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ADMIRALS
: Canada's Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century
[Michael Whitby, Richard H Gimblett and Peter Haydon]
This book fills an important void in the history of Canada's navy. Those who carry the burden of high command have a critical niche in not only guiding the day-to-day concerns of running an armed service but in ensuring that it is ready to face the challenges of the future. Canada's leading naval historians present analytical articles on the officers who led the navy from its foundation in 1910 to the unification in 1968. Six former Maritime Commanders provide personal reflections on command. The result is a valuable biographical compendium for anyone interested in the history of the Canadian Navy, the Canadian Forces, or military and naval leadership in general.
{
414pp,
155x230mm,
February 2006;
PB,
£12.99,
1550025805:9781550025804
, Dundurn Press
} |
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AID IN CONFLICT
[Matthew Clarke, Editor]
Conflict is a major cause of suffering for millions of people throughout the world. Conflict inhibits development and fosters displacement, destruction of infrastructure, loss of food and economic security, abuse of human rights, dislocation of families and communities and loss of cultural identity. In the past, provision of aid was unusual in areas conflict. However, recognition of the immediate human needs within periods of conflict has seen an increased provision and role the provision of aid now plays. Aid in conflict is an emerging area interest that has lacked attention and reflection within the aid and development literature. This edited volume will be an opportunity for development practitioners, community members and theorists to address this situation.
{
224pp,
180x260mm,
December 2006;
HB,
£55.99,
1594549753:9781594549755
, Nova Science
} |
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AMERICAN ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLES
: World War II AFV Plans
[George Bradford]
Contains fine scale drawings of America's tanks and other armoured vehicles during the entire course of World War II. Multiple angles provide a level of detail for the M2 Halftrack, M3 Lee/Grant Tank, M3A3 Stuart Tank, M4 Sherman Tank, Staghound Armored Car, LVT Amphibious Tank, and dozens more.
{
96pp,
215x280mm,
January 2007;
PB,
£9.50,
0811733408:9780811733403
, Stackpole Books
} |
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ARCTIC HELL-SHIP
: The Voyage of HMS Enterprise, 1850-1855
[William Barr]
In 1850, Richard Collinson captained the HMS Enterprise on a voyage to the Arctic via the Bering Strait in search of the missing Franklin expedition. Arctic Hell-Ship describes the daily progress of this little-known Arctic expedition, and examines the steadily worsening relations between Collinson and his officers. William Barr has based his research on a wide range of original archival documents, and the book is illustrated by a selection of vivid paintings by the ship’s assistant surgeon, Edward Adams.
{
304pp,
180x255mm,
March 2007;
PB,
£19.50,
0888644728:9780888644725
, University of Alberta Press
} |
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AUSTRALIAN CRUISER
: Perth 1939-1942
[Ian Pfennigwerth]
For all but a few months from her commissioning in June 1939 to her sinking on 1 March 1942, the Australian light cruiser Perth was engaged in wartime operations against the forces of Germany, Italy, Vichy France and Japan. She served in the West Indies, the Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Mediterranean and, finally in the Java Sea. Her operations included the blockading of German merchant ships in neutral ports, escorting vital troop convoys to the Middle East, attacking shore positions in Libya and Syria and providing air defence of convoys, especially from the feared Stuka dive bombers of the German Luftwaffe. She participated in several pivotal battles, especially Matapan and Java Sea, and in the evacuation of Commonwealth forces from Greece and Crete in April-May 1941. The book is a story of adventure and courage in adversity, written as a tribute by a former commanding officer of the cruiser’s namesake, the guided missile destroyer Perth II.
{
262pp,
150x225mm,
January 2007;
PB,
£11.99,
1877058521:9781877058523
, Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd
} |
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BACKWATER WAR
: The Allied Campaign in Italy, 1943-45
[Edwin P Hoyt]
A year before the much-heralded second front was opened in Normandy in 1944, the Allies waged a campaign in Sicily and Italy -- an assault that was marked by intra-Allied argument and dissent from beginning to end. Winston Churchill favoured scrapping the Normandy invasion entirely while focusing on Europe's soft underbelly while the Americans rejected any plan that relied solely on a southern option. This is the story of the backwater war that resulted, a fierce, drawn-out campaign that began with the invasion of Sicily, continued with the landings at Salerno and Anzio in Italy, and included the controversial bombing of Monte Cassino.
{
247pp,
155x230mm,
February 2007;
PB,
£10.50,
0811733823:9780811733823
, Stackpole Books
} |
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BATTALION
: The Dramatic Story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in World War II
[Robert W Black]
With a centuries' old warrior heritage, American Rangers endured the most difficult training that man could devise to overcome the most difficult challenges of the enemy and nature. For more than 14 months, the volunteers that made up the 2nd Ranger Battalion had been finely honed for combat. Now, on June 6, 1944 -- D-Day -- their battle would begin. The payoff was at hand. As the ramps of the landing craft went down, rockets on the sides of the ship fired ropes and grapnels skyward toward the cliff top. Some ropes fell short, men stepped into water that was over their heads and, loaded with equipment weighing over a hundred pounds, sank like stones. Sound and fury combined with fear and determination. Some men thought of the words they had heard each time they were tempted to complain, "You volunteered." Includes many battles fought by the Rangers after D-Day.
{
354pp,
155x230mm,
November 2006;
HB,
£18.50,
0811701840:9780811701846
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
BATTLE OF PAOLI
[Thomas J McGuire]
Now in paperback, this first full length treatment of the Revolutionary War battle recounts British general Charles Grey's brutal attack on Anthony Wayne's division of 1500 Continentals in September 1777.
{
270pp,
155x230mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£12.50,
0811733378:9780811733373
, Stackpole Books
} |
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BAYCHIMO
: Arctic Ghost Ship
[Anthony Dalton]
Baychimo is the legendary Hudson's Bay Company ship that survived for years in the Arctic after being abandoned by her crew in 1931. In the 1920s, the crew of Baychimo set up trading posts in eastern Canada, sailed on fur-trading expeditions to Siberia during the turbulent years of the Russian Civil War, and eventually made the dangerous annual voyage around Alaska to Canada's western Arctic coast, shouldering her way through the ice floes to re-supply the HBC's remote trading posts. Anthony Dalton tells the story of the hardy ship and her sometimes irascible captain, Sydney Cornwell, and through them brings to life the larger story of the community of northern traders, hunters and sailors of which Baychimo was a part. But this ship's story had a remarkable twist. When Baychimo was caught in 1931 in an ice floe that refused to let go, her crew expected her to sink at any moment, and abandoned ship. But she was as stubborn as the ice, and she floated away unharmed to begin what would prove to be the longest phase of her seemingly charmed career: for the next four decades she would appear on the horizon at unexpected times and places, always defiantly upright and afloat, becoming the legendary ghost ship of the Arctic.
