypt include some of the most stupendous monuments of all time, containing some of the greatest treasures to survive from the ancient world. This book is a history of the burial places of the rulers of Egypt from the very dawn of history down to the country’s absorption into the Roman Empire, three millennia later. During this time, the tombs ranged from mudbrick-lined pits in the desert, through pyramid-topped labyrinths to superbly-decorated galleries penetrating deep into the rock of the Valley of the Kings. The first book to embrace in detail the entire range of royal tombs, the present volume covers the full extent of royal funerary monuments.

07746B, $34.95 , $22.99 , Paperback, 344 pages

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Augustus at War The Struggle for the Pax Augusta

Lindsay Powell

Karl Galinsky

The words Pax Augusta – or Pax Romana – evoke a period of uninterrupted peace across the vast Roman Empire. In this new book Lindsay Powell exposes the truth for the lie that it is. Almost every year between 31 BC and AD 14 the Roman Army was in action somewhere, either fighting enemies beyond the frontier in punitive raids or for outright conquest; but it was also entangled in suppressing rebellions within the borders – or itself on the verge of mutiny. Drawing on archaeology, art, coins, inscriptions and documents of the period, Powell presents a new and provocative assessment of the men and events shaping a crucial period in world history, which still reverberates down to our own time.

023368, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 496 pages

Roman Legends Brought to Life

Robert Garland

The legends of early Rome are among the most memorable of any in the world. That’s where this story – the story of the boldest, most enduring, and most successful political experiment in human history –begins. It’s the story of how a band of refugees escaped from the ruins of a burning city and came to establish themselves hundreds of miles to the west in the land of Hesperia, the Western Land, the land where the sun declines, aka Italia. It’s the story of a people who by intermingling, compromise and sheer doggedness came to dominate first their region, then the whole of peninsula Italy, and finally the entire Mediterranean and beyond.

098526, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 232 pages

Roman Warriors The Paintings of Graham

Sumner

Graham Sumner

Simon Elliott

Stunning artwork featuring never-before-seen illustrations, this colorful, comprehensive anthology is a must-have for any enthusiast of the period, and of military history in general.

Introduced with a foreword by best-selling historian and author Adrian Goldsworthy, Sumner’s beautiful color reconstructions of Ancient Roman warriors over time are complemented expertly with informative, enlightening text by eminent historian and author Simon Elliott. This combination of illustrations and s writing leaves no stone unturned as they divulge information about this fascinating period of military history in mesmerizing, intricate detail. Readers will swiftly become fully immersed in this ancient world.

387198, $70 , $45.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

The Rise of Byzantium Fighting the Early Wars of Byzantium with the Three Ages of Rome

Philip Garton

This book provides an expansion to the ‘Three Ages of Rome’ wargames’ rules. The six historical scenarios span

‘The Rise of Byzantium’ and link directly into the last period of the ‘Three Ages’ rules. The new army lists introduce armies from across the period of the expansion set. They complement the armies in the original set of rules enabling players to recreate more battles from the ancient period. As in the ‘Three Ages’, in battle nothing is certain but generals that practice their skills are more likely to be victorious.

510094, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 68 pages

The Fall of Roman Britain and Why We Speak English

John Lambshead

The end of empire in the island of Great Britain was both more abrupt and more complete than in any of the other European Roman provinces. When the fog clears and Britain re-enters the historical record, it is, unlike other former European provinces of the Western Empire. Other ex-Roman provinces of the Western Empire in Europe showed two consistent features conspicuously absent from the lowlands of Britain: the dominant language was derived from the local Vulgar Latin and the dominant religion was a Christianity that looked towards Rome. This leads naturally to the question: ‘what was different about Britannia?’

07556B, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 176 pages

The Roman King Arthur?

Lucius Artorius Castus

Tony Sullivan

This first full academic study of Artorius Castus offers a number of potential timeframes and details his career through a turbulent and bloody period of Roman history, serving as primus pilus of V Macedonia and praefectus of the Sixth Legion in northern Britain. This is an entertaining and informative picture of two fascinating figures, one firmly historical, the other shrouded in myth and legend. The book leaves the reader with a clear picture of the lives of a Roman career officer and later dark-age warrior and the different worlds in which they lived. Anyone interested in the Roman period, post-Roman Britain and the possibilities for a historical Arthur should enjoy this book.

08402A, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

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

Gabriele Esposito

Before becoming the masters of the Mediterranean world, the Romans had first to conquer the Italian peninsula in a series of harsh conflicts against its other varied and warlike residents. The outcome was no foregone conclusion and it took the Romans half a millennium to secure the whole of Italy. Gabriele Esposito presents the armies that fought these wars, in which the Roman military spirit and their famous legions were forged. He not only follows the evolution of the Roman forces from the Regal Period to the outbreak of the Second Punic War but also the forces of their neighbors, rivals and enemies.

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

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

Armies of Celtic Europe 700 BC to AD 106

History, Organization and Equipment

Gabriele Esposito

Although comprised of many distinct tribes and groupings, the Celts shared a distinctive culture that dominated much of Europe for centuries. They enjoyed a formidable reputation as fierce and brave warriors, skilled horsemen and fine metalworkers. Such was their warlike prowess that, when not fighting their own wars, they were sought after as mercenaries.

Gabriele Esposito studies this fascinating warrior culture, their armies, strategy, tactics and equipment.

730336, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 168 pages

Armies of the Thracians and Dacians, 500 BC to AD 150

History, Organization and Equipment

Gabriele Esposito

The Thracians are mentioned as early as in the epic poems by Homer and were fundamental in the evolution of the Greek military systems across the ages. They fought in the Persian Wars, were part of Alexander the Great’s army, were used as mercenaries in many Hellenistic armies and resisted Roman conquest for a long time. The Dacians were a mix of different cultures and were extremely influenced by some steppe peoples like the Sarmatians. They had a lot in common with the Thracians but had a different history. They formed one of the largest and most powerful kingdoms of Antiquity, a sort of super-power that dominated over the Balkans.

772749, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

Armies of the Hellenistic States 323 BC - AD 30

History, Organization and Equipment

Gabriele Esposito

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

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

Armies of the Late Roman Empire AD 284 to 476

History, Organization and Equipment

Gabriele Esposito

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

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

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Mesopotamia & Arabia

Lee

Fratantuono

This volume explores the Roman invasions and military operations in two distinct yet related areas: Mesopotamia and Arabia. In these far-flung regions of the ancient known world, Rome achieved the greatest point of expansion in the history of her Empire. Under the reign of the Emperor Trajan, the Roman Empire reached the point of maximum expansion made famous by maps of the world circa AD 120. Under the Severans, significant efforts were expended on a Roman dream of linking the two regions into one mighty provincial bulwark against Eastern enemies.

883260, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

The Danube Frontier

Michael

Schmitz

The Roman conquests of Macedonia in the 2nd century BC led directly to the extension of their authority over the troublesome tribes of Thrace to the south of the Danube. But their new neighbor on the other side of the mighty river, the kingdom of the Dacians, was to pose an increasing threat to the Roman empire. Inevitably, this eventually provoked Roman attempts at invasion and conquest. It is a measure of Dacian prowess and resilience that several tough campaigns were required over more than a century before their kingdom was added to the Roman Empire. It was one of the Empire’s last major acquisitions (and a short-lived one at that).

848245, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Macedonia and Greece

Philip Matyszak

In the late 3rd century BC, Philip V of Macedon allied with Hannibal in pursuit of his dream for a new Macedonian empire. Once Carthage was defeated, however, the Roman army for the first time turned its full attention to the Greek world.The stage was set for the clash of two of the most successful military systems of the ancient world, the Roman legions versus the Macedonian phalanx. Philip Matyszak gives a clear narrative of the course of these wars, explaining how the Roman war machine coped with formidable new foes and the challenges of unfamiliar terrain. Specially commissioned color plates bring the main troop types vividly to life in meticulously researched detail.

726780, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 208 pages

North Africa

Nic Fields

The third in the Roman Conquests series will briefly cover Rome’s first forays into the dark continent during the First and Second Punic Wars. Like the other volumes, this book gives a clear narrative of the course of these wars, explaining how the Roman war machine coped with formidable new foes and the challenges of unfamiliar terrain and climate.

159703, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 176 pages

Asia Minor, Syria and Armenia

Richard Evans

The Roman army defeated the Seleucids at the epic battle of Magnesia in 190 BC. This, however, allowed other states to come to the fore, most notably Pontus. In the 1st century BC, Rome’s grip on its Asian provinces was shattered by the onslaught of Mithridates VI of Pontus, Rome’s most enduring foe. Mithridates was eventually overcome, after many Roman reverses, but these wars in turn led to conflict with Armenia. This book gives a clear narrative of the course of these wars, explaining how the Roman war machine coped with formidable new foes and the challenges of unfamiliar terrain and climate.

159710, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

Egypt and Judaea

John D. Grainger

Egypt was the last of the Macedonian Successor states to be swallowed up by Roman expansion. The Ptolemaic rulers had allied themselves to Rome while their rivals went down fighting. However, Cleopatra’s famous love affair with Marc Antony ensured she was on the wrong side of the Roman civil war between him and Octavian (later to become Caesar Augustus). After the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the naval battle of Actium, Octavian swiftly brought it under direct Roman control, though it took several campaigns to fully subjugate the whole country. These campaigns have previously been largely neglected.

781598, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 224 pages

Military History of Late Rome 518–565

Ilkka Syvänne

The Military History of Late

Rome 518-565 provides a new, fresh analysis of the revival of Roman fortunes during the reigns of Justin I (518-527) and Justinian I (527-565). The book narrates in great detail the reconquests of North Africa, Italy and southern Spain by Justinian’s armies. It also explores the massive encounters between the Romans and Persians in the east, and the apocalyptic fights in the Balkans between the Romans and barbarians. The author pays particular attention to the tactics and battles so there is detailed analysis of all of the period engagements.

895287, $52.95 , $34.50 , Hardback, 464 pages

Conquerors of the Roman Empire: The Goths

Simon MacDowall

In the late 4th century, pressure from the Huns forced the Goths to cross the Danube into the Roman Empire. The resultant Battle of Adrianople in 378 was one of Rome’s greatest defeats. Both western (Visigoth) and eastern (Ostrogoth) branches of the Goths had a complex relationship with the Romans, sometimes fighting as their allies against other ‘barbarian’ interlopers but carving out their own kingdoms in the process. Under Alaric the Visigoths sacked Rome itself in 410 and went on to establish a kingdom in Gaul (France).

837645, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 184 pages

Gladiators Fighting to the Death in Ancient Rome

M. C. Bishop

This book gives an entertaining overview of the history of the gladiator, one of the most enduring figures of Ancient Rome, debunking some myths along the way. We learn about the different forms of combat, and the pairings which were designed to carefully balance the strengths and weaknesses of one against the other.

005133, $12.95 , $8.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

Military History of Late Rome 602–641

Ilkka Syvänne

The Military History of Late Rome 602-641 provides a fresh analysis of the Roman Empire from the reign of Phocas until the death of Heraclius. This was an era of unprecedented upheavals which is usually considered to have resulted in the end of antiquity. This volume revises many of the previously held views of how this took place and what actually happened. The author provides a fresh analysis of all of these upheavals; explains in detail why these reversals of fortune happened; what enabled the Romans to defeat the Persians; and why the Romans lost when they fought against the Muslims and, conversely, why the Muslims were so successful. This was an era of epic campaigns and battles all of which are explained in unprecedented detail.

Conquerors of the Roman Empire: The Vandals

Simon MacDowall

On 31 December AD 406, a group of German tribes crossed the Rhine, pierced the Roman defensive lines and began a rampage across Roman Gaul. Foremost amongst them were the Vandals and their search for a new homeland. The Romans were unable to stop them and their closest allies, the Alans, marching the breadth of Gaul and making themselves masters of Spain. However, this Kingdom of the Vandals soon came under intense pressure from Rome’s Visigothic allies.

837706, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

Julius Caesar Rome’s

Greatest Warlord

Simon Elliott

Julius Caesar has been the inspiration to countless military commanders over the last two millennia. Born into an aristocratic family, his early military campaigns, part of his progression along the cursus honorium, included campaigning in the east, Spain and in the early Roman civil wars. His participation in the Gallic Wars is known mainly through the commentary on the wars that he wrote and published, along with his incursions into Britain. This concise history details his military life, and how it impacted with his political career, from his youth through the civil wars that resulted in his becoming the dictator of Rome, and his legacy.

007090, $14.95 , $9.99 , Hardback, 160 pages

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075671, $52.95 , $34.50 , Hardback, 352 pages

The Roman Emperor Aurelian Restorer of the World

John F. White

The ancient Sibylline prophecies had foretold that the Roman Empire would last for 1000 years. As the time for the expected dissolution approached in the middle of the third century AD, the empire was lapsing into chaos. The western empire had seceded under a rebel emperor and the eastern empire was controlled by another usurper. Barbarians took advantage of the anarchy to kill and plunder all over the provinces. Yet within the space of just five years, the general, later emperor Aurelian had expelled all the barbarians from with the Roman frontiers, reunited the entire empire and inaugurated major reforms of the currency, pagan religion and civil administration.

781871, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

The Emperor Commodus God and Gladiator

John S McHugh Commodus is synonymous with debauchery and megalomania, best remembered for fighting as a gladiator. Modern popular culture knows him as the patricidal villain in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. John McHugh reviews the ancient evidence to present the first full-length biography of Commodus in English. Openly autocratic, Commodus compromised the privileges and vested interests of the senatorial clique, who therefore plotted to murder him.

827554, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

Caligula An Unexpected General

Lee Fratantuono

Gaius Caligula reigned for four short years from 37 to 41 CE before his infamous tenure came to a violent end.This is a military history of Rome during Caligula’s reign. His years as emperor came in the wake of the great consolidation of Tiberius’ gains in Germany and Pannonia. His expeditions in Gaul were part of a program of imitation of his storied predecessor, and crowning completion of what had been left undone in the relatively conservative military policy years of Augustus and Tiberius.This book offers a new appraisal of Caligula as a surprisingly competent military strategist, arguing that his achievements helped to secure Roman military power in Europe for a generation.

711205, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

A Military Life of Constantine the Great Ian Hughes

Much of Constantine I’s claim to lasting fame rests upon his sponsorship of Christianity, and many works have been published assessing whether his apparent conversion was a real religious experience or a cynical political maneuver. However his path to sole rule of the Roman Empire depended more upon the ruthless application of military might than upon his espousal of Christianity. He fought numerous campaigns, many of them against Roman rivals for Imperial power. In this new study, Ian Hughes assesses whether Constantine would have deserved the title ‘the Great’ for his military achievements alone, or whether the epithet depends upon the gratitude of Christian historians.

724236, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Aetius Attila’s Nemesis

Ian Hughes

In AD 453 Attila, with a huge force composed of Huns, allies and vassals drawn from his already-vast empire, was rampaging westward across Gaul (essentially modern France), then still nominally part of the Western Roman Empire. Laying siege to Orleans, he was only a few days march from extending his empire from the Eurasian steppe to the Atlantic. He was brought to battle on the Cataluanian Plain and defeated by a coalition hastily assembled and led by Aetius. Who was this man that saved Western Europe from the Hunnic yoke? While Attila is a household name, his nemesis remains relatively obscure. Aetius is one of the major figures in the history of the Late Roman Empire and his actions helped maintain the integrity of the West.

778840, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 304 pages

Mark Antony: A Plain Blunt Man

Paolo De Ruggiero

Mark Antony was embroiled in the tumultuous events of the mid-1st century BC, which saw the violent transformation from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. After being defeated by Augustus he has often been characterized by hostile historians as a loyal henchman of his uncle Julius Caesar but without the guile and vision to attain greatness in his own right.

But Paolo de Ruggiero re-assesses this pivotal figure, analyses the arguments of his many detractors, and concludes that he was much more than a simple soldier.

462704, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

Celtic Warfare From the Fifth Century BC to the First Century AD

Gioal Canestrelli

Warfare was a crucial aspect of Celtic society, deeply linked to the spreading of their culture through all Europe. Gioal Canestrelli offers an interdisciplinary approach, combining archaeological and literary sources and examining Celtic warfare from both a practical perspective, linked to weapons structure and military tactics, and a social perspective, analyzing the cultural implications of Celtic military development. Furthermore, the book analyses the different areas of the Keltiké, from Britain to Gaul, from Spain to the Alpine region, with more than 120 black & white drawings of the archaeological finds and a number of original color artworks of Celtic warriors.

07017A, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Armies of Anglo-Saxon England 410–1066

History, Organization and Equipment

Gabriele Esposito

In the early 5th century, Germanic Angles, Saxons and Jutes crossed the North Sea in increasing numbers and began settling among the ruins of the former Roman province of Britannia. This led to centuries of warfare as these ‘AngloSaxons’ carved new, independent kingdoms at the point of the sword, fighting the native Britons and each other. From the late eighth century they also had to face the threat of the Vikings, at first as opportunistic raiders but increasingly bent on conquest. The last Viking invasion was defeated by Harold Godwinson at Stamford Bridge but he was defeated by the Normans in that same fatal year of 1066, ending the Anglo-Saxon Age.

09397A, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 176 pages

Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

Margaret C Jones

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

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

Early Ships and Seafaring European Water Transport

Seán McGrail

This title builds on Professor Seán McGrail’s 2006 volume Ancient Boats and Ships by delving deeper into the construction and use of boats and ships between the stone age and AD1500 in order to provide up to date information. Regions covered will include the Mediterranean and Atlantic Europe. This volume is easily accessible to those with little or no knowledge of the building and uses of boats, whether ancient or modern. Seán McGrail introduces the reader to this relatively new discipline through the theory and techniques used in the study of early boats as well as the many different types of evidence available to us, including archaeological, documentary, iconographic, experimental and ethnographic, and the natural, physical laws.

019453, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 208 pages

The Anglo-Saxons at War

Paul Hill

In the time of the great Anglo-Saxon kings like Alfred and Athelstan, Æthelred and Edmund Ironside, what was warfare really like – how were the armies organized, how and why did they fight, how were the warriors armed and trained, and what was the Anglo-Saxon experience of war? As Paul Hill demonstrates in this compelling new study, documentary records and the growing body of archaeological evidence allows these questions to be answered with more authority than ever before. His broad, detailed and graphic account of the conduct of war in the Anglo-Saxon world in the unstable, violent centuries before the Norman Conquest will be illuminating reading for anyone who wants to learn about this key stage of medieval history.

07715B, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 224 pages

The Fortress Kingdom

The Wars of Aethelflaed and Edward the Elder, 899–927

Paul Hill

In this the second part of his four-volume military and political history of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Paul Hill follows the careers of Æthelflæd, Alfred the Great’s eldest daughter, and Edward the Elder, Alfred’s eldest son, as they campaigned to expand their rule after Alfred’s death. They faced, as Alfred had done, the full force of Danish hostility during the early years of the tenth century, a period of unrelenting turbulence and open warfare. But through their military strength, in particular their strategy of fortress building, they retained their hold on the kingdom and conquered lands which had been under Danish lords for generations.

01061A, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 264 pages

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

Peter Hoskins

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

074766, $34.95 , $22.99 , Paperback, 252 pages

Saladin Hero of Islam

Geoffrey Hindley

The extraordinary character and career of Saladin are the keys to understanding the Battle of Hattin, the fall of Jerusalem and the failure of the Third Crusade. He united warring Muslim lands, reconquered the bulk of Crusader states and faced the Richard the Lion Heart, king of England, in one of the most famous confrontations in medieval warfare. Geoffrey Hindley’s sympathetic and highly readable study of the life and times of this remarkable, many-sided man, who dominated the Middle East in his day, gives a fascinating insight into his achievements and into the Muslim world of his contemporaries.

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

The History of Jerusalem

Its Origins to the Early Middle Ages

Alan

J Potter

Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world, with evidence of an original settlement dating back more than 4,000 years. Since then this Middle Eastern city has been attacked and devastated on numerous occasions. The History of Jerusalem: Its Origins to the Early Middle Ages is the first of its kind to examine in detail the rich history of Jerusalem during antiquity up to the year 630 CE. This in-depth account goes further than other volumes in terms of the breadth and scale of events covered, and it will appeal to those looking for an unbiased, but critical appraisal of the colorful history of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas.

783295, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World Ice Age to Mid-Eighth Century

Nick

Collins

The Indian subcontinent was the original major player in maritime trade, linking oceans and regions. Global maritime trade declined with the fall of Mediterranean empires and the ‘dark age’ in Europe but revived with Indian Ocean and Asian maritime networks. Shipping and trade studies are hugely practical but can be technical, legalistic and even dull for non-specialists. But this history is a broadly based and exciting account of human interaction at multiple levels, for general readers, specialists and practitioners. It is based on huge reading and rare sources and with an attractive writing style, and full of fascinating sidelights illuminating the historical narrative from an author with lifelong experience in international shipping.

