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Now available from Simon & Schuster Thomas, Evan. Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign, 1941-1945. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006
Now available from Grove Clark, Lloyd. Anzio: Italy and the Battle for Rome, 1944. New York: Grove Atlantic, 2006
Book review Deletant, Dennis. Hitler's Forgotten Ally: Ion Antonescu and His Regime, Romania, 1940 - 1944. New York: Palgrave Macmillan Publishing Company, 2006
Now available from Columbia Friedrich, Jorg. The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1940-1945. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006
Now available from Schiffer Boiten, Theo and Martin W. Bowman. Battles with the Nachtjagd: The Night Airwar over Europe, 1939-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2006 Franks, Norman. British and Commonwealth Aces of World War II: The Pictorial Record. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2006
Forthcoming from Hong Kong Banham, Tony. The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru: Britain's Forgotten Wartime Tragedy. Forthcoming from Hong Kong University Press in December 2006
News from Vincent O'Hara Vincent O'Hara, author of the excellent The German Fleet at War, sends this news: "The title of my new book will be The U.S. Navy against the Axis: Surface Combat 1941-1945. Availability should be March 2007."
Now available from Glencannon Reminick, Gerald. Action in the South Atlantic: The Sinking of the German Raider Stier by the Liberty Ship Stephen Hopkins. Palo Alto, CA: The Glencannon Press, 2006
Military History Bookshop Printed catalogue "Code PQ" for summer/autumn 2006 made its way safely across the Atlantic with a plethora of listings of new and used titles available for purchase from our friends at The Military History Bookshop in Folkestone, England.
Now available from NIP Asada, Sadao. From Mahan to Pearl Harbor: American Strategic Theory and the Rise of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2006
In memoriam Eric Newby—who served with the Black Watch and the Special Boat Section, was captured in Italy in 1943, later escaped, and subsequently wrote Love and War in the Appenines about his wartime experiences—died on 22 October in England at the age of 86.
Now available from Zenith Camp, Dick. Battleship Arizona's Marines at War: Making the Ultimate Sacrifice, December 7, 1941. St Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2006
Self-Publisher We've added another self-publisher, Edgardo G. Calansingin, and his book, Dare & Live, 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.
Book review Carafano, James Jay. After D-Day: Operation Cobra and the Normandy Breakout. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000
Forthcoming from Potomac Crawford, Steve. The Eastern Front Day by Day, 1941-45. Forthcoming from Potomac Books in November 2006
Now available from Cambridge Kirschenbaum, Lisa A. Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1995: Myth, Memories, and Monuments. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006
Now available from Kansas Slepyan, Kenneth. Stalin's Guerrillas: Soviet Partisans in World War II. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2006
Forthcoming from Motorbooks Camp, Dick. Iwo Jima Recon: The U.S. Navy at War, February 17, 1945. Forthcoming from Motorbooks - MBI - Zenith in February 2007 Green, Michael. M4 Sherman at War. Forthcoming from Motorbooks - MBI - Zenith in February 2007
Editor's Pick Sometimes when we run across an interesting/unusual/informative book, especially an older or out-of-print one, we like to bring it to your attention. Here's one: Weale, Elke C., John A. Weale, and Richard F. Barker. Combat Aircraft of World War Two. London: Bracken Books, 1985 No single volume can possibly encompass all the information available about aircraft in use during World War II, but this book compiles specifications for a huge range of models plus air OBs and color plates for representative planes.
Now available from Ian Allan Baryatinskiy, Mikhail. Russian Armour: Light Tanks: BT-2, BT-5, BT-7, T-26, T-40, T-50, T-60. Hersham, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2006
Now available from Palgrave Kirk, Tim. Nazi Germany. New York: Palgrave Macmillan Publishing Company, 2006
Now available from Ebury Levine, Joshua. Forgotten Voices of the Blitz and the Battle For Britain. London: Ebury Publishing, 2006
Book review Forty, George. US Marine Corps Handbook, 1941-1945. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2006
Now available from R and L Leonard, Thomas and John F. Bratzel (editors). Latin America during World War II. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006
The Bookshelf We discovered the History catalog for Fall 2006 from Scholar's Bookshelf in our mailbox today, with an assortment of WWII-related titles.
News from Osprey Our Osprey Publishing page has been updated with several new releases plus fresh additions to their publishing schedule for later this month and next.
Now available from Yale Vinen, Richard. The Unfree French: Life Under the Occupation. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006
Now available from Lyons Vaughn, Hal. FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved the Way for the Invasion of North Africa. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2006
In memoriam Blake Lee Spahr—a B-17 navigator with the 8th Air Force who also served as a French and German interpreter in Paris and in later life became a renowned German scholar—died on 29 September in California at the age of 82.
Forthcoming from Bantam Hornfischer, James. Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors. Forthcoming from Bantam Books in November 2006
Self-Publisher We've added another self-publisher, Clinton Frederick, and his book, World War II: A Legacy of Letters: One Soldier's Journey, 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.
Now available from NIP Burton, John. Fortnight of Infamy: The Collapse of Allied Airpower West of Pearl Harbor. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2006
In memoriam Frank H. Yano—a medic with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team who was awarded the Bronze Star—died on 3 September in Texas at the age of 86.
Book review Boog, Horst, Gerhard Krebs, and Detlef Vogel. Germany and the Second World War, vol 7: The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia, 1943-1944/5. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006
Now available from Simon & Schuster Miller, Donald L. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006
Now available from Enigma Bankier, David. Secret Intelligence and the Holocaust. New York: Enigma Books, 2006
Forthcoming from Da Capo Kershaw, Alex. The Few: The American Knights of the Air Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain. Forthcoming from Da Capo Press in November 2006
Now available from Knopf Braithwaite, Rodric. Moscow 1941: A City and Its People at War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006
Forthcoming from Aviaeology Antipov, Vlad and Igor Utkin. Dragons on Bird Wings: The Combat History of the 812th Fighter Air Regiment. Forthcoming from Aviaeology later this month
Now available from Schiffer Lambert, John W. The 8th Air Force: Victory and Sacrifice: A World War II Photo History. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2006 Radovic, Branislav. Fallschirmjaeger: Portraits of German Paratroops in Combat. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2006
Now available from Helion Baxter, Ian. Into the Abyss: The Last Years of the Waffen-SS, 1943-45: A Photographic History. Solihull, UK: Helion & Company, 2006 Forbes, Robert. For Europe: The French Volunteers of the Waffen-SS. Solihull, UK: Helion & Company, 2006
Forthcoming from Canada Schneider, Wolfgang. Das Reich Tigers: The Tigers of the 8./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 Das Reich schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102 and schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502. Forthcoming from J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc in November 2006
Now available from Kansas Zumbro, Derek S. Battle for the Ruhr: The German Army's Final Defeat in the West. Forthcoming from University Press of Kansas in October 2006
Jerboa In the mail today arrived Supplement #106 from our friends at Jerboa-Redcap Books in New Jersey.
Book review Scalia, Joseph M. Germany's Last Mission to Japan: The Failed Voyage of U-234. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2000
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