WAR & MILITARY HISTORY
War & military history
Air World
Mosquito Night Intruder Ace Danny Burt 28th February, hb, £20, 9781399017862 Biography of one of the RAF’s Intruder pilots of the Second World War.
A Royal Navy Cold War Buccaneer Pilot Simon Kershaw 30th March, hb, £20, 9781399040129 Vivid and powerful story of life on board the Royal Navy’s Cold War aircraft carriers.
The Dambusters— ‘Was It Worth It?’ John Sweetman 30th March, hb, £25, 9781399063814 Based on interviews and correspondence with those closely associated with and involved in the Dambusters raid.
Spitfire Faces Dilip Sarkar 30th March, hb, £25, 9781399065313 Unique collection of images of men and women linked to the superlative Supermarine Spitfire.
My Flying Boat War Vic Hodgkinson 30th March, hb, £20, 9781399065610 One Second World War pilot’s own account of his part in the Battle of the Atlantic and campaigns in the Mediterranean and Pacific.
From the Battle of Britain to Bombing Hitler’s Berchtesgaden Michael Bazin, Fenella Bazin 30th March, hb, £20, 9781399066907 Biography of an RAF pilot who flew fighters and heavy bombers from the very first to the very last days of the Second World War.
Cheating Hitler Martin W Bowman 28th February, hb, £25, 9781399073257 Compiled from detailed correspondence with some of the last surviving aircrew.
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The Hunting Falcon Christopher A Lawrence, Jay Karamales 30th March, hb, £25, 9781399085014 This is the first time that Buddecke’s autobiogra- phy has been published in the English language.
Amber Books
Pearl Harbor Andrew Wiest 14th May, hb, £19.99, 9781838862640 Illustrated history of this key turning point in the Second World War. Includes rarely seen photographs.
Military Drones Alexander Stilwell 14th June, hb, £17.99, 9781838862916 Arranged by country of origin, Military Drones is a complete illustrated guide to the unmanned aerial vehicles used by the world’s armed forces.
SERIES
Technical Guides 14th June, hb, £17.99, 9781838862 Detailed guides to key types of military technol- ogy with detailed artwork and specifications. Battleships of World War I & World War II EV Martindale vol 15 947 American Tanks of World War II Stephen Hart, Russell A Hart vol 16 893
SERIES
Landscape Pocket Robert Jackson 14th May, pb, £12.99, 97817827455 Illustrated pocket guides feature detailed specifica- tions and full-colour multi- view artworks and photos. Aircraft of World War II vol 7 56
Modern Military Aircraft vol 6 25
Aircraft of the Special Forces Edward Ward 14th July, hb, £17.99, 9781838862992 Arranged by type, this is a complete manual to the aircraft used by special forces around the world. Fully illustrated.
The Red Army in WWII David Porter 14th March, pb, £24.99, 9781838862886 Shows the strengths and organisational structures of the Red Army’s ground forces campaign by campaign, with diagrams and maps showing the disposition of units.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
Western Allied Forces of WWII Michael E Haskew 14th March, pb, £24.99, 9781838862879 A campaign-by-campaign guide.
Amberley
Hitler’s Aristocrats Susan Ronald 15th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781398117051 Ronald takes readers into the shadowy world of the aristocrats and business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic who secretly aided Hitler and Nazi Germany.
Centuries Will Not Suffice: A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust Prit Buttar 15th April, hb, eb, £25, 9781398115156 Ninety-five per cents of Lithuania’s 200,000-plus Jews were exterminated during the Holocaust. Why did this small Baltic state prove to be the most efficient killing field of all?
Burgenland David Joseph 15th May, hb, eb, £25, 9781398116931 Dazzling, multigenera- tional examination explor- ing Jewishness in Europe, the Holocaust, and the dark spectres of anti- Semitism and populism.
Tally-ho
Patrick G Eriksson 15th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781398111622 Have the squadron lead- ers and flight command- ers who led the air crews into battle over southern England in autumn 1940 been neglected in the history books? Eriksson thinks so.
Radio Hitler Nathan Morley, Wolfgang Bauernfeind 15th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781398115460 New in paperback, in-depth look at German home service radio stations during the Second World War. Fasci- nating insight into how the Nazi war machine sought to shape public opinion at home and abroad.
