WAR & MILITARY HISTORY
Anthony Wright 31st March, vol 16, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781911667360 Intriguing collection of stories from ground and aircrew of the Valiant, Victor and Vulcan aircraft.
25th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529369069 Astonishing tale of the hero who escaped from Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the Holocaust.
Lorenz Books
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the Ancient Greek World Kevin F Kiley 1st June, hb, £20, 9780754830993 Incredible visual study of the military dress, artillery and weaponry in historical context.
Fleet Air Arm Boys Vol 4 Steve Bond 30th June, hb, £25, 9781911667438 Final instalment focuses on those who served in the Fleet Air Arm. Perfect conclusion to popular series on an astounding naval branch.
Naval Aviator Chris Taylor 31st May, hb, £25, 9781911667452 From the author of Test Pilot this absorbing book accurately captures life as a Royal Navy officer and Fleet Air Arm pilot during the Cold War.
Hodder & Stoughton
Escape From Kabul Levison Wood, Geraint Jones 23rd March, hb, eb, £20, 9781399718127 As the Taliban go door to door executing “collabo- rators”, a force of para- troopers and marines set about evacuating as many Afghans and their families as possible.
John Murray
Cinderella Boys Leo McKinstry 8th June, hb, eb, £25, 9781529319361 Remarkable story of the unsung RAF force that rescued Britain from Hitler’s U-boats and made Allied victory possible.
Forgotten Warriors Sarah Percy 6th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781529344318 From the Amazons to the Ukraine conflict, women have always been on the frontline of war. This is their surprising and heroic history.
The Escape Artist Jonathan Freedland
Military Motorcycles of the World Pat Ware 1st February, hb, £15, 9780754835615 From the early years of the 20th century to the present day, an illustrated A–Z of more than 160 vehicles from around the world.
Illustrated Guide to Military Vehicles Pat Ware 1st February, hb, £15, 9780754835622 The development and production of the military vehicle, from the first basic trucks, through the inter- war years, to the special- ised vehicles in the Second World War and beyond.
Macmillan
Warriors in Scarlet Ian Knight 11th May, hb, eb, £25, 9780230767300 Authoritative new history of Queen Victoria’s army.
Manchester University Press
The Sea in Russian Strategy Andrew Monaghan (ed), Richard Connolly (ed) 27th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781526168788 Brings together leading specialists to reflect on historical and contemporary aspects of Russian maritime power.
McFarland
British Fortifications, 1485-1945: An Illustrated History Jean-Denis GG Lepage 31st March, pb, £55, 9781476689715 Details British fortifications from the Tudor period around 1485 through to the end of the Second World War.
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Stalingrad Lives
Hurricane: The Plane That Won the War Jacky Hyams 1st June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781789294880 The history of the remarkable aircraft, the workhorse of the RAF, that defended the skies above Britain. With documents, letters and firsthand accounts from those who designed, built and flew it.
Ian Garner 15th February, hb, eb, £49.99, 9780228014188 Selection of short stories reveals the real Russian narrative of the battle for Stalingrad—an epic story of death, martyrdom, resurrection and utopian beginnings.
Enemy Archives Lubomyr Luciuk, Volodymyr Viatrovych (ed) 15th February, hb, eb, £92, 9780228014669 In waging a war against Ukraine and reanimating Soviet-era propaganda that portrayed Ukrainians as Nazi collaborators and fascists, fresh pertinence is given to the experiences of the Ukrainian national- ist underground.
Michael O’Mara Books
Naxos AudioBooks
The Gallic War Julius Caesar 1st April, audiobook, £19.50, 9781781984369 Caesar’s account of his campaigns against the Germans and the Gauls, translated by Carolyn Hammond and read by David Timson.
O’Brien Press
Strongbow: The Norman Invasion of Ireland Conor Kostick 22nd May, pb, £14.99, 9781788493833 Powerful and absorbing account of an extraordinary era in Ireland’s history. With colourful personalities and sharp political twists and turns, Strongbow’s story is a fascinating one.
