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 February 15, 2012 |
In the aftermath of The Great War, which saw the introduction of the tank, the more far sighted military leaders realized that the future of warfare hinged on a balance of mobility, firepower and protection.
Tanks would need to be accompanied into battle by supporting arms, specifically infantry, artillery and engineers. An all fully-tracked field army was thought to be too expensive, so the semi-tracked support vehicle (commonly called a halftrack) was born. The halftrack concept was embraced by the French, the US and most notably Germany.
The Germans commissioned numerous types of half-tracked tractors, which were classified by the weight of their towed load. These vehicles were designated Sonderkraffarzeug (special motorized vehicle), abbreviated as Sd.Kfz. Wit...  |
| 7.5 x 9.5,
160 pages,
250 b/w photos, 9781848844827,
$24.95,
paperback,
Pen and Sword,
3/15/2012
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 February 15, 2012 |
Spitfire Ace of Aces The True Wartime Story of Johnnie JohnsonJohnnie Johnson is a character literally straight out of the pages of ‘Boys Own’. By the end of the Second World War the RAF Spitfire pilot was a household name in Britain, feted by Churchill and Eisenhower.
Although he missed the Battle of Britain when slow flying bombers were abundant and easy targets for fighters by 1945 he had notched up 38 enemy ‘kills’ – all fighters which took far more skill to shoot down - and was officially the RAF’s top-scoring fighter ace. One of his most impressive achievements was that despite over 1000 combat missions, he was never shot down. His Spitfire was damaged once and on his return to base he apologized to his fitter saying ‘I was surrounded by six of them’.
Aviation historian Dilip Sarkar spent many hours with Johnson in the fi... |
| 7 x 10,
320 pages,
127 photographs, 9781445604756,
$39.95,
hardback,
Amberley,
2/29/2012
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 February 15, 2012 |
After adopting the American uniform in 1943 when the French Expeditionary Corps in North Africa were equipped by the United States, the high command and the units were constantly improving it with additions conforming to French military traditions. However, once peace had returned, its metropolitan army needed new dress and uniforms.
The result of this development bore its fruit in 1954, nine years after the end of the conflict. It was in that year that the TTA 148 appeared, a set of regulations for all the arms, in color, given over to the uniforms and insignia of the French Army.
This fully illustrated volume includes the black and white plates of the officers’ uniforms published in April 1954, and shows how from 1943 to 1956, the high command and the units managed ... |
| 7.75 x 9.5,
96 pages,
9782352501954,
$24.95,
paperback,
Histoire and Collections,
2/29/2012
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 February 15, 2012 |
This new work dedicated to contemporary combat tanks will be appearing in two volumes. Volume one introduces about one dozen tanks from four countries: France, USA, Japan, and Germany. Among them the reader will find the famous US Abrams, the well known French Leclerc and its German equivalent the Leopard.
Marc Chassillan provides a detailed analysis of each tank, including plans, supporting profiles, and action shots. In addition, there are technical chapters on the machinery, exterior armor, the sight, and weaponry. This is truly the bible for those who are passionate about of modern tanks.
Marc Chassillan is an international specialist of combat tanks. Trained as an engineer, Chassillan has participated in the development of the Leclerc tank and has written numero... |
| 9 x 12.25,
176 pages,
9782352501763,
$55.00,
hardback,
Histoire and Collections,
2/29/2012
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 February 15, 2012 |
La 1RE DLM Au Combat Chars et Blindés de Cavalerie, 1939 - 1940The crucial question of armored divisions initiated by Colonel de Gaulle in 1934 has overshadowed, vis-à-vis the general public, a major element of the development of the French Army during the period of rearmament: Yes, France had, prior to the war, light mechanized divisions (DLM) who had light tanks in name only and who, with their 300 armored vehicles, three dragoon battalions and their 36 guns, were more or less, the French equivalent of the Panzer Divisions. Better still, the concept of the DLM was born in France three years before the idea ever appeared on the other side of the Rhine.
This is the story of the first of these great French units. At dawn on May 10, 1940, the 1st Light Mechanical Division springs on its goal to reach as soon as possible the Netherlands with t... |
| 9 x 12.25,
160 pages,
approximately 500 photographs, 30 profiles, 15 maps, 9782352501633,
$55.00,
hardback,
Histoire and Collections,
2/29/2012
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 February 15, 2012 |
Austrian submarines of World War I were known as "U-boot", an abbreviation of Unterseeboot. This book details the history of the development and operational use by the Austro-Hungarian navy of submarines in WWI. German use of submarines in WW1 is well known – this is the fascinating and little-known history of their major ally’s activities in undersea warfare.
