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News archive for September 2008
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Recommended reading We've updated our Recommended Reading page, which is the place where we share our thoughts about the books we deem the most important among recent arrivals.
Forthcoming from D & M Zuehlke, Mark. Operation Husky: The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10 - August 7, 1943. Forthcoming from Douglas & McIntyre in November 2008
Now available from NIP Willmott, H. P. The Barrier and the Javelin: Japanese and Allied Pacific Strategies, February to June 1942. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2008 Willmott, H. P. Empires in the Balance: Japanese and Allied Pacific Strategies to April 1942. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2008
Book review Allen, Robert W. Churchill's Guests: Britain and the Belgian Exiles during World War II. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2003
Forthcoming from History Press Diczbalis, Sigismund. The Russian Patriot: A Red Army Soldier's Service for his Motherland and against Bolshevism. Forthcoming from The History Press in November 2008
Now available from Allen Lane Roberts, Andrew. Masters and Commanders: How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and Alanbrooke Won the War in the West. London: Allen Lane, 2008
Now available from S & S Faber, David. Munich: The 1938 Appeasement Crisis. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008
News from IAP Irish Academic Press has kindly notified us that their new Fighting Back: Anglo-Jewry's Contribution in the Second World War by Martin Sugarman should be available in February of 2009.
Now available from Routledge Sexton Jr, Donal J. The Western European and Mediterran Theaters in World War II: An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Sources. London: Routledge, 2008
Now available from McFarland Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2008
Forthcoming from Regnery Wilcox, Robert. Target Patton: The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton. Forthcoming from Regnery in November 2008
Now available from Kansas Corum, James S. Wolfram von Richthofen: Master of the German Air War. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2008
Book review Bergstrom, Christer. Kursk: The Air Battle, July 1943. Hinckley, UK: Classic Publications, 2007
Now available from Grub Street Orange, Vincent. Dowding of Fighter Command: Victor of the Battle of Britain. London: Grub Street, 2008
Forthcoming from UNC Winchell, Meghan K. Good Girls, Good Food, Good Fun: The Story of USO Hostesses during World War II. Forthcoming from University of North Carolina Press in November 2008
Forthcoming from Specialty Balzer, Gerald H. American Secret Push Fighters of World War II. Forthcoming from Specialty Press in October 2008 Kolln, Jeff. Northrop's Night Hunter: P-61 Black Widow. Forthcoming from Specialty Press in October 2008
Now available from Penguin Mazower, Mark. Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe. New York: Penguin Press, 2008
SB The printed "Military History" catalog for Fall 2008 has arrived in our mailbox from The Scholar's Bookshelf of Cranbury, NJ.
Now available from Pen and Sword Hargreaves, Richard. Blitzkrieg Unleashed: The German Invasion of Poland 1939. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2008
Now available from Zenith Francois, Dominique. Normandy: Breaching the Atlantic Wall: From D-Day to the Breakout and Liberation. St Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2008
In memoriam Nathan Gordon—USN PBY pilot who received the Medal of Honor for rescuing fifteen downed USAAF airmen from the water off Kavieng, New Ireland under enemy fire on 15 February 1944—died in Arkansas on 8 September at the age of 92.
Happy birthday! We opened Stone & Stone Second World War Books on 15 September 1995, so this marks our thirteenth anniversary on the Web. We offer thanks to all the authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, and visitors who have helped us with these pages over the years, and we look forward to providing daily doses of news and information about WWII-related books for many more years.
News from Osprey The folks in Botley have just released a boatload of new WWII titles, including Terry Crowdy's hardcover Deceiving Hitler. Check our Osprey page for details about all the new and upcoming goodies.
Book review Glantz, David M. The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2002
Now available from UPF Billy, George J. and Christine M. Billy. Merchant Mariners at War: An Oral History of World War II. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2008
Recommended reading We receive and read a great many WWII-related books, but we rate only a handful as the creme de la creme. Check our newly updated Recommended Reading page for some of the titles we judge as the most impressive to arrive here lately.
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 12 September 1943, Otto Skorzeny led a team of German commandos to the Gran Sasso and rescued Benito Mussolini from imprisonment.
Forthcoming from Free Press Hitchcock, William I. The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe. Forthcoming from The Free Press in October 2008
Now available from Casemate Rielly, Robin. Kamikazes, Corsairs, and Picket Ships: Okinawa, 1945. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2008
News from Kansas University Press of Kansas has kindly notified us that Col. David Glantz is hard at work on his upcoming Stalingrad trilogy, the first volume of which, To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942, is due to be published by UPK in April of 2009.
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 9 September 1943, American and British troops of General Mark Clark's 5th Army conducted the Operation Avalanche landings around Salerno, Italy.
Forthcoming from Stackpole Zaloga, Steven. Armored Thunderbolt: The U.S. Army Sherman in World War II. Forthcoming from Stackpole Books in October 2008
News from H. L. deZeng Henry deZeng, co-author of the well-received Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945 volumes, tells us "...[o]ur next two volumes are due at the end of 2009 and will cover all Stuka (dive bomber) and Schlachtflieger (ground attack) units of the Luftwaffe. These will be considerably more comprehensive that the Bomber volumes and will be in a modified format and style that facilitates readability. We believe these two works will be the definitive reference on the subject for years to come."
Now available from Pen and Sword Rhys-Jones, Graham. Churchill and the Norway Campaign, 1940. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2008
Cadman Gotta love those printed catalogs, including—a big milestone—Number 100 from T. Cadman WW2 Books which has arrived here with 23 pages of secondhand titles for sale.
Book review Latimer, Jon. Alamein. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002
Forthcoming from NIP Hood, Jean. Submarine: An Anthology of First-Hand Accounts of the War under the Sea, 1939-1945. Forthcoming from Naval Institute Press in October 2008
Now available from Zenith Hammel, Eric. U.S. Marines in World War II: Tarawa and the Marshalls: A Pictorial Tribute. St Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2008
Now available from Casemate Zetterling, Niklas and Anders Frankson. The Korsun Pocket: The Encirclement and Breakout of a German Army in the East, 1944. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2008
Endangered species sighted It wasn't that long ago when the entire business of secondhand books, "bargain" books, and specialized books from small publishers was completely driven by printed catalogs and postage stamps. These days? Not so much. But our friendly mail carrier has delivered the latest Edward R. Hamilton catalog with, among its many pages, a few listings for heavily discounted WWII titles.
Now available from Stackpole Wijers, Hans. Eastern Front Combat: The German Soldier in Battle from Stalingrad to Berlin. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2008
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 3 September 1943, the 13th Corps of British 8th Army landed on the Italian mainland at Reggio di Calabria on the same day a representative of the Badoglio government signed an armistice with the Allies.
News from Canada Big changes from a small publisher. J.J. Fedorowicz reports: "As we all know, nothing ever stays the same. We would like to inform all our friends, customers and business partners that, effective September 1, 2008, two of the Fedamigos are departing. Mike Olive and Bob Edwards are heading for greener pastures (or sandy beaches)."
Now available from Kentucky Sylvan, William and Francis Smith with John Greenwood (ed). Normandy to Victory: The War Diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2008 Schoonover, Thomas D. Hitler's Man in Havana: Heinz Luning and Nazi Espionage in Latin America. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2008
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