786623, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 408 pages

Saladin and the Fall of Jerusalem

Richard the Lionheart, the Crusades and the Battle for the Holy Land

David Nicolle

Stanley Lane-Poole

Saladin is a legendary figure in the history of the Middle East. His rise to prominence in the twelfth-century was rapid and he established himself as an intrepid statesman as well as a military commander. This detailed biography of Saladin was written by Stanley Lane-Poole, who was able to access the rich and colorful chronicles of Arab historians, which provide us with insight into the life and deeds of this warrior-monarch. Based on a lifetime of study, this book examines Saladin’s youth, his military development, his conquest of Egypt and Syria, the Holy War against the crusaders and, crucially, his duel with Richard the Lionheart and, of course, the fall of Jerusalem. 328747, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 288 pages

Road to Manzikert

Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527–1071

John Cairns

Brian Todd Carey

In August 1071, the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenese led out a powerful army in an attempt to roll back Seljuk Turkish incursions into the Anatolian heartland of the Empire. Outmaneuvered by the Turkish sultan, Alp Arslan, Romanus was forced to give battle with only half his troops near Manzikert. By the end of that fateful day much of the Byzantine army was dead, the rest scattered in flight and the Emperor himself a captive. This book sets the battle in the context of the military history of the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic World up to the pivotal engagement at Manzikert in 1071, with special emphasis on the origins, course and outcome of this battle.

796646, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 224 pages

Medieval Combat in Colour

Hans Talhoffer’s Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat from 1467

Hans Talhoffer

Dierk Hagedorn

Hans Talhoffer’s professional fencing manual of 1467 illustrates the intricacies of the medieval art of fighting. Combatants in the Middle Ages used footwork, avoidance, and the ability to judge and manipulate timing and distance to exploit and enhance the sword’s inherent cutting and thrusting capabilities. These skills were supplemented with techniques for grappling, wrestling, kicking, and throwing the opponent, as well as disarming him by seizing his weapon. Every attack contained a defense and every defense a counter-attack.

382858, $34.95 , $22.99 , Paperback, 320 pages

Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth

Mike Ingram

This is the story of two very different men, Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England, and Henry Tudor and how they met in battle on 22 August 1485 at Bosworth Field. The Battle of Bosworth, is one of the most important battles in English history and ushered in the age of the Tudors. This book, using contemporary sources, examines their early lives, the many plots against Richard, and the involvement of Henry’s mother, Margaret Beaufort. The book also shows that the powerful Stanley family had a long standing feud with Richard and were not only complicit in the plots against him in the months before the battle, but probably laid the trap that ultimately led to his death on the battlefield.

866502, $37.95 , $24.99 , Paperback, 302 pages

The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth, King of England and of France and Lord of Ireland

Volume 1

Cora L. Scofield

Edward IV, (1442-1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death on 9 April 1483.

In a turbulent world marred by civil war, Edward, 4th Duke of York—with good title to the throne—overthrew the corrupt government of the weak and feeble-minded Henry VI, setting the foundation stones for a strong and prosperous England. He was an able and successful king who rescued England from the misery of war and created her with a firm, judicious and popular government. Cora L. Scofield’s two volumes are a magisterial record of this reign. Although other biographies have appeared, none have replaced this solid work of scholarship.

554753, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 544 Pages

The Art of Sword Combat

A 1568 German Treatise on Swordmanship

Joachim Meyer

Jeffrey L. Forgeng

The author was alerted to an earlier recension of the work which was discovered in Lund University Library in Sweden. The manuscript, produced around 1568, is illustrated with thirty watercolor images and seven ink diagrams. The text covers combat with the long sword, dusack, and rapier. The manuscript’s theoretical discussion of guards is one of the most critical passages to understanding this key feature of the historical practice.

876750, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

The History Behind Game of Thrones

The North Remembers

David C. Weinczok

A wall in the distant north cuts the world in two. Ruthless sea-born warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys, yearning to regain lost glories. A young nobleman and his kin are slaughtered under a banner of truce within a mighty castle. A warrior king becomes a legend when he smites his foe with one swing of his axe during a nation-forging battle. Yet this isn’t Westeros – it’s Scotland. Game of Thrones is history re-imagined as fantasy; The History Behind Game of Thrones: The North Remembers turns the tables, using George R. R. Martin’s extraordinary fictional universe as a way to understand the driving forces and defining moments from Scotland’s story.

781451, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 248 pages

The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth, King of England and of France and Lord of Ireland

Volume 2

Cora L. Scofield

Edward IV, (1442-1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death on 9 April 1483.

In a turbulent world marred by civil war, Edward, 4th Duke of York—with good title to the throne—overthrew the corrupt government of the weak and feeble-minded Henry VI, setting the foundation stones for a strong and prosperous England. He was an able and successful king who rescued England from the misery of war and created her with a firm, judicious and popular government. Cora L. Scofield’s two volumes are a magisterial record of this reign. Although other biographies have appeared, none have replaced this solid work of scholarship.

554760, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 544 Pages

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New Worlds, Old Wars

The Anglo-American Indian Wars 1607-1678

David Childs

From the moment English settlers arrived in the New World, they encountered the native population, principally due to disputes over land ownership. To assert their rights to the country, which the English had been granted by their king without the consent of the local tribes, the English relied on their more modern weaponry. However, the settlers soon found that bows and arrows along with superior tactics and marksmanship by the Amerindians (once they had obtained muskets), made the fighting far more balanced than the settlers anticipated.

113993, $39.95 , $25.99 , Paperback, 202 pages

Muscovy’s Soldiers

The Emergence of the Russian Army

1462-1689

Michael Fredholm von Essen

The book describes and analyses the emergence of the early modern Russian army, before the military reforms introduced by Tsar Peter the Great brought it in line with developments in Western Europe. It will be shown that Tsar Peter’s reforms, although decisive, rested on a legacy of previous reforms. Yet, the origin of the early modern Russian army can be found in the East, not the West. The close association during the Middle Ages with the Mongol Golden Horde had transformed the Muscovite military system into a Eurasian one. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, links with the Northern Caucasus and Siberia brought further Oriental influences into the Russian military system.

39010A, $39.95 , $25.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

Charles XII’s Karoliners

Volume 1 - The Swedish Infantry & Artillery of the Great Northern War

1700-1721

Sergey Shamenkov

This book examines the evolution and changes in Swedish infantry and artillery uniforms during the Great Northern War. The author reconstructs in detail the appearance of infantry and artillery officers, NCOs, and privates of the time of Charles XII, drawing on a number of studies and articles, and based on extant artifacts, and written and iconographic documents that have survived. The book illustrates both major and minor changes in the cut, style, and adornments of the uniforms of infantry and artillery officers, NCOs, and privates that occurred shortly before or during the war. A full-color section is dedicated to the author’s own plates, which show officers, NCOs, and privates of Charles XII’s army during the Great Northern War.

510056, $49.95 , $32.50 , Paperback, 152 pages

The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 16431715

Volume 5: Buccaneers and Soldiers in the Americas

René Chartrand

Louis XIV, France’s Sun King, had global Overseas Grand Visions for his nation. In America. His transformation of struggling small Caribbean settlements into an extensive and very prosperous French domain amidst many challenges and battles are mostly unknown. Thanks to research mostly in France’s overseas archives, we offer this study. In its first narrative nine chapter, covering the 16th to the early 18th century, the West Indies and much of coastal Latin America were in near-perpetual hostilities largely caused by the fantastic riches found in America. A chronology of most battles, appendices and annotated bibliography round out the work.

070357, $50 , $32.50 , Paperback, 340 pages

The Army of Occupation in Ireland

1603-42

Defending the Protestant Hegemony

Malcolm Wanklyn

Established in 1603 and initially composed almost entirely of English officers and soldiers for the first thirty years of its existence, the army’s strength waxed and wanes in accordance with the English government’s assessment of the security situation in Ireland. However, during the governorship of Thomas Wentworth it was seen as a possible instrument for enforcing royal rule in all three of the Stuart kingdoms. In 1640, some 8,000 strong, it was geared up for a campaign against Charles I’s rebellious Scottish subjects, but it never left Ireland as by the time it was ready to do so the Scots had defeated the king.

070364, $59.95 , $38.99 , Hardback, 258 pages

Carl Gustav Armfelt and the Struggle for Finland during the Great Northern War

Eirik Hornborg

Eric Faithfull

This book draws on much primary source material to describe Armfelt’s military career. He was already an experienced soldier at the outbreak of the war having spent 11 years in the army of Louis XIV. The book describes his role in opposing the relentless march of the Russian forces in rolling back the eastern frontier of the Swedish empire from his Ingrian homeland through Finland and into Sweden itself. It concludes with the ill-fated Trondheim campaign during the empire’s final death throes and Armfelt’s final years in Finland after the war.

336479, $44.95 , $29.50 , Paperback, 284 pages

The Lion from the North Volume 1, The Swedish Army

of Gustavus Adolphus, 1618-1632

Michael Fredholm von Essen

The book describes and analyses the early modern Swedish army, with a particular emphasis on the reforms introduced by King Gustavus Adolphus before and during the Thirty Years War. Furthermore, the book expands our understanding of the Swedish army during the Thirty Years War by also focusing on its operations on the eastern front, against Russian and Polish opponents, and not only on the better-known operations in Germany against the Catholic League and the Holy Roman Empire. It also, unlike most previous works, explains how the Swedish experiences on the eastern front influenced Gustavus Adolphus and his views on how to build a modern army that could challenge the established great powers on the continent.

628576, $59.95 , $38.99 , Paperback, 304 pages

By Defeating My Enemies

Charles XII of Sweden and the Great Northern War

Michael Glaeser

By Defeating My Enemies is a military biography of Charles XII of Sweden, the first written in English in over 50 years. It challenges several traditions and through a chronological review provides a balanced account of the king’s life. Ample space is dedicated to exploring the undervalued pre-war life of the king as his upbringing influenced key decisions on war and how he waged it. The book concludes with a review of the king’s reputation and literary persona post mortem. An appendix covers additional characteristics of the king that did not fit into the flow of the main text such as image, health, marriage and sexuality, and wealth.

336462, $49.95 , $32.50 , Paperback, 190 pages

St. Ruth’s Fatal Gamble

The Battle of Aughrim

1691 and the Fall of Jacobite Ireland

Michael McNally

Actively supported by King Louis XIV, James, Duke of York’s supporters enjoyed early success, but multiple defeats destroyed James’ confidence, and he fled to his kingdoms.

William’s army pursued him to the gates of Limerick but failed to capture the city before winter set in, giving the Jacobites a much needed respite, during which time military supplies and a coterie of advisors led the by the Marquis de St Ruth, arrived from France. The strength of the Jacobite position was such that their opponents could initially make no headway, but an unordered redeployment of troops opened up a dangerous gap in their lines and when St. Ruth attempted to correct the error he was killed by enemy cannon fire.

33606A, $49.95 , $32.50 , Paperback, 312 pages

The Lion from the North Volume 2, The Swedish Army during the Thirty Years War 1632-48

Michael Fredholm von Essen

The book expands our understanding of the Swedish army during the Thirty Years War by focusing on its later operations, including those against Polish and Danish opponents. Moreover, the book includes current research that has not yet appeared in the English language. It also describes the 1643-1645 Swedish invasion of Denmark (‘Torstensson’s War’) and the battles and sieges, including those of Vienna and Prague, that led up to the Peace of Westphalia, which concluded the Thirty Years War. Finally, the book covers the military aspects of the establishment of Sweden’s first American colony.

118839, $59.95 , $38.99 , Paperback, 286 pages

Fighting for Liberty

Argyll & Monmouth’s Military Campaigns Against the Government of King

James, 1685

Stephen M. Carter

Fighting for Liberty uses original sources to give a blow by blow account of the campaign of 1685. A conflict that started in Orkney and ended on the battlefield of Sedgemoor. Today, there is a myth that the rebels were a misguided peasant rabble, easily put down by lines of red-coated soldiers, but this is not reflected in original letters, marching orders, and documents. These tell a quite different history. So, why is our understanding of the campaign unlike the eyewitness accounts? Answering this question has been the focus of over 20 years of research and the result, Fighting for Liberty, offers a fresh perspective on the events called the Monmouth Rebellion.

118884, $59.95 , $38.99 , Paperback, 354 pages

I am Minded to Rise

The clothing, weapons and accoutrements of the Jacobites from 1689 to 1719

Jenn Scott

This book throws new light on the men who fought for the Stuarts in Scotland from the beginning of the Jacobite cause in 1689 to Glenshiel in 1719 by drawing on the work of historians and a wide range of primary sources and therefore presenting a picture based on the evidence available. I Am Minded to Rise looks at the variety of clothing and weapons used by the different Jacobite armies in this time period as well as their material culture used by them to show their allegiance to the Stuarts and the Jacobite cause.

866632, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 84 pages

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A Gentleman’s Guide to Duelling Vincent Saviolo’s Of Honour and Honourable Quarrels

Vincentio Saviolo

Jared Kirby

Originally published under the title Of Honour and Honourable Quarrels Saviolo’s guide is devoted to the art of settling a duel in a gentlemanly manner.

It was written in a time when honor, virtue and codes of behavior were of grave importance; and the rapier was seen as ideally suited to settling the disputes of a gentleman.

325272, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

The Duke of Monmouth Life and Rebellion

Laura Brennan

He was the illegitimate son of a king, a gallant and brave military hero, charming, handsome and well loved both within the court and with women; James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, had the life many would have envied in the seventeenth century. Monmouth lived in an age that was on the cusp of modernity. He lived through some of the biggest events and scandals of seventeenth century British history, including: the Restoration of his father, King Charles II; The Great Fire of London in 1666 and the last great plague to sweep through London killing thousands. James also experienced the political scandal of the Popish Plot; became embroiled in the foiled Rye House Plot, and was at the center of the Exclusion Crisis.

07514A, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

Battle of Killiecrankie 1689

The Last Act of the Killing Times

Stuart Reid

The fifty-odd years of Scottish history dominated by the Jacobite Risings are amongst its most evocative and whilst the last battle, Culloden in 1746, is deservedly remembered as a national tragedy, the first battle on the braes of Killiecrankie was unquestionably the most dramatic.

Killiecrankie pitted Scot against Scot in the last bloody act of the bitter religious struggle known as ‘The Killing Times.’

Killiecrankie saw the first, and most successful, Highland Charge, as the clansmen broke the line of the Government’s redcoats ‘in the twinkling of an eye.’ and though outnumbered the Jacobites achieved a stunning victory.

709943, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 264 pages

Ivan the Terrible A Military History

Alexander Filjushkin

Ivan the Terrible describes the organization and equipment of the tsar’s army and the forces of his enemies, the Poles, Lithuanians, Tatars and Livonian Knights. The narrative examines all of Russia’s military campaigns in Eastern Europe and Western Siberia during the period of 1533 to 1584. This is the first specialist study of Ivan the Terrible’s military strategy to be published in English.

325043, $50 , $32.50 , Hardback, 304 pages

Louis XIV, the Real Sun King

Jules Harper

Aurora von Goeth

After the death of King Louis XIII in 1643, the French crown went to his first-born son and heir, four-year old Louis XIV. In the extraordinary seventytwo years that followed, Louis le Grand - France’s self-styled ‘Sun King’ - ruled France and its people, leaving his unique and permanent mark on history and shaping fashion, art, culture and architecture like none other before. This frank and concise book gives the reader a personal glimpse into the Sun King’s life and times as we follow his rise in power and influence. This easy-to-read narrative is accompanied by a plethora of little-known artworks.

726391, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 144 pages

The Last Ironsides

The English Expedition to Portugal, 1662-1668

Jonathon Riley

When Charles II returned home he began the search for a dynastic marriage. He fixed upon the Infanta of Portugal, Catherine of Braganza, whose dowry included the possession of Tangier, Bombay and valuable trade concessions. The Portuguese had been fighting for their independence from Spain for twenty years and needed alliances to tip the scales in their favor. In return for the concessions Charles agreed to send to Portugal a regiment of horse and two of foot, which provided an excuse to ship away the remnants of the Cromwellian armies that had not been disbanded at the Restoration.

174102, $39.95 , $25.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

Blood, Guts and Gore Assistant Surgeon John Gordon Smith at Waterloo

John

Gordon Smith

Gareth Glover

John Gordon Smith wrote one of the most vivid, honest and readable personal accounts of the Battle of Waterloo and the ensuing campaign, where he served as a surgeon in the 12th Light Dragoons, but his classic narrative was only published in a limited edition in the 1830s and since then it has been virtually unknown. His warts-andall depiction of the British army in Belgium and France and the fighting at Waterloo rivals many of the more famous and often reprinted military memoirs of the period. That is why Gareth Glover, one of the foremost experts on the battle and the archive sources relating to it, has sought to republish the narrative now, with a full introduction and explanatory notes.

09721A, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 264 pages

From Across the Sea North Americans in Nelson’s Navy

Sean M. Heuvel

John A. Rodgaard

From Across the Sea: North Americans in Nelson’s Navy explores the varied contributions of North Americans to the Royal Navy during Great Britain’s wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. It is the first book that explores this topic in depth. As an edited compilation, top specialists in the field have contributed thematic essays (on topics ranging from impressment to the Anglo-American maritime relationship) as well as biographical essays on a range of North Americans from both the officer ranks and the lower deck. For the biographical portraits, special attention has been paid to individuals who have not already been the subject of extensive research and writing.

118921, $34.95 , $22.99 , Paperback, 304 pages

Fashioning Regulation, Regulating Fashion: The Uniforms and Dress of the British Army 1800-1815

Volume I

Ben Townsend

The first quarter of the nineteenth century witnessed a refinement of fashionable masculine dress that has not since been surpassed. Military tailoring inspired a parallel flowering of uniform splendor that continued into the 1830s and sparked an enduring fascination with military costume that still rages today. The army that operated in these cumbersome uniforms managed to achieve fame as one of the most effective British fighting forces ever recognized, and is still remembered and honored for its achievements.

628095, $79.95 , $51.99 , Hardback, 392 pages

Napoleon’s Infantry French Line, Light and Foreign Regiments 1799–1815

Gabriele Esposito

This volume covers the infantry units of Napoleon’s Imperial Army, during the crucial years 1800-1815. When he assumed control of France, the infantry of his army was disorganized and poorly equipped; it lacked discipline and was trained in old-fashioneded ways. Napoleon acted rapidly to resolve the problems, giving them a new structure and by teaching them new tactics. By 1805, the French infantry was without a doubt the best in the world in terms of combat capabilities. It is not always realized that the French infantry included large numbers of foreign soldiers and even an Irish Legion; all these little-known corps are taken into consideration. Illustrated with rare contemporary uniform plates that have never been published before.

00831A, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 160 pages

Riflemen

The History of the 5th Battalion, 60th (Royal American) Regiment1797-1818

Robert Griffith

The 5th Battalion of the 60th (Royal American) Regiment was the first rifle battalion in the regular British Army. 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. Riflemen includes tales of murder, promotion from the ranks, desertion, prisoners of war, and small actions that are often overlooked. 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.

628460, $69.95 , $45.50 , Hardback, 464 pages

The French Army of the Orient 1798-1801

Napoleon’s beloved ‘Egyptians’

Yves Martin

More than 200 years ago - under the inspiration and leadership of Bonaparte - a revolutionary French Army invaded Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire; this presence lasted beyond Bonaparte’s own departure and subsequent rise to power as First Consul. It ended with another invasion, this time by the British, and the repatriation in France of what was left of the ‘Army of the Orient.’ Drawing from a wealth of original primary material - much of it never published or even seen before - this study focuses on the French Army of the Orient and its organization, uniforms, equipment and daily life. It aims at providing a renewed and updated image of the French soldier, as told by the surviving archives, memoirs and rare contemporary iconography.

512714, $49.95 , $32.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

The Garde Nationale 1789-1815

France’s Forgotten Armed Forces

Pierre-Baptiste

Guillemot

The Garde Nationale remains one of the most misunderstood institutions of the French Revolution and the First Empire. It does not lend itself well to synthesis, and occupies a minor place in the work of historians. Based on contemporary documents this book analyses the successive organizations of the Garde Nationale in Paris and in the provinces, the evolution of its strength, but also its place in relation to the army, not to mention the recurrent hesitations between the two conceptions of the institution: a national force with a broad recruitment or a local and bourgeois militia. Lavishly illustrated with largely unpublished iconography and original artwork, the book also looks at the uniforms and equipment of the Garde Nationale.

113887, $60 , $39.50 , Paperback, 364 pages

The Danish Army of the Napoleonic Wars 1801-1815.