Contains descriptions and specifications of all the boats involved. Profusely illustrated with scale drawings and many rare photos.
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| 8.25 x 11.75,
180 pages,
120+ b/w photos, scale drawings, 9788361421443,
$45.00,
paperback,
MMP,
2/15/2012
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 February 15, 2012 |
Information in English on Japanese WW2 transport aircraft is hard to find, and in this book the story of the Japanese experimental transport designs is told in great detail. The context is explained, with information on the low priority given to transport aircraft and the disastrous implications of that neglect for the Japanese war effort. Fully illustrated with many rare photos and excellent artwork, the various designs and proposals for transport aircraft during the war are described and discussed, both novel designs and adaptations of bomber aircraft.
Giuseppe (Joe) Picarella is a professional graphic artist specializing in aviation, whose work is seen in many major aviation journals. He is also an authority on Japanese WW2 aircraft, with a significant archive of rare phot... |
| 7 x 10,
200 pages,
200+ b/w photos, 100+ color profiles and detail photos, 40+ scale plans, cuteway, 9788361421412,
$69.00,
hardback,
MMP,
2/15/2012
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 February 15, 2012 |
Fall of the Red Baron World War I Aerial Tactics and the Death of RichthofenFighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) lacked innate aerobatic ability. As a tyro, he attempted to solve this problem through denial, going so far as to sneer at stunting as pointless. Great War air combat experience proved quite the reverse, and so we would anticipate a short and sad fighting life for the fellow. Yet the Red Baron became the Great War's single greatest scorer, as measured by total victories. How did he do it?
This book is concerned with tactics, especially those tactics used by the Red Baron and his opponents. It offers the how and why of Great War aerial combat. The author leans heavily on his expertise in engineering and aerodynamic techniques to explain this, with his reasoning presented in a readable, non-mathematical style. Absent are both... |
| 7 x 9.5,
216 pages,
126 b/w photos, sketches, diagrams, 9781906033927,
$49.95,
hardback,
Helion and Company,
2/19/2012
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 February 10, 2012 |
• Complete with comprehensive statistics and amazing color artwork
In this beautifully illustrated book, Eduardo Cea goes into fascinating detail of each of the Special Units and Special Attack Units, commonly known as kamikaze units in the Imperial Navy, or the SimBu-Tai in the Imperial Army, in turn.
Complete with superb full color artwork, battle orders, lists of pilots and other essential facts and figures, this comprehensive history of Japanese Military Aircraft will interest modelers, enthusiasts and historians alike.... |
| 8 x 11.5,
135 pages,
217 illustrations, 9788496935365,
$42.95,
paperback,
AF Editions,
2/2/2012
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 February 10, 2012 |
• Complete with comprehensive statistics and amazing color artwork
In this beautifully illustrated book, Eduardo Cea goes into fascinating detail of each of the Special Units and Special Attack Units in turn.
Complete with superb full color artwork, battle orders, lists of pilots and other essential facts and figures, this comprehensive history of Japanese Military Aircraft will interest modelers, enthusiasts and historians alike.... |
| 8 x 11.5,
195 pages,
164 illustrations, 6 maps, 9788496935372,
$49.00,
paperback,
AF Editions,
2/2/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Aden Insurgency The Savage War in Yemen 1962-67 During the early 1960s the Cold War reached its climax. Britain’s dwindling power in the Middle East was under siege from Arab nationalism, the Communist bloc and from American designs in the region. Aden, with its strategic military base and old Protectorate buffer zone, was soon the main battleground. The 1962 Egyptian-inspired coup in the neighboring kingdom of North Yemen further tightened the noose.
