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Now available from OUP Suss, Dietmar. Death from the Skies: How the British and Germans Survived Bombing in World War II. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014
Forthcoming from CUP Buchanan, Andrew. American Grand Strategy in the Mediterranean during World War II. Forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in February 2014
News from Jack Didden Jack Didden—co-author of the very popular and critically acclaimed Autumn Gale - Herbststurm—tells us his next project will be a history of Kampfgruppe Walther. "Far less lengthy!" he adds.
Forthcoming from Tauris Trevor-Roper, Hugh R. The Third Reich: On the Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany. Forthcoming from I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in February 2014
News from Pen and Sword Among many books on the production schedule, these caught our attention:
Now available from Kentucky Pash, Sidney. The Currents of War: A New History of American-Japanese Relations, 1899-1941. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2014
Book review Didden, Jack and Maarten Swarts. Autumn Gale - Herbststurm. Drunen, Netherlands: De Zwaardvisch, 2013
Forthcoming from Bloomsbury Bennett, G.H. The RAF's French Foreign Legion, 1940-45: De Gaulle, the British and the Re-Emergence of French Airpower. Forthcoming from Bloomsbury in February 2014
Now available from Casemate Bagdonas, Raymond. The Devil's General: The Life of Hyazinth Strachwitz, the Panzer Graf. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2014
News from Schiffer The folks at Schiffer Publishing have these WWII titles on the schedule for publication next month:
Now available from OUP Hett, Benjamin Carter. Burning the Reichstag: An Investigation into the Third Reich's Enduring Mystery. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014
Forthcoming from UNTP Marcello, Ronald E. Small Town America in World War II: War Stories from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Forthcoming from University of North Texas Press in April 2014
Now available from Helion Stenge, Csaba B. Baptism of Fire: The First Combat Experiences of the Royal Hungarian Air Force and Slovak Air Force, March 1939. Solihull, UK: Helion & Company, 2014
In memoriam Hiroo Onoda—a lieutenant in the Japanese Army who remained on duty in the jungle on an island in the Philippines before emerging in 1974—died in Japan on 16 January at the age of 91.
Book review Mansoor, Peter R. The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1999
Now available from Stackpole Edwards, Robert. Scouts Out: A History of German Armored Reconnaissance Units in World War II. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2014
In memoriam Joseph Sheeks—who served aboard USN destroyer Monaghan at Pearl Harbor when it sank an IJN midget submarine—died in California on 10 January at the age of 96.
Forthcoming from Routledge Zimmerman, David. World War Two. Forthcoming from Routledge in February 2014
Now available from McFarland Lepage, Jean-Denis. An Illustrated Dictionary of the Third Reich. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2014
Forthcoming from Yale Rubin, Barry. Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East. Forthcoming from Yale University Press in February 2014
Now available from Kagero Polish publisher Kagero distributes these titles through Casemate in the US:
Forthcoming from Little Brown Jacobsen, Annie. Operation Paperclip: The CIA's Secret Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America. Forthcoming from Little Brown and Company in February 2014
Editor's Choice awards for 2013 This month marks the fifteenth annual Stone & Stone Second World War Books selection of new releases for our Editor's Choice awards, aka the "Stonies," as the best books of the year. Here are the winners of the Stonies for 2013.
Now available from McFarland Grieve, William. The American Military Mission to China, 1941-1942: Lend-Lease Logistics, Politics and the Tangles of Wartime Cooperation. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2014
Forthcoming from McArthur & Company Bercuson, David J. and Holger H. Herwig. Long Night of the Tankers: Hitler's War Against Caribbean Oil. Forthcoming from McArthur & Company in February 2014
Now available from History Press Alderson, G. L. D. Cap Badges of the British Army, 1939 - 1945. Stroud, UK: The History Press, 2014
Forthcoming from OUP Kertzer, David I. The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe. Forthcoming from Oxford University Press in February 2014
Now available from Columbia Hoare, Marko Attila. The Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War: A History. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014
News from Savas Beatie The fine folks at Savas Beatie tell us 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 by McCroden and Nutter, after much delay, has been tentatively scheduled for publication in May.
In memoriam Jerry Coleman—a USMC pilot who flew combat missions in WWII and Korea, played baseball for the New York Yankees, and subsequently enjoyed a long career as a baseball broadcaster—died 5 January in California at the age of 89.
Now available from Stackpole Wood, Michael. Tigers of the Death's Head: SS Totenkopf Division's Tiger Company. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2013
Cadman The mailman has delivered to us printed "Catalogue #132" from T. Cadman WW2 Books with a wide assortment of topnotch titles for sale.
Book review Beyer, Kenneth M. Q-Ships versus U-Boats: America's Secret Project. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1999
News from RZM Remy Spezzano tells us RZM's newest book, PK Cameraman No. 1: Panzerjaeger in the West 1944, has arrived at the warehouse and will be available next week.
Forthcoming from NIP Russell, David Lee. The War Begins: The Navy's Early Carrier Raids, February-May 1942. Forthcoming from Naval Institute Press in May 2014
Now available from Knopf Canada O'Keefe, David. One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada's Tragedy at Dieppe. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2013
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 2013.
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