Organisation, Uniforms & Equipment

Volume 3 - Norwegian Troops and Militia

David A. Wilson

This book was written to provide an in-depth study of the Danish and Norwegian armies of the Napoleonic Wars. The goal was to provide a working document which is as accurate as possible, covering the uniforms of these armies, their weapons and their evolution as well as their colors and a look at their basic tactics. Although this is principally a uniform book, historical background is also provided to place the details in their context. Most of the information contained in this volume is published in the English language for the first time. Unlike the few other works in English this book has been conducted with the assistance of respected Norwegian historians, as well as Danish and German historians.

059810, $45 , $29.50 , Paperback, 222 pages

The Sea Is My Element

The Eventful Life of Admiral Sir Pulteney

Malcolm, 1766-1838

Paul Martinovich

The life of Pulteney Malcolm, a Royal Navy officer active during and after the Napoleonic Wars, is now all but forgotten, except perhaps for his role in guarding Napoleon on St Helena. This biography is based in large part on Malcolm’s personal letters to members of his family, particularly to his wife Clementina. While the book offers a portrait of a man devoted to his service, the letters range over far more than naval activity, illuminating an eventful life in a turbulent age. Thus Malcolm’s story demonstrates not only the growing professionalism of the Royal Navy, but also the social and economic pressures changing British society.

336578, $59.95 , $38.99 , Hardback, 386 pages

Ladies, Wives and Women

British Army Wives in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 17931815

David

Clammer

During the Napoleonic wars it was customary for British troops ordered on active service to take some of their wives with them. The usual proportion was six women per hundred men. The wives who were to accompany their husbands were chosen by ballot: excitement for the lucky ones and anguish for those left behind. After the war, the survivors came home to an uncertain future. Some prospered; others slipped into penury. Most vanished from the record. This book is an attempt to shed some light on these forgotten heroines and their part in the country’s long war against the French.

113900, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 256 pages

Armies and Enemies of Napoleon, 1789-1815

Proceedings of the 2021 Helion and Company ’From Reason to Revolution’ Conference

Robert Griffith

Andrew Bamford

Containing chapters from some of the leading specialists in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, this volume covers a diverse range of topics. There is a chapter by Alistair Nichols on the French émigré units in British pay and one by Mark Edward Hay on the rebuilding of the Dutch army before Waterloo. The Peninsular War is also covered with a chapter by Kenton White on French strategy and tactics and Robert Griffith covers the long-overlooked role of the battalions of light companies in Wellington’s Army.

070418, $39.95 , $25.99 , Paperback, 214 pages

Napoleon’s Stolen Army

How the Royal Navy Rescued a Spanish Army in the Baltic

John Marsden

This is the story of a Spanish army, commanded by the Marqués de La Romana, which was sent to Denmark by Napoleon in 1807, while France and Spain were allies bound by the Treaty of San Ildefonso, signed in 1796. When relations between the two countries broke down in May 1808 they were soon at war with each other, Spain looked to forge an alliance with Britain against her erstwhile ally, they found the British government only too eager to help. The Royal Navy’s dominant presence in the Baltic provided a ready opportunity to seal the new alliance and, once the political groundwork had been laid, plans for a daring rescue of the entrapped Spaniards by Vice Admiral Keats’ squadron were drawn up.

118983, $44.95 , $29.50 , Paperback, 200 pages

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. 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

The Boy Generals

George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac

Adolfo Ovies

The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac is the first installment in a remarkable trilogy to examine the strategy, tactics, and relationships of the leading Union army’s mounted arm and their influence on the course of the Civil War in the Eastern Theater. Author Adolfo Ovies mined deeply Official Reports, regimental histories, and contemporary newspaper accounts, together with unpublished and little used primary sources of men who fought in their commands. This rich and satisfying study exposes the depths of one of the most dysfunctional and influential relationships in the Army of the Potomac.

215359, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 480 pages

Meade and Lee at Rappahannock Station

The Army of the Potomac’s First PostGettysburg Offensive, From Kelly’s Ford to the Rapidan, October 21 to November 20, 1863

Jeffrey Wm Hunt

Hunt’s third installment in his award-winning Meade and Lee series is grounded upon official reports, regimental histories, letters, newspapers, and other archival sources. Together, they provide a day-by-day, and sometimes minute-by-minute, account of the Union army’s first post-Gettysburg offensive action and Lee’s efforts to repel it. In addition to politics, strategy, and tactics, Hunt’s pen ably examines the intricate command relationships, Lee’s questionable decision-making, and the courageous spirit of the fighting men. Complete with original maps and outstanding photographs, Meade and Lee at Rappahannock Station is a significant contribution to Civil War literature.

215397, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 324 pages

The Cornfield Antietam’s Bloody Turning Point

David A Welker

The Cornfield offers fresh views of the battle as a whole, arguing that it turned on events in the Cornfield because of two central facts — Union General George McClellan’s linear thinking demanded that the Cornfield must be taken and, because of this, the repeated failure by the generals McClellan charged with fulfilling this task created a self-reinforcing cycle of disaster that doomed the Union’s prospects for success—at the cost of thousands of lives. The Cornfield offers new perspectives that may be controversial—particularly to those who accept unchallenged the views of the battle’s first historians and its generals, who too often sought to shape our understanding for their own purposes.

242163, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 384 pages

From Arlington to Appomattox

Robert E. Lee’s Civil War, Day by Day, 18611865

Charles R. Knight

In From Arlington to Appomattox, Charles Knight does for Lee and students of the war what E. B. Long’s Civil War Day by Day did for our ability to understand the conflict as a whole. This is not another Lee biography, but it is every bit as valuable as one, and perhaps more so. Focusing on where he was, who he was with, and what he was doing day by day offers an entirely different appreciation for Lee. Readers will come away with a fresh sense of his struggles, both personal and professional, and discover many things about Lee for the first time using his own correspondence and papers from his family, his staff, his lieutenants, and the men of his army.

215021, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 576 pages

America’s Good Terrorist

John Brown and

the Harpers Ferry Raid

Charles P Poland jr

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

009254, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 336 pages

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The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer Captain John C. Reed’s Civil War from Manassas to Appomattox

William R. Cobb

John C. Reed fought through the entire war as an officer in the 8th Georgia Infantry. He was wounded at least twice, promoted to captain, and led his company through the balance of the Overland Campaign, throughout the horrific siege of Petersburg, and all the way to the Appomattox surrender on April 9, 1865. The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer is a perceptive and articulate account filled with riveting recollections of some of the war’s most intense fighting. This outstanding memoir, judiciously edited and annotated by William R. Cobb, is published here in full for the first time.

215144, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

On the Bloodstained Field

Human Interest Stories of the Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg

Gregory A. Coco

Presents nearly 300 compelling human-interest stories from the Battle of Gettysburg. Did you know that a dog was probably one of the first casualties in the battle? Or that a “gentleman’s duel” took place during the fighting on July 2? Few know that a soldier committed suicide during the fighting, or that three brothers were killed by a single shell, and that a Gettysburg farmer lost several thousands of dollars in gold stolen by a Confederate general. On the Bloodstained Field is perfect for young students of the battle or veteran campaigners who want lighter fare— much of it they have never heard or read before.

216455, $15.95 , $10.50 , Paperback, 184 pages

The Lion of Round Top

The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War

Hans G Myers

Dr Frank P Varney

Citizen-soldier Strong Vincent was many things: Harvard graduate, lawyer, political speaker, descendent of pilgrims and religious refugees, husband, father, brother. But his greatest contribution to history is as the savior of the Federal left on the second day at Gettysburg, when he and his men held Little Round Top against overwhelming Confederate numbers. Forgotten by history in favor of his subordinate, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Vincent has faded into relative obscurity in the decades since his death. This book restores Vincent to his rightful place among the heroes of the battle of Gettysburg.

241111, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

Gettysburg in Color

Volume 1: Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard

Patrick Brennan

Dylan Brennan

Artificial Intelligence meets Gettysburg. And it is a marvelous pairing. Patrick Brennan, a long-time student of the Civil War, published author, and an editorial advisor for The Civil War Monitor magazine, has teamed up with his technology-astute daughter Dylan Brennan to bring the largest Civil War battle to life in the remarkable 2-volume study: Gettysburg in Color. Rather than guess or dabble with the colors, the Brennans used an artificial intelligence-based computerized color identifier to determine the precise color of uniforms, flesh, hair, equipment, terrain, houses, and much more. Volume 1 covers Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard, and Volume 2 covers The Wheatfield to Falling Waters.

216097, $37.50 , $24.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

A Concise Guide to the Artillery at Gettysburg

Gregory A. Coco

Long been hailed as a tremendous resource jammed with useful information regarding the actions, weapons, and ammunition of artillery units at the war’s pivotal battle. Coco sets forth the organization of artillery in both armies and offers a concise narrative about the role played by the artillery of each corps in the battle. This study also includes detailed maps for each day’s action, a chart with the numbers of each type of gun in each army, and an order of battle listing the types of guns, units, strengths, and casualties in each battery. A wonderful handbook for reading in the easy chair or taking with you onto the battlefield, perfect for the veteran campaigner and new readers alike.

216516, $9.95 , $6.50 , Paperback, 104 pages

Lieutenant General James Longstreet: Innovative Military Strategist

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. He was a pragmatic and methodical general and had his suggestions been utilized there would have been a better outcome for the South. This work offers a unique perspective on Longstreet and the Civil War. This narrative analyses Longstreet’s views of the generals and the tactics and strategy they employed and examines why Longstreet proposed and urged a new type of warfare.

241173, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 264 pages

Military Aviation of the First World War

The Aces of the Allies and the Central Powers

Alan C. Wood Alan Sutton

This beautifully illustrated book provides information on the air arms of the nations which took part in aerial warfare during the First World War featuring the Aces and their mounts. This book is not intended to be comprehensive, for to provide such a work would require many volumes totaling thousands of pages. Instead this should be viewed as a relatively detailed overview; a general introduction to the topic of military aviation in the First World War. The aim has been to produce a well-illustrated book to maintain the interest of the reader with some short biographies of the leading Aces and basic information on the aircraft types used, and their development during the First World War.

558454, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 368 pages

Indian Army in the First World War

New Perspectives

Alan Jeffreys

The book addresses the important global role of the Indian Army during the First World War. It is an academic reassessment of the army by both established and early career scholars of the Indian Army, as well as naval historians.

The edited volume covers the traditional areas of the Indian Army on the Western Front, in Palestine, Mesopotamia and the defense of the Suez Canal. There are also chapters on combined operations; Indian prisoners of war in Germany and Turkey; the expansion of the officer corps; and the Sikh experience. Three additional chapters are related to the theme, such as the role of the Royal Indian Marine; the Territorial Army in India; and Churchill’s portrayal of the Indian Army during the Gallipoli campaign.

510490, $49.95 , $32.50 , Paperback, 314 pages

Ulster Will Fight Volume 2 - The 36th (Ulster) Division in Training and at War 1914-1918

David Truesdale

Despite the surge of patriotic enlistments on the outbreak of war, by December 1914 there was still a shortfall. It was proving difficult to fill the ranks of any unit that required a degree of mechanical skill. Despite these initial difficulties the Division sailed for France in October 1915 and by the following June had gained ample experience in trench life. This study follows the division from its creation through to disbandment, drawing extensively on unpublished materials, official documents and newspapers. In doing so it provides an up-to-date picture of this famous and important formation.

510568, $45 , $29.50 , Paperback, 506 pages

Terriers in India

British Territorials 1914-19

Peter Stanley

Some 50,000 British Territorials served in India during the Great War. The Territorials – citizen soldiers, members of a force formed before the war for home defence – never expected to serve abroad, but volunteered for ‘Imperial Service’ at Lord Kitchener’s request. Instead of going to France, in 1914 they went to India, to release Regulars for the front. The Territorials – ‘Terriers’ – became responsible at first for garrison duty, not trusted to fight in Mesopotamia or on the North-West Frontier. Terriers in India is a rich mix of social and military history, ranging from cantonment bungalows to sangers on the Frontier and tragic actions on the Tigris; battles in which the Terriers played a full part.

510513, $49.95 , $32.50 , Paperback, 372 pages

The

Battle of the

Selle

Fourth Army Operations on the Western Front in the Hundred Days 9-24 October 1918

Peter Hodgkinson

This book considers a relatively unknown series of actions of the victorious Hundred Days of 1918. The book gives a detailed account of the fighting and the infantry tactics deployed, and it analyses why Fourth Army’s ‘weapons system’ struggled to be effective. It also examines the nature of ‘semi-mobile’ warfare in the Hundred Days and assesses the limitations of the British ability to pursue this. The idea that the BEF had an invincible formula - repeatedly deployed - that ensured success is challenged; similarly, the nature of the German resistance is subject to analysis. The book examines Fourth Army’s planning process and the efforts of the Royal Engineers and the logistics system, without which no victory would have been possible.

510483, $45 , $29.50 , Paperback, 344 pages

14-18 Map of Arras

Bert Metselaar

For many years the Holts have provided tourers to the battlefields with excellent practical mapping for the Ypres Salient and the Somme. This map of the Arras area, following the publication of Verdun in this series of Battleground Europe maps, fills one of the gaps in the coverage of the Western Front. It includes over 200 locations of memorials, cemeteries, significant remnants of the battle terrain, remaining fortifications, trenches, and more. The map extends from just north of Notre Dame de Lorette to south of Bullecourt. To the east it includes, for example, Vis en Artois and Haucourt and to the west Ballacourt, Maroeuil and Mont St Eloi.

796301, $10.95 , $7.50 , Map, 1 page

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Gallipoli and the Dardanelles 1915–1916

John Grehan

Martin Mace

The fighting in the Gallipoli or Dardanelles campaign began in 1915 as a purely naval affair undertaken partly at the instigation of Winston Churchill, who, as First Lord of the Admiralty, had entertained plans of capturing the Dardanelles as early as September 1914. The campaign was the first major battle undertaken by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), and is often considered to mark the birth of national consciousness in both of these countries. For the Turkish forces it would prove a major victory.

07468B, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 208 pages

The Great War Illustrated 1916

Archive and Colour

Photographs of WWI

Jack Holroyd

William Langford

With conscription introduced, Zeppelins carrying out bombing raids on key towns and cities across England, the Battle of Jutland seeing fourteen British ships sunk and the Battle of the Somme claiming 20,000 British dead on the first day alone, the resolve of the British and allied troops in 1916 was being sorely tested. The Great War Illustrated 1916 is the third picture volume in this series that deals exclusively with actions fought throughout the year on the Western Front. With over 1,300 painstakingly enhanced and restored photographs and a thirty-two page full color section, the work within these pages represents a real labor of love and offers the reader an exceptional picture library of rare and unseen pictures.

07481B, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 512 pages

Air Power Supremo

A Biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir

John Slessor

William Pyke

Sir John Slessor was one of the twentieth century’s most distinguished wartime commanders and incisive military thinkers, and William Pyke’s comprehensive new biography reveals how he earned this remarkable reputation. Slessor, a polio victim who always walked with a stick, became a First World War pilot in the Sudan and on the Western Front and a squadron and wing commander in India between the wars. When aerial warfare was still a new concept, he was one of the first to develop practical tactics and strategies in its application. Pyke follows each stage of Slessor’s brilliant career as a pilot and commander in vivid detail.

095525, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 280 pages

Defiance! Withstanding the Kaiserschlacht

G.H.F. Nichols

George Nichols was an artillery officer serving with the 82nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He was wounded in 1917, and returned to the guns in March 1918, just in time to experience the fury of the Kaiserschlacht, the great German offensive designed to knock the British army out of the war. Nichols wrote a powerful account of the Kaisers last great offensive battle from inside the eye of the storm, and it is one of the few primary source accounts which are told from the overlooked perspective of the British artillerymen. First published in 1919, while censorship was still in force, this wonderful primary source has long been out of print and its welcome return makes for essential reading for anyone with an interest in the Great War.

07469B, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 264 pages

Sturmtruppen

WWI German Stormtroopers (19141918)

Ricardo Recio Cardona

The first assault units (Sturmtruppen) were formed during the spring and summer of 1916, when the Sturmbataillon Rohr was organized and after General Falkenhayn, head of the OHL, gave orders for the creation of special detachments.

This book is a narration of the history of the shock and assault troops and covers their combat methods. Finally, it offers a comprehensive description of their uniforms, equipment, and weapons, along with a large number of illustrations and period photographs rarely seen.

658516, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 216 pages

A Reluctant Hero The Life of Captain Robert Ryder VC

Richard Hopton

This is the first biography of Captain Robert Ryder V.C., Royal Navy (1908-1986), one of the greatest naval heroes of the Second World War. Ryder led the audacious raid on St Nazaire in March 1942 which completely destroyed the ports dry dock, depriving the Germans mighty pocket battleships of its use for the remainder of the war. The raid was one of the most brilliantly-executed combined operations of the war, much of the credit for which must go to Ryders outstanding planning and courageous leadership. He received one of five Victoria Crosses awarded for the operation.

08328A, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 240 pages

The Role of Birds in World War One How Ornithology Helped to Win the Great War

Nicholas Milton

The British Expeditionary Force sent to France in the late summer of 1914 has been referred to as ‘The Best British Army Ever Sent to War’ as it was one of the most highly trained and disciplined forces in the world. It was also the ‘Best Birdwatching Army Ever Sent to War’ for among its ranks were hundreds of both amateur and professional ornithologists. If they had lived the science of ornithology and the hobby of birdwatching would have undoubtedly been much the richer. A selection of them is included in the Ornithological Roll of honor at the back of this book.

07056A, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

Before Endeavours

Fade

A Guide to the Battlefields of the First World War

Rose E. B. Coombs

Karel Margry

All the major battlefields of the First World War are crisscrossed in this book over more than thirty different routes, each clearly shown on a Michelin map. Indispensable for anyone contemplating a tour of the battlefields in Belgium and France, this book combines the years of knowledge, travel and research of its author, Rose?Coombs, who worked at the Imperial War Museum in London for nearly forty years. Since her death in 1991,?After the Battle’s Editor, Karel Margry, has traveled every route, checking and revising the text where necessary, as?well as rephotographing every memorial. Many new ones are included, yet we have striven to keep true to the flavor of Rose’s original concept...before?endeavors fade.

06762A, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 248 pages

Victoria Crosses on the Western Front: Battles of the Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt and Épehy

Sep-18

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. It allows visitors to stand upon the spot, or very close to, where each VC was won. Photographs of the battle sites illustrate the accounts. There is also a biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives: family, education, civilian employment, military career, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters.

788078, $39.95 , $25.99 , Paperback, 304 pages

Raiding on the Western Front Anthony Saunders

The trench raid came to typify the aggression and closecombat of trench warfare on the Western Front. Inevitably, raiding by aggressively minded units had a psychological effect on the enemy. Dominance over the enemy could be established by aggressive raiding. Raids came to be the epitome of all-arms operations, combining individual weapons skills with tactical sense and requiring cooperation with artillery and mortar batteries for success. This is the first book to look at how raids were carried out, the successes, the failures, the consequences of raiding, their effect on morale and their contribution to military operations on the Western Front.

07451A, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

The Battle of Loos

Philip Warner

Loos is a small mining town between Lens and La Bassee in northern France. But on 25th September 1915, and for a few days after, it was the center of one of the most intense and bloody battles of the First World War. The author has traced survivors from all parts of the line, infantry, gunners and officers, and through their words has revealed one of the most horrific tales of war yet to be published as well as the determination and heroism that in the end turned the scales to victory.

07463B, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

Laugh or Cry

The British Soldier on the Western Front, 1914–1918

Peter Hart

Gary Bain

Humor helped the British soldier survive the terrible experiences they faced in the trenches of the Western Front during the Great War. Human beings are complicated, and there is no set pattern as to how they react to the outrageous stresses of war. But humor, often dark and representative of the horrors around them could and often did help. They may have been up to their knees in mud and blood, soaking wet and shot at from all sides, but many were still determined to see the ‘funny side’, rather than surrender to utter misery. Peter Hart and Gary Bain have delved deep into the archives to find examples of the soldier’s wit. The results are at times hilarious but rooted in tragedy. You have to laugh or cry.

06877A, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

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The Battle of Cambrai 1917

Mœuvres and Bourlon, Cantaing and Graincourt to Flesquières, Masnières, Gouzeaucourt and Gonnelieu

Jerry Murland

The 1917 Battle of Cambrai featured the first massed tank attack in military history and provoked the biggest German counter-attack against the British since 1914. The British aimed to break through the German Hindenburg Line, then threaten the rear of the German positions to the north. The battle is one of the most famous and controversial episodes of the First World War, and the battlefield is one of the most commonly visited on the Western Front. Jerry Murland’s clearly written, highly illustrated guide is the ideal introduction to it. His guidebook is essential reading for visitors who wish to enhance their understanding of the Battle of Cambrai and the war on the Western Front.

