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News from Alabama University of Alabama Press has announced publication of Keep Your Airspeed Up: The Story of a Tuskegee Airman by Harold H. Brown and Marsha S. Bordner.
Forthcoming from Yale Siemens, Daniel. Stormtroopers: A New History of Hitler's Brownshirts. Forthcoming from Yale University Press in November 2017
War Diary reminder This seems like another good opportunity to remind everyone about our detailed day-by-day chronicle of the Second World War, now amounting to more than 63,000 entries and growing, with 15 August 1945 standing out as a fairly important date.
Forthcoming from Routledge Brody, J. Kenneth. Crucible of a Generation: How the Attack on Pearl Harbor Transformed America. Forthcoming from Routledge in September 2017
Forthcoming from Allen Lane Todman, Daniel. Britain's War, volume 2: A New World, 1942-1947. Forthcoming from Allen Lane in November 2017
Now available from B and B Crowley, Mark J and Sandra Trudgen Dawson. Home Fronts: Britain and the Empire at War, 1939-45. Martlesham, Suffolk: Boydell and Brewer, 2017
Forthcoming from University of North Texas Elrod, Roy H. (Edited by Fred H. Allison). We Were Going to Win, Or Die There: With the Marines at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan. Forthcoming from University of North Texas Press in September 2017
Self-Publisher We've added another self-publisher, Abdellatif Lahlali, and book, War Stories from My Father, to our Directory of Self-Publishers. This is an especially unusual story, detailing the military career of a Moroccan radioman in the French Army from 1940 through 1955, including service in French Northwest Africa, Italy, and western Europe during WWII. If you've self-published a military-related title about World War II, especially if you're a veteran writing about your wartime experiences, please send us information so we can add you to the Directory.
Now available from McFarland Langworth, Richard M. Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality: What He Actually Did and Said. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2017
Hungarian news from HHP Our neighbors at Helena History Press have in the pipeline three books about Hungary during World War II, with all expected to be available by November:
Check our listing for each book for full details from HHP.
Subject matters Looking for books on a particular wartime subject? Our Stone & Stone bibliographies contain more than 5000 individual WWII topics on file, all completely cross-referenced with links to related subjects, and each one packed with relevant books. You can also use the "Quick-Finder" feature in the upper left of any of our pages (select "subject" from the pop-up menu) to search for specific topics. For an example of our bibliographies, take a look at our page for Hungary.
War Diary reminder This seems like a good opportunity to remind everyone about our detailed day-by-day chronicle of the Second World War, now amounting to more than 63,000 entries and growing, with 9 August 1945 standing out as a fairly important date.
Forthcoming from Douglas & McIntyre Zuehlke, Mark. The Cinderella Campaign: First Canadian Army and the Battles for the Channel Ports. Forthcoming from Douglas & McIntyre in November 2017
News from Kansas University Press of Kansas reports that Flying against Fate: Superstition and Allied Aircrews in World War II by S. P. MacKenzie has arrived at the UPK warehouse.
Waiting for Miles, Monk, and Coltrane Studdert, Will. The Jazz War: Radio, Nazism and the Struggle for the Airwaves in World War II. Forthcoming from I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in November 2017
War Diary reminder This seems like a good opportunity to remind everyone about our detailed day-by-day chronicle of the Second World War, now amounting to more than 63,000 entries and growing, with 7 August 1942 standing out as a fairly important date.
Book review May, Ernest R. Strange Victory: Hitler's Conquest of France. New York: Hill and Wang, 2000
Now available from Amberley Buckton, Henry. Retreat: Dunkirk and the Evacuation of Western Europe. Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2017
Meaty news Alexander Hill, author of the meaty and highly-regarded The Red Army and the Second World War, tells us "I have a somewhat less meaty...but hopefully useful Osprey title coming out in early 2018, Soviet Destroyers of World War II."