So began a bitter and bloody insurgency war in South Arabia. British regular and special forces were soon pitted against growing and formidable insurgency forces, fighting both a war in the mountains and an urban conflict in the back streets of Aden. Intelligence agencies vied for control of ‘hearts and minds’. The British launched a clandestine war in Yemen to keep their ene... |
| 6 x 9,
352 pages,
17 b/w + 10 maps, 9781848845480,
$50.00,
hardback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
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 January 30, 2012 |
Robert le Page flew with the Fleet Air Arm from 1940 to 1945, mostly in 816 Squadron flying carrier-based Fairey Swordfish. He saw action mine-laying off Cherbourg, hunting U-boats, escorting convoys in the North Atlantic and Arctic seas and covering D-Day. Much of his early war years were aboard HMS Dasher and he was lucky to be ashore when the carrier mysteriously exploded and sank in the Clyde. This decimated 816 Squadron which was eventually re-equipped and then worked up to operational readiness to fly from HMS Tracker.
His story is full of insights into wartime naval flying. For example when they were tasked with finding and attacking German E Boats they found that in a headwind these powerful boats could outdistance the ‘Stringbag’. They devised a plan which was to glide... |
| 6 x 9,
256 pages,
approximately 30 b/w in plate section, 9781848845442,
$39.95,
hardback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
The landing at Suvla Bay, part of the August Offensive, commenced on the night of 6 August 1915. It was intended to support a breakout from Anzac Beach. Despite early hopes from a largely unopposed landing, Suvla was a mismanaged affair that quickly became a stalemate.
The newly formed IX Corps, commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stopford, failed, not for lack of sacrifice by its New Army and Territorials, but because of a failure of generalship. Opportunities were thoughtlessly wasted due to lethargy. Suvla not only signaled the end of Stopford and many of his Brigadiers, but also saw the end of the Commander in Chief, Sir Ian Hamilton. It was the beginning of the end of the Gallipoli gamble and in its own right created a catalyst of disaster that would come to re... |
| 5.5 x 8.5,
192 pages,
120 b/w photos, 9781848845435,
$29.95,
paperback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Quiet Gunner at War, The El Alamein to the Rhine with the Scottish DivisionsIn 1939 Dick Gorle was already a professional soldier but stationed in India. After the Dunkirk disaster he was recalled and initially involved in training recruits at Plymouth before going north to form the Highland Division Gunners.
We hear of the journey to Egypt and thereafter it is intense action at El Alamein under Monty and the long grueling advance to Tripoli. The invasion of Sicily followed and Gorle describes the horrors of war in the mountains and towns while the locals appeared almost oblivious to the momentous events unfolding around them.
Called back to attend Staff College, Gorle rejoined the fray in North West Europe as his Regiment, part of the Lowland Division, received thanks and welcome from those liberated, and fierce and deadly resistance from... |
| 6 x 9,
224 pages,
16 pages b/w plates, 9781848845404,
$39.95,
hardback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Blood, Bilge and Iron Balls is a set of wargame rules for naval battles in the age of sail. With them you can recreate the triumphs of Nelson or Hawke or tackle pirates on the Spanish Main. The rules themselves are very simple and easy to learn. Each player can easily command a single ship or several, the rules working equally well for a single frigate chasing down a privateer, or a large-scale fleet action with multiple players on each side. The basic rules have been written with the emphasis on providing a fast-playing and fun game, but optional rules are included which will add a greater level of historical realism and detail. A unique card-driven turn sequence prevents the game becoming too predictable.
Also included are a selection of scenarios for re-fighting specific ... |
| 6.5 x 9.5,
128 pages,
b/w diagrams throughout, 8 pages color plates, 9781848845343,
$33.95,
hardback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Isandlwana How the Zulus Humbled the British EmpireThe story of the mighty imperial British army’s defeat at Iswandlwana in 1879 has been much written about, but never with the detail and insight revealed by Dr Adrian Greaves’ research. In reconstructing the dramatic and fateful events, the Author draws on recently discovered letters, diaries and papers of survivors and other contemporaries such as Henry Harford, Lt Henry Carling of the Royal Artillery, August Hammar and young British nurse Janet Wells. These, coupled with his own detailed knowledge of the ground, enable the author to paint the most accurate picture yet of this cataclysmic battle that so shamed the British establishment.
