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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 . . .
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6 x 9, 256 pages, b/w illustrations, maps,
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BISMARCK
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours
of Germanys Greatest Battleship
Niklas Zetterling & Michael Tamelander
A gripping tale of heroism and doomon the high
seas . . .
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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 historys 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 Germanys 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,
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HIDDEN BATTLES ON UNSEEN FRONTS
Stories of American Soldiers
with Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD
Patricia Driscoll
Celia Straus
When the war comes home . .
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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 Americas 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
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NO BETTER PLACE TO DIE
Ste-Mere Eglise, June 1944The
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 .
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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
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6 x 9, 288 pages, 100+ illustrations
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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
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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
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4.75 x 7.5, 272 pages, 16 pages b/w photos, 978-1-932033-97-7,
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TANKER WAR
Americas First Conflict with Iran, 198788
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
Iraqs Saddam Hussein. A fifth of the ships 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.
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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.
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