{
256pp,
140x215mm,
November 2006;
PB,
£17.50,
189497414X:9781894974141
, Heritage House Publishing
} |
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BRINGING THE THUNDER
: The Missions of a World War II B-29 Pilot in the Pacific
[Gordon Bennett Robertson Jr]
The B-29 bomber was made to soar in thin, cold air, dropping its massive bomb load from heights so great that the crews might never see their targets through the clouds below. That was just fine with Ben Robertson, pilot in command of one of the big four engine bombers hammering Japan to its knees in a non-stop bombing campaign in the Pacific. When General LeMay ordered the B-29s to switch tactics from daylight, high-altitude bombing runs to night-time, low-level runs, Ben's attitude changed. What was once seen as simply dangerous -- bombing Japan -- now seemed a whole lot more like suicidal.
{
280pp,
155x230mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£12.50,
0811733335:9780811733335
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
CANADIAN WAY OF WAR
: Serving the National Interest
[Colonel Bernd Horn, Editor]
Contrary to popular opinion, this nation has always consciously and consistently utilised military force to further its security, as well as its economic and political well-being. Despite the best of intentions to aid others, the reality is that military force has most often been used to serve the national interest in ways that were not always altruistic but rather to serve practical political purpose. In the final analysis, the Canadian military experience has been integral to creating the advanced, affluent, and vibrant nation that exists today. This collection of essays, written by such noted historians and authors as Douglas Delaney, Stephen J. Harris, Ronald Haycock, Michael Hennessy, Bernd Horn, and Sean Maloney, spans the entirety of the Canadian military experience and underlines the reality that the government has consistently used its armed forces to achieve political purpose. More often than not, the 'Canadian way of war' has been a direct reflection of circumstance and political will.
{
408pp,
160x235mm,
July 2006;
HB,
£28.99,
1550026127:9781550026122
, Dundurn Press
} |
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COLOSSAL CRACKS
: Montgomery's 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944-45
[Stephen Ashley Hart]
A reinterpretation of the British Army's conduct in the crucial 1944-45 Northwest Europe campaign, this work examines the Colossal Cracks operational technique employed by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group. Rooted in concerns about morale and casualties, Colossal Cracks was a cautious, firepower-laden approach that involved the concentration of massive force at points of German weakness. Hart argues that Montgomery and his two senior subordinates handled this formation more effectively than some scholars have suggested and that Colossal Cracks represented the most appropriate weapon the British Army could develop under the circumstances.
{
231pp,
155x230mm,
February 2007;
PB,
£10.50,
0811733831:9780811733830
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
DESERT BATTLES
: From Napoleon to the Gulf War
[Bruce Allen Watson]
Desert Battles is a study of the nature of desert warfare with special attention to the evolution of weaponry, the organisation of forces, the impact of the desert environment on the ability of those forces to sustain battle, and the influences of the desert on battle tactics. After an examination of deserts as a physical context for battle, Watson focuses on seven campaigns: Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798-99; the British campaign along India's north-west frontier from 1849 to 1852; the Iraq campaign during World War I; the British counterattack against the Italians in North Africa in 1940-41; the exploits of Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps in North Africa in 1941; the 1973 Yom Kippur War; and the 1991 Gulf War.
{
214pp,
155x230mm,
January 2007;
PB,
£10.50,
0811733807:9780811733809
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
ECHOES
[Eva Maria Knabenbauer]
The common thread running through all twelve stories of this collection is that they are based on subsidiary characters of Eva’s novel 'Silent Shadows'. Mostly, the stories are snapshots of life in the former GDR or they afford glimpses into the re-united Germany, and in this they are unashamedly political. But, above all, each story is about the trials and tribulations of the human condition, and readers will be as intrigued by the characters’ challenges as the author was in the writing of it. Despite the characters’ previous inclusion in 'Silent Shadows', each of their stories is well able to stand alone. Reading 'Silent Shadows' adds another dimension to the collection. The stories are arranged in such a way that the first five of Block I share the setting of the pre-Berlin Wall days of 1960 & 1961. The first story of Block II comes to an end in 1963, whilst the other four find their conclusions in post-1989 Germany. The two Block III stories take the reader to Kuala Lumpur and the Malay rainforest and to London.
{
184pp,
140x215mm,
February 2007;
PB,
£8.99,
0954229215:9780954229214
, Amolibros (Windhound Press)
} |
 |
EXIT ROMMEL
: The Tunisian Campaign, 1942-43
[Bruce Allen Watson]
In the sands of North Africa during the early years of World War II, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel burnished his reputation as the Desert Fox. After a string of successes, Rommel's fortunes began to sour with the battles of El Alamein, where the British under Bernard Montgomery halted Axis expansion in the fall of 1942, followed days later by the Americans' Torch landings in Morocco and Algeria. As the Americans drove the Germans into Tunisia from the west and the British from the east, Rommel routed U.S. forces at Kasserine Pass, but logistical difficulties and the erosion of weapons quality ultimately proved too much to overcome. After his last-ditch attack at Medenine was repulsed, the Desert Fox was forced to evacuate, leaving much of his fabled force to Allied captivity.
{
221pp,
155x230mm,
January 2007;
PB,
£10.50,
0811733815:9780811733816
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
FIGHTER PILOT'S WIFE
: A Military Family's Story
[Gilberta Guth]
Offering an inside look at military family life spanning WWII through the Korean and Vietnam Wars, this memoir not only chronicles the heroism of those in combat but that of the wives and families at home as they live under the constant shadow of potential loss. Married at the age of 22 to a dashing young jet pilot, young bride Gilberta Guth embarked on what was for many years a global journey, following her husband all over the world as he pursued his career. From their honeymoon in Las Vegas to an Ichibon sayonara and a St. Gobain au revoir to his final assignment in civilian life, she stood by his side and raised their four children. In the process she learned to cope with the tragic death of young pilots and how the other wives and family members comforted the widows and helped them pack up their children and leave the familial embrace of the military. Reproductions of letters, photos, and newspaper clippings further enrich this moving account of the challenges faced by a military family in both wartime and peacetime.
