WAR & MILITARY HISTORY
mission to wartime Moscow.
Lorenz SERIES
World Encyclopedias 1st February, hb, £15, 97807548357 Expert armaments histories from medieval times to the present. Includes comprehensive illustrated directories with full technical specifications. The World Encyclopedia of Pistols, Revolvers and Submachine Gun Will Fowler, Anthony North, Charles Stronge, Logan Metesh 69 The World Encyclopedia of Rifles and Machine Guns Will Fowler and Patrick Sweeney, T Logan Metesh 76
Macmillan
Warhead Nicholas Wright 26th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781035013982 Essential book for understanding our |divided world by a renowned brain surgeon and strategic advisor to the UK and US governments.
Voices of Victory Geraint Jones 24th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781035070046 Published for the 80th anniversary of VE Day, this is the new oral history of the bloody battle to take Germany in 1945.
Manchester University Press
Blitzkrieg and the Russian Art of War Andrew Monaghan 1st July, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781526164520 Examines contemporary Russian military thinking, moving beyond hybrid warfare to address key concepts and Russia’s challenge to the international order and its role in global affairs.
Michael O’Mara
SAS: Duty Before Glory Tony Rushmer 8th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781789297591 Biography of SAS Original Reg Seekings, from humble beginnings in the Cambridgeshire Fens to his instrumental role in the success of the SAS during the Second World War.
Osprey Publishing
Boots on the Ground Leigh Neville 13th February, hb, eb, £30, 9781472846846 Written by an expert in modern conflicts, this illustrated volume provides an examination of ground warfare over the past 20 years and looks ahead to the future.
SERIES
The Guadalcanal- Solomons Campaign Jeffrey Cox Esteemed Pacific War historian’s fast-paced and absorbing accounts of the main stages of the 1943-44 campaign. Dark Waters, Starry Skies 13th March, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781472849878 Devil’s Fire, Southern Cross 5th June, hb, eb, £30, 9781472864482
Clean Sweep Thomas McKelvey Cleaver 8th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781472855459 Vivid history packed with firsthand accounts of the US Eighth Air Force’s VIII Fighter Command from its foundation through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany.
To Besiege a City Prit Buttar 8th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781472856562 History of the siege of Leningrad, masterfully brought to life by an expert using Russian and German source material.
Light Panzers Thomas Anderson 24th April, hb, eb, £35, 9781472861771 Illustrated study recalls the full story of the German light Panzers in the Second World War.
Mediterranean Sweep Thomas McKelvey Cleaver 13th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781472863454 Filled with personal accounts of the action, this book details the USAAF’s tactical and strategic campaigns in the skies over Italy in the Second World War.
Bagration 1944 Prit Buttar 13th March, hb, eb, £30, 9781472863515 Fascinating history of the great summer offensive launched by the Red Army in 1944 which turned the tide of the war.
Warship 2025 John Jordan, Stephen Dent 8th May, hb, eb, £45, 9781472868541 Celebrated annual publication featuring original research on the history, development and service records of the world’s warships.
Opening the Gates of Hell: Germany’s Invasion of Russia, June-July 1941 Richard Hargreaves 5th June, hb, eb, £30, 9781472869463 The opening weeks of history’s largest, most brutal, conflict told through the eyes of those who were there and based on original source material.
Oxford University Press
Hitler’s Deserters Douglas Carl Peifer 7th April, hb, eb, £26.99, 9780197539668 The German military executed between 18,000 and 22,000 of its personnel on the charges of desertion. Who were they and why did they desert?
Gettysburg Adam IP Smith 8th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780199671274 Engaging and succinct overview of why the battle of Gettysburg happened, its outcome and why it mattered.
The Battle of Manila Nicholas Evan Sarantakes 1st May, hb, eb, £22.99, 9780199948857 Thrilling, in-depth look at the battle for Manila, one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War and a culmination point of the war in the Pacific theatre.
Pan
D-Day: The Unheard Tapes Geraint Jones 8th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035049677 History is brought vividly to life in this fresh, authentic and action-packed account of the largest amphibian assault the world has ever seen.