017435, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

Sniper on the Ypres Salient

An Infantryman’s War In The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Sue Boase

JuPiecing together clues from his sketches, maps and photos, this book paints a picture of Williams’ time during the rest of the war. In 1917 he returned to England to train as a temporary officer in the 18th Officer Cadet Battalion at Prior Park, Bath. He came back to the Western Front as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, where he was seconded to the 1/5 Lancashire Fusiliers until the end of the war. During this time, it is likely that his interest and experience as a sniper continued, with evidence that he may taught at one of the Sniping Schools set up across France.

095570, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Armageddon Road A VC’s Diary 1914–�1916

Billy Congreve

Billy Congreave

Billy Congreve was an exceptional soldier and an exceptional man. By the time he was killed on the Somme in July 1916 at the age of twenty-five he had been awarded the DSO, MC, and the Lgion dHonneur, and a posthumous VC. Terry Norman carefully edited the diary to set his story in the context of the war, and thus provide an exceptional picture of what an officer thought of the conduct of the war side by side with his personal grief at the loss of his friends and the wastage of human life. Out of print for over 30 years, this special centenary edition of this classic work includes a new foreword from esteemed military author Nigel Cave, as well as an expanded introduction from Terrys widow, Joan and a newly designed plate section.

07473B, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

North Sea Battleground The War and Sea, 1914–18

Bryan Perrett

During the First World War the North Sea became the principal battleground between the navies of Britain and Germany. This book explains in chronological order the major encounters between Kaiser Wilhelm IIs High Seas Fleet and the Royal Navy. It also includes other important operations such as mine laying and sweeping, the Zeppelin Offensive, the bomber offensive against the UK and complete background operational information within the area.

020183, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

1914 Voices from the Battlefields

Matthew Richardson

The opening battles on the Western Front marked a watershed in military history. Some of the last cavalry charges took place in the same theatre in which armored cars, motorcycles and aeroplanes were beginning to make their presence felt. These dramatic

developments were recorded in graphic detail by soldiers who were eyewitnesses to them. There is a freshness and immediacy to their accounts which Matthew Richardson exploits in this thoroughgoing reassessment of the 1914 campaign. His vivid narrative emphasises the perspective of the private soldiers and the junior officers of the British Army, the men at the sharp end of the fighting.

07471A, $38.95 , $25.50 , Paperback, 304 pages

The Harwich Striking Force

The Royal Navy’s Front Line in the North Sea

1914–1918

Steve Dunn

The Harwich Force has made its name and will not be forgotten during the future annals of history’; so said Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt on Armistice Day 1918. But that fame has not endured. Yet for the whole duration of the First World War, the Harwich Striking Force was the front line of the Royal Navy, a force of cruisers and destroyers defending the seas for the Allies. Lavishly illustrated, this book is an enthralling account of the men of the Harwich Force, of their grit and brave sacrifice and the key part that they played in the final Allied victory against Germany.

015967, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

The German Army in the Spring Offensives

1917

Arras, Aisne and Champagne

Jack Sheldon

After the great battles of 1916, the Allied Armies planned to launch massive attacks North and South of the Somme. The German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line in March 1917 forced the new French CinC General Nivelle to rethink and the French embarked on a major attack in the Aisne area and along the Chemin des Dames. The French suffered disastrously and, rendered incapable of further offensive operations, it fell to the British to step up the pressure. This latest work by expert Jack Sheldon describes the event of Spring 1917 from the defenders perspective. In particular it reveals the methods the Germans used to smash the French attacks and Oberst Fritz von Lossbergs transformation of the defenses in the Arras front.

07718B, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 400 pages

Irishmen in the Great War Reports From the Front 1915

Tom Burnell

Containing over 150 handpicked news stories taken from a selection of twenty-seven Irish newspapers throughout the course of the year. These rare and untapped stories, many of which have not seen the light of day since the 1920s, give a unique insight into life on the front line and on the home front during the First World War. These are the accounts of local men at the front, letters sent home from soldiers in the trenches at Flanders, graphic narratives from allied gun turrets, Irish nuns at Ypres, Irish POWs held in Germany, troops coming under fire on Christmas morning and many more. Among the articles of bravery and death, there are also stories of humor and quirkiness.

074773, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 264 pages

First to Fight

The U.S. Marines in World War I

Oscar E. Gilbert

Romain Cansiere

Marine units were accepted into the American Expeditionary Force in 1917 only grudgingly, and as labor troops. Eventually, untested Marine divisions were launched into battle against German divisions on the pleading of the French. Their dogged determination to hold Belleau Wood ensured them a place in the history books.

005089, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 360 pages

Palestine The Ottoman Campaigns of 1914–1918

Edward

J. Erickson

The campaigns fought by the Ottomans against the British in Palestine are often neglected in accounts of the Great War, yet they are fascinating from the point of view of military history and critically important because of their impact upon the modern Middle East. Edward Erickson’s authoritative and absorbing account of the four-year struggle for control of Palestine between 1914 and 1918 of the battles fought for Suez, Sinai, Gaza, Jordan and Syria opens up this little-understood aspect of the global conflict and it does so in a strikingly original way, by covering the fighting from the Ottoman perspective. 019774, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 240 pages

Football’s Great War Association Football on the English Home Front, 1914–1918

Alexander Jackson

As modern football grapples with the implications of a global crisis, this book looks at first in the game’s history: The First World War. The wartime seasons saw football’s entire commercial model challenged and questioned. In 1915, the FA banned the payment of players, reopening a decades-old dispute between the game’s early amateur values and its modern links to the world of capital and lucrative entertainment. The game’s structure and fabric faced existential challenges as fundamental questions were asked about its place and value in English society. This study explores how conflict reshaped the People’s Game on the English Home Front.

002202, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 400 pages

I Was a Spy!

The

Classic Account

of Behind-the-Lines Espionage in the First World War

Marthe McKenna

Winston Churchill

With her medical studies cut short by the 1914 German invasion, her house burned down and her father arrested for suspected sharpshooting, it was perhaps unsurprising that the multi-lingual Marthe Mckenna was recruited by British Intelligence. This is McKenna’s vivid narrative of breathtaking adventures.

860038, $19.95 , $12.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

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The G.I. Collector’s Guide: U.S. Army Service Forces Catalog, European Theater of Operations Volume 1

Henri-Paul Enjames

In World War II, the U.S. Army not only supplied its soldiers with the most modern equipment and uniforms, suitable for any combat situation, but went as far as providing them with their favorite drinks or candy bars, and seemingly anything else they might require. This comprehensive reference book brings together all the equipment issued to American soldiers in the European Theater of Operations, 1943–45. Each item is presented with its catalog numbers, described in detail and fully depicted in photographs, including close-ups of the labels to aid identification of items.

242019, $69.95 , $45.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

Deutsche Soldaten The Uniforms, Equipment and Personal Effects of the German Soldier 19351945

Agustin Saiz

Deutsche Soldaten is a stunning visual history of the German soldier and provides a unique reflection of how the men lived, ate, and washed themselves on the front, or behaved when at rest, what were their pastimes, ambitions, worries and how they spent their leave, through the collections of personal items and other artifacts they left behind. The author, an avid collector of military items from many different armies, makes available to the general public for the first time all these artifacts which he has collected over the years in order to create this complete illustrated history. There are a great many close up photographs that will be invaluable for collectors looking to see what the genuine article looks like.

033960, $55 , $35.99 , Hardback, 356 pages

Deutsche Kriegsmarine Uniforms, Insignias and Equipment of the German Navy 19331945

Eduardo Delgado

This book offers an outstanding visual record of the history, uniforms and gear used by the Kriegsmarine. Over 500 pages, 2600 photographs (most unpublished before) accompany the clear, explanatory text.

658592, $150 , $97.50 , Hardback, 504 pages

The G.I. Collector’s Guide: U.S. Army Service Forces Catalog, European Theater of Operations Volume 2

Henri-Paul Enjames

This second volume of the G.I. Collector’s Guide is fully revised with the addition of sections including personal equipment, trophies and souvenirs, the wartime draft and Stateside training, and the life of POWs in German camps. More than one thousand new artifacts with detailed captions are featured in this completely revised new work. Expert HenriPaul Enjames describes all variations of uniform, insignia, badges, weapons, and equipment in detail.

242033, $69.95 , $45.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

Deutsche Luftwaffe Uniforms and Equipment of the German Pilot

Gustavo Cano

Santiago Guillén

When World War II began, Germany’s Luftwaffe was the most powerful air force yet seen, achieving victory after victory in tandem with the German Army. Nevertheless, while “flying till they died,” Luftwaffe pilots continued to write a record of heroism and innovation, until at the very end of the war they nearly gained the edge again with their aces flying the world’s first jet fighter, the Me-262. In this large, lavishly illustrated, full-color work we gain an intimacy with the daily life of Luftwaffe pilots as never seen before. From their uniforms to equipment to everyday sundries, drawn from incredible collections of memorabilia.

658394, $75 , $48.99 , Hardback, 310 pages

Heitai: Uniforms, Equipment and Personal Items of the Japanese Soldier, 1931–1945

Agustin Saiz

Once the seemingly invincible conquerors of nearly all of East Asia, today relatively little is known of the exact weapons, uniforms, and lifestyle of World War II Japanese soldiers (the Heitai). In this lavishly illustrated book, readers and historians alike can finally glimpse the precise personal effects of the Imperial infantryman. By examining the exact possessions of a Japanese soldier— from dagger to toothbrush, from hand grenade to undergarments—one is able to see history come to life in a way no cinema or text alone could convey.

658318, $99 , $64.50 , Hardback, 480 pages

Gavin at War

The World War II Diary of Lieutenant General

James M. Gavin

Lewis Sorley

Lieutenant General James

Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII, is one of the best-known figures of the war. Beginning as the commander of the 505th Parachute Combat Team that spearheaded the American assault on Sicily in July 1943, Gavin advanced to division command and finally command of US forces in Berlin. Throughout his time or service he kept a diary. It includes observations on fellow military and political leaders such as General Dwight Eisenhower and the British Field Marshal Montgomery, army operations, and the general’s personal life. The existence of the journal was kept a secret; the general’s family discovering it among his belongings after his death.

240244, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

General Albert C. Wedemeyer America’s Unsung Strategist in World War II

John J. McLaughlin

Like many heroes of the Second World War, General Albert C. Wedemeyer’s career has been largely overshadowed by such well-known figures as Marshall, Patton, Montgomery, and Bradley. Wedemeyer’s legacy as the main planner of the D-Day invasion is almost completely forgotten today. Yet during America’s preparation for the war, Wedemeyer was the primary author of the “Victory Program.” In this work we gain an intimate look at a visionary thinker who helped guide the Allies to victory in their greatest challenge, but whose vision of the post-war world was unfortunately not heeded.

000695, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 352 pages

From the Realm of a Dying Sun

Volume I - IV. SSPanzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw,

July–November 1944

Douglas E Nash Sr

The histories of the first three SS corps are well known. Overlooked in this pantheon is another SS corps that never fought in the west or in Berlin but one that participated in many of the key battles fought on the Eastern Front during the last year of the war – the IV SS-Panzerkorps, consisting of both the 3. and 5. SS-Panzer Divisions (Totenkopf and Wiking, respectively) was born in battle and spent the last ten months of the war in combat, figuring prominently in the battles of Warsaw, the attempted Relief of Budapest, Operation Spring Awakening, the defense of Vienna, and the withdrawal into Austria where it finally surrendered to U.S. forces in May 1945.

006352, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 541 pages

General Mark Clark Commander of U.S. Fifth Army and Liberator of Rome

Jon B. Mikolashek

Although not nearly as well known as other U.S. Army senior commanders, General Mark Clark is one of the four men—along with Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley—who historian Martin Blumenson called “the essential quartet of American leaders who achieved victory in Europe.” Eisenhower nicknamed him the American Eagle. A skilled staff officer, Clark rose quickly through the ranks, and by the time America entered the war he was deputy commander of Allied Forces in North Africa. He was subsequently named commander of U.S. Fifth Army and tasked with the invasion of Italy.

001319, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

Major General James A.

Ulio

How the Adjutant General of the U.S. Army Enabled Allied Victory

Alan E Mesches

Major General James A. Ulio helped win World War II, though his war was fought from the desk. As adjutantgeneral throughout the war years, many American families would have recognized his name from one of nearly 900,000 telegrams he signed—all of which began with the words: “… regret to inform you...” However, his role was far wider than overseeing these sad communications.

008264, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

From the Realm of a Dying Sun

Volume II - The IV. SS-Panzerkorps in the Budapest Relief Efforts, December 1944–

February 1945

Douglas E Nash Sr

On Christmas Eve 1944, the men of the IV SS-Panzerkorps were preparing to celebrate the occasion as best they could. Taking advantage of the pause in the fighting around Warsaw, they looked forward to partaking in that most German of holidays, including the finest Christmas dinner their field kitchens could still prepare. This was not to be, for that very evening, the corps commander received a telephone call notifying him that the 35,000 men of his corps would begin boarding express trains the following day that would take them to the front lines in Hungary, hundreds of kilometers away. Their mission: Relieve Budapest! Thus would begin the final round in the saga of the IV SS-Panzerkorps.

008738, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 552 pages

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A Machine Gunner’s War From Normandy to Victory with the 1st Infantry Division in WWII

Ernest Albert “Andy” Andrews jr

David B Hurt

Ernest “Andy” Andrews began his training as a machine gunner at Fort McClellan in Alabama in July 1943. Andy’s company, part of the 1st Infantry Division, departed England on the evening of June 5. Andy’s outfit ends the war fighting in Czechoslovakia, where Andy witnesses the German surrender in early May. The war shaped Andy’s postwar life in countless ways, and in 1994, Andy made the first of three return visits to the European battlefields where he had fought. This vivid firsthand account takes the reader along from Normandy to victory with Andy and his machine-gun crew.

241043, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 384 pages

Bomb Group

The Eighth Air Force’s 381st and The Allied Air Offensive Over Europe

Paul Bingley

Mike Peters

In February 1942, a reconnaissance party of United States Army Air Force officers arrived in England. Wedded to the doctrine of daylight precision bombing, they believed they could help turn the tide of the war in Europe. In the months that followed, they formed the Eighth Air Force. At the heart of the Eighth Air Force was its bombardment groups. These Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and Consolidated B-24 Liberators were crewed by thousands of young American airmen, most of whom were volunteers. This book tells the story of just one “Bomb Group” – the 381st, which crossed the Atlantic in May 1943 – from its formation in the Texan desert, to its 297th and final bombing mission deep into the heart of Hitler’s Third Reich. 009605, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 336 pages

Men of Armor: The History of B Company, 756th Tank Battalion in World War II

Part Two: Cassino and Rome

Jeff Danby

This unique multi-volume history covers the full spectrum of experiences of the men in one tank company from inception in June 1941 through the occupation of Germany in 1945. This second volume follows on from the first in recounting the WWII history of B Company, 756th Tank Battalion in vivid detail. The outfit, since upgraded from M5 light tanks to M4 ‘Sherman’ mediums, claws through some of the toughest battles of WWII—from a stalemate at Cassino in February 1944, through the bloody Operation Diadem May breakout, to the capture of Rome on 4 June 1944.

240152, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 384 pages

Home Run

Allied Escape and Evasion in World War II

Howard R Simkin

Lt Gen Charles Cleveland (Ret)

Imagine that you are deep behind enemy lines. Your plane was shot down or perhaps you have just escaped from a prisoner of war camp. The enemy is hunting you, seeking to throw you behind barbed wire for the duration of the war. What will you do? Do you have a plan, and the skills, to make it to friendly territory? This book provides a complete overview of U.S. and British escape and evasion during World War II. It tells the story of the escape and evasion organizations, the Resistance-operated lines, and the dangers faced by the escapers and the evaders in a logical and compelling narrative. Heroism, betrayal, sacrifice, and cowardice are all elements of this fascinating part of the rich tapestry of World War II.

241951, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

Storm Clouds Over the Pacific, 1931–1941

Peter Harmsen

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

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

A Mighty Fortress Lead Bomber Over Europe

Charles Alling

Elizabeth Alling Hildt

A Mighty Fortress is the personal account of the Captain and crew of a lead bomber in the enormous formation raids made by the 8th Airforce during the last months of the Second World War. It is an extraordinary tale of heroism

and bravery on the part of the entire crew of one B17 amongst hundreds - but the one B17 that meant most to them. “In a fascinating way, Chuck Alling recalls his days as a pilot flying B-17’s over Germany. He is truly a member of ‘The Greatest Generation’ and from his book, written from the heart, people can learn a lot about the laughs and tears of World War II.” - Former President George H. W. Bush 242217, $16.95 , $11.50 , Paperback, 240 pages

The Soviet Baltic Offensive, 1944–45 German Defense of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Ian Baxter

Against overwhelming Soviet forces the book shows how the German Army Group North was driven across the Baltics from Leningrad and fought a number isolated battles including the defense of Narva, Memel and the Kurland pocket, and outlines how Hitler forbade his troops to withdraw, ordering them to fight to the death. Exhausted and demoralized by continuous Soviet assaults, Army Group North became cutoff and isolated, fighting fanatically to hold the capital cities of Tallin, Vilnius and Riga. What followed were German forces fighting to the death in the last few small pockets of land surrounding three ports in Kurland, East Prussia and at the mouth of the River Vistula.

241067, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

Kursk 1943 Last German Offensive in the East

Ian Baxter

In the summer of 1943, the German-launched Operation Zitadelle (Citadel), aimed at cutting off a large number of Soviet forces in the Kursk salient. This offensive resulted in the battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle of World War II. With comprehensive captions and text, Kursk 1943 tells the story of this dramatic battle using rare and unpublished photographs, maps, and highly detailed artist profiles. The book reveals the events leading up to the battle in the first half of 1943, and the build up of forces by both sides before their climatic showdown at Kursk.

007076, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

From Moscow to Stalingrad

The Eastern Front, 19411942

Yves Buffetaut

The path from Moscow to Stalingrad was littered with successes and losses for the Red Army and the Wehrmacht. This volume outlines how it was that, less than a year after their defeat at Moscow, the German army had found a way to make the Soviet troops waver, eventually leading to the Battle of Stalingrad.

006093, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

World War II Snipers The Men, Their Guns, Their Stories

Gary Yee

Thousands of volumes have been published about World War II but relatively little attention has been given to the sniper. Drawing from memoirs, government documents and interviews, World War II Snipers incorporates eyewitness accounts to weave a comprehensive narrative of snipers in World War II. The scope of World War II Snipers is extensive with three chapters each on the major theaters of the war including Western Europe, Eastern Europe and the Pacific. The bibliography is a valuable resource to future researchers and writers. For the longrange rifle shooter and today’s snipers, the lessons of the past are as relevant today as they were when learned and practiced in World War II.

240985, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 352 pages

U.S. Army Diamond T Vehicles in World War II

Didier Andres

Alan McKay

Between 1940 and 1945, Diamond T Motor Car Company supplied just over 50,000 vehicles to the US military, and also to the Allies. Of this, just over 30,000 were heavy 4-ton 6x6 trucks of varying types: cargo, tow truck, pontoon carrier, engineer, cartographic, etc. The “Diamond” would serve in all theaters of operations, wherever its robustness and reliability were necessary to complete the mission. Due to its expertise, Diamond T also produced the famous half-track, with more than 10,000 manufactured. All of these models are described in this work by Didier Andres, an expert in the subject. The text is illustrated throughout using archival and period photographs and diagrams.

241609, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 161 pages

U.S. Army Chevrolet Trucks in World War II

1 1/2 ton, 4x4

Didier Andres

From 1940 to 1945, large numbers of trucks of all categories were delivered to the U.S. Army by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors. Over 160,000 of these trucks were G-506 light fourwheel-drive trucks—which became the standard 1 1/2-ton, 4x4 truck for the U.S. Army and Army Air Corps during the war. Many more thousands were delivered to Allied forces as part of the Lend-Lease program, including nearly 50,000 to the Soviet Union. Tough, well-built and more agile than the deuce and a half, the Chevy 1½ ton played a part in every theater of operations.

008639, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 144 pages

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The 101st Airborne in Normandy

Jun-44

Yves Buffetaut

On D-Day—June 6, 1944— 101st and 82nd Airborne dropped onto the Cotentin peninsula hours before the landings, tasked with capturing bridges and positions, taking out German strongpoints, and securing the exits from Utah and Omaha Beaches.This fully illustrated book details the planning of the airborne element of D-Day.

005232, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Allied Armor in Normandy

Yves Buffetaut

This volume of the Casemate Illustrated series explores the Normandy invasion from the perspective of the Allied Armored divisions, looking at how armored vehicles played a central role in the many battles that took place. It includes over 40 profiles of tanks and armored vehicles.