{
376pp,
155x230mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£17.50,
097686780X:9780976867807
, IPG (Call Sign Press)
} |
 |
FIST FROM THE SKY (NO RIGHTS UK)
: Japan's Dive-Bomber Ace of World War II
[Peter C Smith]
Lieutenant Commander Takashige Egusa was one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's most skillful and influential dive-bomber pilots. He led an attack force against Pearl Harbor, calmly circling his special flame-red Aichi dive bomber before selecting his target. Assaults on the deadly gun batteries of Wake Island followed, as well as air support for the invasion of Ambon. Badly burned at Midway, Egusa return to duty, only to be killed on his final mission. As one Japanese officer said, "He was the 'God of Dive-Bombing". Fully placed in historical context and backed by a wealth of detail from archives, family records, photographs, and memories of contemporaries, the full story of Egusa's bravery, leadership qualities and illustrious career come to life.
{
272pp,
155x230mm,
October 2006;
PB,
£10.50,
0811733300:9780811733304
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
FORGING THE THUNDERBOLT
: History of the US Army's Armored Forces, 1917-45
[Mildred H Gillie]
A military history classic of the rise of America's armoured forces from their humble beginnings in borrowed tanks on the battlefields of France in World War I to a thundering crescendo of tactical prowess and lethal power as they spearheaded the liberation of Western Europe in World War II. A brilliant, straightforward study of the men and machines that brought fame to the likes of Generals Patton, Pershing, and Chaffee and the Sherman, Grant and Lee tank. Features a detailed look at the career of Gen. Adna Romanza Chaffee, the 'Father of the Armoured Force' and a photo insert of the men and machines that made the American Armoured Corps a legend.
{
298pp,
155x230mm,
July 2006;
PB,
£12.50,
0811733432:9780811733434
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
FROM CAMPUS TO COMBAT
: A College Boy Becomes a WWII Army Flier
[James Alter]
Jim Alter was a sophomore in college when Japan attacked the United States. He enlisted, and after an Army programme that condensed years of officer training into a few frantic months, was flying over Europe, dodging German gunners in a B-24. Alter proudly recounts the achievements of his heroic generation as he details this defining chapter of his early life. His memoir focuses on the business of turning citizens into soldiers, and in so doing highlights the tremendous benefits of asking all citizens to sacrifice for the war effort. His experiences and descriptions stand as a sharp contrast to the current professional, outsourced war now being waged in the Middle East.
{
236pp,
140x175mm,
November 2006;
PB,
£10.99,
1891053817:9781891053818
, Garrett County Press
} |
 |
GERMAN DEFEAT IN THE EAST, 1944-45
[Samuel W Mitcham Jr]
The last place a German soldier wanted to be in 1944 was the Russian front. That summer, Stalin hurled more than 6 million men, 9,000 tanks, 16,000 aircraft, and 12,800 guns and rocket launchers against German forces. Despite this gigantic effort and the resulting decimation of German forces, events on the Eastern Front are largely neglected by historians who focus instead on German defeats in Normandy and the Ardennes. This account details the massive battles on the Eastern Front from the summer of 1944 until the fall of Budapest in early 1945, a period when Hitler lost the majority of his conquered eastern territories and many of his best remaining divisions.
{
296pp,
155x230mm,
February 2007;
PB,
£12.50,
0811733718:9780811733717
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
GERMAN EARLY WAR ARMORED VEHICLES
: World War II AFV Plans
[George Bradford]
Contains fine scale drawings of German AFVs covering the time period of the Blitzkrieg across Europe through the greatest tank battle in history, Kursk. Multiple angles provide a level of detail for the 8-wheeled Armoured Car, Sd. Kfz. Panzer I Tank, Sd. Kfz. Panzer II Tank, Sd. Kfz. Panzer 35 T Tank, Sd. Kfz. Panzer IIIm Sd. Kfz. Armored Halftrack, and dozens more.
{
96pp,
215x280mm,
January 2007;
PB,
£9.50,
0811733416:9780811733410
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
GERMANY'S PANZER ARM IN WORLD WAR II
[R L DiNardo]
No 20th-century military organisation has been as widely studied as the German Army in World War II. Nevertheless, there are almost no truly integrated studies that cover the organisational, economic, personnel, doctrinal, and tactical factors that affected the panzer arm's performance. Drawing on German military documents as well as memoirs, battle reports, and other materials, DiNardo fills that gap with this detailed examination of the panzer arm from the inter-war years through the end of World War II and provides new perspectives on the rise and decline of the Third Reich's war machine.
{
176pp,
155x230mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£10.50,
0811733424:9780811733427
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
GOD ISN'T HERE, 2ND EDITION
: A Young American's Entry into World War II and His Participation in the Battle for Iwo Jima
[Richard E Overton and Gary Toyn]
Having survived the battle for Iwo Jima, Richard Overton noted his day-by-day experiences as part of the 2nd Battalion, 26th Regiment, 5 Marine Division and compiled them into this gripping personal account of a Navy corpsman combatant.
{
330pp,
155x230mm,
March 2006;
PB,
£12.99,
0976154706:9780976154709
, IPG (American Legacy Media)
} |
 |
GUESTS BEHIND THE BARBED WIRE
: German POWs in America: A True Story of Hope & Friendship
[Ruth Beaumont Cook]
A significant and unique contribution to World War II literature, this book chronicles in meticulous detail the building and operation of the largest German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp in the United States in Aliceville, Alabama. This history discusses how the residents of Aliceville helped build, operate, and supply the camp, as well as become inextricably intertwined with camp life and the 6,000 German POWs held there. Focusing on the relations between the captured Germans and local Americans, this title investigates the nature of war, peace, and the principles of human dignity.
{
640pp,
140x215mm,
April 2007;
HB,
£12.99,
1575872609:9781575872605
, IPG (Crane Hill Publishers)
} |
 |
IRON ARM
: The Mechanization of Mussolini's Army, 1920-1940
[John Joseph Timothy Sweet]
Though overshadowed by Germany's more famous Afrika Korps, Italian tanks formed a large part of the Axis armoured force that the Allies confronted -- and ultimately defeated -- in North Africa in the early years of World War II. Those tanks were the product of two decades of debate and development as the Italian military struggled to produce a modern, mechanised army in the aftermath of World War I. For a time, Italy stood near the front of the world's tank forces -- second only to Germany in number of divisions, first to create an armoured corps -- but once war came, Mussolini's iron arm failed as an effective military force. This is the story of its rise and fall.
{
207pp,
155x230mm,
January 2007;
PB,
£10.50,
0811733513:9780811733519
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
JUST DUMMIES
: Cruise Missile Testing in Canada
[John Clearwater]
The decision in 1978 by the Canadian government to allow cruise missile testing in the high arctic by their U.S. allies was a controversial one, with the political fall-out affecting three successive governments until the late 1990s. Each government faced harsh criticism from activists, opposition parties, and the general public, with attempts to appease domestic unrest having little or no effect. Using recently de-classified documents from the highest levels of government, author John Clearwater guides the reader through the murky waters of this divisive issue and analyses the Canadian government's failure to fully disclose its position on a matter of significant public interest despite vocal and organised opposition. Just Dummies: Cruise Missile Testing in Canada considers each aspect of this decades-long struggle, from the military and the political, to the protesters and the public, offering an insider's view that finally lifts the cloak of secrecy to uncover the real story behind the spin.
