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News archive for September 2014
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Forthcoming from Missouri Kurusu, Saburo (edited by J Garry Clifford and Masako Okura). The Desperate Diplomat: Saburo Kurusu's Memoir of the Weeks before Pearl Harbor. Forthcoming from University of Missouri Press in October 2014
Forthcoming from CUP Stahel, David. The Battle for Moscow. Forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in December 2014
News from Casemate Recently published on the eastern shore of the Atlantic Ocean, A Street in Arnhem: The Agony of Occupation and Liberation by Robert J. Kershaw has now been published on the western shore of the Atlantic by the busy team at Casemate.
Forthcoming from Schiffer Wolf, William. The 5th Fighter Command in World War II, volume 3. Forthcoming from Schiffer Publishing Ltd in October 2014
Book review Claasen, Adam R. A. Hitler's Northern War: The Luftwaffe's Ill-Fated Campaign, 1940-1945. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2001
Now available from Helion Glantz, David M. Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle for Smolensk, July-August 1941, volume 3: Documentary Companion: Tables, Orders and Reports Prepared by Participating Red Army Forces. Solihull, UK: Helion & Company, 2014
Forthcoming from Yale Schrijvers, Peter. Those Who Hold Bastogne: The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge. Forthcoming from Yale University Press in October 2014
Forthcoming from Singapore Kratoska, Paul H. The Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore, 1940-1945. Forthcoming from National University of Singapore Press in October 2014
Now available from Panzerwrecks Archer, Lee and William Auerbach. Panzerwrecks, volume 17: Normandy 3. Monroe, NY: Panzerwrecks, 2014
Forthcoming from Tauris Winstone, Martin. The Dark Heart of Hitler's Europe: Nazi Rule in Poland Under the General Government. Forthcoming from I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in October 2014
Forthcoming from Chicago Ball, Philip. Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler. Forthcoming from University of Chicago Press in October 2014
News from Osprey Osprey Publishing recently shipped a fresh batch of new books, including these WWII titles:
Forthcoming from Harper Unger, Debi and Irwin Unger with Stanley Hirshon. George Marshall: A Biography. Forthcoming from Harper in October 2014
Now available from Collins Richie, Alexandra. Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler, and the Warsaw Uprising. London: William Collins, 2014
News from Virginia, Texas, and Guadalcanal Author Bill Bartsch reminds us that his Victory Fever on Guadalcanal: Japan's First Land Defeat of World War II will be published by Texas A&M University Press in November.
Forthcoming from Murray Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Abducting a General: The Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete. Forthcoming from John Murray Publishers Ltd in October 2014
Book review Harrison Place, Timothy. Military Training in the British Army, 1940-1944: From Dunkirk to D-Day. London: Frank Cass, 2000
Now available from R & L Meyer, Kathryn. Life and Death in the Garden: Sex, Drugs, Cops, and Robbers in Wartime China. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014
Forthcoming from HUP Motadel, David. Islam and Nazi Germany's War. Forthcoming from Belknap / Harvard University Press in October 2014
Forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan Smith, Timothy O. Vietnam and the Unravelling of Empire: General Gracey in Asia 1942-1951. Forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan Publishing Company in October 2014
Now available from Alaska Coyle, Brendan. Kiska: The Japanese Occupation of an Alaska Island. Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska Press, 2014
Forthcoming from Andre Deutsch Iveson, Tony. The Lancaster and the Tirpitz. Forthcoming from Andre Deutsch in October 2014
Happy anniversary We opened Stone & Stone Second World War Books on 15 September 1995, so this marks the beginning of our twentieth 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 Bodley Moorhouse, Roger. The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941. London: Bodley Head, 2014
Forthcoming from Aquila Polonica Baluk, Stefan Starba. Sikorski: No Simple Soldier. Forthcoming from Aquila Polonica Publishing in June 2015
Now available from Arcturus Roland, Paul. Nazi Women: The Attraction of Evil. London: Arcturus, 2014
Forthcoming from Bodley Khan, Yasmin. The Raj at War: India, 1939-1945. Forthcoming from Bodley Head in June 2015
Forthcoming from D & M Zuehlke, Mark. Forgotten Victory: First Canadian Army and the Cruel Winter of 1944-45. Forthcoming from Douglas & McIntyre in May 2015
Forthcoming from RZM Spezzano, Remy and Douglas Nash. PK Cameraman No. 2: 12. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Hitlerjugend Training in Belgium, November 1943 - March 1944. Forthcoming from RZM Publishing in October 2014
Now available from Allen & Unwin Threlfall, Adrian. Jungle Warriors: From Tobruk to Kokoda and Beyond, How the Australian Army Became the World's Most Deadly Jungle Fighting Force. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2014
News from History Press The busy folks at History Press promise a boatload of new books in the near future, of which these releases for October caught our attention:
Book review Altobello, Brian. Into the Shadows Furious: The Brutal Battle for New Georgia. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 2000
Now available from Helion Syrett, David. The Eyes of the Desert Rats: British Long-Range Reconnaissance Operations in the North African Desert 1940-42. Solihull, UK: Helion & Company, 2014
Forthcoming from McFarland Murphy, Kevin C. Inside the Bataan Death March: Defeat, Travail, and Memory. Forthcoming from McFarland & Company, Inc in October 2014
Doughty news Stackpole Books has now released Robert Doughty's seminal The Breaking Point: Sedan and the Fall of France, 1940, and SB has announced an October publication date for Doughty's The Seeds of Disaster: The Development of French Army Doctrine, 1919-1939.
In memoriam Captain Walter F. Mazzone—diving officer aboard USN submarines Crevalle and Puffer during some of the most dramatic underwater operations of WWII, and later a key part of the Navy's SeaLab team—died on 7 August at the age of 96 in California.
Now available from OK Salecker, Gene Eric. The Second Pearl Harbor: The West Loch Disaster, May 21, 1944. Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2014
Forthcoming from Skyhorse Swanston, Alex. The Atlas of Special Operations of World War II. Forthcoming from Skyhorse Publishing in October 2014
War Diary reminder Today seems like another good day to remind everyone about our detailed day-by-day chronicle of the Second World War, now amounting to almost 62,000 entries, with 2 September 1945 standing out as a fairly important date.
Cadman We're always pleased to receive printed catalogs of new and secondhand books about the Second World War, so T. Cadman WW2 Books has made us very happy with printed Catalogue 136.
AOW In other bookseller news—not so happy news—Bob Ruman has announced a big sale in preparation for closing down his Articles of War website.
Forthcoming from Texas Bartsch, William H. Victory Fever on Guadalcanal: Japan's First Land Defeat of World War II. Forthcoming from Texas A&M University Press in November 2014
War Diary reminder Today seems like a good day to remind everyone about our detailed day-by-day chronicle of the Second World War, now amounting to almost 62,000 entries, with 1 September 1939 standing out as a fairly important date.
Now available from PM Wilson, Cat. Churchill on the Far East in the Second World War: Hiding the History of the Special Relationship. New York: Palgrave Macmillan Publishing Company, 2014
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