006079, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

The Falaise Pocket Normandy, August 1944

Yves Buffetaut

The battle of the Falaise Pocket was the turning point in the Normandy campaign. In late July, American troops broke through the lines and pushed south and east, while British and Canadian troops pushed south. Although unable to counter these offensives, Hitler refused to permit the commander Army Group B to withdraw.

00727A, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

The Waffen-SS in Normandy, June 1944 The

Caen Sector

Yves Buffetaut

For many, the Waffen-SS soldier represents the archetype of the combatant, if not the warrior: well-armed, welltrained, possessing intelligence in combat, imbued with political and ideological fanaticism. This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series examines the Waffen-SS in Normandy during the fierce fighting of June 1944, when they struggled to hold back the Allied advance on Caen, though the picture was by no means one-sided. Extensively illustrated with photographs, tank profiles, maps, and accompanied by biographies of key personnel and explanatory text boxes, this volume gives a clear and accessible account of events, challenging some popular perceptions along the way.

006055, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

The Waffen-SS in Normandy, July 1944 Operations Goodwood and Cobra

Yves Buffetaut

One of the greatest paradoxes of the Battle of Normandy is that the German divisions found it much harder to reach the front line than the Allies, who had to cross the sea and then deploy in a cramped bridgehead until the American breakthrough of late July 1944. The Waffen-SS were no better off than the Heer units and German high command never quite got on top of operations, as the divisions were thrown into the melee one by one.

This Casemate Illustrated looks at the divisions one by one throughout Operations Goodwood and Cobra which saw large tank battles and the collapse of the German front in Normandy.

006413, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

German Armor in Normandy

Yves Buffetaut

This volume of Casemate

Illustrated starts by exploring the initial struggle to gain control of Caen after the Allies had landed on the beaches of Normandy which resulted in the ferocious German Tiger tanks destroying the 7th Armored Division, with British losses totaling twenty-seven tanks.

006437, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Normandy From Cotentin to Falaise, June–July 1944

Friedrich Hayn

Linden Lyons

A unique perspective on the decisive early weeks of the invasion in 1944, written by a German Army Corps Intelligence officer stationed in Normandy at the time of the Allied invasion, who during the invasion was the department head for enemy messages processing (Ic) in the staff of the LXXXIV AK. It discusses in detail the events leading up to the creation of Falaise Pocket, described by the author as “tragic turning point of an entire front.” It discusses in detail the conditions in the American landing section and explains how the German troops based there came to be defeated.

241562, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 200 pages

Dunkirk German Operations in France 1940

Hans-Adolf Jacobsen

Geoffrey Brooks

The German Army invaded France on 10 May 1940, and in just over ten days their rapid advance, led by three panzer corps, had left three French field armies, Belgian forces and the British Expeditionary Force with their backs to the sea, trapped along the northern coast of France. General Gort realized that evacuation was the only option, and so began a chaotic withdrawal towards the port of Dunkirk.

The British narrative of the retreat and evacuation that prompted perhaps Winston Churchill’s most famous wartime speech has always been well-known; however only now is Hans-Adolf Jacobsen’s detailed account of the battle from the German perspective available in English.

006598, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 264 pages

Vitebsk The Fight and Destruction of Third Panzer Army

Otto Heidkämper

Linden Lyons

The city of Vitebsk in Belarus was of strategic importance during the fighting on the Eastern Front. Otto Heidkämper was chief of staff of 3rd Panzer Army, Army Group Center, which was stationed around Vitebsk. His detailed account of the defense of Vitebsk up to the Soviet summer offensive, is a valuable firsthand account.

005485, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

Operation Crusader Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

Hermann Buschleb

David Dorondo

The port of Tobruk, Libya, was besieged by German and Italian forces in April 1941. Following an abortive attempt in June, the Allies tried to relieve the siege in late November, when the Eighth Army launched Operation Crusader, which aimed at destroying the Axis armored force then advancing. After a number of inconclusive engagements, the British 7th Armoured Division was defeated by the Afrika Korps at Sidi Rezegh. Erwin Rommel was then forced to withdraw his troops to the defensive line at Gazala, making the operation the first Allied victory over German land forces in World War II.

007236, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 128 pages

The Battle of KorsunCherkassy

The Encirclement and Breakout of Army Group South, 1944

Nikolaus von Vormann

Generalleutnant von Vormann’s account starts with the retreat to the Dnepr in 1943. His mainly factual account also contains a description of the psychological effects on the men of this most brutal and physically exhausting battle. It is one of the few primary source materials that exists.

006031, $24.95 , $16.50 , Hardback, 120 pages

Panzer Operations Germany’s Panzer Group 3 During the Invasion of Russia, 1941

Hermann Hoth

Linden Lyons

This book, originally published in German in 1956, has now been translated into English, unveiling a wealth of both experiences and analysis about Operation Barbarossa, perhaps the most important military campaign of the 20th century. Hoth critically analyzes the origin, development, and objective of the plan against Russia, and presents the situations confronted, the decisions taken, and the mistakes made by the army’s leadership.

002699, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

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American Panther Tanks An Examination of the Five Surviving Panzer V Tanks including the Rare Panther II

Craig Moore

American Panther Tanks sounds a strange title for a book, but currently there are five surviving WW2 German Panther tanks in America. It is believed that fourteen captured Panzer V Panther tanks were shipped to the United States after the Second World War. Most were cut up and scrapped after being used for testing and targets on live firing ranges. The Panzer V Ausf.A Panther tank at the American Heritage Museum, Hudson, Massachusetts, near Boston, has been completely restored to a very high standard. The other four Panther tanks are at Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia, under the care of the U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Collection (U.S. AACC). They are awaiting their turn to be restored.

558041, $32 , $20.99 , Paperback, 146 pages

T-34 Shock The Soviet Legend in Pictures

Francis Edward Pulham

The Soviet T-34 medium tank needs no introduction, being the most famous tank ever built especially as has seen service across the globe throughout the twentieth century’s most brutal wars. However, despite this fame, little has been written about its design changes. While most tank enthusiasts can differentiate between the ‘T-34/76’ and the ‘T-34-85’, identifying different factory production batches has proven more elusive. Until now.

558461, $55 , $35.99 , Hardback, 496 pages

Crushing the Japanese Surface Fleet at the Battle of the Surigao Strait

How to Kill a Panther Tank

Unpublished Scientific Reports from the Second World War

Craig Moore

Using only original official period documents from the Second World War this book tries to provide the reader with the same information on the Panzer V Panther tank that was available to British and Commonwealth senior officers and tank crews during the war. As soon as intelligence reports confirmed the existence of the Panther tank the hunt was on to find reliable information on how to knock out this new German tank. Most people believe that the only way to stop a Panther was to penetrate its armor with an armor piercing A.P. round. Luckily the British 17 pdr anti-tank gun could do that but the British were also looking how to knock them out by using other weapons.

557969, $35 , $22.99 , Paperback, 144 pages

Japanese Tanks and Armoured Warfare

1932-45

A Military and Political History

David McCormack

The popular image of the Japanese tanks which faced the markedly superior tanks fielded by the Allies during the Second World War is one of poorly armed and armored Lilliputian tin cans which failed to make any impression upon the battlefield. In this absorbing new history, David McCormack looks beyond widely held and unchallenged misconceptions to create a new narrative in which Japan’s rightful place as a leading innovator in tank design and doctrine is restored. Drawing from primary and secondary sources, the author’s meticulous research provides the reader with an objective appraisal of both the successes and failures of the Empire of the Sun’s tank forces.

558102, $30 , $19.50 , Hardback, 176 pages

The

Last Crossing of the T.

Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr

On the afternoon of 24 October, 7th Fleet torpedoboats moved through Leyte Gulf and Surigao Strait into the Mindanao Sea south of Leyte, and by dusk were in position on their patrol-lines. Covering the northern part of the strait, were posted the destroyer squadrons, cruisers, and battleships to form the horizontal bar to a “T” of vast fire power which the enemy would be forced to approach vertically as he moved forward. With overwhelming force, the impenetrable gauntlet defeated the Japanese at Surigao Strait and played a significant in winning the Battle of Leyte Gulf and in so helping to secure the beachheads of the U.S. Sixth Army on Leyte against Japanese attack from the sea.

558737, $37 , $24.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

Yamato Flagship of the Japanese Imperial Navy

Daniel Knowles

The ‘Yamato’ and her sister ship the ‘Musashi’ were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. Named after the Yamato Province, Yamato was designed to counter the numerically superior fleet of the US Navy. Built amongst a shroud of secrecy and deception and commissioned shortly after the outbreak of the war in the Pacific, she was present at a number of engagements including the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Despite having been designed to engage and sink enemy surface vessels, the Yamato would only fire her unrivaled 18.1 inch guns at an enemy surface target on one occasion, in October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

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

The Foreign Policy of the Third Reich 19331939

Thomas Ferenczi

Every phase of the Third Reich’s foreign policy was determined by Adolf Hitler. Following his rise to power, his political acuity and utter lack of scruple enabled him to achieve numerous diplomatic successes against the well-intentioned but largely ineffectual Anglo-French democracies. This book examines in depth the revanchist foreign policy of Hitler’s Germany from 1933 to 1939: the withdrawal of Germany from the League of Nations, German rearmament, the introduction of compulsory military service, the notorious Hossbach Conference, the Austrian ‘Anschluss’, the Danzig crisis, the cynical brokering of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and the German invasion of Western Poland.

558065, $52 , $33.99 , Hardback, 376 pages

Soviet Bombers of the Second World War

Jason Nicholas Moore

This book concentrates on the smaller tactical bombers, as this is where the Red Air Force’s emphasis lay. Such types as the Il-4, the Su-2, the Tu-2, and the most important bomber of all, the Il-2 Shturmovik attack bomber, will be described in great detail, including not only details on the aircraft themselves, but how they were deployed in combat. The one truly strategic bomber, the Pe-8, will not be forgotten, and neither will the comparatively tiny U-2 biplane, which was so effective in its use as a night-time “nuisance” raider that the Germans copied the tactic wholesale. Accurate color profiles in some number will accompany the text in this comprehensive work on Soviet bombers.

557167, $65 , $42.50 , Hardback, 384 pages

Strafbattalion

Hitler’s Penal Battalions

Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr. When war broke out in 1939, Hitler created ‘Strafbattalion’ (Penal Battalion) units to deal with incarcerated members of the Wehrmacht as well as ‘subversives.’ His order stated that any first-time convicted soldier could return to his unit after he had served a portion of his sentence in ‘a special probation corps before the enemy.’ Beginning in April 1941, convicted soldiers who had shown exceptional bravery or meritorious service were allowed to rejoin their original units. However those in probation units were expected to undertake dangerous operations at the front. This book examines the penal units, their combat history and order of battle.

556474, $36.95 , $24.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

Soviet Fighters of the Second World War

Jason

Nicholas Moore

This book details the development of the Red Air Force fighters, from the dark days of Operation Barbarossa, to eventual triumph over the ruins of Berlin. Starting with obsolete aircraft such as the Polikarpov biplane and monoplane fighters, the Soviets then settled on two main lines of development; the inline-engined LaGG-3 and its radialengined derivatives, the La-5 and La-7, and the inline-engined Yakovlev fighters. Not only are these aircraft described in great detail, but experimental fighters are also dealt with. Accurate color profiles illustrate the evolution of these aircraft in terms of design, camouflage, and markings.

558256, $55 , $35.99 , Hardback, 416 pages

U-Boats in New England

Submarine Patrols, Survivors and Saboteurs

1942-45

Eric Wiberg

Starting weeks after Hitler declared war on the United States in mid-December 1941 and lasting until the war with Germany was all but over, 73 German U-Boats sustainably attacked New England waters, from Montauk New York to the tip of Nova Scotia at Cape Sable. Fifteen percent of these boats were sunk by Allied counter-attacks, five surrendered in the region, and three were sunk off New England—Block Island, Massachusetts Bay, and off Nantucket. These have proven appealing to divers, with a result that at least three German naval officers or ratings are buried in New England, one having killed himself in the Boston jail cell.

557204, $55 , $35.99 , Hardback, 416 pages

SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler’s Praetorian Guard Volume 2 - K to Q

Max Williams

Any scholar of history will have recognized the similarities between Ancient Rome and the National Socialist movement of the 20th century. The introduction of the SS - a modern Praetorian Guard, easily recognizable by the unique attire and consisting of the largest, strongest and fittest men available. Never before has an organization engendered wide-ranging emotion as on the scale of Hitler’s SS - lead by Heinrich Himmler. This remarkable book turns the spotlight upon those characters at the pinnacle of the pyramid that formed the SS. Illustrated with well over 1000 photographs, these two volumes are the author’s life’s work, and present an unique perspective on this feared organization.

554340, $65 , $42.50 , Hardback, 512 pages

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Killing Hitler’s Reich The Battle for Austria 1945

William

Alan Webb

In the dying days of World War Two, when the fate of nations was being decided by the triumvirate of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Josef Stalin, Hitler’s Austrian homeland provided a scenic backdrop for the last stand of Army Group South. Killing Hitler’s Reich, The Battle For Austria 1945, is the history of the bloody Battle for Austria in 1945. Austria’s fate held major ramifications for postwar Europe and the entire free world, yet there is no complete account of the campaign written in English. Long overlooked by historians, Killing Hitler’s Reich finally places this critical campaign in its proper historical place.

510537, $45 , $29.50 , Paperback, 592 pages

Mr Hitler Missed Me

A Former Fleet Air Arm Officer’s Tale of Laughter, the Sea, Death and Showbusiness

David Gunn

In 1941 aged six David Gunn was subjected to Hitler’s Blitz of Plymouth. David joined the Royal Navy at the age of 13. At the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth there was a cold bath on waking up and compulsory boxing – then to an even more disciplined training cruiser in the tropics and Arctic Circle. Returning home there were rough seas in the Cold War, rugby with the Wasps and modern pentathlon to Olympic standard. Training as a Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot was followed by operational flying in the Mediterranean. Spies appeared more than once. Vera Lynn, Clement Freud, Rupert Murdoch and Barbara Cartland all entered his life. A Lieutenant Commander on a Friday night, David became a television presenter the following Monday. This is his story…

510926, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 164 pages

Sea of Blood

A Military History of the Partisan Movement in Yugoslavia 1941-45

Gaj

Trifkovic

The Second World War on the territory of the former Yugoslavia was marked by extraordinary complexity and base brutality. At least twelve factions fought against and worked with each other in what was at the same time a liberation war, a civil war, and a revolutionary war. The human cost was staggering: out of the pre-war population of roughly 15 million, more than one million died as a direct result of the conflict. Sea of Blood will find a readership among all those interested in the Second World War in Yugoslavia, the history of guerrilla warfare, and the contemporary history of the Western Balkans 059940, $59.95 , $38.99 , Paperback, 448 pages

The Battle of the Peaks and Long Stop Hill Tunisia April-May 1943

Ian Mitchell

The Battle of the Peaks is the first book to be devoted to a series of forgotten battles in the spring of 1943 in the hills of northern Tunisia. The author brings to life the fascinating story of a successful British victory in April 1943 largely achieved by the 78th “Battle Axe” Division which has been all but forgotten by most historians. This book describes how well led British troops wrested control of a series of high peaks, and thus inflicted a clear defeat on troops of the famed Afrika Korps. This in turn secured a victory which soon led to the surrender of 250,000 Axis troops in May 1943.

510544, $49.95 , $32.50 , Paperback, 378 pages

Tigers in Combat Volume III - Operation Training Tactics

Wolfgang Schneider

Tigers in Combat Volume 3 closes the gap between the unit histories of volumes 1 and 2 and the technical descriptions in the Jentz and Spielberger books. For the first time, efforts are described in detail of what was taken to create units and what was required to keep the Tiger tank in action regarding handling and operating the vehicle. Other chapters deal with crew training and specific tactical aspects to employ such a heavy tank under all fighting conditions. Due to the usage of more than 1,200 photos and drawings, even complex crew tasks and procedures are illustrated in a way that non-Tiger crewmen will be able to comprehend.

510414, $79.95 , $51.99 , Paperback, 520 pages

We Will Not Go To Tuapse

From the Donets to the Oder with the Legion Wallonie and 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade

‘Wallonien’ 1942-45

Fernand Kaisergruber

This is a classic soldier’s chronicle, told in unvarnished candor, about the author’s experiences as a volunteer with the Wallonian Legion of the German Army and later the 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade Wallonien and the 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien.His observations of fellow soldiers, commanders, Russian civilians and the battlefields prove poignant and telling. They remain as fresh as when he first wrote some of them down in his travel diary, ‘Pensées fugitives et Souvenirs (1941–46)’. Fernand Kaisergruber draws upon his contemporary diaries, those of his comrades and his later work with them while secretary of their postwar veteran’s league to present a thoroughly engaging epic.

059568, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 328 pages

The Liberation of the Philippines

Jon Diamond

General Douglas A MacArthur, Commander of the Southwest Pacific Area, saw the liberation of the Philippines Archipelago as the launching board for the invasion of the Japanese Home Islands. By late 1944, with the capture of New Guinea and surrounding islands, the US Sixth and Eighth Armies were poised for the challenge.

788726, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

Saipan 1944

The Most Decisive Battle of the Pacific War

John Grehan

The attack upon Saipan, the most heavily-defended of the Marianas, took the Japanese by surprise, but over the course of more than three weeks, the 29,000 Japanese defenders defied the might of 71,000 US Marines and infantry, supported by fifteen battleships and eleven cruisers.

758309, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 216 pages

Panzergrenadiers 1942–1945

Ian Baxter

The term Panzergrenadier was applied equally to the infantry component of Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS Panzergrenadiere divisions. Using a wealth of rare photographs with detailed captions and text, the author charts the fighting record of the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe Panzergrenadiertruppe units.

003742, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 176 pages

Red Army Auxiliary Armoured Vehicles, 1930–1945

Alexey Tarasov

During the 1930s in the Soviet Union a remarkable range of auxiliary armored vehicles which have rarely had the attention they deserve, and Alexey Tarasov’s photographic history is the ideal guide to them. These innovative designs demonstrate the diversity and innovation of the Soviet arms industry.

785985, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 160 pages

The Battle for Burma, 1942–1945

Philip Jowett

The battle for Burma during the Second World War was of vital importance to the Allies and the Japanese. The Allies fought to protect British India; the Japanese fought to defend the north-west flank of their newly conquered empire and aimed to strike at India where anti-British feeling was growing stronger.

77527A, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 240 pages

The Nazis’ Winter Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941–1945 Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

Ian Baxter

Hitler’s shock decision to launch the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 was arguably the turning point of the Second World War. Spectacular early victories saw the Nazis close in on Moscow but the Soviet 1941/42 winter counter offensive changed the odds entirely.

768070, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 160 pages

Early Jet Fighters 19441954

The Soviet Union and Europe

Leo Marriott

In his previous book on early jet fighters, Leo Marriott traced the history of the revolutionary aircraft produced by the British and Americans immediately after the Second World War; in this companion volume he describes jet fighter development on the continent of Europe and in the Soviet Union during the same remarkable period. Using over 200 archive photographs he covers the pioneering German designs, then the range of experimental and operational fighters constructed by the Soviets, the French and the Swedes. The sheer variety of the designs that manufacturers come up with during this short, intense period of innovation mean that the book is fascinating reading.

753939, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 160 pages

The Destruction of 6th Army at Stalingrad

Ian Baxter

The scale of death and destruction during the Battle of Stalingrad during late 1942 and early 1943 remains unprecedented in the history of warfare.

Thanks to a superb collection of unpublished photographs, this Images of War book provides an absorbing insight into the dramatic events of the last months of 6th Army’s doomed existence.

747952, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 160 pages

Wingate’s Men The

Chindit Operations: Special Forces in Burma

Colin Higgs

In this wonderful collection of photographs, drawn in large part from one man’s photograph albums, we see the harsh conditions in which the Chindits had to operate, and the terrible physical state of many of the men who survived the jungles, the dry plains, and the ferocious Japanese enemy.

746672, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Dunkirk EvacuationOperation Dynamo Nine Days that Saved an Army

John Grehan

Alexander Nicoll

The ‘miracle’ of Dunkirk is one of the most inspiring stories of all time.

One man in particular, SubLieutenant John Rutherford Crosby, a member of the crew of the minesweeper, and converted Clyde paddle steamer, HMS Oriole, left a legacy of dramatic images. These include the never-to-be-forgotten scenes of long lines of tired and anxious troops stretching into the sea and of bombs exploding on the packed beaches – all with his own personal little camera.

770356, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 168 pages

Siege of Malta 1940–42

Anthony Rogers

For nearly two and a half years, from June 1940 until late 1942, Malta was subjected to one Axis air raid after another.

This is an account of that desperate time, as witnessed by those who were there and illustrated by their wartime photographs. Included is a special color section focusing on reminders of the battle in a series of more recent images.