Oxford University Press
Waterloo: Great Battles Alan Forrest 27th April, pb, £12.99, 9780199663262 The story of Waterloo’s significance in the histories of the nations involved, from the forging of Britishness to the cult of Napoleon.
Pan
The Greatest Escape Neil Churches 18th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529060355 The incredible story of the largest PoW escape in the Second World War, organised by ordinary men who ultimately did something extraordinary.
Penguin
Red Devils Mark Urban 6th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780241995228 Widely praised, autho- rised history of the Para- chute Regiment in the Second World War.
Penguin (Cornerstone)
SAS—Battle Ready Dominic Utton 25th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781789295290 Focuses on the most infamous operations undertaken by the SAS, from its inception in the Second World War to the present day.
The Red Arrows David Montenegro 11th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529159578 The first official story of the Red Arrows, from their “Top Gun” and Wing Commander, celebrating the history of Britain’s famous flying squad.
Pen & Sword Military
Black Space David Axe
30th March, hb, £25, 9781399014236 Space-based super- weapons, their architects, and the high-stakes politics that reined them in.
Colonel Strutt’s Daring Royal Mission Diana Tritton 28th February, hb, £25, 9781399060424 One of the great adventure stories of the Great War. Col Strutt deserves to be better known.
Double Agent Balloon David Tremain 28th February, hb, £25, 9781399061094 The unique story of Dickie Metcalfe, codename Balloon, a disgraced army officer who became an MI5 spy in the Second World War and later a celebrated motor racing driver.
Churchill’s German Special Forces Paul Moorcraft 30th March, hb, £20, 9781399061285 Reveals the existence of hitherto secret German- speaking units working for the Allies in the Second World War.
Emperor Septimius Severus Ilkka Syvänne 28th February, hb, £30, 9781399066655 Excellent analysis of the organisation, tactics and equipment of the Roman army of the period, as well as of their major enemies, and the impact of Severus’ reforms.
The First Enigma Codebreaker Robert Gawlowski 28th February, hb, £20, 9781399069106 Examination of how Marian Rejewski changed the course of cryptology by using mathematics and then passed the baton to Alan Turing.
Fighting for the French Foreign Legion Nils Elmark 30th March, hb, £25, 9781399069151 First book to tell the modern story of the American volunteers in the Foreign Legion from an outsiders viewpoint.
The SAS in Occupied France Gavin Mortimer 30th March, hb, £19.99, 9781526769589 The second volume of the illustrated history of operations in 1944 in support of the Allied
invasion of German-occu- pied France.
The Secret Dome Ewan F Ward-Thomas 30th March, hb, £25, 9781526785732 For the first time, here is the true story of the top- secret, Second World War invention of the Dome Trainer by Lt Cmdr Henry Stephens.
Elite Bastards Edward L Dvorak 30th March, hb, £25, 9781526789655 Firsthand account of dangerous missions deep behind enemy lines.
Princeton University Press
Russia Leaves the War George Frost Kennan, Frank Costigliola 14th February, pb, eb, £25, 9780691166100 From acclaimed diplomat, historian and winner of the Pulitzer Prize a landmark history of the crucial months in 1917–18 that forged the pattern of Soviet-American relations.
Purdue University Press
Combating the Hydra Stephan Steiner 15th February, pb, £45.50, 9781612498058 Explores structural as well as occasion-specific state violence committed by the early modern Habsburg Empire. Depicts and analyses attacks on marginalised people throughout this period in history.
Przemysl, Poland John E. Fahey 15th February, pb, £49.95, 9781612498096 Examines the ramifica- tions of Austro-Hungarian military investment in Przemysl from the incep- tion of the fortress in the 1870s through to the decades of social change before the Second World War.
Quercus
SAS Greater Escapes Damien Lewis 25th May, hb, eb, £22, 9781529429381 Seven more epic escapes made by Second World War heroes.
Sceptre
The Island of Extraordinary Captives Simon Parkin 8th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781529347234 Untold war story using
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