{
283pp,
155x230mm,
October 2006;
PB,
£19.50,
1552382117:9781552382110
, University of Calgary Press
} |
 |
MICHAEL WITTMANN AND THE WAFFEN SS TIGER COMMANDERS OF THE LEIBSTANDARTE IN WWII, VOLUME 2
[Patrick Agte]
Michael Wittmann was by far the most famous tank ace on any side in World War II, destroying 138 enemy tanks and 132 anti-tank guns with his Tiger. This classic of armoured warfare is both combat biography and unit history, as Patrick Agte focuses on the life and career of Wittmann but also includes his fellow Tiger commanders in the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. Volume Two follows Michael Wittmann and his unit into Normandy to defend against the Allied invasion. A week after D-Day, Wittmann achieved his greatest success. On June 13, 1944, near Villers Bocage, the panzer ace and his crew attacked a British armoured unit, single-handedly destroying more than a dozen tanks and preventing an enemy breakthrough. The exploit made Wittmann a national hero in Germany and a legend in the annals of war. He was killed two months later while attempting to repulse an Allied assault.
{
400pp,
155x230mm,
October 2006;
PB,
£12.50,
0811733351:9780811733359
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
MICHAEL WITTMANN AND THE WAFFEN SS TIGER COMMANDERS OF THE LEIBSTANDARTE IN WWII, VOLUME I
[Patrick Agte]
Michael Wittmann was by far the most famous tank ace on any side in World War II, destroying 138 enemy tanks and 132 anti-tank guns with his Tiger. This classic of armoured warfare is both combat biography and unit history, as Patrick Agte focuses on the life and career of Wittmann but also includes his fellow Tiger commanders in the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. Volume One covers the Eastern Front, where Wittmann racked up more than 100 kills and participated in the Battle of Kursk in 1943. Includes maps, official documents, newspaper clippings, and orders of battle.
{
413pp,
155x230mm,
October 2006;
PB,
£12.50,
0811733343:9780811733342
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
MUTINY, TERORISM, RIOTS AND MURDER
: A History of Sedition in Australia and New Zealand
[Kevin Baker]
Dr Kevin Baker takes a clear-headed and historical look at civil and military unrest in Australasia from the earliest times of European colonisation to the riots at Cronulla in 2005 whose intensity and aftermath took Australia by surprise. In the process he examines many insurrections, the best know of which and most notorious -- the Rum Rebellion, Vinegar Hill, Eureka -- took place in the nineteenth century and relates them to an ongoing, but diminishing number of not just tilts at authority, but direct challenges to it. These include goldfield disturbances, the Melbourne police strike, prison and detention centre riots, the New Zealand naval mutiny of 1947, a number of naval and military attempts to challenge and buck authority, and attempted political assassinations. Many of these incidents -- of various degrees of seriousness -- are less well known than they deserve to be. Baker also takes the reader through a careful examination of the key terms -- sedition, riot, mutiny -- which are examined in legal terms and in relation to larger ethical issues and ongoing debates that can be traced back to the beginnings of Western civilisation. But while sedition has been very much in the news recently, Baker argues that Australians and New Zealanders have in fact lost a lot of the rebellious and sometimes openly larrikin spirit that was more common in the nation-building years. And in his concluding chapter he canvasses a number of possible explanations for this.
{
254pp,
155x230mm,
August 2006;
PB,
£11.99,
1877058491:9781877058493
, Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd
} |
 |
NAVAL LIFE
: The Edited Diaries and Papers of Admiral John Locke Marx 1852-1939
[Mary Jones, Editor]
As a young officer, John Locke Marx grew up in the hey day of the Old Navy, with its gun boats, naval brigades and autonomous captains ruling distant seas; he was a mature officer in the New Navy, with its armed cruisers and battleships, its great Atlantic Fleet and its professional Officer Corps; he was a retired Admiral in the First World War, fighting as a captain in the dangerous Q ships and as an active admiral in charge of convoys when it ended. Thus his career spanned the long and important development of the Royal Navy from 1866-1917, from the Pax Britannica to Jutland. Admiral Marx left an archive of diaries, letters and papers, important not only for its historical interest and its intrinsic readability, but for the light it throws on Marx’s distinctive personality and the way in which the experience of a naval officer impacted upon it. Every page of his journal was headed private, and there is no doubt that he intended it for his eyes alone. In his sexual and social experiences, his imperial adventures, and his World War One heroism, his papers present a unique account of 'A Naval Life'.
{
304pp,
155x235mm,
January 2007;
PB,
£15.99,
0955309506:9780955309502
, Amolibros (Persona Press)
} |
 |
NEVER-ENDING CONFLICT
: Israeli Military History
[Mordechai Bar-On]
This is the story of the tragic confrontation between two national movements contesting the same small piece of land, a clash that has become one of the most intractable issues in modern times. From the 1936 Palestinian Revolt to the Intifada that started in 2000, the Arabs and Israelis have clashed in twelve major incidents, often embroiling much of the Middle East. Here, historians deftly examine each conflict, offering a readable and informative look at seventy years of Israeli military history. Includes a chapter by Michael Oren.
{
261pp,
155x230mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£10.50,
0811733459:9780811733458
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
PANZER LEGIONS
: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and their Commanders
[Samuel W Mitcham Jr]
Hitler's tank divisions were some of his most feared troops and most lethal weapons during World War II. From success to failure, in victory and defeat, each division played a role in Hitler's campaign against the Allies. This is the first guide to chronicle the history of each division from its inception to its destruction. With painstaking research and attention to detail, Mitcham describes the formation and organisation of each, then discusses its overall combat history. He also includes a career sketch of every panzer divisional commander. Includes a comprehensive index of individuals, units, battles, and campaigns.
{
312pp,
155x230mm,
January 2007;
PB,
£12.50,
081173353X:9780811733533
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
PHILADELPHIA CAMPAIGN, VOLUME 1
: Brandywine and the Fall of Philadelphia
[Thomas J McGuire]
The first in a monumental two-volume set on the pivotal 1777 campaign of the American Revolution, this book is an in-depth examination of the military engagements that resulted in the British capture of Philadelphia. Based on surviving accounts of soldiers and civilians, the author weaves together the compelling story of the fight for the Continental capital. In the winter of 1777, after the victories at Trenton and Princeton, George Washington painstakingly rebuilt the Continental Army. The following spring, all eyes turned to the British commander-in-chief, Sir William Howe, to see when and where he would resume the drive on the rebel capital. Numerous skirmishes and seemingly pointless manoeuvres finally led to Pennsylvania. The two main armies finally clashed in the bloody Battle of Brandywine on 11 September, where Howe’s flanking tactics inflicted a serious defeat on Washington. Rallying his forces, Washington resumed his defence of Philadelphia, only to be thwarted at the Schuylkill and suffer a small but bloody defeat at Paoli. Congress fled the capital as the British Army approached, and the campaign to win the hearts and minds of the American people raged in full fury as the two armies marched through the region.
