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Now available from Viking Nichol, John and Tony Rennell. Arnhem: The Battle for Survival. New York: Viking, 2011
Now available from JHUP Sandler, Gilbert. Home Front Baltimore: An Album of Stories from World War II. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011
Forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan Purdue, A. W. The Second World War. Forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan Publishing Company in October 2011
News from Helion The busy, busy, busy folks at Helion have announced a fresh slate of WWII-related titles for publication in the first half of 2012:
Forthcoming from Kansas Taaffe, Stephen R. Marshall and His Generals: U.S. Army Commanders in World War II. Forthcoming from University Press of Kansas in October 2011
News from Grub Street We're informed that Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945, volume one: North Africa, June 1940 - January 1942 by Chris Shores, originally scheduled for publication earlier this month, has been delayed until spring 2012.
Now available from Regnery DeFelice, Jim. Omar Bradley: General at War. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc, 2011
Forthcoming from Lyons Diebold, William. Hell Is So Green: Search and Rescue over the Hump in World War II. Forthcoming from Lyons Press in October 2011
Now available from Florida Dunbar, Carl O. Before They Were the Black Sheep: Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-214 and the Battle for the Solomon Islands. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2011
Forthcoming from Halsgrove Simpson, Geoff. A Dictionary of Bomber Command, 1939-1945. Forthcoming from Halsgrove in October 2011
Book review Smith, Peter C. The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka: A Complete History. Manchester, UK: Crecy Publishing Ltd, 2011
Now available from Casemate Griesser, Volker. The Lions of Carentan: Fallschirmjager Regiment 6, 1943-1945. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2011
Now available from History Press Lynch, Tim. Operation Market Garden: The Legend of the Waal Crossing. Stroud, UK: The History Press, 2011
News from William Bartsch William Bartsch, author of multiple excellent titles on the early period of the war in the Pacific, graciously reports on his upcoming book, Victory Fever on the Tenaru, saying "...it will cover both the American and the Japanese sides of the battle, as based on participants' experiences as well as the scanty records. Hope to finish the writing by early 2012. It will be the first book devoted to the subject."
Now available from OUP Symonds, Craig L. The Battle of Midway. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011
Forthcoming from McFarland Uziel, Daniel. Arming the Luftwaffe: The German Aviation Industry in World War II. Forthcoming from McFarland & Company, Inc in October 2011
Forthcoming from Yale Gerwarth, Robert. Hitler's Hangman: The Life of Heydrich. Forthcoming from Yale University Press in October 2011
Now available from Grub Street Franks, Norman and Simon Muggleton. Raw Courage: The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of Four RAF Brothers in Arms. London: Grub Street, 2011
News from Savas Beatie We've been alerted—thanks very much!—that the upcoming OB volume from Savas Beatie by Thomas Nutter and William McCroden has been retitled German Ground Forces of World War II: Complete Orders of Battle for Army Groups, Armies, Army Corps, and Other Commands of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS, September 1, 1939, to May 8, 1945 and scheduled for publication in 2012.
Now available from Tattered Flag Barber, Murray R. and Michael Keuer. Hitler's Rocket Soldiers: The Men Who Fired the V2s against England. Pulborough, W Sussex: Tattered Flag, 2011
Happy anniversary We opened Stone & Stone Second World War Books on 15 September 1995, so this marks the beginning of our seventeenth year on the Web. We offer thanks to all the authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, and visitors who have helped us with this site over the years, and we look forward to providing daily doses of news and information about WWII-related books for many more years.
Now available from Indiana Jordan, David M. FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2011
News from Specialty Our contacts at Specialty Press—distributors for, among others, Crecy Books—tell us The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka: A Complete History by Peter C. Smith, published by Crecy in the UK in May, is now available in the US.
Forthcoming from Wisconsin Jaern, Albert. And Then Came the Liberators. Forthcoming from University of Wisconsin Press in October 2011
Now available from Little, Brown Downing, Taylor. Spies in the Sky: The Secret Battle for Aerial Intelligence During World War II. New York: Little, Brown, 2011
Self-Publisher We've added another self-publisher, Victoria Aldridge Washuk, and her book, World War II London Blitz Diary, 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 Penguin Kershaw, Ian. The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945. New York: Penguin Press, 2011
Now available from Texas Scearce, Phil. Finish Forty and Home: The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific. Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2011
News from George Nipe Author George Nipe sends welcome word about his upcoming book: "My book Blood, Steel and Myth will be sent off to the printers this week. There is a four to five week turnaround, so it should be available in mid-October from RZM/Casemate."
Now available from Tauris Ungvary, Krisztian. Battle for Budapest: 100 Days in World War II. London: I.B. Tauris, 2003
Now available from Continuum Overy, Richard. Bombing, States, and Peoples in Western Europe, 1940-1945. New York: Continuum, 2011
Cadman A recent delivery of mail from our trusty carrier brought us "Catalogue 118" from T. Cadman WW2 Books, packed with interesting and affordable secondhand titles for your reading pleasure.
News from Solihull The helpful folks across the sea at Helion tell us they've published Cataclysim: The War on the Eastern Front 1941-45—a new 400-page single-volume operational history of the war on the Russian Front—by Keith Cumins.
Self-Publisher We've added another self-publisher, Gregory J. Matenkoski, and his book, Lucky Penny's Tail, 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 History Press Tout, Ken. An End of War: Fatal Final Days to VE Day 1945. Stroud, UK: The History Press, 2011
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