Love With No Tomorrow Mindelle Pierce, Michael Berenbaum 15th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781398115477 Heartwrenching volume uses hundreds of hours of interviews with Holocaust survivors and their chil- dren to present firsthand accounts of relationships
that blossomed in exter- mination camps.
Barbarossa Through German Eyes Jonathan Trigg 15th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781398115514 The story of the world’s largest ever invasion through the voices of the men and women who witnessed it.
Military Camouflage Bernard Lowry 15th July, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781398108608 Lavishly illustrated, this is a history of military concealment.
Whispering Walls David Crossland 15th May, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781398111882 Explores a little-known legacy left behind by soldiers on the Western Front of the First World War—wall markings and graffiti that offer a revealing insight into the thoughts and feelings of young men far from home.
Dorset’s Military Heritage Dean Hollands 15th June, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781398109261 Will interest anyone keen to know more about the county’s remarkable military history.
And Other Stories
Shalash the Iraqi Shalash the Iraqi, Luke Leafgren (tr), Kanan Makiya 2nd May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781913505646 Starting life as a pseudonymous Baghdadi blog during the Second Iraq War, Shalash the Iraqi is at once a slapstick serial novel and a vital historical document.
Arcturus
The Story of the SS Al Cimino 1st February, pb, £9.99, 9781398808164 Gripping account of the rise and fall of Hitler’s paramilitary organisation and the shocking atrocities committed in its name, from the Night of the Long Knives to the Holocaust.
Blink
The Secret History of the Five Eyes Richard Kerbaj 6th July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781789465587 First published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain
and the United States that industrialised espionage operations.
Boydell Press
A Cultural History of the Medieval Sword Robert W Jones 23rd May, hb, eb, £30, 9781837650361 Study takes the sword beyond its functional role as a tool for killing and considers it as a cultural artefact.
Calon
Escape to Gwrych Castle Andrew Hesketh 8th June, hb, £18.99, 9781915279545 In 1939 a number of German Jewish refugee children, brought over on the Kindertransport, found themselves in Abergele. Their temporary new home? Gwrych Castle, where a Hachshara was being set up.
Cambridge University Press
Hitler’s Panzer Generals David Stahel 27th April, hb, eb, £25, 9781009282819 Comparative biography of four of Germany’s leading panzer commanders on the Eastern Front, based on their private wartime letters.
C Hurst
How to Fight a War Mike Martin 30th March, hb, eb, £22, 9781787389304
Indispensable handbook for understanding the dynamics of modern warfare and the decisions made by politicians and generals
Frontline Books
The Plot of Shame Paul Johnson 28th February, hb, £25, 9781399011778 Reveals how the cases surrounding those buried in Plot E—executed American servicemen— are violent, disturbing and often brutal.
Pearl Harbor’s Revenge Rod Macdonald 30th March, hb, £25, 9781399013291 Explores the events of 7 December 1941, and how six of the eight battleships damaged by the Japanese attack were restored and put back into action.
The Race for the Atomic Bomb Norman Ridley
V Force Boys Tony Blackman,
30th March, hb, £25, 9781399040327 The full story of the nations at war looking for the ultimate weapon.
The Coalitions Against Napoleon William Nester 30th March, hb, £25, 9781399043021 Explores how Britain developed and asserted the financial, manufactur- ing and military power to beat Napoleon.
The Great Redan At Sebastopol James W Bancroft 30th March, hb, £25, 9781399060523 Vivid eyewitness accounts of this part of the Crimean War.
Hitler’s Last Chance Kevin Prenger 28th February, hb, £20, 9781399072977 The story behind one of the last propaganda films made and shown in the Third Reich.
Wars of the Roses Paul Kendall 28th February, hb, £25, 9781399097512 AInvestigation of the buildings, monuments, towns and battlefields of a turbulent era in England and Wales.
Storming Hitler’s British Fortress Simon Hamon, John Grehan 30th March, hb, £25, 9781473893771 Tells the full story of all the Commando raids undertaken against the Channel Islands in the Second World War.
Greenhill Books
The Sinking of the Blucher Geirr H Haarr, Tor Melien 30th March, hb, £25, 9781784388751 Spectacularly thorough account of the sinking of the German cruiser.
Grub Street
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