We learn for the first time of the complex Zulu decoy, the dishonorable attempt to blame Colonel Durnford for the defeat, evidence of another... |
| 6 x 9,
224 pages,
16 pages b/w plates, 9781848845329,
$39.95,
hardback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
This is the first in a series of game books which put you in command of the forces in engaged in some of history's most famous battles. Your tactical skill and ability to make the right command decision will be tested at every turn of the page. Operation Market Garden in September 1944 was one of the most daring Allied plans of the Second World War. An audacious surprise assault from the air, it was intended to give the Allies a bridgehead across the Rhine, removing the last significant natural barrier on the road to Berlin. If successful it might have shortened the war by months. Will the brave British paratroopers be able to seize the vital bridge at Arnhem and hold it until reinforcements fight their way through? Or will the Germans be able to recover the initiative and crush them in a... |
| 6 x 9,
176 pages,
12 b/w maps, 9781848844841,
$19.95,
paperback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
The British Army was shocked by three military defeats during one week in South Africa in late 1900. The commanding General Sir Redvers Buller lost his nerve. ‘Something must be done’ was the cry across the Empire. Britain sent forth not one, but two military heroes. Field Marshal Lord Roberts and Major General Lord Kitchener spent their first five weeks in South Africa restoring morale, reorganizing their forces and deceiving the enemy as to their intentions. In the next four weeks their offensive transformed the war: Kimberley and Ladysmith were relieved from Boer sieges and an enemy force of 4000 under General Cronje was captured on the Modder River. A long and bitter guerrilla war ensured in a terrain ideally suited to fast-moving Boer commandoes.
On the dark side, dee... |
| 6 x 9,
272 pages,
8 pages b/w plates, 9781848844834,
$50.00,
hardback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Mugabe’s dictatorship had survived due to the vicious military oppression of the population and the ruthless suppression of opposition. At the same time Mugabe has indulged in numerous military interventions outside his borders regardless of the cost in terms of regional stability, lives and money.
The authors examine the background to Mugabe’s accession to power through the black nationalist insurgencies against white rule and the civil war between the black Zimbabweans (ZANLA, ZIPRA and militia groups.) Once Black power was established in 1980, Mugabe launched a brutal campaign in Matabeleland using his Central Intelligence Organization, police, army and the Special Forces 5th Brigade. At least 30,000 ‘insurgents’ and civilians were killed. From 1982 the Zimbabwe Defense F... |
| 6 x 9,
224 pages,
16 pages b/w plates, 9781848844100,
$39.95,
hardback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Blood and Iron Letters from the Western Front Until now Hugh Butterworth was just one of the millions of lost soldiers of the Great War, and the extraordinary letters he sent home from the Western Front have been forgotten. But after more than ninety years of obscurity, these letters, which describe his experience of war in poignant detail, have been rediscovered, and they are published here in full. They are a moving, intensely personal and beautifully written record by an articulate and observant man who witnessed at first hand one of the darkest episodes in European history.
In civilian life Butterworth was a dedicated and much-loved schoolmaster and a gifted cricketer, who served with distinction as an officer in the Rifle Brigade from the spring of 1915. His letters give us a telling insight into the thoughts and rea... |
| 6 x 9,
256 pages,
30 illustrations, 9781848842977,
$39.95,
hardback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Unholy Sabbath The Battle of South Mountain in History and Memory, September 14, 1862Many readers of Civil War history have been led to believe the battle of South Mountain (September 14, 1862) was but a trifling skirmish, a preliminary engagement of little strategic or tactical consequence overshadowed by Antietam’s horrific carnage just three days later. In fact, the fight was a decisive Federal victory and important turning point in the campaign, as historian Brian Matthew Jordan argues convincingly in his fresh interpretation Unholy Sabbath: The Battle of South Mountain in History and Memory, September 14, 1862.
Most writers brush past the mid-September battle in a few paragraphs or a single chapter. Jordan, however, presents a vigorous full-length study based upon extensive archival research, newspaper accounts, regimental histories, official records, postw... |
| 6 x 9,
408 pages,
12 maps throughout, 40 photos, 9781611210880,
$32.95,
hardback,
Savas Beatie,
1/27/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy How War and Hubris Determined the Rise and Fall of the French EmpireA small library could be stocked with books written about Napoleon Bonaparte the general, whose battles and campaigns have been studied extensively. Warriors, however, are not generally known for their diplomatic skills and Napoleon is no exception. After all, conquerors are accustomed to imposing rather than negotiating terms. For Napoleon, however, the arts of war and diplomacy meshed. Napoleon was often as brilliant and successful at diplomacy as he was at war, although at times he could also be as disastrous at the diplomatic table as he was on his final battlefield. William R. Nester’s Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy is the first comprehensive exploration of Napoleon the diplomat and how his abilities in that arena shaped his military campaigns and the rise and fall of the French em... |
| 6 x 9,
432 pages,
6 maps throughout, 9781611210927,
$34.95,
hardback,
Savas Beatie,
1/27/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Ultimate ROTC Guidebook, The Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Excelling in Reserve Officers’ Training CorpsAre you or is someone you know interested in Army ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps)? People join ROTC for many reasons. Some want a guaranteed job once school is finished. Others need help paying for college, want a challenge, or feel a special calling to be a leader in the most powerful military in history. For anyone interested in this topic, The Ultimate ROTC Guidebook: Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Excelling in Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is a must-read necessity.