38459A, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

7th SS Mountain Division Prinz Eugen At War 1941–1945 A History of the Division

Ian Baxter

The book tells the story of the 7th SS Mountain Division was formed in 1941 from the Volksdeutsche (ethnic German) volunteers and conscripts from the Banat, Independent State of Croatia, Hungary and Romania.

721426, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 112 pages

Hitler’s Trojan Horse The Fall of the Abwehr, 1943–1945

Nigel West

As the Second World War progressed and defeat for Hitler’s Third Reich in all theatres became ever more certain, the tight Abwehr network, built so effectively by its head, Admiral Canaris, began to unravel. High-level defections to the Allies and bitter disputes with the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) added to a collapse in morale. In this penetrating study of the final years of the Abwehr, Nigel West, a world-renowned specialist in the field, pieces together the gradual decline in the organization’s role and importance with Hitler and his acolytes paying little heed to reports that were increasingly cautionary.

07603B, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 400 pages

The Crusading General The Life of General Sir

Bernard Paget GCB

DSO MC

Julian Paget

Bernard Paget enjoyed a hugely successful military career which culminated in his top level appointments in WW2. As C-in-C Home Forces and the C-in-C 21st Army Group he was responsible for preparing the Army for the long awaited Second Front in Europe in 1944. To his lasting chagrin he was not to use in battle the weapon that he had shaped and tempered. Although one of the most influential generals of his time, due to circumstances, and possible character, he was regarded as always the bridesmaid and never the bride. But his contribution to victory cannot be overestimated.

07455A, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 192 pages

A Drop in the Ocean

John French

Jim Burtt-Smith

In the summer of 1942 a Wellington bomber, operating with 115 Squadron from Marham in Norfolk was forced to ditch in the North Sea returning from a raid on Hamburg. Two members of the crew, who were picked up by the Luftwaffe, have written this book.

020343, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 176 pages

Hitler’s Air Bridges

The Luftwaffe’s Supply Operations of the Second World War

Dmitry Degtev

Dmitry Zubov

In early May 1940, the battle of Norway was nearing its climax, but General Eduard Dietl’s 3rd Jäger division was blocked by the Allies in the Narvik area. Only the Luftwaffe could provide effective assistance to the encircled troops. This was the first of a number of occasions in which the Luftwaffe’s transport Gruppen, often equipped As the war increasingly turned against the Third Reich, air bridges were vital in supporting and maintaining its garrisons in places such as Demyansk, Holm, Korsun, Budapest, Breslau, and many others. Hitler’s Air Bridges presents the story of the Luftwaffe’s transport Gruppen more extensively and in greater detail than ever before.

789938, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 296 pages

The Norway Campaign and the Rise of Churchill 1940

Anthony Dix

While the campaign in Norway was a depressing opening to active hostilities between Britain and Nazi Germany, it led directly to Churchills war leadership and The Coalition. Both were to prove decisive in the long term. This well researched work opens with a summary of the issues and personalities in British politics in the 1930s. The campaign itself is broken down into three phases the landings in support of the Norwegians, the evacuation from Central Norway, finally, the campaign in the North which remained credible until the fall of France. This book, with its informed mix of politics and war fighting, provides a balanced overview of the opening campaign of the Second World War and its consequences.

022705, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 264 pages

Bombers over Sand and Snow

205 Group RAF in World War II

Alun Granfield

205 Group RAF provided the only mobile force of heavy night bombers in the Mediterranean theater in the Second World War. It operated mainly from bases in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Italy, with occasional excursions to Malta, Greece and Iraq, attacking tactical and strategic targets according to the demands of the wider war in the theater. The operations of the night bombers in the Middle East and Mediterranean were often governed by the general progress of the war in the theater. The ebb and flow of the land battles not only determined the activities of the night bombers, but also determined their location. This book tells their story.

020596, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 384 pages

Hitler’s Secret Commandos Operations of the K-Verband

Helmut Blocksdorf

Hitler’s Secret Commandos is the history of the K-Verband naval commando unit, established in 1943 to reek havoc amongst invading allied forces involved in amphibious landings or actions, against German-occupied coasts. Using German archive material, first-hand accounts and other published material this is the first comprehensive history of the K-Verband. It charts the development, structure, selection, training and equipment the Commando unit used together with a detailed narrative of the operations undertaken. The material has been translated from a German text, previously published in Germany with wide acclaim.

07714A, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 200 pages

Transforming Hitler’s Germany Developing Western Cultures under the Threat of the Cold War

Tim Heath

Annamarie Vickers

As the last flames of the Second World War flickered and died, Germany emerged into an apocalyptic wasteland, where the Hitler Youth generation would be cursed with the running sore of National Socialism. This unique work tells the story of the tentative steps taken by young men and women into the ‘afterlife of Nazi Germany’. Encompassing memoirs along the way, it presents a quirky portrayal of charm, humor, mischief and personal accomplishment along with a vitally important slice of (West) Germany’s social history, which has remained hidden from the literary world for decades. As Tia Schuster remarked:

777775, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 272 pages

Donitz, U-Boats, Convoys

The British Version of His Memoirs from the Admiralty’s Secret AntiSubmarine Reports

Jak P. Mallmann Showell

The memoirs of Admiral Karl Dnitz, Ten Years and Twenty Days, are a fascinating firsthand account of the Battle of the Atlantic as seen from the headquarters of the U-boat fleet. Now, for the first time noted naval historian Jak P. Mallmann Showell has combined Dnitz’s memoirs in a parallel text with the British Admiralty’s secret Monthly AntiSubmarine Reports to produce a unique view of the U-boat war as it was perceived at the time by both sides. Together with the authors commentary adding information that was either unknown or too secret to reveal at the time, this book gives possibly the most complete contemporary account of the desperate struggle in the North Atlantic in the Second World War.

08532A, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

Blood, Dust and Snow

Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front

Robin Schäfer

Roger Moorhouse

The war on the Eastern Front was the bloodiest combat theater in the bloodiest war in history. OLt. Friedrich Wilhelm Sander experienced this firsthand when serving with the 11th Panzer-Regiment. He recorded his experience of these campaigns in astounding detail in recently-discovered diaries covering the period from April 1938 to December 1943, translated here for the first time. Written during the fighting, these diaries not only offer an honest assessment of the war on the Eastern Front, but also offers an intimate glimpse into the close-knit community of a German Panzer crew.

388300, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 448 pages

The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front

Sonya Winterberg Kerstin Lieff

Told by the children who survived, these stories could well be the last eyewitness report of the aftermath of the Second World War. As the land where they once lived was integrated into the Eastern Bloc, their accounts remained hushed until after the Iron Curtain fell. Now, in The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front, they break their silence. Their experiences are unimaginable: toes frozen off, endless hunger, rape, physical abuse. Those considered lucky were eventually taken in, even lovingly cared for, primarily by Lithuanian farmers, but nearly to the last of them, they grew into adulthood illiterate and poverty-stricken. Yet a surprising truth lives within nearly every one of these victims – an overwhelming sense of hope and forgiveness.

014601, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

Hitler’s Henchmen Nazi Executioners and How They Escaped Justice After WWII

Helmut Ortner

Helmut Ortner reveals a staggering history of perpetrators, victims and bystanders in Hitler’s Germany. He explores the shocking evidence of a merciless era and of the shameful omissions of post-war German justice. Hitler’s Henchmen, uncovers the full stories of Nazi perpetrators who enjoyed post-war careers as judges, university professors, doctors and politicians. Had they been gutless cogs in the machinery of the Nazi state, or idealized persecutors? Ortner reveals that it was not only their Nazi pasts that were forgotten, but how the suffering of the victims, including resistance fighters and their relatives was suppressed and ignored.

791108, $28.95 , $18.99 , Hardback, 136 pages

A Prisoner of Stalin

The Chilling Story of a Luftwaffe Pilot Shot Down and Captured on the Eastern Front Christian Huber

Gerhard Ehlert

Leutnant Gerhard Ehlert was one of the few survivors of 2. Nachtaufklärungsstaffel, part of the Luftwaffe’s 6th Air Fleet, which operated on Eastern Front during the Second World War. Although he came from a family that spoke out against Hitler and the Nazi regime, he volunteered to join the Luftwaffe. Facing hazardous weather conditions – often landing his aircraft ‘blind’ in heavy fog –and mountainous odds against Soviet air superiority, Ehlert completed twenty-two sorties before his Dornier Do 217M1, coded K7+FK, was shot down on 14 June 1944. Despite strenuous efforts to escape the Soviets, he was captured by the Red Army. What followed changed his life forever.

733214, $28.95 , $18.99 , Hardback, 136 pages

Naval Eyewitnesses The Experience of War at Sea, 1939–1945

James Goulty

Although many books have been written about naval actions during the Second World War – histories and memoirs in particular – few books have attempted to encompass the extraordinary variety of the experience of the war at sea. That is why James Goulty’s vivid survey is of such value. Sailors in the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy experienced a war fought on a massive scale, on every ocean of the world, in a diverse range of vessels, from battleships, aircraft carriers and submarines to merchant ships and fishing boats. Their recollections are as varied as the ships they served in, and they take the reader through the entire maritime war, as it was perceived at the time by those who had direct, personal knowledge of it.

000710, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 264 pages

Nazi UFOs

The Legends and Myths of Hitler’s Flying Saucers in WW2

S.D. Tucker

Nazi UFOs tells the strange tale of how, following the first alleged flying saucer sightings made in the USA in 1947, a series of fantasists and neo-fascists came forward to create a media myth that the Nazis may have invented these incredible craft as a means for winning the Second World War, a plan which was tantalizingly close to completion before the Allies conquered Berlin in 1945. This book features an appealing cast of con-men and spies, complete madmen, real-life Nazis and completely made-up ones, operating right across the globe from South America to wartime Europe and Japan.

07156A, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

From the Battlefield to the Big Screen Audie Murphy, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Dirk Bogarde in WW2

Melody Foreman

Among the many familiar figures of TV and cinema who fought for their country are Sir Dirk Bogarde, who arrived at a secret location in Normandy just after D-Day to carry out vital aerial photographic interpretation exercises with the Royal Canadian Air Force, and Audie Murphy, who lied about his age to enlist after the attack on Pearl Harbor and went on to become America’s most decorated soldier of the war.

737717, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 248 pages

Save the Last Bullet Memoir of a Boy Soldier in Hitler’s Army

Heidi Langbein-Allen

Wilhelm Langbein

Willi Langbein was just thirteen when the Nazis took him away from his parents under the pretense of protecting him. Their real reason was to turn him into cannon-fodder for use against Hitler’s enemies. Deployed to the collapsing Eastern Front in the last days of the war, Willi, now aged fourteen, and his schoolmates were ordered to stave off the relentless Russian advance. None were expected to return alive from the final battles of the Third Reich. Willi’s graphic and moving story, told from a Nazi child soldier’s perspective, is an inspiring memoir of lost innocence and despair, but also of determination and hope restored.

07239B, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

The Russian Agent A Secret Mission To Penetrate the Russian Liberation Army

Franz Taut

In this book, the author Franz Taut reveals one plausible, but fictitious, attempt to infiltrate the Russian Liberation Army and report back to Moscow on those ‘traitors’ who sought the collapse of the communist regime. The agent in question Taut has named Lieutenant Sonja Rasumowa. How would Rasumowa gain their trust, and once fully accepted into the treacherous group how could she transmit their subversive intentions back to Mother Russia? This is a story that explores an intriguing element of the Second World War, one that is little known of outside Russia and Germany.

748607, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 248 pages

Lieutenant General

Edward A. Craig

Warrior Six: Combat

Leader in World War II and Korea

Colonel Richard D. Camp USMC

(Ret)

Marine Lieutenant General

Edward A. Craig served in the Corps from 1917 until 1951. He was one of the “old Corps” Marines, serving in the Banana Wars, World War II where he was commanding officer, 9th Marine Regiment, Bougainville and Guam, and Korea, where he led the “Fire Brigade.” Craig was considered one of the premier combat leaders in the Marine Corps. Marine historian Dick Camp knew Craig personally and has woven Craig’s own account of his service into context. Craig’s recollections are more than recitations of facts, his account of leading in World War II provides the perspective of a combat leader balancing the mission objectives with responsibility for the men he leads.

242361, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Chosin Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War

Eric Hammel

Told from the point of view of the men in the foxholes and tanks, outposts and command posts, this is the definitive account of the epic retreat under fire of the 1st Marine Division from the Chosin Reservoir. The author first sketches in the errors and miscalculations on the part of the American high command that caused the Marines to be strung out at the end of a narrow road scores of miles from the sea. He then plunges right into the action: the massing of Chinese forces in about ten-to-one strength; the Marines’ command problems due to the climate and terrain and high-level over confidence; and the onset of the overwhelming Chinese assault.

007885, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 432 pages

The Armed Forces of North Korea On the Path of Songun

Stijn Mitzer

Joost

Oliemans

The Armed Forces of North Korea maps the most important events from the inconclusive ceasefire struck at the end of the Korean War, throughout the Cold War until modern day, and an especially heavy emphasis is placed on the current status of the Korean People’s Army by examining their wealth of indigenously designed weaponry. In the course of the book not only will many of the Korean People’s Army’s most secret projects and tactics be unveiled, but also new light will be shed on the deadly flare-ups between the North and the South, and novel evidence on tragic incidents such as the Cheonan sinking and Yeongpyeong bombing of 2010 is brought forth.

777145, $69.95 , $45.50 , Hardback, 240 pages

Baker Bandits Korea’s Band of Brothers

Cynthia

Shelton

The Baker Bandits brings together firsthand accounts from the men of B-1-5 about their time in Korea: their battles, their fallen commanders, death in the foxhole, lost platoons, injuries, and what happened to them after the war.

008981, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 384 pages

The Marine Corps Way of War

The Evolution of the U.S. Marine Corps from Attrition to Maneuver Warfare in the PostVietnam Era

Anthony J. Piscitelli

The Marine Corps Way of War examines the evolving doctrine, weapons, and capability of the United States Marine Corps during the four decades since our last great conflict in Asia. As author Anthony Piscitelli demonstrates, the USMC has maintained its position as the nation’s foremost striking force while shifting its thrust from a reliance upon attrition to a return to maneuver warfare. Piscitelli methodically explains the evolution by using traditional and first-person accounts by the prime movers of this paradigm shift.

Throughout the book, the voices of the Marines themselves, in action or through analysis, describe how “the few, the proud” will continue to be America’s cutting-edge force. 213607, $27.50 , $17.99 , Hardback, 264 pages

Chinese Hordes and Human Waves

A Personal Perspective of the Korean War

1950-1953

Brig. Gen. Brian Parritt

The North Koreans’ attack on their Southern neighbors shocked and surprised the World. The conflict rapidly escalated with China soon heavily involved on one side and the United States and United Nations on the other. The author, then a young Gunner officer, found himself in the midst of this very nasty war. He describes first hand what it was like to be at the infamous Battle of the Hook, where UN troops held off massed attacks by the Communists. Few outside the war zone realized just how horrific conditions were.

This is not only a fine memoir but a unique insight into a forgotten War.

373727, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

American Aircraft Development – World War Two Legacy 1945-1953 and the Korean War

William

Norton

This volume focuses on the influence of America’s Second World War aviation development and experience, subsequent aviation technological advances, and world events, in shaping American choices in military aircraft and associated weapons development during the few years following the war. It shows how air warfare weapons from the last conflict were carried forward and altered, how new systems evolved from these, and how the choices fared in the next war—Korea. The period was one of remarkable progress in a short span of time via a great many aircraft and weapons programs, and associated technological progress.

558287, $70 , $45.50 , Hardback, 512 pages

The Last War of the Superfortresses

Black Tuesday Over Namsi

B-29s vs MiGs - the

Forgotten Air Battle

of the Korean War, 23 October 1951

Earl J. McGill, Lt Col USAF (Ret.) Black Tuesday Over Namsi chronicles the calamitous B-29 daylight-bombing mission flown by the 307th Bombardment Wing on 23 October 1951 against Namsi Airfield. What many experts consider the epic air battle of the Korean War and perhaps the greatest jet engagement in the history of aerial warfare has largely become another forgotten battle in a forgotten war. Here, Lt. Col McGill presents the facts and circumstances of the mission from first briefing to final landing.

677212, $59.95 , $38.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Armoured Warfare in the Korean War

MiG-15

vs B-29 over Korea

Leonid Krylov

Yuriy Tepsurkaev

This work is an attempt by the authors to give as full and detailed a history as possible of the confrontation between Soviet fighters and the principal strike force of the United States Far East Air Force – the B-29 ‘Superfortress’ bombers during the course of the Korean War between 1950-1953. Military documents, which the authors have studied over many years of work in the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation form the basis of this book. Statistical material has been provided in this book, which characterizes combat operations carried out by the B-29s and the fighters of the 64th Fighter Air Corps, both within the text itself and in the form of easy-to-use tables. The book is illustrated with photographs.

777855, $49.95 , $32.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

The United States Marine Corps in the Korean War

Michael Green

On June 25, 1950, the North Korean Army invaded South Korea. Among the US forces sent to South Korea was the 1st Marine Division. In September 1950, the Division audaciously landed deep behind enemy lines at Inchon port, throwing the North Korea Army into disarray. In November 1950, the Chinese Army invaded North Korea with eight divisions tasked with the destruction of the 1st Marine Division at the Chosin Reservoir. The Marines made a 78-mile fighting withdrawal in arctic conditions before being evacuated by the US Navy. Expert author Michael Green describes the United States Marine Corps’ outstanding contribution, organization, tactics, fighting doctrine and weaponry.

765376, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 224 pages

Anthony Tucker-Jones

During the Korean War of 195053 both sides deployed large numbers of armored fighting vehicles. Korea, with its rugged mountains, narrow passes, steep valleys and waterlogged fields was not ideal tank country so the armor mainly supported the infantry and rarely engaged in battles of maneuver. Yet the wide variety of armor supporting UN and North Korean forces played a vital if unorthodox role. For this fascinating book over 180 contemporary photographs have been selected to show Soviet-built T-34/85s and Su-76s, American M4 Shermans, M26 Pershings and M46 Pattons, and British Cromwells and Centurions in action in one of the defining conflicts of the Cold War.

845800, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

Korean War - Imjin River

Fall of the Glosters to the Armistice, April 1951–July 1953

Gerry van Tonder

As of October 1950, a quarter of a million Communist Chinese troops, in twenty-seven divisions, had poured across the Yalu River into North Korea, with the singular objective of forcing General Douglas MacArthur’s United Nations troops back across the 38th Parallel and into the Sea of Japan.

778130, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

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By the Skin of My Teeth

The Memoirs of an RAF Mustang Pilot in World War II and of Flying Sabres with USAF in Korea

Colin Downes

This is a memoir of flying with the Royal Air Force in war and peace during a career in military and civil aviation covering a half century. The text is filled with personal experiences, reminiscences and impressions and is written in four parts. Part One covers the years leading to the author’s graduation and the winning of his RAF Wings. This is followed by actionpacked stories of flying propeller-driven fighters, Spitfires and Mustangs, during and just after the Second World War. The author then tells of his unique experiences of front-line fighter operations when he flew jets with the United States Air Force during the Korean War.

781642, $34.95 , $22.99 , Paperback, 328 pages

A Conscript In Korea

Neville Williams

This remarkable story begins with as a young National Serviceman in 1951, the author walked through the gates at the Welch Brigade Training Centre, Brecon, and ends when he walked back into Civvy Street in 1953. Between these dates he went through many life-changing experiences, in particular the twelve months he spent with the 1st Battle Welch Regiment in Korea.

As a lance corporal infantry signaler, the author was involved at all levels of operational and company activity and he gives the reader a real insight into the events and circumstances of war and the thoughts of a young man caught up in a desperate and dangerous conflict.

766625, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 208 pages

Eyewitness Korea

The Experience of British and American Soldiers in the Korean War 19501953

James Goulty

Today the Korean War of 1950-1953 is overshadowed by later twentieth-century conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East, yet at the time it was the focus of international attention. It threatened to lead to a third world war, and although fought on a limited scale, it still involved over a million men under UN command and even more on the Communist side. It left the American and British troops who took part with a range of intense recollections that often marked them for the rest of their lives, and it is these experiences that James Goulty draws on in this eyewitness history of the conflict.

870901, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Korean War - Chinese Invasion

People’s Liberation Army Crosses the Yalu, October 1950–March 1951

Gerry van Tonder

In his first four volumes on the Korean War, the author traces the war’s progress from the North Korean invasion of June 1950, the desperate American defense of the Pusan Perimeter, General Douglas MacArthur’s daring and highly successful amphibious offensive at Inch’?n, and his subsequent advance across the 38th Parallel to the Yalu River on the Chinese Manchurian border

778093, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

Korean War: Allied Surge

Pyongyang Falls, UN Sweep to the Yalu, October 1950

Gerry van Tonder

Cold War crescendo: in the author’s first three volumes in a series on battles of the Korean War, North Korean forces cross the 38th Parallel, rolling back US and South Korean forces into a small corner of the Korean peninsula. Months later, commander of the United Nations Command (UNC) in Korea, General Douglas MacArthur, launches a daring counteroffensive invasion at Inchon, enveloping North Korea. Despite a warning from Beijing that it will intervene if US forces cross the 38th, MacArthur uses the UN’s conditional authorization to land elements of the US X Corps at Wonsan and Riwon in North Korea.

