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Forthcoming from Tauris Crowcroft, Robert. Attlee's War: World War II and the Making of a Labour Leader. Forthcoming from I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in June 2011
Book review Goss, Chris. The Luftwaffe's Blitz: The Inside Story, November 1940 - May 1941. Manchester, UK: Crecy Publishing Ltd, 2010
Forthcoming from Little Brown Downing, Taylor. Spies in the Sky: The Secret Battle for Aerial Intelligence During World War II. Forthcoming from Little, Brown in September 2011
Now available from Routledge Ooi, Keat Gin. The Japanese Occupation of Borneo, 1941-45. London: Routledge, 2011
Now available from Bantam Hornfischer, James D. Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. New York: Bantam, 2011
Military History Bookshop Printed "Catalogue Code QE," dated "Winter 2010/2011," has arrived here by hand of postal carrier. It's available via mail from the Military History Bookshop in Folkestone, Kent by request. Tons of great WWII titles, new and used, for sale. Not to be missed.
Self-publisher We've added another self-publisher, Nancy Rial, and her book, Alan's Letters, 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.
Forthcoming from H & C Guillemot, Philippe. Hungary 1944-1945: The Panzers' Last Stand. Forthcoming from Histoire & Collections in March 2011
Forthcoming from Continuum Bennett, G.H. The RAF's French Foreign Legion, 1940-45: De Gaulle, the British and the Re-Emergence of French Airpower. Forthcoming from Continuum in June 2011
Book review Gamble, Bruce. Darkest Hour: The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul: Australia's Worst Military Disaster of World War II. St Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2006
Now available from Yardley Phelps, Stephen. The Tizard Mission: The Top-Secret Operation That Changed the Course of World War II. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2011 Longacre, Edward G. War in the Ruins: The American Army's Final Battle against Nazi Germany. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2011
Forthcoming from Bodley Addison, Paul and Jeremy A. Crang. Listening to Britain: Home Intelligence Reports on Britain's Finest Hour, May - September 1940. Forthcoming from Bodley Head in May 2011
News from Douglas Stankey Doug Stankey, co-author of excellent books on Luftwaffe unit histories and OBs with Henry deZeng, tells us the newest volume in the series, Dive-Bomber and Ground-Attack Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945, volume 2, has unfortunately been delayed again and won't be published until 2012. Bummer! Another victim, apparently, of economic conditions.
Now available from OUP Hayes, Peter and John K. Roth. The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011
Now available from Nimble Andruss Sr, Frank J. PT Boats Behind the Scenes. Ann Arbor, MI: Nimble Books, 2011
In memoriam Sargent Shriver—a founding member of the America First organization that worked to keep the US out of WWII who subsequently enlisted in the US Navy and served at Guadalcanal—died in Maryland on 18 January at the age of 95.
Forthcoming from Brill Sygkelos, Yannis. Nationalism from the Left: The Bulgarian Communist Party during the Second World War and the Early Post-War Years. Forthcoming from Brill Acdemic Publishing in March 2011
Now available from OUP Steiner, Zara. The Triumph of the Dark: European International History 1933-1939. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011
Book review Burton, John. Fortnight of Infamy: The Collapse of Allied Airpower West of Pearl Harbor. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2006
Now available from Amberley Treadwell, Terry C. The Setting of the Rising Sun: Japanese Military Aviation 1877-1945. Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2010
News from Osprey The production line never falters! Check our page for Osprey for details about their latest releases and new additions to the schedule.
Forthcoming from North Texas Muth, Jorg. Command Culture: Officer Education in the U.S. Army and the German Armed Forces, 1901-1940, and the Consequences for World War II. Forthcoming from University of North Texas Press in June 2011
Forthcoming from Hurst Hayes, Romain. Subhas Chandra Bose in Nazi Germany: Politics, Intelligence and Propaganda 1941-1943. Forthcoming from Hurst in June 2011
In memoriam Major Richard "Dick" Winters—veteran of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and the subject of several books as well as the TV miniseries "Band of Brothers"—died in Pennsylvania on 2 January at the age of 92.
Self-publisher We've added another self-publisher, Vaughn Skaggs, and his book, Food Under Fire: Noel Peters' WW II 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 Casemate O'Keeffe, Timothy J. Battle Yet Unsung: The Fighting Men of the 14th Armored Division in World War II. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2011 Harvey, James Neal. Sharks of the Air: Willi Messerschmitt and How He Built the World's First Operational Jet Fighter. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2010
Editor's Choice awards for 2010 Stone & Stone Second World War Books annually selects new releases for the Editor's Choice awards, aka the "Stonies," as the best books of the year. Here are the winners of the Stonies for 2010.
Forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan Reinisch, Jessica and Elizabeth White (editors). The Disentanglement of Populations: Migration, Expulsion and Displacement in Postwar Europe, 1944-49. Forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan Publishing Company in March 2011
Now available from Berghahn von Plato, Alexander et al (editors). Hitler's Slaves: Life Stories of Forced Labourers in Nazi-Occupied Europe. New York: Berghahn Books, 2010
Forthcoming from Tauris Plesch, Dan. America, Hitler and the UN: How the Allies Won World War II and Forged a Peace. Forthcoming from I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in February 2011
Forthcoming from Singapore Boer, Peter C. The Loss of Java, 18 February - 7 March 1942. Forthcoming from National University of Singapore Press in March 2011
Now available from Edwin Mellen Rodgers, Russ. The Rise and Decline of Mobility Doctrine in the U.S. Army, 1920-1944: Unleashing the Mechanized Warfare Thunderbolt. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010
T. Cadman From Carmichael, California, newly delivered by our trusty mail carrier, comes the T. Cadman WW2 Books catalog #114 with 23 pages of secondhand books.
Now available from Pen and Sword Oven, Wilfred von. Hitler's Storm Troopers: A History of the SA: The Memoirs of Wilfred von Oven. Barnsley, UK: Frontline Books / Pen and Sword, 2010
Book statistics For the beginning of the new year we present a compilation of statistics from Stone & Stone showing the most popular books, authors, publishers, and subjects for the year 2010.
Forthcoming from NAL Prados, John. Normandy Crucible: The Decisive Battle that Shaped World War II in Europe. Forthcoming from New American Library in July 2011
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