Cadets come from all walks of life, including students from high school beginning their first year of college, veterans who want to get an education and return to the military as officers, and enlisted personnel who are taking advantage of receiving a free education as they work to transform from an enli... |
| 6 x 9,
168 pages,
18 photos and 8 charts throughout, 9781611210965,
$18.95,
paperback,
Savas Beatie,
1/27/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Indian War Veterans Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the West, 1864-1898Indian War Veterans: Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the West, 1864-1898 presents the first comprehensive collection of veteran (primarily former enlisted soldiers’) reminiscences. The vast majority of these writings have never before seen wide circulation.
Now in paperback, Indian War Veterans addresses soldiers’ experiences throughout the area of the trans-Mississippi West. As readers will quickly discover, the depth and breadth of coverage is truly monumental. Topics include recollections of fighting with Custer and mutilating the dead at Little Bighorn, the Fetterman fight, the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873, battles at Powder River and Rosebud Creek, fighting Crazy Horse at Wolf Mountains, Geronimo and the Apache wars, the Ute and Modoc wars, Wounded Knee, and much m... |
| 6 x 9,
440 pages,
48 photos, plus full-color photo galley of medals, ribbons, and other memorabilia, and 2 maps, 9781611211139,
$24.95,
paperback,
Savas Beatie,
1/27/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Created by SNASCO (Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest, more commonly known as Sud-Ouest) in response to a program established by the French Air Force General Staff in 1951, the Vautour is a turbojet shoulder-wing monoplane with a swept wing and flying tail. Three versions have been built since its inception: version A, the ground attack monoplane; B, a two-seat bomber; and N, a two-seat all-weather interceptor.
After an inaugural flight in October 1952, the official delivery of the first Vautour was in May 1956; however, by the end of 1958, the initial order of 300 aircraft was reduced to 140 due to budgetary issues. Israel purchased close to thirty aircraft, which were utilized during the six-day war, many of which remained in service until 1972. As... |
| 7.75 x 9.5,
64 pages,
9782352502074,
$24.95,
paperback,
Histoire and Collections,
11/19/2011
|
 January 30, 2012 |
The Mirage 2000N program was launched in 1978 to accomplish intercept missions and medium-range air to surface nuclear attacks in order to eventually replace the Mirage IVP which was terminated in 1990.
Based on the Mirage 2000B, it is equipped with a weapons system organized around an Antelope radar system, enabling automatic navigation and field monitoring, all while maintaining its in-flight auto-defense capabilities.
While the first models were only capable of carrying nuclear missiles, beginning with the 2000N-K2, the aircraft is now able to undertake conventional ground attack missions, with a large array of traditional bombs. The line of Mirage 2000N aircraft are a key element at the very heart of the French Strategic Air Command.... |
| 7.75 x 9.5,
112 pages,
9782352502081,
$27.95,
paperback,
Histoire and Collections,
11/19/2011
|
 January 30, 2012 |
Imperial General The Remarkable Career of Petellius CerialisPetilius Cerealis is one of the few Imperial Roman officers, below the level of Emperor, whose career it is possible to follow in sufficient detail to write a coherent biography. Fortunately his career was a remarkably eventful and colorful one. With a knack for being caught up in big events and emerging unscathed despite some hairy adventures (and scandal, usually involving some local wench) he appears to have been a Roman version of Blackadder and Flashman combined.
Cerealis was in Britain when Boudicca's revolt erupted (60 or 61 AD) and marched to confront her. He lost most of his force but narrowly escaped with his own skin intact. In 69 AD, the infamously tumultuous 'year of the four emperors', he was in Rome, the seat of conspiracy. When his uncle, none other than Vespasi... |
| 6 x 9,
256 pages,
approximately 6 maps, 8 pages b/w plates, 9781848841192,
$39.95,
hardback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
|
 January 30, 2012 |
This latest volume in the Roman Conquests series deals with some of the best known Roman campaigns of all. Indeed, due to the involvement of Julius Caesar and the commentaries he wrote upon them, these are some of the most studied of any ancient campaigns.
