War & Military History Mudlark
The Mad and the Brave Colin Freeman 21st May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008722500
Astonishing account of Europe’s biggest conflict of the present told through the eyes of a ragbag collection of foreign fighters on Ukraine’s frontline.
Osprey
American MiG Pilot Rob Zettel 12th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781472808554
One of America’s most experienced MiG pilots relates the tale of a top-secret operation that would not be out of place in Top Gun.
Turning the Tide Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
12th February, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781472860262
Vivid narrative history of the often-overlooked USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily in the Second World War.
Secret Warriors Paul Brown 12th February, hb, eb, £45, 9781472865120
Illustrated history of Cold War operations of the submarines of the Royal Navy from 1948 to 1990.
Flakpanzer
Thomas Anderson 4th June, hb, eb, £35, 9781472865557
Based on first-hand accounts, original documentation and unpublished images, this is a history of the Flakpanzer in the Second World War.
Bloody Skies Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
12th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781472865625
Details the operations of the USAAF’s overlooked 15th Fighter Command which protected the bombers during the campaign against the Romanian oil fields.
T-72 Main Battle Tank James Kinnear, Stephen Sewell
9th April, hb, eb, £30, 9781472871800
Study of the T-72 main battle tank and variants, detailing its history from the Cold War Soviet Army though to the war in Ukraine.
Soviet Artillery Tractors of World War II James Kinnear
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7th May, hb, eb, £30, 9781472872005
Packed with rare and unpublished photographs, this is a new history of the Red Army’s tracked artillery tractors.
Warship 2026 John Jordan, Stephen Dent
7th May, hb, eb, £45, 9781472872593
Celebrated annual publication featuring original research on the history, development, and service of the world’s warships.
Overshadowed Isaac Lamberth 9th April, hb, eb, £30, 9781472872722
Visual history sheds light on forgotten parts of Second World War history through the lens of the US Marine Corps.
Soviet Cold War Destroyers Jan Radziemski
14th July, hb, eb, £45, 9781472874894
Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of never- before-seen photos, this is the first history of the destroyers of the Cold War Soviet Navy.
Oxford University Press
Fakers Rory Cormac 14th May, hb, £25, 9780198917007
Based on 8,000 newly declassified files, Fakers reveals the rise and fall of the mavericks running Britain’s Cold War forgery empire.
Pan
Voices of Victory Geraint Jones 7th May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781035070084
The brutal months of fighting that finally brought an end to the Second World War in the West are recreated through first-hand testimonies.
Princeton University Press
The Criminal State Lawrence Douglas 2nd June, hb, eb, £30, 9780691180410
A sweeping history of the struggle to hold states to account for their gravest crimes.
The Political Economy of Security Stephen G Brooks
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
3rd March, pb, eb, £28, 9780691226590
The complex and multifaceted relationship between economic factors and conflict.
Rain of Ash Ari Joskowicz 3rd March, pb, eb, £20, 9780691245355
Major new history of the genocide of Roma and Jews and their entangled quest for historical justice.
They Called It Peace Lauren Benton 21st April, pb, eb, £22, 9780691249797
Panoramic account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empires.
Origins of the Just War Rory Cox 3rd February, pb, eb, £25, 9780691253626
Groundbreaking history of the ethics of war in the ancient Near East.
Power and Possession in the Russian Revolution Anne O’Donnell
3rd March, pb, eb, £25, 9780691255880
History that reframes the Bolsheviks’ unprecedented attempts to abolish private property after the revolutions of 1917.
The Roman World War Giusto Traina, Malcolm DeBevoise (tr)
7th April, hb, eb, £30, 9780691257877
How the ruthless contest among Julius Caesar’s heirs ignited a global war that raged far beyond the borders of Rome.
The War That Made the Middle East Mustafa Aksakal
10th March, hb, eb, £28, 9780691262499
Tells the story of how European imperial ambitions destroyed the Ottoman Empire during the Great War and created an unstable Middle East.
The First Pariah State Robert E Bonner 16th June, hb, eb, £35, 9780691280295
Often-forgotten story relates how the Confederacy from the American Civil War lost its bid for sovereign nationhood.