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 Max Hastings 3rd April, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781035022847 From one of Britain’s most highly regarded military historians.
Pen & Sword Books
Behind Enemy Lines in France and the Far East Maxine Harcourt-Kelly 28th February, hb, £25, 9781036106461 Fascinating biography of a Jedburgh operative written by his daughter-in-law.
Pen & Sword Military
Montgomery Vs Rommel At El Agheila 1942 Zita Ballinger Fletcher 28th February, hb, £25, 9781036108137 Sheds light on an overlooked battle that formed a turning point in the Second World War.
The Gorodomlya Island Project Amanda Vickers 28th February, hb, £25, 9781036108823 Biography of Bruce Neville Cox, a Cold War veteran from the RAF, written by his daughter.
The Wars Between Greeks and Carthaginians Sotirios Drokalos 28th February, hb, £22, 9781036116408 Examines the neglected conflict for domination of the western Medit- erranean that spanned half a millennium.
Jungle Ghosts Ed Mann 30th March, hb, £25, 9781036117429 Experience close combat in thick jungle with a soldier who led the way into some of the most dangerous places in Vietnam.
Nikephoros Il Phokas, 912-969 Ilkka Syvanne 30th March, hb, £29.99, 9781399005289 First-ever English- language biography of the man who broke the stranglehold of Islam over Byzantine Rome.
With the Royal Tank Regiment in Korea Jim Selway 28th February, hb, £25, 9781399038461 Deeply personal recollection of serving as a subaltern in the 1950s.
Nursing at the Frontline Graham Bandy 28th February, hb, £25, 9781399088428 The story of a male RAF nursing orderly in the Second World War told in his own words.
Tiberius Lindsay Powell 30th March, hb, £25, 9781473837973 Overdue reappraisal of Rome’s second emperor.
The Battle of Munda 45 BC Gareth C Sampson 28th February, hb, £22, 9781526793706 Detailed analysis of the final battle between Julius Caesar and Pompeian diehards.
Picador
Judgement at Tokyo Gary J Bass 6th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781509812769 Conclusive account of the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946-48. Longlisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford prize for Non-Fiction.
Princeton University Press
Worlds of Unfreedom Roquinaldo Ferreira 29th July, hb, eb, £30, 9780691177588 African-centred account of the protracted battle to end the slave trade connects local and global histories.
The Machine Has a Soul Katy Hull 17th June, pb, eb, £22, 9780691208138 Historical look at American fascination with Italian fascism during the interwar period.
The Last Peasant War Jakub S Beneš 25th March, hb, eb, £35, 9780691212531 A history of the largely forgotten peasant revolution that swept central and eastern Europe after the First world War and how it changed the course of history.
The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought George Steinmetz 25th February, pb, eb, £25, 9780691237442 A new history of French social thought that links postwar sociology to colonialism and empire.
The Conqueror’s Gift Michael Maas 18th March, hb, eb, £42, 9780691259024 The essential role of ethnographic thought in the Roman empire and how it evolved in Late Antiquity.
Quercus Publishing
Four Shots in the Night Henry Hemming
27th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529426779 The riveting story of how the death of a spy in the IRA led to the biggest murder investigation in British history.
SAS Great Escapes 4 Damien Lewis 22nd May, hb, eb, £22, 9781529441093 Latest from the regiment’s de facto historian.
SAS: My Trial by Fire Des Powell 5th June, hb, eb, £22, 9781529441918 Meet the only person to pass SAS selection twice.
Schiffer Publishing
SERIES
Legends of Warfare: Naval hb, 9780764368 Concise pictorial guides with numerous images. USS Arizona (BB-39) David Doyle 28th April, £22.99, 868 USS Massachusetts (BB-59) David Doyle 28th April, £27.99, 875 Kaga and Akagi Hans Lengerer, Lars Ahlberg 28th May, £27.99, 936
F-4 Phantom II David Doyle 28th May, hb, £22.99, 9780764369025 Concise pictorial guide with more than 200 images.
Kaman H-2 Seasprite Wayne Mutza 28th July, hb, £40.99, 9780764369339 Detailed, illustrated history. More than 300 illustrations.
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