{
576pp,
155x230mm,
September 2006;
HB,
£21.50,
0811701786:9780811701785
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE IN THE INTIFADA
: Israeli and Palestinian Media Politics and Military Strategies
[Ron Schleifer]
Psychological warfare is a touchy subject in western democratic societies. It raises the spectre of Nazism and totalitarian methods of mind control, yet provides an explanation for the spectacular success of the Palestinians in their fight against Israel, and their ability to exert political pressure on this regional power. This is the first book of its kind on PSYOP (psychological operations -- military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups and foreign governments) in Middle East research. It provides a much needed in-depth analysis of the techniques used by both the Israelis and the Palestinians. The volume clarifies the rationales for psychological warfare in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 1948 to 1991, examines the development of concepts of offensive and defensive psychological warfare as developed by the Nazis and the Soviets, as well as US and British tactics of persuasion, and the ways the main actors have adapted these tactics to the specifics of the Intifada. Close attention is paid to the formulation and dissemination of Palestinian psychological themes directed at the Arab world, neutral parties and the enemy, and official Israeli (largely unsuccessful) attempts to counter them, including official government stances and directives to the Israeli Defense Forces. The Intifada, conducted under media scrutiny, resulted in a total re-examination of Israeli military strategies, which has important bearing for the future conduct of armies fighting local insurgency, most recently the US Iraq experience. This book is essential reading for all involved in Media Studies and Military Strategy.
{
241pp,
152x229mm,
November 2006;
HB,
£55.00,
184519134X:9781845191344
, Sussex Academic Press
} |
 |
RETREAT TO THE REICH
: The German Defeat in France, 1944
[Samuel W Mitcham Jr]
The Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the German defeat in the West. Military historian Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., vividly recaptures the desperation of the Wehrmacht as its thin gray line finally snapped amidst brutal hedgerow-to-hedgerow fighting in Normandy and as the survivors fled the Allied steamroller in a mad dash back to the Reich. With colourful descriptions and informative details, Mitcham recounts the German military retreat and the erosion of Germany's stronghold on Europe -- as viewed through the eyes of a defiant, but ultimately defeated Wehrmacht.
{
277pp,
155x230mm,
February 2007;
PB,
£10.99,
081173384X:9780811733847
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
SOUL SOLDIERS
: African Americans and the Vietnam Era
[Samuel W Black]
Even as African American men and women headed to Vietnam to fight for their country and to show their patriotism, they faced racism in the ranks as did their families on the home front. This stunning book, which accompanies a travelling exhibit, looks at Black life through the eyes of vets during the Civil Rights era by bringing together artefacts, poetry, fiction, oral histories, art, and riveting recollections that recall the horrors of war, the complexes of race, and the duality of African American life in America. With a foreword by Albert French, this book captures the spirit of the African American Vietnam experience and highlight the literary expression of Vietnam Vets.
{
218pp,
200x230mm,
October 2006;
PB,
£12.50,
0936340142:9780936340142
, Stackpole Books (Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania)
} |
 |
STREET WITHOUT JOY
: The French Debacle in Indochina
[Bernard B Fall]
Originally published in 1961, before the United States escalated its involvement in South Vietnam, "Street Without Joy" offered a clear warning about what American forces would face in the jungles of Southeast Asia: a costly and protracted revolutionary war fought without fronts against a mobile enemy. In harrowing detail, Fall describes the brutality and frustrations of the Indochina War, the savage eight-year conflict-ending in 1954 after the fall of Dien Bien Phu-in which French forces suffered a staggering defeat at the hands of Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists. With its frontline perspective, vivid reporting, and careful analysis, "Street Without Joy" was required reading for policymakers in Washington and GIs in the field and is now considered a classic.
{
408pp,
155x230mm,
July 2005;
PB,
£12.50,
0811732363:9780811732369
/
HB,
£15.50,
0811717003
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
THOSE LAST 100 VICTORIOUS DAYS OF 1918
: Germany Not Beaten in the Field?
[Hans Andriessen]
'The winner determines history', that is the conclusion we can draw when we take a closer look at the birth of the myth about the victory of the allies, which has taken place since the end of World War One. Historiography on this period has always been dominated by British historians and through the years the facts have not always been represented correctly. In fact, there was no British/French victory on the battlefield. It was the revolution in Germany, caused by a sudden turnaround and the request of a cease-fire by the German high command, that made the last remains of resistance disappear and widely opened the gates of revolution. Because of that, German troops that were still at the front line had to stop fighting, deprived of the required supply of weapons and food from the homeland. It was only after the revolution in Germany had become widely known, that allies reached an agreement on the demands of the cease-fire, demands which corresponded with a total surrender, because now one could be sure that Germany would be in no position to decline it. The author makes an attempt to counterbalance this myth and show us the other side of things, a side that has consistently been underexposed and is certainly worth to be put in the spotlight.
{
120pp,
April 2007;
PB,
£12.95,
9059111567:9789059111561
, Aspekt Uitgeverij BV
} |
|
THOSE LAST 100 VICTORIOUS DAYS OF 1918
: Germany Not Beaten in the Field?
[Hans Andriessen]
'The winner determines history', that is the conclusion we can draw when we take a closer look at the birth of the myth about the victory of the allies, which has taken place since the end of World War One. Historiography on this period has always been dominated by British historians and through the years the facts have not always been represented correctly. In fact, there was no British/French victory on the battlefield. It was the revolution in Germany, caused by a sudden turnaround and the request of a cease-fire by the German high command, that made the last remains of resistance disappear and widely opened the gates of revolution. Because of that, German troops that were still at the front line had to stop fighting, deprived of the required supply of weapons and food from the homeland. It was only after the revolution in Germany had become widely known, that allies reached an agreement on the demands of the cease-fire, demands which corresponded with a total surrender, because now one could be sure that Germany would be in no position to decline it. The author makes an attempt to counterbalance this myth and show us the other side of things, a side that has consistently been underexposed and is certainly worth to be put in the spotlight.