Forthcoming from F & F Rankin, Nicholas. Defending the Rock: How Gibraltar Defeated Hitler. Forthcoming from Faber & Faber in September 2017
Now available from Australia Rosen, Sue. Scorched Earth: Australia's Secret Plan for Total War Under Japanese Invasion in World War Two. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2017
Lieutenants and captains from the north Hayes, Geoffrey. Crerar's Lieutenants: Inventing the Canadian Junior Army Officer, 1939-45. Forthcoming from University of British Columbia Press in September 2017
Forthcoming from Sussex Seoane, Emilio Grandio. A Balancing Act: British Intelligence in Spain during the Second World War. Forthcoming from Sussex Academic Press in December 2017
Now available from Osprey Forsyth, Robert. Shadow over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-boats: 1943-45. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2017
Forthcoming from A & U Collie, Craig. Code Breakers: Inside the Shadow World of Signals Intelligence in Australia's Two Bletchley Parks. Forthcoming from Allen & Unwin in November 2017
Forthcoming from CUP Makepeace, Clare. Captives of War: British Prisoners of War in Europe in the Second World War. Forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in August 2017
Now available from Da Capo Wheelan, Joseph. Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal, The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War. Boston: Da Capo Press, 2017
Now available from P & S Among the many new books from Pen and Sword, these have been brought to our attention:
News from the north J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc has announced the upcoming release of Combat History of the 17th SS Panzer-Grenadier Division Gotz von Berlichingen, volume 1 by Hans Stober, with a special pre-publication offer available through the end of August.
Aviation books from Denes Bernad Author Denes Bernad tells us he is going into the book business as a self-publisher, beginning with "...a series of hard cover pictorial albums with unpublished German and other European aircraft photos from pre-WW 2 and WW 2, printed in high-quality."
Now available from Penguin Alexievich, Svetlana. The Unwomanly Face of War. London: Penguin Press, 2017. This is the expanded, uncensored edition of a book originally published in Russian in 1985
Sooner or later I.B. Tauris continues to show multiple WWII-related titles on the production schedule, although exact dates of publication remain subject to the usual vagaries of the process:
Sneak preview We just reviewed Freddie Gough's Specials at Arnhem: An Illustrated History of the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron from R. N. Sigmond, and today that Dutch publisher provides hints about the next Sigmond title: "[We've] started already with our next publication, this time from the German side, advancing from the west towards Arnhem/Oosterbeek, September 1944." Due next year.
Now available from Casemate Peto, George and Peter Margaritis. Twenty-Two on Peleliu: Four Pacific Campaigns with the Corps: The Memoirs of an Old Breed Marine. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2017
In memoriam Sam Glanzman—who served in the Pacific aboard the USN destroyer Stevens and subsequently wrote a series of comic books and graphic novels based on his WWII experiences—died on 12 July in New York at the age of 92.
Book review Hilton, Robert. Freddie Gough's Specials at Arnhem: An Illustrated History of the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron. Renkum, Netherlands: R.N. Sigmond, 2017
Now available from Amberley Trigg, Jonathan. Voices of the Flemish Waffen-SS: The Final Testament of the Oostfronters. Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2017
Of all the gin joints.... Hindley, Meredith. Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II. Forthcoming from PublicAffairs in October 2017
Trieste: Italy or Yugoslavia? Jennings, Christian. Flashpoint Trieste: The First Battle of the Cold War. Forthcoming from ForeEdge / University Press of New England in October 2017
Now available from The History Press Bunch, Jim. U-Boats off the Outer Banks: Shadows in the Moonlight. Stroud, UK: The History Press, 2017
Forthcoming from OUP Lewy, Guenter. Perpetrators: The World of the Holocaust Killers. Forthcoming from Oxford University Press in August 2017
War Diary reminder This seems like a good opportunity to remind everyone about our detailed day-by-day chronicle of the Second World War, now amounting to more than 63,000 entries and growing, with 20 July 1944 standing out as a fairly important date.
Now available from Yale Kurlander, Eric. Hitler's Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017
Miracles happen Jacobsen, Alf R. Miracle at the Litza: Hitler's First Defeat on the Eastern Front. Forthcoming from Casemate in August 2017
News from Kansas University Press of Kansas includes two WWII-related titles in its "Fall & Winter 2017" catalog:
Forthcoming from Da Capo Wheelan, Joseph. Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal, The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War. Forthcoming from Da Capo Press in August 2017
Recommended We like to point out some of the new WWII-related books that we think are worthy of an extra measure of attention from thoughtful students of the war. To that end, today we updated our Recommended Reading page.