Before Caesar, however, Rome had already established a foothold across the Alps in Gaul (the Province, modern Provence) and Michael M Sage starts with these early acquisitions which were largely reactive and defensive. The Gauls were one of the great warrior societies of ancient Europe and some of Rome's heaviest defeats were suffered here at the end of the second century BC.
This context makes all the more remarkable the dazzling success of the audacious campaigns, just half a century later, by which Caesar rapidly completed the ini... |
| 6 x 9,
208 pages,
8 pages color plates, and 6 b/w maps, 9781848841444,
$39.95,
hardback,
Pen and Sword,
2/2/2012
|
 January 15, 2012 |
While conquering Greece and Macedonia the Romans defeated an intervention by the Seleucid Empire, the most powerful of the Hellenistic states founded by Alexander the Great's successors. Soon Roman armies crossed to Asia for the first time to carry the war to the Seleucids. Here they faced one of the most sophisticated armies of the ancient world, evolved from Alexander's all-conquering war machine with the exotic additions of elephants, scythed chariots and heavily armored cataphract cavalry. The Seleucids also possessed a formidable navy.
The Roman army defeated the Seleucids at the epic battle of Magnesia in 190 BC, which marked the beginning of a long decline for Seleucid power in Asia . This, however, allowed other states to come to the fore, most notably Pontus . In the... |
| 6 x 9.25,
192 pages,
8 pages color plates, incuding 4 specially commissioned color artworks, approx 6 b/w maps, 9781844159710,
$39.95,
hardback,
Pen and Sword,
1/11/2012
|
 January 15, 2012 |
Remembering the Dragon Lady The U-2 Spy Plane: Memoirs of the Men Who Made the LegendWith heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the U-2 project. Modified USAF bombers began overflights of the Soviet Union in 1951, but existing lower flying aircraft in the US inventory were vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire and a number of cross-border flights were shot down.
To meet the challenge and improve the survivability, the Lockheed Corporation received approval for their revolutionary design of a new recon aircraft on December 9, 1954. The company began work under a heavy veil of secrecy with only 81 people, including 25 engineers. A test pilot flew the first flight on August 1, 1955, after only eight months of production, a record-break... |
| 6 x 9,
400 pages,
100 photos, 1 map, 9781907677205,
$49.95,
hardback,
Helion and Company,
1/11/2012
|
 January 15, 2012 |
Pictorial history of the two “Victory Air Displays” in Prague, Czechoslovakia after WW2. They included aircraft from Allied counties such as the USA, UK and France, with many WW2 aircraft. The range of aircraft on display included the P-51D Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, B-17, B-29, A-26B Invader, F-80A Shooting Star, Spitfire, Meteor Mk. IV, Vampire, Lincoln, Anson and Avro York.
A fascinating and unusual glimpse of the aviation scene in Eastern Europe before the Iron Curtain came down, and some rare photos of major aircraft of the period.
... |
| 8.25 x 11.75,
144 pages,
250 b/w photos, 32 color profiles and detail photos, 9788361421429,
$25.00,
paperback,
MMP,
12/19/2011
|
 January 15, 2012 |
Finding the Fallen Outstanding Aircrew Mysteries from the First World War to Desert Storm Investigated and SolvedThe logical successor to the highly acclaimed Finding the Few and Finding the Foe, this new work covers a selection of similar mysteries involving missing aircrew and spanning almost the entire twentieth century.
Starting with a reappraisal of the Mannock affair, the author highlights the fates variously of RAF, USAF, Luftwaffe personnel from bomber, reconnaissance and fighter crews. Each case is examined with a microscopic and forensic approach worthy of Silent Witness, and evaluates the detective work involved in unraveling these long-unsolved disappearances of lost airmen. In many cases there is a satisfactory conclusion with ‘closure’ achieved – although some question marks are left hanging unanswered over other equally fascinating cases.