{
120pp,
April 2007;
PB,
£12.95,
9059111567:9789059111561
, Aspekt Uitgeverij BV
} |
 |
U S AIR FORCE
: A Complete History
[Lieutenant Colonel Dik A Daso USAF (Retired)]
While the Army Air Force was established in June 1941, and the US Air Force in September 1947, the indomitable spirit and courage to be America's flyers goes back to the first Wright brothers flights in 1903. Since this first flight, men and women -- Billy Mitchell, Jimmy Doolittle, Jacqueline Cochran, Chuck Yeager, Benjamin O Davis, Jr -- have answered America's call to defend the nation and its allies by dominating its enemies in the sky. Now, more than 50 years after its founding, the spirit and essence of the United States Air Force is celebrated for the first time in a definitive, magnificently-illustrated, large-format chronology published with the Air Force Historical Foundation. US AIR FORCE: A COMPLETE HISTORY is the definitive chronology on the Air Force -- serving as both a reference tool and a handsome addition to any military history collection. Building upon the official Air Force chronologies, this book will present a year-by year summary of significant Air Force activities, from the early years of flight to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Key historical entries, as well as significant operations, technological advances, and the people instrumental in shaping the Air Force, are treated as expanded sidebar articles and written by leading experts in each subject. Treating these elements in detail will help bring this encyclopaedic account of Air Force history to life. US AIR FORCE: A COMPLETE HISTORY enables the history of America's aviators and airmen to be cherished permanently in a handsome package that every pilot and Air Force personnel will be proud to own and -- with its unique cover -- to display. This book will be read again and again by past and present aviators, their families and friends, and the countless others that have been inspired by the exploits of the United States Air Force and the spectacle of flight.
{
640pp,
240x330mm,
September 2006;
HB,
£49.50,
0883631148:9780883631140
, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates
} |
 |
VIMY RIDGE
: A Canadian Reassessment
[Geoff Hayes, Andrew Iarocci and Mike Bechthold, Editors]
On the morning of 9 April 1917, troops of the Canadian Corps under General Julian Byng attacked the formidable German defences of Vimy Ridge. Since then, generations of Canadians have shared a deep emotional attachment to the battle, inspired partly by the spectacular memorial on the battlefield. Although the event is considered central in Canadian military history, most people know very little about what happened during that memorable Easter in northern France. This book draws on the work of a new generation of scholars who explore the battle from three perspectives. The first assesses the Canadian Corps within the wider context of the Western Front in 1917. The second explores Canadian leadership, training, and preparations and details the story of each of the four Canadian divisions. The final section concentrates on the commemoration of Vimy Ridge, both for contemporaries and later generations of Canadians. This long-overdue collection, based on original research, replaces mythology with new perspectives, new details, and a new understanding of the men who fought and died for the remarkable achievement that was the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
{
353pp,
155x230mm,
March 2007;
HB,
£21.50,
0889205086:9780889205086
, Wilfrid Laurier University Press (Co-published with the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies)
} |
 |
DON TROIANI'S CIVIL WAR CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY
[Art by Don Troiani; Text by Earl J Coates, Michael J McAfee and Don Troiani]
Both the cavalry and the artillery played critical roles in the Civil War. The uniforms of horsemen and cannoneers resembled those of the infantry but differed in key respects, such as the bright yellow trim that distinguished the cavalry and the crossed-cannon insignia of the artillery. The artwork in this volume gives a flavour of how these specialised troops were outfitted.
{
58pp,
230x305mm,
May 2006;
PB,
£10.50,
0811733173:9780811733175
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
DON TROIANI'S CIVIL WAR INFANTRY
[Art by Don Troiani; Text by Earl J Coates, Michael J McAfee and Don Troiani]
The outcome of nearly every major battle of the war depended on infantry, the foot soldiers in blue and grey who wielded the muskets and sabres. Although some standardisation existed, soldiers often modified their uniforms to meet battlefield necessity or to express unit pride, such as the Pennsylvania regiment known by the bucktails troops wore in their hats. The photographs in this volume indicate what infantrymen wore and carried, and Troiani's paintings bring the men and their deeds to vivid life.
{
76pp,
230x305mm,
May 2006;
PB,
£10.50,
0811733181:9780811733182
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
DON TROIANI'S CIVIL WAR MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS
[Art by Don Troiani; Text by Earl J Coates, Michael J McAfee and Don Troiani]
State militias were among the first troops to respond to the outbreak of the Civil War. Those who answered the call to arms represented a cross-section of the country, both North and South, and the uniforms of these volunteers reflected their home regions and, in many cases, national origins. In these photographs and paintings, Troiani conveys the rich diversity of Civil War militia and captures the uniqueness of their garb and gear.
{
60pp,
230x305mm,
March 2006;
PB,
£10.50,
081173319X:9780811733199
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
DON TROIANI'S CIVIL WAR ZOUAVES, CHASSEURS, SPECIAL BRANCHES, AND OFFICERS
[Art by Don Troiani; Text by Earl J Coates, Michael J McAfee and Don Troiani]
Perhaps the most famous -- and certainly the most exotic -- uniforms of the Civil War belonged to the Zouaves, troops of French derivation whose vibrant attire was accented by fezzes and baggy trousers. These soldiers cut a flashy figure, and Troiani depicts them in all their colourful glory. This volume also covers the uniforms of engineers, surgeons, marines, and generals.
{
72pp,
230x305mm,
March 2006;
PB,
£10.50,
0811733203:9780811733205
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
ELMIRA
: Death Camp of the North
[Michael Horigan]
The Civil War prison camp at Elmira, New York, had the highest death rate of any prison camp in the North: almost 25 percent. Comparatively, the overall death rate of all Northern prison camps was just over 11 percent; in the South, the death rate was just over 15 percent. Clearly, something went wrong in Elmira. The culmination of ten years of research, this book traces the story of what happened. Author Michael Horigan also places the prison in the context of the greater Elmira community by describing the town in 1864 and explaining its significance as a military depot and draft rendezvous.
{
246pp,
155x230mm,
January 2006;
PB,
£12.50,
0811732762:9780811732765
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
GENERALS IN BLUE AND GRAY, VOLUME 1
: Lincoln's Generals
[Wilmer L Jones]
This volume uses biographical sketches of twenty-one Union generals to tell the story of the Civil War and examine the implementation of Northern strategy. Among these generals are prominent figures like Ulysses S. Grant, George McClellan, and William T. Sherman, as well as Daniel Sickles, whose actions sparked intense controversy at Gettysburg, and the lesser known John McClernand, a congressman who lobbied for his own appointment. In Wilmer Jones's accounts, which focus on character, personality, leadership ability, military skill, and politics, each general comes starkly to life.