Now available from CUP Barkawi, Tarak. Soldiers of Empire: Indian and British Armies in World War II. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2017
Forthcoming from Routledge Roy, Kaushik. Tropical Warfare in the Asia Pacific Region, 1941-45. Forthcoming from Routledge in November 2017
Forthcoming from Bloomsbury Pistol, Rachel. Internment During the Second World War: A Comparative Study of Great Britain and the USA. Forthcoming from Bloomsbury in August 2017
Subject matters Looking for books on a particular wartime subject? Our Stone & Stone bibliographies contain more than 5000 individual WWII topics on file, all completely cross-referenced with links to related subjects, and each one packed with relevant books. You can also use the "Quick-Finder" feature in the upper left of any of our pages (select "subject" from the pop-up menu) to search for specific topics. For an example of our bibliographies, take a look at our page for France.
Forthcoming from Encounter Richman, Rick. Racing against History: The 1940 Campaign for a Jewish Army to Fight Hitler. Forthcoming from Encounter Books in January 2018
Forthcoming from Stackpole Stenger, Dieter. Panzers East and West: The History of the German 10th SS Panzer Division in World War II. Forthcoming from Stackpole Books in August 2017
Now available from Helion Harrison, Richard W. (editor). The Iasi-Kishinev Operation, 20-29 August 1944: The Red Army's Summer Offensive into the Balkans. Solihull, UK: Helion & Company, 2017
News from Missouri University of Missouri Press plans to publish Omar Nelson Bradley: America's GI General, 1893-1981 by Steven L. Ossad in November.
War Diary reminder This seems like a good opportunity to remind everyone about our detailed day-by-day chronicle of the Second World War, now amounting to more than 63,000 entries and growing, with 10 July 1943 standing out as a fairly important date.
Delivered to your door "Catalogue #153" has arrived from T. Cadman WW2 Books with 27 pages packed with books about the Second World War, all ready and waiting to be dispatched into the hands of readers across the country and around the world.
Book review Prusin, Alexander. Serbia under the Swastika: A World War II Occupation. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2017
Now available from the Netherlands Hilton, Robert. Freddie Gough's Specials at Arnhem: An Illustrated History of the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron. Renkum, Netherlands: R.N. Sigmond, 2017
Tome 2, en francais Mary, Jean-Yves with Pascal Kerger. Memorial de la Bataille de France, volume 2. Forthcoming from Editions Heimdal in August 2017
Now available from OUP Edele, Mark. Stalin's Defectors: How Red Army Soldiers became Hitler's Collaborators, 1941-1945. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017
Long time, no Munoz Munoz, Antonio J. The German Secret Field Police in Greece, 1941-1944. Forthcoming from McFarland & Company, Inc in January 2018
Wings Osprey has three of its "Air Campaigns" books on the schedule for publication shortly after the first of the year:
Now available from Potomac Kehn Jr, Donald M. In the Highest Degree Tragic: The Sacrifice of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in the East Indies during World War II. Lincoln, Nebraska: Potomac Books Inc, 2017
Forthcoming from Lorimer Pauwels, Jacques R. Big Business and Hitler. Forthcoming from James Lorimer & Company Ltd, Publishers in October 2017
Now available from Amsterdam Porter, Edgar A. and Ran Ying Porter. Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2017
Forthcoming from Greenhill Paterson, Lawrence. Otto Kretschmer: The Life of Germany's Highest Scoring U-Boat Commander. Forthcoming from Greenhill Books in March 2018
Deep in the heart of.... The "Fall & Winter 2017" catalog from Texas A&M University Press and the Texas Book Consortium brings news of three upcoming WWII titles from a pair of fine Lone Star institutions:
Book review Zetterling, Niklas and Anders Frankson. Kursk 1943: A Statistical Analysis. London: Frank Cass, 2000
Subject matters Looking for books on a particular wartime subject? Our Stone & Stone bibliographies contain more than 5000 individual WWII topics on file, all completely cross-referenced with links to related subjects, and each one packed with relevant books. You can also use the "Quick-Finder" feature in the upper left of any of our pages (select "subject" from the pop-up menu) to search for specific topics. For an example of our bibliographies, take a look at our page for Operation Citadel, the Battle of Kursk.
Self-Publisher We've added another self-publisher, Anne McCully Dorre, and book, Journals of War: Coming of Age with the 104th Infantry During World War II, to our Directory of Self-Publishers. If you've self-published a military-related title about World War II, especially if you're a veteran writing about your wartime experiences, please send us information so we can add you to the Directory.
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