756923, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 136 pages

US Elite Forces Uniforms, Equipment & Personal Items. Vietnam 1965-1975

Marti Demiquels

Mr. Marti Demiquels, the author of this book and a dedicated collector himself, has put together not only most of the pieces contained in the following pages, but a complete museum on the Vietnam War as well, amassed throughout an entire lifetime of passionate study and collecting.

658547, $61 , $39.99 , Hardback, 250 pages

Grunt

A Pictorial Report on the US Infantry’s Gear and Life During the Vietnam War- 1965-1975

Antonio Arques

Fifty years after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing US forces to defend South Vietnam, this incredible book arrives with a one-stop visual tour of every item of gear employed by American infantrymen in the long years of battle that followed. With over 2,000 photos accompanied by insightful text, this work digs into every nook and cranny of the infantry’s experience “in-country.” This unique book provides a visceral tour down memory lane for every soldier who served in Vietnam. It is also a revealing guide to those in the general public who may have wondered exactly what our troops felt, handled and experienced during that tumultuous American war in remote Southeast Asia.

658493, $99 , $64.50 , Hardback, 456 pages

No Greater Love

The Story of Michael Crescenz, Philadelphia’s Only Medal of Honor Recipient of the Vietnam War

John A Siegfried

Kevin Ferris

In a battle between the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry and the entrenched enemy forces on Nui Chom Mountain, Alpha Company was ambushed by machine gun bunkers deployed on the mountain slopes. Thinking first of the danger to those around him, Private First Class Michael J. Crescenz picked up an M60 machine gun and charged the enemy bunkers. He did not survive but his actions saved the lives of his fellow soldiers and allowed them to advance and ultimately prevail. For his valor and sacrifice, Michael was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. No Greater Love tells this story from the perspective of those who loved Michael Crescenz most, close friends, family, and the soldiers who witnessed his bravery first hand.

242224, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

The Freedom Shield

The 191st Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam

Maj. John D Falcon

The Freedom Shield brings together stories of veterans of the 191st Assault Helicopter Company, tasked with carrying troops into battle, attacking enemy positions and evacuating the wounded in their UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” helicopters.

The 191st pilots, crews, and support personnel vividly share details of what it was like to be at war, forced to rely on fellow crewmembers for survival. Their accounts of helicopter combat at the height of the Vietnam conflict accurately recreate the sights and sounds of the battlefields, the fear and horror of watching close friends torn to pieces, their feelings on returning to base.

008608, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 384 pages

Tango 1-1 9th Infantry Division LRPs in the Vietnam Delta

Jim Thayer

LRPs were all volunteers. They were in the spine-tingling, braintwisting, nerve-wracking business of Long Range Patrolling. They varied in age from 18 to 30. These men operated in precision movements, like walking through a jungle quietly and being able to tell whether a man or an animal is moving through the brush without seeing the cause of movement. They could sit in an ambush for hours without moving a muscle except to ease the safety off the automatic weapon in their hand at the first sign of trouble. These men were good because they had to be to survive.

758583, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 168 pages

Days of Valor

An Inside Account of the Bloodiest Six Months of the Vietnam War

Robert L Tonsetic

The 199th Light Infantry Brigade was created from three U.S. infantry battalions of long lineage as a fast reaction force to place in Vietnam. Days of Valor covers the height of the Vietnam War, from the nervous period just before Tet, through the defeat of that offensive, to the highly underwritten yet equally bloody NVA counteroffensive launched in May 1968. It ends with a brief note about the 199th LIB being deactivated in spring 1970, furling its colors after suffering 753 dead and some 5,000 wounded. The brigade had only been a temporary creation, intended for one purpose, and though its heroism is now a matter of history, it should remain a source of pride for all Americans.

242156, $16.95 , $11.50 , Paperback, 262 pages

Vietnam War Portraits

The Faces and Voices

Thomas Sanders

John Rowan

The surreal imagery of Thomas Sanders’ vivid portraits encourages the viewer to take a closer look at those who experienced the war, giving them a chance to read the haunting, inspirational, and sometimes comical stories of the individuals of the Vietnam War. Some of the portraits hold objects that relate to their role or experience during their time in the service. The objects tell a deeper story of a dark and confusing war: the common cigarette pack smoked by the vets while in the jungle; a homemade grenade made by the northern Vietnamese; and a “order to report” document – a piece of paper that changed many a life.

00703A, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

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Grunt Slang in Vietnam Words of the War

Gordon L Rottman

The slang, the unique vocabulary of the soldiers and Marines serving in Vietnam was a mishmash of words and phrases reaching back to the Korean War, World War II, and even earlier. At the same time it used words and phrases reflecting the country’s changing protest culture at home, ideological and poetical doctrine, ethical and cultural conflicts, and racialism and the drug culture. The slanguage in Vietnam was made even more complex by the Pidgin Vietnamese-English used by Americans and Vietnamese alike. American culture and society were changing rapidly and drastically at home and this bled into Vietnam.

008042, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Memories Unleashed Vietnam Legacy

Carl Rudolph Small Memories Unleashed is an assemblage of memories, consisting of stories that stand alone to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. It addresses the warrior, the lives of innocent people caught up in the war, and the American and Vietnamese families impacted by those who fought.

006987, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 192 pages

Autopsy of an Unwinnable War Vietnam

Col. William C. Haponski (Ret)

Col. Jerry J. Burcham (Ret)

Since the fall of Saigon in 1975 there have been many books published on why (and whether) America lost the war in Vietnam. The senior American commander in charge of prosecuting the war during its buildup and peak of fighting, Admiral U.S.G. Sharp, concluded his memoir, saying, “The real tragedy of Vietnam is that this war was not won by the other side, by Hanoi or Moscow or Peiping. It was lost in Washington, D. C.” This remains an all too common belief. The stark facts, though, are that the Vietnam War was lost before the first American shot was fired.

007199, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

Ambush Valley

I Corps, Vietnam 1967

– the Story of a Marine Infantry Battalion’s Battle for Survival

Eric Hammel

On September 10, while advancing to a new sector near Con Thien, the 3d Battalion, 26th Marines, was attacked by at least a full North Vietnamese regiment. Isolated into two separate defensive perimeters, the Marines battled through the afternoon and evening against repeated assaults by waves of NVA regulars intent upon achieving a major victory. In a battle described as “Custer’s Last Stand—With Air Support,” the Americans prevailed by the narrowest of margins. Ambush Valley is an unforgettable account of bravery and survival under impossible conditions.

00787A, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 310 pages

Valor in Vietnam

Chronicles of Honor, Courage and Sacrifice: 1963 - 1977

Allen B. Clark

Lt. Gen. Dave R. Palmer US Army (Ret)

Every war continues to dwell in the lives it touched, in the lives of those living through that time, and in those absorbed by its historical significance. The Vietnam War lives on famously and infamously dependent on political points of view, but those who have “been there, done that” have a highly personalized window on their time of that history. Valor in Vietnam focuses on nineteen stories of Vietnam, stories of celebrated characters in the veteran community, compelling war narratives, vignettes of battles, and the emotional impact on the combatants.

007144, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 288 pages

Vietnam Bao Chi Warriors of Word and Film

Marc Phillip Yablonka

Bao Chi brings together interviews with 35 combat correspondents who reported on the Vietnam War. They wrote the stories of Vietnam, captured the images and filmed the television coverage of their fellow servicemen on the battlefields from the Tet Offensive in 1968 to the fall of Saigon in 1975.

006871, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

Nam Sense

Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division

Arthur Wiknik Jr.

Nam Sense is the brilliantly written story of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Arthur Wiknik was a 19-year-old kid from New England when he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1968. Wiknik’s account of life and death in Vietnam includes everything from heavy combat, to faking insanity to get some R & R. Nam Sense offers a perfect blend of candor, sarcasm, and humor - and it spares nothing and no one in its attempt to accurately convey what really transpired during the Vietnam War. Wiknik has produced a gripping and complete record of life and death in Vietnam, and he has done so with a style and flair few others will ever achieve.

006529, $14.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 288 pages

We Few U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam

Nick Brokhausen

This riveting memoir details the actions and experiences of a small group of Americans and their allies who were the backbone of ground reconnaissance in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. Brokhausen’s group racked up one of the most impressive records of awards for valor of any unit in the history of the United States Army. Those missions today seem suicidal. In 1970 equally so, yet these men went out day after day with their indigenous allies and faced the challenges with courage and resolve.

005805, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

Marine Corps Tank Battles in Vietnam

Oscar E. Gilbert

In 1965 the large, loud, and highly visible tanks of 3rd Platoon, B Company, 3rd Tank Battalion landed across a beach near Da Nang, drawing unwelcome attention to America’s first commitment of ground troops. As the Marine Corps presence grew, the Tank Battalions were committed to the conflict. For the United States Marine Corps, the protracted and bloody struggle was marked by controversy, but for Marine Corps tankers, it was marked by bitter frustration as they saw their own high levels of command turn their backs on some of the hardest-won lessons of tankinfantry cooperation learned in the Pacific War and in Korea. 005324, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 304 pages

Alpha One Sixteen A Combat Infantryman’s Year in Vietnam

Peter Clark

Peter Clark’s year in Vietnam began in July 1966, when he was shipped out with hundreds of other young recruits. Clark was assigned to the Alpha Company. Clark gives a visceral, vivid and immediate account of life in the platoon, as he progresses from green recruit to seasoned soldier over the course of a year in the complexities of the Vietnamese conflict.As he continues his journey, he chronicles those less fortunate; the heavy toll being taken all around him is powerfully described at the end of each chapter.

005997, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art, Vol 2

John Brennan

Here in Volume 2 one will find equally astonishing photos on par with Volume 1, together with some self-help and researched info for sure to tease and delight the aficionado or veteran to unknown degrees. Besides the 165 images, there are search aids for locating one’s former in-country Army helicopter. A listing is available of American sites where Huey & Cobra rides are available. The Army museum in Alabama offers a listing they have compiled of two-dozen recommended Huey photo-books. A tabulation of 300 AH-1 Cobra war survivors, their former units, and present locations are included. Also offered is a database of 500 newly found in-country Army helicopter names.

557808, $32 , $20.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

The Cold War Spy Pocket Manual

The Official FieldManuals for Espionage, Spycraft and CounterIntelligence

Philip Parker

This book presents a meticulously compiled selection of recently unclassified documents, field-manuals, briefing directives and intelligence primers that uncover the training and techniques required to function as a spy in the darkest periods of modern history.

860021, $14.95 , $9.99 , Hardback, 128 pages

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Special Forces Berlin

Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army’s Elite, 1956–1990

James Stejskal

It is a little-known fact that during the Cold War, two U.S. Army Special Forces detachments were stationed behind the Iron Curtain in West Berlin. US military planners decided they needed a plan to slow the juggernaut they expected when and if a war began. The plan was Special Forces Berlin.

004440, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 336 pages

Canberra

The Greatest Multi-Role Aircraft of the Cold War

Volume 2

Ken Delve

An aviation legend designed in the mid-1940s, the Canberra entered service in 1951 with RAF Bomber Command. It served in the conventional, interdictor and nuclear bomber role with the RAF, in the UK, Germany, the Middle East and Far East. Its performance and adaptability made it ideal as a reconnaissance aircraft, and the final version, the Canberra PR9, only finally retired in July 2006! The Canberra has also had dedicated enthusiasts, and aircraft (or cockpits) still survive in museums, as well as some in flying condition

558751, $65 , $42.50 , Hardback, 656 pages

The RAF in Cold War Germany

Ian Smith Watson

A defining moment came in 1948 when the Soviet Union attempted to starve the people of West Berlin to the point of being relinquished to their fate by the Western allies. Following a sterling and stubborn effort to keep the city supplied with the minimum materials and food the Soviet exercise ended in 1949. But the parameters were now set, the Iron Curtain had descended across the continent, and the RAF were to maintain a constant vigil with nuclear-armed aircraft on station ready to respond to Soviet aggression for the next four decades while politicians tried desperately to preserve the peace.

558423, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 284 pages

Canberra

The Greatest Multi-Role Aircraft of the Cold War

Volume 1

Ken Delve

An aviation legend designed in the mid-1940s, the Canberra entered service in 1951 with RAF Bomber Command. It served in the conventional, interdictor and nuclear bomber role with the RAF, in the UK, Germany, the Middle East and Far East. The Canberra was adopted by air forces from South America to Africa and India, as well as Australia and New Zealand. It was involved conflicts from the Suez War and Malaya Confrontation, and various other hot spots with the RAF, to the Australian and USAF ops in Vietnam, and even the India-Pakistan War when both sides used Canberras. Used in trials and evaluation the Canberra held various height and speed records, and NASA’s High Altitude Research Program WB-57s are still active.

558744, $60 , $39.50 , Hardback, 528 pages

USAFE Tactical Units in the United Kingdom in the Cold War

Douglas Gordon

This book contains a history of all United States Air Force Europe Tactical flying units that were resident in the United Kingdom during the period 1950 to 1992. ‘From the cockpit’ testimony from aircrew who were assigned to the individual squadrons and wings is an integral part of the narrative, which is supported by illustrations. Also included also are sections on the Tactical Air Command units which were temporarily deployed to the United Kingdom in support of the USAFE and NATO operations. The appendices contain essays on individual aircraft development, international events which had a direct bearing on the missions and deployments, the support aircraft used by the wings, and maps, tables and profiles.

558607, $60 , $39.50 , Hardback, 448 pages

Portugal’s Guerrilla Wars in Africa

Lisbon’s Three Wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portugese Guinea

1961-74

Al J Venter

Portugal’s three wars in Africa in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea (GuinéBissau today) lasted almost 13 years - longer than the United States Army fought in Vietnam. Yet they are among the most underreported conflicts of the modern era. Portugal’s Guerrilla Wars in Africa represents an amalgam of these efforts to report on these conflicts. At the same time, this book is not an official history, but rather a journalist’s perspective of military events as viewed by somebody who has made a career of reporting on overseas wars, Africa’s especially. Venter’s camera was always at hand; most of the images used between these covers are his. 294734, $69.95 , $45.50 , Paperback, 544 pages

Secrets of the Cold War US Army Europe’s Intelligence and Counterintelligence Activities against the Soviets

Leland C. McCaslin

Secrets of the Cold War focuses on a dark period of a silent war and offers a new perspective on the struggle between the superpowers of the world told in the words of those who were there. The author, formerly an expert in counterintelligence in US Army Europe, weaves together exciting true accounts of allies collecting enemy information in the East and fighting spies and terrorists in the West. Containing a host of first-person accounts that lift the lid on previously untold clandestine activities, this is a major contribution to Cold War history, and exciting reading for all those who have an interest in the real-life world of military intelligence, counterintelligence and espionage.

916914, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 200 pages

Cold War, Hot Wings Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot 1962–1994

Chris J. Bain

This is a semi-autobiographical account of a fighter pilot in the RAF from 1962 to 1994. He was both a Hunter and Harrier pilot, rose to Squadron Leader level, and commanded fighter and strategic recce units. He was CO of the Desert Rescue Team, flew Dakotas on desert supply running, and saw active fighter service receiving bullet holes in his aircraft during the Aden Radfan campaign. He flew Cold War covert recce missions, commanded the Harrier unit in Belize, spent the Gulf War working with the US Defence Intelligence Agency, and became a nuclear weapons specialist.

07499A, $38.95 , $25.50 , Paperback, 356 pages

Thor Ballistic Missile The United States and the United Kingdom

John Boyes

In the mid-1950s faced with worrying advances in Soviet missile technology, the United States sought to develop an IRBM to act as a stop-gap until the Atlas ICBM became operational. Intense inter-service rivalry followed before the US Air Force gained the upper hand in deploying the missile. The UK, keen to improve the ‘special relationship’ with the US which had suffered following the Suez Crisis agreed to accept 60 Thor missiles to be operated by RAF crews. Covering activities on both sides of the Atlantic, the book features a number of previously unpublished photographs and includes plans and diagrams of the missile sites and equipment.

554814, $40 , $26.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

Secrets of the Cold War Espionage and Intelligence Operations - From Both Sides of the Iron Curtain

Andrew Long

Secrets of the Cold War focuses on a dark period of a silent war and offers a new perspective on the struggle The Cold War, which lasted from the end of the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, was fought mostly in the shadows, with the superpowers maneuvering for strategic advantage in an anticipated global armed confrontation that thankfully never happened. With access to previously unreleased material, the author explores how the intelligence organizations, both civilian and military, took advantage of rapid developments in technology, and how they adapted to the changing threat.

790255, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Shemya: America’s Cold War Sentinel

Gerald Butler

During the Cold War the Aleutian Islands became an electronic battlefield for the most sophisticated monitoring and highly secretive electronic gathering equipment then in existence. Because of intense Arctic cold and extreme winds the unique and massive monitoring equipment had to be strong and function during snow, sleet and winds over 120 mph, while personnel who manned and maintained them were also subject to identical conditions. Aircraft for secret reconnaissance missions had to launch and land under inconceivable conditions and on occasion, some did not return or crashed.

450388, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 176 pages

Soldier At Heart From Private to General Major General Michael Reynolds CB

This book describes Mike Reynolds’ military career from private soldier to major general, a career that took him to the Far and Middle East, all over Europe and to North America. It was a life dominated initially by the Cold War and later by terrorist campaigns. It was a life full of fascinating and extraordinary experiences such as commanding a company of eight platoons of infantry recruits at the age of twenty-four, jumping the rank of colonel to become a brigadier and, as a major general, commanding contingents from seven nations in what was nick-named the NATO Fire Brigade.

07457A, $38.95 , $25.50 , Paperback, 288 pages

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German Armor

Michael

Mario

Rinaldi

Eens

There are many “how-to” books in today’s world of scale modeling, but none has covered the “why’s”, as well as, the “howto’s”… the artistic approach… until now.

In TANKART, a painting and weathering guide book series, the focus is on taking real-life observations of paint and weathering effects and incorporate the best techniques to replicate them. TANKART 4 German Armor is the second TA book covering this very popular subject, WWII German Armor. Each chapter inside is given more pages to expand on the processes involved, adding more images of the various steps, ideas, and thoughts behind each project or technique used.

336346, $57.50 , $37.50 , Paperback, 288 pages

Elephant Paths

Combat history of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung

203

Thomas Anderson

Elephant Paths: the title of this book refers to the unit symbol of StuGAbt 203, later redesignated StuGBrig 203, a charging elephant. The unit displayed this coat of arms proudly on their Sturmgeschütze and other vehicles during the often hard fighting on the Eastern Front. This is the combat history of the Abteilung told by Thomas Anderson and illustrated with 291 rare and never before published photos, maps and documents.

583759, $54.95 , $35.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

German Armor

Michael Rinaldi Lester Plaskitt

There are many “how-to” books in today’s world of scale modeling, but none has covered the “why’s”, as well as, the “howto’s”… the artistic approach… until now. In TANKART, a painting and weathering guide book series, the focus is on taking real-life observations of paint and weathering effects and incorporate the best techniques to replicate them. Inside the original models; Befehls Panther G, Tiger I Initial, Sd.Kfz 251/22 Pakwagen, Hetzer, and Panzer IV DAK are presented in an updated and refined layout. The guest author, Lester Plaskitt’s worldclass Sd.Kfz 251/21 Drilling is expanded to match the style of the other chapters, including new orange caption boxes explaining his impressive skills.

336315, $57.50 , $37.50 , Paperback, 288 pages

Combat History of Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 217

Timm Haasler

Simon Vosters

Tells the story of the only Sturmpanzer IV equipped unit to see action on the western front. Timm Haasler and Simon Vosters have meticulously retraced the steps of the battalion to offer the reader the most comprehensive coverage to date. This 284-page book is illustrated with 183-large-format photographs, ten maps and seven specially commissioned artworks by Felipe Rodna, including interior views. QR-codes feature on a number of pages, just point your smart phone camera at them to see the scene today in Google Maps or Street View.

032201, $78.99 , $51.50 , Hardback, 284 pages

Modern Armor

Michael Rinaldi

Andy Taylor

There are many “how-to” books in today’s world of scale modeling, but none has covered the “why’s”, as well as, the “howto’s”…the artistic approach… until now.