{
376pp,
155x230mm,
March 2006;
PB,
£13.99,
081173286X:9780811732864
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
GENERALS IN BLUE AND GRAY, VOLUME 2
: Davis's Generals
[Wilmer L Jones]
The twenty-one profiles of Confederate generals in this volume chronicle the South's war effort. Familiar leaders such as Lee, Jackson, and Stuart are each covered, as are the notorious Nathan Bedford Forrest, Episcopalian bishop Leonidas Polk, and John C Breckinridge, who ran against Lincoln in 1860 and briefly served in the US Senate. With the same accessible style of the first volume, Jones shows how the outcome of battles, campaigns, and even entire theatres often depended on individual commanders.
{
440pp,
155x230mm,
April 2006;
PB,
£13.99,
0811732886:9780811732888
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
GETTYSBURG
: Crisis of Command -- Illustrated Edition
[Harry Albright]
New illustrated edition with maps and illustrations of the Gettysbug battlefields and generals. This historical narrative of America's greatest battle examines the course of events and the tensions with the two armies' commands. The author argues that poor decisions and disputes on both sides nearly led to disater for each. The book makes events clear to even the reader unfamiliar with the strategic and tactical elements of armed combat on a grand scale.
REVIEW: "Succeeds in giving the reader an insider's glimpse of ...the decisions that shaped the course of the battle and the future of these United States..." -- Marine Corps Gazette.
{
296pp,
140x215mm,
December 2005;
PB,
£12.99,
0781810396:9780781810395
, Hippocrene Books
} |
 |
STORY OF ROBERT E LEE
[Patricia A Pingry]
For ages 4-8. Robert E Lee is still the most beloved hero of the Civil War and has become the synonym for 'honour'. Here is the story of this great general, from his birth in Stratford Virginia, to his fateful decision to support his home state of Virginia, to his rise to the presidency of Washington College, now named Washington & Lee University. Even toddlers will enjoy this short story of only about 200 simple words with its bright and humorous illustrations by Meredith Johnson.
{
26pp,
140x125mm,
October 2005;
BB,
£4.50,
0824965019:9780824965013
, Ideals Publications
} |
 |
WITNESS TO GETTYSBURG
: Inside the Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War
[Richard Wheeler]
From the events that led to the clash at Gettysburg in July 1863 to the retreat of Robert E Lee's defeated Confederates, Richard Wheeler uses the words of participants -- both Northern and Southern -- to bring one of the Civil War's bloodiest, most pivotal battles to life. Wheeler blends these compelling personal accounts into a startlingly vivid tapestry of war and a dramatic narrative that entertains as well as informs. This is eyewitness history at its best.
{
273pp,
155x230mm,
February 2006;
PB,
£12.50,
0811732851:9780811732857
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
AMERICAN OPTION
: And, Yes, I Almost Became an American
[Philip Morgan Cheek]
Threading through the events of one war, World War II, is a plain tale of a child evacuee escaping the London blitz – and perhaps worse, if the imminence of invasion by gloating shock troops of Nazi elite is taken into account. And we see how children, a nation's heritage, are suddenly remembered by postwar writers. In that context, the story raises questions posed by history. The story's main title is chosen for two reasons. America no longer feels insecurely isolationist. Just less secure. In a world where national boundaries increasingly count for little more than lines on a map, its child population could also suffer evacuation to safer zones if a land war affected the country internally. For nothing now is beyond imagination in terms of terrorism in the name of culture, not a country. The second reason: As a child evacuee to America in a global political climate not unlike the present, the author chose an option. He would avoid the horrors which ultimately proved the lot of Europe's children had Britain not missed being overrun by a whisker. Winston Churchill, hesitated over relinquishing British children to different cultures. Visiting New York three weeks after 'nine-eleven'; aware of the city's spontaneous official and citizen response among numbing scenes, was to return to the London blitz, to the 1940s – even the smell was there. This is a story about courage and a family’s ultimate triumph.
{
240pp,
140x215mm,
December 2005;
PB,
£8.95,
188328340X:9781883283407
, Brick Tower Press
} |
 |
AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS
: Their Secret War Against the Japanese in WWII
[A B Feuer]
This is a fascinating account of Australia's M/Z commando unit and the part it played in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. M Unit personnel were secretly landed to set up coast-watching posts and radio stations to monitor Japanese shipping movements and bombing flights. Members of the Z Unit carried out raids in enemy-controlled areas and also attacked targets of opportunity. Many commandos were delivered on their missions by US Navy submarines that sneaked into dangerously shallow waters to put the men ashore. Other operatives were inserted by PT boats, Catalina aircraft, parachute, and snake boats.
{
194pp,
155x230mm,
April 2006;
PB,
£9.50,
0811732940:9780811732949
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
B-24 IN CHINA
: General Chennault's Secret Weapon in WWII
[A B Feuer]
This book records the World War II experiences of Captain Elmer E Haynes, who flew low-altitude night radar strikes against Japanese shipping in the South China Sea and daylight raids against various enemy land-based installations in eastern and central China. Haynes flew secretly developed B-24 Liberator bombers that were equipped with radar that had been integrated with the Norden Bombsight for night missions. These B-24s operated with the 14th Air Force -- General Chennault's Flying Tigers. The bombing attacks were so accurate and successful that, in a little over a year, Haynes and his fellow pilots sank approximately a million tons of Japanese shipping.
{
215pp,
155x230mm,
April 2006;
PB,
£9.50,
0811732932:9780811732932
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
BOYS OF WINTER
: Life and Death in the US Ski Troops During the Second World War
[Charles J Sanders]
This book tells the true story of three young American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and fateful transformation from athletes to infantrymen with the 10th Mountain Division. Charles J. Sanders’s fast-paced narrative draws on dozens of interviews and extensive research to trace these boys' lives from childhood to championships and from training at Mount Rainier and in the Colorado Rockies to battles against the Nazis. 2005 winner of the International Ski History Association's Ullr Award.
{
256pp,
155x230mm,
October 2005;
PB,
£16.50,
0870818236:9780870818233
, University Press of Colorado
} |
 |
BRANDENBURGER COMMANDOS
: Germany's Elite Warrior Spies in WWII
[Franz Kurowski]
Very few books have been written about this clandestine operations unit, which was run by the German Army's intelligence service. Trained to be quick, mobile, and self-reliant and steeped in local customs and languages, the Brandenburgers operated behind enemy lines around the world. From Western Europe to Romania, Russia, Egypt, Afghanistan, and World War II's other fronts, they seized bridges and other strategic targets and engaged in sabotage, espionage, and other daring missions -- often bending the rules of war in the process. Although the unit was dissolved in 1944, its tactics influenced special forces around the world both during the war and after.
