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News archive for February 2000
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Now available from Praeger Beaumont, Roger. The Nazis' March to Chaos: The Hitler Era through the Lens of Chaos-Complexity Theory. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000
Hamilton Another in Hamilton's regular cycle of "Bargain Books" catalogs arrived here today with a selection of WWII-related titles at discounted prices.
Book review Bando, Mark. Breakout at Normandy: The 2nd Armored Division in the Land of the Dead. Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Company, 1999
Now available from NIP Jordan, Roger. The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1999
Military Book Club Selections for "Winter 2000":
Munoz. Forgotten Legions: Obscure Combat Formations of the Waffen-SS
Aberdeen The latest inventory update at Aberdeen Bookstore, just uploaded this evening, includes many brand new titles plus a big selection of special offers and closeouts.
Jerboa Frank and Maureen have mailed "Supplement #27" with new and used books in stock at Jerboa-Redcap.
Sales The Johns Hopkins University Press and Harvard University Press are both currently offering discounts on their books, including a number of WWII-related items.
Book review Gardner, W.J.R. Decoding History: The Battle of the Atlantic and Ultra. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1999
Forthcoming from UPK Kaminski. Prisoners in Paradise: American Women in the Wartime South Pacific. Due from University Press of Kansas in March 2000
Aardvark The folks at Aardvark Books have updated their online inventory with fresh listing of thousands of secondhand WWII-related titles for browsing and searching.
Book reviews Bennett, John. Fighter Nights: 456 Squadron RAAF. Belconnen, ACT: Banner Books, 1995 Jay, Alwyn. Endurance: A History of RAAF Aircrew Participation in Liberator Operations of RAF Coastal Command, 1941-1945. Maryborough, QLD: Banner Books, 1996 Sarkar, Dilip. Battle of Britain: The Photographic Kaleidoscope. St Peter's, Worcester, UK: Ramrod Publications, 1999 Smith, Peter C. Luftwaffe at War: Stukas over the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1999 Griehl, Manfred. Luftwaffe at War: German Bombers over England, 1940-1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1999
Forthcoming from McFarland Kristal Rikard at McFarland & Company tells us of two upcoming titles:
Pyskir. Thousands of Roads: A Memoir of a Young Woman's Life in the Ukrainian Underground during and after World War II. Due September 2000
Gaudette From Paul Gaudette Books in Tucson, Arizona comes Paul's latest printed list with recent arrivals, naval aviation, Flying Tigers, armored fighting vehicles, and more.
Forthcoming from Greenhill Here's what's on the agenda for Greenhill Books for the next few months:
Tsouras. Disaster at D-Day. Softcover edition. Due June 2000
Now available from Fedorowicz Baur, Isolde. Karl Baur: A Pilot's Pilot. Winnipeg, Manitoba: J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc., 2000 Restayn, Jean. The Battle for Kharkov. Winnipeg, Manitoba: J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc., 2000
Forthcoming from Schiffer Here's more news from Bob Biondi about upcoming titles from Schiffer:
Carey. We Flew Alone: U.S. Navy B-24 Squadrons in the Pacific, 1943-44. Due September
Now available from Rienner Dunn Jr., Walter S. Soviet Blitzkrieg: The Battle for White Russia, 1944. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000
Book Review Kriebel, Colonel Rainer and the U.S. Army Intelligence Service. Edited by Bruce Gudmundsson. Inside the Afrika Korps: The Crusader Battles, 1941-1942. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA 1999
Hamilton Edward R. Hamilton's "Bargain Books" catalog dated 28 January 2000 is now available with a selection of WWII-related titles at discounted prices.
Forthcoming from Grub Street Franks. Battle of the Airfields. Softcover edition due from Grub Street in April
Book reviews Anderson, Col. Clarence E "Bud" with Joseph P. Hamelin. To Fly and Fight: Memoirs of a Triple Ace. Pacifica, CA: Pacifica Press, 1999 Gause, Damon. The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause: The Firsthand Account of One of the Greatest Escapes of World War II. New York: Hyperion, 1999 Thamm, Gerhardt B. Boy Soldier: A German Teenager at the Nazi Twilight. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2000 Grossjohann, Georg. Five Years, Four Fronts: The War Years of Georg Grossjohann, Major, German Army (Retired). Bedford, PA: Aegis Consulting Group, 1999
Forthcoming from McFarland McFarland & Company of Jefferson, NC has forwarded information about three upcoming books:
Capelotti. The Spitsbergen Archipelago: American Military and Political Geographies. Due August 2000
Forthcoming from Spellmount Here's what Spellmount has planned for WWII-related releases this year:
Irish Guards: The First Hundred Years, 1900-2000. Due this month
Now available from Bender Johnson, Aaron. Hitler's Military Headquarters: Organization, Structures, Security, and Personnel. San Jose, CA: R. James Bender Publishing, 1999
Book review Le Tissier, Tony. Race for the Reichstag: The 1945 Battle for Berlin. London: Frank Cass, 1999.
Articles of War Bob Ruman reports he has closed his shop in Skokie and is on the road to New Mexico with a fleet of trucks hauling his inventory of new and secondhand books to the new home of Articles of War. He'll be unable to communicate by phone or email until he settles into the new location. In addition, since his facilities in New Mexico remain under construction, he expects to be unable to accept orders until the beginning of April.
The Bookshelf The Scholar's Bookshelf of Cranbury, NJ has issued its "Winter" catalog with a small assortment of WWII-related titles.
Now available from Hyperion Gause, Major Damon. The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause. New York: Hyperion, 1999
Forthcoming from Battery Blakeley. The 32nd Infantry Division in World War II. Reprint edition. Due from Battery Books in May 2000.
Now available from TAMU Tasovac, Ivo. American Foreign Policy and Yugoslavia, 1939-1941. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1999
Forthcoming from UPK Not resting on their laurels (see the results of the Top Ten Books of 1999 voting), University Press of Kansas has a heavy-hitting WWII line-up in store for this year:
Alvarez. Codebreaking and American Diplomacy, 1930-1945. Due later this month
David Glantz reports... "The fourth volume of Forgotten Battles is now available. It covers the winter campaign of 1942-1943 and is 437 pages long with 138 maps and 10 figures. I am presently working on the fifth (and undoubtedly longest) volume, which covers the summer-fall campaign of 1943, including the Izium and Mius battles of July and the massive failed Belorussian offensive in the fall. This volume should come in at around 550 pages with over 200 maps. I should finish it by late March, if it does not finish me first."
News from Fedorowicz Bob Edwards sends this update from J.J. Fedorowicz:
Baur. Karl Baur: A Pilot's Pilot. Due later this month Other "coming attractions" include: Reprint of Tigers in Combat I (due in June), Funklenkpanzer: An Illustrated History of Remote-Control Armor of the German Army (due late summer), and Combat History of schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 654.
New month, new stock Some of the "old reliables" have marked the first day of the month by uploading large numbers of secondhand WWII-related books to their online inventory pages for your browsing pleasure:
World War II Books
News from OUP It looks Oxford University Press has a terrific list of new and forthcoming WWII titles: Now available:
Aly. Final Solution: Nazi Population Policy and the Murder of the European Jews Forthcoming:
Kroener, Muller, Umbreit. Germany and the Second World War, vol V: Organization and Mobilization of the German Sphere of Power. Due June 2000
Military Book Club Selections for February:
Stolfi. Hitler's Panzers East: World War II Reinterpreted
Now available from McFarland Thamm, Gerhardt B. Boy Soldier: A German Teenager at the Nazi Twilight. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2000
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