WAR & MILITARY HISTORY
Nose Art of the 5th Air Force David Vincent 28th July, hb, £63.99, 9780764369216 More than 1,000 images of the boldest aircraft nose artworks of the 5th Air Force during the Second World War. Includes contextual information on individual artists and specific planes.
Sona Books
Victory in Europe Mike Lepine 19th April, hb, £22.50, 9781917259088 Commemorates the 80th anniversary of the day the guns fell silent at the end of the war in Europe.
Churchill and the Generals Mike Lepine 12th May, hb, £22.50, 9781917259125 The incredible story of an erratic, impossible English genius pitted against the skills of his generals in a battle which influenced the destiny of mankind.
Summersdale
War Dog Heroes Ben Holt 8th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781837993857 Moving tribute to the war dogs who supported their human comrades through the world’s most challenging conflicts.
SERIES
The First World War: A Miscellany Norman Ferguson 10th July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781837996292 The Second World War: A Miscellany Norman Ferguson 9781837996315 Through anecdotes and statistics and drawing on letters, speeches and official reports these are comprehensive and compelling guides.
The History Press
17th July, hb, eb, £30, 9780750997966 Story through artefacts of the SOE, an undercover outfit of fifth columnists tasked to mobilise resistance, hamstring the enemy and pave the way for D-Day.
The QE2 in the Falklands War Ronald W Warwick, David Humphreys 6th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781803997384 The pivotal role played by the liner presented by two of the volunteers who crewed her.
Over the Wall Will Britten 10th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781803998565 Former intelligence officer lifts the lid on his work for military liaison outfit the British Commanders’-in- Chief Mission to the Soviet Forces in Germany at the height of the Cold War.
Rocket and Jet Aircraft of the Third Reich Terry C Treadwell 27th February, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781803999036 Unrivalled insight into the aircraft that made Germany an almost indomitable enemy.
Not While I Have Ammo Jim Corbett 27th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781803999043 A history of the Defender of the Strand.
The University of Michigan Press
The Community of Nuchi Du Takara in Postwar Okinawa Masamichi 10th February, pb, £40.95, 9780472057146 Explores Okinawan resistance to the US military presence with a focus on the cultural concept of nuchi du takara and its role in local activism.
From Kosovo to Darfur Sidita Kushi 7th July, pb, £33.95, 9780472057443 Analyses post-Cold War humanitarian inter- ventions, highlighting how geographical and cultural proximity influences the likelihood and intensity of international military responses.
Unbound
SOE in 100 Objects Belinda Curwen
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The Hush-kit Book of Warplanes 2 Joe Coles
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
15th May, hb, £35, 9781789651690 Richly illustrated collection of articles, interviews and exclusive new material from the world’s number one alternative aviation website.
Verso Books
War and Money Maurizio Lazzarato 13th May, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781804296561 Lazzarato demonstrates the inevitable conse- quences of capitalist expansion.
Wildfire
Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of Nato Peter Apps 20th February, pb, £14.99, 9781035405794 A history of the intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states from the Second World War to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Japan’s War Stewart Binns 24th April, hb, £25, 9781472295255 Using remarkable firsthand material to explore Japanese tactics across the largest geographic theatre of war.
Yale University Press
Nuclear Weapons: An International History David Holloway 27th May, hb, eb, £25, 9780300229448 Groundbreaking history from the invention of nuclear weapons to the end of the Cold War.
Vigilance is Not Enough Mark M Lowenthal 24th June, hb, eb, £35, 9780300269291 Broad and deep survey of American intelligence from before the Revolution to the present.
Mission Europe Kate Vigurs 27th May, hb, £20, 9780300272697 The remarkable history of the women who worked for the Special Operations Executive across occupied Europe.
No More Napoleons Andrew Lambert 24th June, hb, eb, £25, 9780300275551 How for just over a century Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte by manipulating European
powers as it built a global maritime empire.
Second Front Marc Milner 22nd April, hb, eb, £30, 9780300278873 Revelatory account of the Second World War and how bitter competition between the Allies would shape the postwar world.
Normandy: The Sailors’ Story Nick Hewitt 25th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780300281095 First account of Allied navies’ vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign.
Supremacy at Sea Evan Mawdsley 13th May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780300283884 Propulsive account of the US Navy’s fast carrier force and how its Central Pacific campaign in 1944 marked the achievement of American naval supremacy.
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