In TANKART, a painting and weathering guide book series, the focus is on taking real-life observations of paint and weathering effects and incorporate the best techniques to replicate them. TANKART 3 Modern Armor is the third TA book covering this very popular subject of modern armor. Each chapter inside is given more pages, adding more images of the various steps, ideas, and thoughts behind each project or technique used.

336339, $57.50 , $37.50 , Paperback, 288 pages

40M Nimród Tank Destroyer and Armoured Anti Aircraft Gun

Attila

Bonhardt

The M40

NIMRÓD self-propelled armored autocannon was constructed and redesigned by Hungarian engineers of Swedish origin. This armored fighting vehicle was originally designed for antitank and antiaircraft role, but from 1943 it was used against tanks and self-propelled guns only for self defense. However, the NIMRÓD proved to be an excellent self-propelled antiaircraft weapon and has been effective in the fire support of own infantry units. It was a real Hungarian Flakpanzer of WW2.

583148, $41.95 , $27.50 , Hardback, 128 pages

Hawker Hunter

Tony Buttler

With over 110 images, this book presents a general history of the type and covers its design and development, test flying, different production versions and a review of an extensive and successful service and combat career, both at home and with overseas air arms (the latter providing large-scale exports for British industry). With a good number of Hunters still flying in private hands today, and numerous airframes held by museums in Britain and around the world, this book serves as a valuable reference for this outstanding fighter aircraft. This is a new edition of Combat Machines No 4 Hawker Hunter.

823158, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 96 pages

Junkers Ju 88

Malcolm Lowe

One of the most important tactical bombers of the WW2 era. Its beginnings go back to the mid-1930s, and it flew in Luftwaffe operational service from late 1939 until the later stages of the war. The Ju 88 proved to be a versatile multipurpose design that fulfilled the bombing role with distinction and was also successfully adapted for other unrelated tasks. These included being used as a long-range fighter, night fighting and reconnaissance. Some examples were even used in the late-war period as explosives–equipped flying bombs. Containing 170 photographs, this book tells the story of the Ju 88, from its creation through to the end of its operational service. This is a new edition of the much-loved Combat Machines No 3 Junkers Ju 88.

823141, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Republic F-105 Thunderchief Peacetime Operations

Theo

van Geffen

Gerald

Arruda

The F-105 Thunderchief was primarily designed for tactical nuclear operations. After President John F. Kennedy took office in January 1961, his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, shifted the USAF’s focus more and more to conventional warfare including, through modifications, the mission of the F-105. When the air war against North Vietnam was initiated in earnest on March 2, 1965, the USAF needed an aircraft with a loadcarrying ability, and the only aircraft that could do that job was the Thunderchief. This book not only gives in-depth accounts of various historical F-105 events, with inputs from the pilots involved, but is also lavishly illustrated with over 150 images, many of which have never been published before.

870669, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 96 pages

Hawker Typhoon

The RAF’s GroundBreaking FighterBomber

Tony Buttler

Although first designed as a fighter, during the fighting in and over Europe during 1944 and 1945 the Hawker Typhoon gained a tremendous reputation and true fame as a ground-attack aircraft and tank-buster. This was a remarkable achievement because, during its development and early career, the Typhoon had experienced severe problems with its Napier Sabre engine and catastrophic failures of its airframe. Many books that document the Typhoon cover it in conjunction with its successor, the Hawker Tempest. However, this work, fully illustrated with over 180 photographs, gives this heavyweight machine a well-deserved volume of its own. 870904, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Fairey Firefly

Matt Willis

The Fairey Firefly two-seater strike-fighter emerged from troubled beginnings to become one of the most widely used and effective aircraft of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. It first saw service in 1944 during the attacks on the battleship Tirpitz, then served in the Far East. It went on to form an important part of several embryonic naval air arms in the early years of the Cold War and performed a vital combat role in Korea in the early 1950s. This book tells the story of this important aircraft using more than 160 photographs, many of them rare or unpublished, accompanied by a detailed commentary covering every aspect of the Firefly’s varied career from fighter to subhunter to pilotless target drone, in air forces all over the world.

Air-to-Air Refuelling Aircraft

Chris Gibson

Modern strategists talk about “force multipliers,” and, for air operations, air-to-air refueling is without doubt the greatest force multiplier of all. In-flight refueling has allowed not only the longest bombing missions in history but also persistence in air defense, transport reach and flexibility in ground-attack tasks. Covering a range of refuelers — including the Boeing KC-97 and KC135, Vickers Valiant, Handley Page Victor, Lockheed TriStar, Vickers VC10, McDonnell Douglas KC-10 and the Airbus MRTT Voyager — this book details the history of air-to-air refueling and celebrates the key role played by tanker aircraft in the application of air power around the world.

870690, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 96 pages

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295899, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 96 pages

Battle of the Bulge A Guide to Modeling the Battle

Ben Skipper

On 16th December, with almost complete surprise, the Germans launched their last major offensive in the West. Emerging from thick fog and through the dense woodland of the Ardennes nearly 500,000 German troops slammed into American lines. This Battle Craft title also looks at four pieces of military hardware that were involved in these legendary battles. Massive King Tigers rained down terror and destruction among the Allies M4’s and other armor, until the arrival of nimble M18 Hellcats which counted for several King Tigers. Over head the almost uncatchable ME262 battled with its own nemesis, the virtually indestructible P-47.

007702, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 64 pages

Pakwagen SDKFZ

234/3 and 234/4

Heavy Armoured Cars

German Army, WaffenSS and Luftwaffe Units

- Western and Eastern Fronts, 1944–1945

Dennis Oliver

Drawing on official documentation and unit histories, Dennis investigates the formations that operated these vehicles and uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the markings, camouflage and technical aspects of the Sdkfz 234/2, 234/3 and 234/4 armored cars that served on the Western and Eastern Fronts in the last months of the war. A key section of his book displays available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales. Technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also examined, providing everything the modeler needs to recreate an accurate representation of these vehicles.

065047, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

Victory

100-gun First Rate 1765

Kerry Jang

Victory, Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar, is probably the world’s most famous sailing warship, and survives in restored form at Portsmouth. With lavish illustration, this book takes the modeller through a brief history of the ship, highlighting differences in appearance over her long career. Detailed color profiles reveal decorative detail and changes to paint schemes over 250 years. The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit, including the complexities of rigging. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales.

085731, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 64 pages

Panther German Army Medium Tank Italian Front, 1944–1945

Dennis Oliver

Drawing on official documentation and unit histories

Dennis Oliver investigates the formations that operated these deservedly famous vehicles and uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the markings, camouflage and technical aspects of the Pzkpfw V tanks that wee an integral part of the German defense of the Italian peninsula. A key section of his book displays available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales. Technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also examined, providing everything the modeler needs to recreate an accurate representation of these vehicles.

065009, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

Panzer III, German Army Light Tank

North

Africa, Tripoli to El Alamein 1941–1942

Dennis Oliver

Dennis Oliver uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the Pzkpfw Ill and the Panzer units that took part in the early battles in North Africa. A key section of his book displays available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales. Technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also examined, providing everything the modeler needs to recreate an accurate representation of these historic tanks.

018005, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

Sherman Tanks

US Army, North-Western Europe, 1944–1945

Dennis Oliver

Following his first book in the TankCraft series on the British army’s Shermans during the battle for Normandy, Dennis Oliver has compiled a companion volume on those used by the US Army throughout the campaign in Western Europe. These were the tanks that made up the bulk of the American armored forces that swept across occupied France and advanced into Hitler’s Germany. Wartime photographs and carefully researched, exquisitely presented color illustrations show in detail the types of Sherman – including the main variants –that played a vital role in Allied operations.

741868, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 64 pages

Battleships of the III Reich

Volume 1

Witold Koszela

This book is a compilation in which we will find in one place the stories of all the German battleships that were in Kriegsmarine service. The book includes many excellent quality photographs primarily from private collections. All the ships are described and illustrated with full technical specifications.

281814, $52 , $33.99 , Hardback, 168 pages

Cruisers of the III Reich

Volume 1

Witold Koszela

This book is a compilation in which we will find in one place (two volumes) the stories of all the German cruisers that were in Kriegsmarine service. Many excellent quality photographs primarily from private collections. All the ships are described and illustrated with full technical specifications.

95884A, $52 , $33.99 , Hardback, 200 pages

Fighting Ships of the U.S. Navy 1883-2019

Volume 1, Part 2Aircraft Carriers. Escort

Carriers

Venner F Milewski Jr

This series of books provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. Every class and individual ship has an entry providing details of its procurement, dimensions, and characteristics, and a summary of each ship’s history and development. Volume One - Fleet Carriers, Battle Carries and Light Carriers

549296, $52 , $33.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Battleships of the III Reich Volume 2

Witold Koszela

This book is a compilation in which we will find in one place the stories of all the German battleships that were in Kriegsmarine service. The book includes many excellent quality photographs primarily from private collections. All the ships are described and illustrated with full technical specifications.

281821, $52 , $33.99 , Hardback, 200 pages

Cruisers of the III Reich Volume 2

Witold Koszela

This book is a compilation in which we will find in one place (two volumes) the stories of all the German cruisers that were in Kriegsmarine service. Author describes their history in the order in which they entered the service, devoting much attention to their construction, precisely describing the differences among others. Going back to the history of the service, trying not to forget about the many curiosities in this policy and people who have a direct influence on their fate. All the ships are described and illustrated with full technical specifications. Profusely illustrated with scale drawings and color illustrations. Cruisers describes in vol. 1: Nurnberg/Admiral Hipper/ Blucher/Prinz Eugen/Lutzow/Seydlitz

958853, $52 , $33.99 , Hardback, 200 pages

Fighting Ships of the U.S. Navy 1883-2019

Volume

2 - Battleships and “New Navy” Monitors

Venner F Milewski Jr

This series of books provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. Every class and individual ship has an entry providing details of the procurement, dimensions and characteristics, and a summary of each ship’s history and development. Volume Two - Battleships and “New Navy” Monitors

549012, $52 , $33.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF

Adam Go??bek

Andrzej M. Olejniczak

The supersonic fighter in the Polish Air Force of the MiG-21MF is described in unparalleled detail. Includes many unpublished photos from the private collections. Color schemes and markings are described and illustrated in a series of specially commissioned color profiles.

549692, $28 , $18.50 , Paperback, 96 pages

Supermarine Spitfire V Volume 1

Wojtek Matusiak

Robert Grudzie?

The two volumes describe Spitfire Vs used by Polish pilots in Britain during 1941-1945. This vol. 1 covers Polish 302-308 Squadrons, while vol. 2 will cover 315-318 Squadrons plus allied units. The books include listings of losses and of officially credited victories. Each volume has about 200 photographs (many of which have not been published before) and 36 color profiles (plus top and bottom views of representative aircraft).

549128, $29 , $18.99 , Paperback, 96 pages

303 Squadron North American Mustang

Wojtek Matusiak

Piotr Sikora

No. 303 Squadron was the only Polish unit equipped with the Mustang IV, as the bubble-top P-51D and P-51K were known collectively to the RAF. Between April 1945 and December 1946, the squadron used a total of 29 of these aircraft, plus six Mustang I’s as hacks. The book includes over 120 photos and nearly 30 color plates to profusely illustrate these aircraft. Their technical details, military markings and maintenance stencils are shown in the detail.

281807, $26 , $16.99 , Paperback, 64 pages

2 cm Flak 28 & 30

Alan Ranger

This book contains 140+ photographs taken by the average German soldier of both the 2 cm Flak 28 and 30 as well as their crews while in service and many of the environments they had to operate within. This volume illustrates these weapons as the soldiers themselves viewed them in both their fighting environment and, in many cases, just as a tool they lived with and had to look after on a daily basis, not the highly polished and sanitized views of the official photographers. This book is an invaluable reference for military historians and modelers alike.

549104, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 80 pages

Krupp Protze Lorry

Alan Ranger

The L 2 H 43 and L 2 H 143 better known by its nickname, ”The Krupp-Protze” (Krupp Boxer), was a specialized, multipurpose, six-wheeled 6x4 (six wheel 4 wheel drive) German light off-road truck and artillery tractor. It was fitted with the Krupp M-304 flat four engine, a 4-cylinder horizontally opposed petrol engine that originally delivered 55hp but was upgraded to deliver 60hp in 1936. This publication covers the Krupp-Protze in great photographic detail focusing on the trucks and their crews as they dealt with the conditions and circumstances they found themselves in.

958792, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 80 pages

4-Wheeled Armoured Cars in Germany WW2

Alan Ranger

Germany was at the forefront of the development of armored cars during the First World War, however with the end of the war in November of 1918 and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the victorious allies imposed a complete ban on the German Army being equipped with any armored vehicles including armored cars. However, with the Nazi party takeover of Germany in 1933 new 4-wheeled armored cars were ordered and they were all to be based on the Horch off-road heavy passenger chassis. This publication covers the German 4 wheeled cars in great photographic detail focusing on the armored cars and their crews.

958785, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 80 pages

The Lavochkin La-7

Dariusz Paduch

La-7 Soviet single-engine, single-seat fighter aircraft of the World War II period. Developed in the design bureau of S. A. Lavochkin as a successor to the ?a-5FN aircraft. The La-7 was a development of the La-5 design. Both the sizes and shapes of the two aircraft models differed slightly.

294058, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 84 pages

Focke Wulf FW 190

Volume IV

Krzysztof Janowicz

The monograph on the FockeWulf Fw 190 D and Ta 152 discusses their origins and development, technical details of subsequent variants and sub-variants, and camouflage and markings. The book also describes the operational history of both aircraft during the last months of WW2 and compares them to their RAF and USAAF opponents. It contains the production list of Fw 190 D with serial numbers, technical data, and lists of the most successful pilots of Fw 190 D and pilots who scored while flying Ta 152s.

Contains English & Polish text, 115 photos, 22 sheets of 1:48 scale drawings, which include specification of external changes on production-run versions of the aircraft, 11 pages of color charts with 24 examples of camouflage schemes.

088321, $33.95 , $22.50 , Paperback, 104 pages

Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa

Volume 1

Dariusz Paduch

Nakajima K-43 Hayabusa, codenamed Oscar by the Allies, was the Imperial Japanese Army’s equivalent of the Zero fighter in service with the Imperial Navy. Manufactured in large numbers, the fighter remained in frontline service until the end of the war.

673489, $33.95 , $22.50 , Paperback, 76 pages

Junkers Ju 88

Volume 1

Marek J. Murawski

Marek Ry?

The first volume of the Monograph Junkers Ju 88 describes the genesis and development of the construction of the most modern German bomber in early period of the Second World War. The author presents the history of the various prototypes and short technical description of the construction of Ju 88 A-1, which was the first mass-produced version of this aircraft.

596117, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 120 pages

Junkers Ju 88

Volume 2

Marek J. Murawski

Marek Ry?

Dedicated to the bomber variants of the Junkers Ju 88. It contains scale drawings of all subvariants of the A-variant. Also included are color profiles of 4 aircraft.

596278, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 120 pages

Junkers Ju 88

Volume 3

Marek J. Murawski

Marek Ry?

Near-supersonic flights demanded a completely new approach to wing geometry. On 9th December 1942 two Arado company engineers, Rüdiger Kosin and Walter Lehmann, patented a crescent shaped wing, which had its sweep and chord decreasing from root to tip. In mid-1944 Kosin decided to use his wing design on the Arado 234. Five variants of the wing were built, designated Versuchsflügel I through V, each differing in its sweep. Nevertheless, none of them was used in practice. The most advanced work on this project was carried out at Dedelsdorf airbase, where the Ar 234 V16 was being re-built as part of this research. The aircraft was destroyed in mid-April 1945 by advancing British troops as they captured the airfield. 437754, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 140 pages

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The 106th were fresh, green and right in the pathway of the 5th German Army when the Battle of the Bulge began on December 16, 1944. From this division 6,800 men were taken prisoner, but their story didn’t end there. For the ones who miraculously escaped, there was a battle to fight, and fight it they would with every ounce of strength and courage they could muster. They would fight debilitating weather conditions more reminiscent of Stalingrad than the Belgian Ardennes. They would fight a determined enemy and superior numbers and despite all adversity they would eventually prevail. This book covers the history along with the individual stories of the incredible heroism, sacrifice and tenacity of these young Americans in the face of overwhelming odds.

Flawed Commanders and Strategy in the Battles for Italy, 1943–45

Andrew Sangster

Pier Paolo Battistelli

Wars never run according to plan, perhaps never more so than during the Italian campaign, 1943–45, where necessary coordination between the different armies added additional complexity to Allied plans. Errors in the strategies, tactics, the coalition tensions, and operations at campaign command level can clearly be seen in firsthand accounts of the period. This new account examines the Italian campaign, from Sicily to surrender in 1945, exploring the strategy, intentions, motives, plans, and deeds.

9781612004587, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 336p.

243122, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

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Luftwaffe in Colour: From Glory to Defeat

Hood’s Defeat Near Fox’s Gap Prelude to Emancipation

Curtis L Older

Christophe Cony & Jean-Louis Roba

Da Nang Diary

Thomas R.Yarborough

Winning French Minds Radio Propaganda in Occupied France, 1940–42

Initially the Luftwaffe ruled the skies, but thereafter fought an increasingly futile war of attrition which, when combined with vital strategic mistakes in aircraft production, was its death knell. Despite this, the Luftwaffe produced the most successful air aces of all time. In this painstakingly pieced together collection, the full detail behind the propaganda is once more revealed, this time in rare color photographs.

9781612004556, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

The U.S. Army Cooks’ Manual

An exceptional analysis of Confederate Brigadier General John Bell Hood’s troop movements during the battle of South Mountain. For the past 160 years, all other authors misplaced Hood’s troop positions on the Fox’s Gap battlefield by approximately a half-mile. The actual location of Hood’s attack reconfigures the entire placement of the competing forces in the battle and, thus, the conclusions one makes about the struggle. Before the publication of this title, the battle for Fox’s Gap and South Mountain was never accurately reported or understood.

242736, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Keeping the Peace Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 During the Cold War 1946–1991

Steven K Dixon

This manual prepares a cook for any eventuality whether in garrison, at camp in the field, or on the march, with instructions on everything from butchery to preserving meat and how to organize the serving of the food and clean utensils. With an introduction explaining the historical background, this is a fascinating and fun exploration of early 20th-century American army cooking, with a dash of inspiration for feeding your own army!

9781612004709, $14.95, $9.99, hardback, 240p.

The expertise of the FACs made for a unique birds-eye perspective on how the entire war in Vietnam unfolded. For Tom Yarborough, the risk was constant, intense and electrifying. In this work, the reader flies alongside Yarborough in his adrenaline-pumping chronicle of heroism, danger and wartime brotherhood. Originally published in 1990, this classic work has now been revised and updated with additional narrative and previously unpublished photos.

Denis Courtois

9781612004754, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 356p.

The War for Africa

Fred Bridgland

This book examines the height of the Cuban-South African fighting in Angola in 1987–88, when 3,000 South African soldiers and about 8,000 UNITA guerrilla fighters fought in alliance against the Cubans and the armed forces of the Marxist MPLA government, a force of over 50,000 men.

From 1940 to 1942, France was separated into two nominally independent zones, and public opinion could easily have been swayed, having disastrous consequences for any future Allied attempt to liberate Europe, and so the battle for French minds was launched using the new technology of radio. Using original primary sources from archives in Britain and France, broadcast recordings, radio magazines, and interviews conducted by British Intelligence with those arriving from France during the war, this is a fascinating and unique insight into wartime radio propaganda from 1940 to 1942.

241463, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

The Spy from Place Saint-Sulpice A Novel

Bridgland pieced together the course of the war, fought in one of the world’s most remote and wild terrains, by interviewing the South Africans who fought it, and many of their accounts are woven into the narrative.

Barry Michael Broman

The Thunderbolts of VMFA-251 were reactivated as a Marine Air Reserve squadron in 1946. Their Cold War only included a few weeks of traditional combat operations—in Korea—but they would undertake constant training exercises and deployments from 1946 to 1991 as they prepared for a potential war. These deployments and exercises, while not “at war,” were not without dangers. The Thunderbolts lost many personnel and aircraft, but they persevered as the armed forces of freedom-loving nations faced the ongoing threat of communism for over four decades.

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241937, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

9781612004921, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 360p.

Richard “Rick” Blayne has a mission. One of the CIA’s top expert on Cambodia, he has been sent to Paris to further the CIA’s plan to infiltrate the Cambodian resistance to the Hanoi-controlled puppet government. Rick feels out of place and uncertain if he can handle the assignment. Vying factions seek to form a guerrilla force. As he establishes contact with old Cambodian friends in both the factions vying to control the resistance, he is drawn into an operation to recruit a Russian diplomat serving in Paris. With the help of a Thai fashion designer serving as an access agent, Rick moves the operation forward at a time of great upheaval and change for the Soviet Union.

241760, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 288 pages