{
378pp,
155x230mm,
September 2005;
PB,
£12.50,
0811732509:9780811732505
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
LION KILLERS, REVISED EDITION
: Billy Mitchell and the Birth of Strategic Bombing
[William Schwarzer]
A story about the birth of airpower and the people who fought for its existence. A staunch advocate of airpower, Brigadier General William Mitchell's ideas were controversial in a time when the general and the admiral were deemed the sole proprietors of modern warfare. His historic bombing trials and personal journey to show the full military potential of airpower would lead him into a national controversy and a phyrric outcome.
{
96pp,
155x230mm,
January 2006;
PB,
£10.50,
0974860204:9780974860206
, Stackpole Books (Aerial Perspective Publishing)
} |
 |
MAN OF INTELLIGENCE
: The Life of Captain Eric Nave Codebreaker Extraordinary
[Ian Pfennigwerth]
This biography tells how a bright lad with ambition and with a powerful streak of luck entered and carved his own special niche in the arcane world of codebreaking. It sets his achievements against the geopolitical shifts which led to war with Japan in 1941. It explores the dysfunctional nature of US signals intelligence and its effects on war in the South West Pacific, and charts the rise of Australia's quantitative and qualitative contribution to Allied intelligence. It concludes with Eric's work in post-war signals intelligence, his time at ASIO and his retirement activities, including his frustrated attempts to publish his memoirs, and an assessment of his place in history.
{
320pp,
150x225mm,
March 2006;
PB,
£11.99,
1877058416:9781877058417
, Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd
} |
 |
PACKS ON!
: Memoirs of the 10th Mountain Division in WWII
[A B Feuer]
This history of the 10th Mountain Division during World War II focuses on the personal experiences of the mountain troops who served in Alaska and Italy. Feuer conveys the opinions expressed by the veterans about the conduct of the campaigns -- both the good and the bad, with no holds barred. Senator Bob Dole, who was seriously wounded during the campaign, provides a foreword. This fascinating account also reveals the differences in training and strategy from those employed by German ski troops of the same era.
{
176pp,
155x230mm,
April 2006;
PB,
£9.50,
0811732894:9780811732895
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
PANZER TACTICS
: German Small-Unit Armor Tactics in World War II
[Wolfgang Scheider]
Wolfgang Schneider has written the definitive account of German small-unit armour tactics. Using period training manuals, after-action reports, countless interviews with Panzer veterans, and his own experiences as an armour commander in the modern Germany Army, Schneider describes World War II Panzer tactics, coupling his narrative with scores of illustrations that highlight armour concepts. Schneider covers the major types of small-unit operational art -- offensive and defensive -- and also discusses road marches, reconnaissance, command and control, working with other arms of service, life in a tank, armour training, gunnery, and the future of armour. The book provides useful insight into armour tactics for both the layman and the armour enthusiast. FEATURES: Ultimate inside view of the blitzkrieg in World War II; Diagrams, maps, and schematics illustrate key principles; Hundreds of rare photographs show Panzers and crews in action.
{
352pp,
215x280mm,
November 2005;
PB,
£18.50,
0811732444:9780811732444
/
PB,
£12.50,
0811733351
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
SHADOWS OF WAR
[Ryoko Adachi and Andrew McKay]
World War 2 in the Asia-Pacific still casts many shadows. The shadows fall on the lives of Australian ex-POWs, soldiers and their families. Veterans are aged but recall horrors under Japanese Imperial Forces as fresh as yesterday. Dark, too, are the shadows cast on civilians trapped in the conflict -- innocents who suffered through starvation, forced labour and prostitution. Against this is the determination by reactionary Japanese powerbrokers to obliterate this history by rewriting school textbooks so post-war Japanese remain ignorant of their war history. This book presents the deepest and innermost thoughts drawn from some 200 interviews and responses with Australian veterans. Critically all tell of what they think of the Japanese now. This is their record in their own words. In the 60th year after the end of World War 2, wide education makes the young acutely aware of what happened in those critical war years of 1942-45. This book will appeal to teachers hungry for original materials, and their students who want to read history in the words of those who lived it. This book will appeal to veterans, whose leaders have gone in search of reconciliation to Japan. The image of Australian youngsters trekking in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, hand in hand with their Japanese contemporaries, will appeal to all who seek to put the war behind them. Released to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the War in the Pacific, this book will be sought by many a general reader anxious to celebrate the memory of our World War 2 veterans.
{
248pp,
140x210mm,
November 2005;
PB,
£13.50,
1920787135:9781920787134
, Indra Publishing
} |
 |
UTAH BEACH
: The Amphibious Landing and Airbourne Operations on D-Day
[Joseph Balkowski]
In this much-anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed “Omaha Beach”, historian Joseph Balkoski chronicles the amphibious landings and airborne operations at Utah Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Part of the story is already familiar: Among the paratroopers who landed with the 101st Airborne was the company Stephen Ambrose followed in Band of Brothers. Using first-hand after-action reports and unit journals, Balkoski creates a compelling narrative of the fighting at Utah Beach on D-Day, while meticulously constructed maps pinpoint key geographical features and show unit locations as the action unfolds. Added to the invasion plan largely at the insistence of British General Bernard Montgomery, the attack at Utah Beach aimed to secure the Cotentin Peninsula and ultimately seize the port of Cherbourg. Although the assault on Utah Beach became one of the most successful American military operations of World War II, it was fraught with risk from the beginning: Not only was Utah the most isolated of the five D-Day beaches, but the airborne operation was of unprecedented size and scope. Despite the perils, American troops cascaded into that corner of Normandy from the sea and the sky, gaining a military triumph that contributed decisively to Allied success on D-Day. This book is both an engaging narrative and a tribute to the men who stormed the beaches and dropped from the sky.
{
380pp,
155x230mm,
September 2005;
HB,
£16.50,
0811701441:9780811701440
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
VOICES OF THE LEFT BEHIND
: Project Roots and the Canadian War Children of World War 2
[Olga Rains, Lloyd Rains and Melynda Jarratt]
This book contains the personal stories of nearly 50 Canadian war children who have been helped by Project Roots. It is filled with fascinating archival images and documents as well as original wartime correspondence between the mothers, the Canadian fathers, and the Department of National Defence, Veterans Affairs, and other Canadian institutions. Letters from the war children to the Military Personnel Records Unit of the National Archives of Canada illustrate the historic pattern of denial. What these institutions all have in common is their consistent refusal to help war children find their Canadian fathers. Introductory essays frame the subject and give a historical context to the tragic situations these women and their children found themselves in.
{
238pp,
155x230mm,
January 2006;
PB,
£12.99,
1550025856:9781550025859
, Dundurn Press
} |