Every bit as intriguing ... |
| 6.75 x 9.75,
208 pages,
b/w photos throughout, 9781908117106,
$39.95,
hardback,
Grub Street Publishing,
12/27/2011
|
 January 15, 2012 |
Raw Courage The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of Four RAF Brothers in ArmsThis is the captivating story of the four Raw brothers, all of whom served with the Royal Air Force. The eldest three flew during WW2 and all three died.
The youngest, not old enough to see wartime flying, flew night-fighters in the postwar years, ending up flying Spitfires with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. The eldest brother, John, was killed in a flying accident just as he was starting a job as a flying instructor, in 1941. Peter was a fighter pilot, flying Typhoons with 609 Squadron, winning the DFC. Sadly he was killed in action with 183 Squadron in 1944. Tony flew Hampden and Lancaster bombers, received the DFC and AFC, but was also killed in action in 1944.
Their father had been a naval officer, serving mainly in destroyers in WW1, winning the DSC... |
| 5.75 x 8.25,
224 pages,
16 pages b/w photos, 9781908117137,
$39.95,
hardback,
Grub Street Publishing,
12/27/2011
|
 January 15, 2012 |
Special Ops Liberators 223 (Bomber Support) Squadron, 100 Group, and the Electronic WarThe work of the RAF’s 100 Group remains one of the least known aspects of the 1939-45 war. Even less has been written about the specifics of day-to-day electronic warfare operations and the countermeasures employed. This book, the result of many years meticulous research by Squadron Leader Richard Forder RAF (Ret’d) redresses the balance by focussing on one the heavy units, 223, and its sister units at RAF Oulton, Norfolk.
Equipped with former USAAF Liberators, they operated from August 1944 to the end of the European war, with a primary role of protecting Bomber Command Main Force ops by radio and radar countermeasures against German defenses. By analyzing original documents and recording first hand accounts from both sides of the conflict, including those of Main Force personn... |
| 6 x 9.25,
224 pages,
16 pages b/w photos, 9781908117144,
$39.95,
hardback,
Grub Street Publishing,
12/27/2011
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 January 15, 2012 |
‘Nothing to touch the glory of the great cartoonists!...they teach the historians their trade' said the former Labor Party leader Michael Foot, a view also held by Winston Churchill. However, though many of the cartoons of international conflicts from the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars until the end of the Second World War have become iconic, very little is known about their creators. This book puts the record straight by assembling, for the first time in a single volume, brief biographies of 300 of the most significant international artists of the past two centuries who drew political cartoons and caricatures during wartime, not only in national newspapers and magazines but also in posters, prints and books.
Artists from more than 30 countries - and working on both sides of ... |
| 7.75 x 10,
192 pages,
color and b/w illustrations throughout, 9781908117083,
$39.95,
hardback,
Grub Street Publishing,
12/27/2011
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 January 15, 2012 |
Heinrich Hoffman was a key part in the making of the Hitler legend, the photographer who carefully crafted the image of the Führer as a godlike figure. Hoffmann published his first book of photographs in 1919, following his work as an official photographer for the German army. In 1920 he joined the Nazi Party, and his association with Hitler began.
He became Hitler's official photographer and traveled with him extensively. He took over two million photographs of Hitler, and they were distributed widely, including on postage stamps, an enterprise that proved very profitable for both men. Hoffmann published several books on Hitler in the 1930s, including The Hitler Nobody Knows (1933). Hoffmann and Hitler were very close, and he acted not only as a personal confidante - his memo... |
| 5.5 x 8.5,
256 pages,
9781848326088,
$39.95,
hardback,
Frontline Books,
1/11/2012
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 January 15, 2012 |
Bismarck The Final Days of Germany’s Greatest BattleshipA gripping tale of heroism —and doom—on the high seas . . .
The sinking of the German battleship Bismarck—a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a main artillery of eight 15-inch guns—was one of the most dramatic events of World War II. She left the port of Gotenhafen for her first operation on the night of 18 May 1941, yet was almost immediately discovered by Norwegian resistance and Allied air reconnaissance. British battlecruiser Hood was quickly dispatched from Scapa Flow to intercept the Bismarck, together with new battleship Prince of Wales. They were ordered to find the ship quickly because, on their way from the USA, several large convoys were heading for Britain.
On 24 May, Bismarck was found off the coast of Greenland, but the ensuing battle was dis... |
| 6 x 9,
328 pages,
8 pages b/w photos, 9781612000756,
$16.95,
paperback,
Casemate,
1/19/2012
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