Profile Editions
The Battle for the Red Sea Michael Knights 14th May, hb, eb, £25, 9781805226468
The final book in Knights’ trilogy exploring the UAE efforts in Yemen
concentrates on the political-military drama of the battle for the Red Sea port of Hodeida in 2017-18.
Simon & Schuster Audio
Blitz
John Nichol 21st May, audiofile, £18.99, 9781398540385
Powerful reckoning with the Blitz and what this series of assaults on the Home Front was truly like.
Springer Nature
Handbook of Military Sciences Anders Sookermany (ed)
14th May, hb, eb, £394.50, 9783030272784
Open-access handbook to enlighten those dealing with the military on the role and contributions of science in describing, understanding and explaining military life.
The History Press
The Royal Navy Day by Day Lawrie Phillips
5th March, hb, £100, 9781803997162
The only official history of the Royal Navy.
Somewhere in England Hattie Hearn 9th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781803998701
Cultural history of the British bases occupied by the men and women of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War.
Blitz on Cheshire Paul Hurley, Rose Hurley 12th March, pb, £19.99, 9781803999494
Photographic record documenting the bomb damage sustained across the county during the Second World War.
Beneath Flanders Fields Peter Barton, John Vandewalle, Peter Doyle
26th February, pb, eb, £20, 9781837051595
Whilst the war raged across Flanders fields an equally horrifying and sometimes more dangerous battle took place underground.
The Somme 1916 Andrew Robertshaw 26th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781837051823
One of the bloodiest conflicts in military history, the Battle of the Somme raged from 1st July to 18th November 1916.
Somme 1916 Gerald Gliddon 30th April, pb, eb, £20, 9781837052097
Gliddon’s classic survey of the battlefield in 1916, first published in 1987 to great acclaim, has been greatly expanded and updated to include fresh research and analysis.
University of Chicago Press
Trinity: An Illustrated History of the World’s First Atomic Test Emily Seyl
5th May, hb, £32, 9780226848402
Explores the scientific crescendo of the Manhattan Project through newly contextualised and previously unpublished photographs from Los Alamos National Laboratory’s legacy collections, some only recently declassified.
Wayne State University Press
Older Jews and the Holocaust Elizabeth Anthony (ed), Christine Schmidt (ed), Joanna Sliwa (ed)
17th March, pb, £31, 9780814352052
Muscular recovery of history and memory that expands our understanding of the Holocaust and the human experience during genocide.
WW Norton
Project Maven Katrina Manson 24th March, hb, eb, £23, 9781324123316
The dramatic story of the secretive, decade-long Pentagon campaign to bring AI-powered targeting systems on to the battlefield.
Yale University Press
Nuclear Weapons David Holloway 24th March, hb, eb, £30, 9780300229448
Groundbreaking history of nuclear weapons, from their invention to the end of the Cold War.
A Short History of First World War Trenches Andrew Robertshaw
30th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781837052073
How much can you really find out about the trenches of the First World War in five minutes?
The Fifth Crusade Thomas Smith 14th July, hb, £25, 9780300283952
Fascinating account of the campaign to conquer Egypt and regain the Holy Land.
Wartime Letters: London and Moscow 1941-1945 Geoffrey Roberts (ed), Kathleen Harriman
24th February, hb, £30, 9780300278545
The extraordinary story of Kathleen Harriman, daughter of the US ambassador to the USSR, told through her wartime letters.
The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History Caroline Sharples
10th March, hb, eb, £25, 9780300284911
A fascinating exploration of why Hitler’s death was only confirmed in 2018.
Conquer We Must: A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945 Robin Prior
14th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780300287134
A major new account of Britain’s military strategy between 1914–1945, including the two world wars and everything between.
Crusader Armies: Medieval Knights, Muslim Warriors and the Battle for the Middle East Steve Tibble
9th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780300290332
A major new history of the Crusades that illuminates the strength and sophistication of the Western and Muslim armies.
Y Lolfa
The Auschwitz Goalkeeper Ron Jones, Joe Lovejoy
1st February, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781800997752
Story of a PoW who endured the horrors of the Nazis’ most notorious death camp before being forced to march across Europe as the SS retreated before the advancing Russians.
War of Lies D Evans 22nd June, hb, eb, £20, 9781912631643
This study provides the evidence for a strong challenge to the victors’ version of history, showing how England’s ruling elite’s ambition, rather than Germany, pushed Europe into war.
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