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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NIGHT The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic was Lost Daniel Allen Butler After every disaster, someone has something to hide . . . [click here for a full description] 6 x 9, 256 pages, b/w illustrations, maps, 978-1-935149-02-6, $29.95, hardback, Casemate

BISMARCK A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany’s Greatest Battleship Niklas Zetterling & Michael Tamelander A gripping tale of heroism —and doom—on the high seas . . . [click here for a full description] 6 x 9, 320 pages, 8 pages b/w photos, maps, 978-1-935149-04-0, $32.95, hardback, Casemate

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HITLER'S PREEMPTIVE WAR The Battle for Norway, 1940 Henrik O. Lunde A thorough examination of one of history’s revolutionary campaigns . . . After Hitler conquered Poland, and while still fine-tuning his plans against France, the British began to exert control of the coastline of neutral Norway, an action that threatened to cut off Germany’s iron-ore conduit to Sweden and outflank from the start its hegemony on the Continent. The Germans quickly responded with a dizzying series of assaults, using every tool of modern warfare developed in the previous generation. Airlifted infantry, mountain troops and paratroopers were dispatched to the Scandinavian nation, seizing Norwegian strong points while forestalling larger but more cumbersome Allied units. 6 x 9, 400 pages, 16 pages illustrations, maps, 978-1-932033-92-2, $34.95, hardback, Casemate

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[more info] READ A SAMPLE CHAPTER HIDDEN BATTLES ON UNSEEN FRONTS Stories of American Soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD Patricia Driscoll Celia Straus When the war comes home . . . This book is crafted around soldiers’ personal descriptions of their war experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan that culminate in life-altering injuries to the brain and psyche, along with the equally dramatic story of their recoveries. An irony of America’s 21st century wars has been that while our combat medical and medevac capabilities have grown enormously (from a rough average of 4:1 wounded to dead in WWII to 8:1 today), the nature of many of our soldiers’ wounds has undergone a subtle change. Men and women who survive the thick of combat, including repeated concussion blasts, increasingly present a difficult-to-detect kind of injury, no less debilitating then wounds from bullets or shrapnel. [read more] 6 x 9, 320 pages, 16 pages photos, 978-1-935149-01-9, $27.50, hardback, Casemate

NO BETTER PLACE TO DIE Ste-Mere Eglise, June 1944—The Battle for la Fiere Bridge Robert M. Murphy The you-are-there story of one of the most ferocious small-unit combats in US history . . . As part of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy, three airborne divisions were dropped behind enemy lines to sew confusion in the German rear and prevent panzer reinforcements from reaching the beaches. In the dark early hours of D-Day, this confusion was achieved well enough, as nearly every airborne unit missed its drop zone, creating a kaleidoscope of small-unit combat. [read more] 6 x 9, 288 pages, 100+ illustrations throughout, maps, 978-1-935149-08-8, $32.95, hardback, Casemate

 

SKY MY KINGDOM, THE Memoirs of the Famous German World War II Test Pilot Hanna Reitch The Sky My Kingdom is the fascinating autobiography of the famous World War test pilot - Hanna Reitsch (March 29, 1912 - August 24, 1979). As the war progressed, Reitsch was invited to fly many of Germany's latest (and increasingly desperate) designs, including the rocket-propelled Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, and several larger bombers on which she tested various mechanisms for cutting barrage balloon cables. After crashing on her fifth Me 163 flight, she was badly injured but insisted on writing her report before falling unconscious and spending five months in hospital. Eventually she became Adolf Hitler's favorite pilot. Reitsch was one of only two women awarded the Iron Cross First Class during World War II, and the only woman awarded the Luftwaffe Combined Pilot and Observer Badge with Diamonds. She survived many accidents and was badly injured several times... [more info] 4.75 x 7.5, 272 pages, 16 pages b/w photos, 978-1-932033-97-7, $29.95, hardback, Casemate

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TANKER WAR America’s First Conflict with Iran, 1987–88 Lee Allen Zatarain   In May 1987 the US frigate Stark, calmly sailing the waters of the Persian Gulf, was suddenly blown apart by an Exocet missile fired from a jet fighter of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. A fifth of the ship’s crew were killed and many others horribly burned or wounded. This event jumpstarted one of the most mysterious conflicts in American history: “The Tanker War,” waged against Iran for control of the Persian Gulf. - read more -

JOHN PAUL JONES MAVERICK HERO Frank Walker An associate of Benjamin Franklin and hero of the American War of Independence, John Paul Jones was the first captain to sail an American warship under an American flag and was instrumental in the creation of a coordinated naval force for the new republic. Across the Atlantic, the "Scotch Renegade" had a far less enviable reputation, being most commonly remembered as a privateer and villain following his daring raids on British ports. This judgment would stand for a century or more. The 1875 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica exemplified this attitude: "Though [Jones] certainly ranks as an officer of the Untied States, the independent manner in which he cruised might well suggest letters of marquee rather than a government commission" - in other words, there was a whiff of the pirate about him. -read more-