|
|
     |
||||
News archive for January 2016
 |
||||
 An online database of WORLD WAR II books and information on the Web since 1995
New & forthcoming Books by subjects
Book reviews
War Diary
Popular resources
About us Also visit our Armies of the Second World War databases, including orders of battle and unit histories for ground forces of the Western Allies, Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union. In memory of my son and his wife, taken from us and their young children by a drunk driver.
|
News archives page
Book review Hardesty, Von and Ilya Grinberg. Red Phoenix Rising: The Soviet Air Force in World War II. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2012
Forthcoming from Oklahoma Linderman, A. R. B. Rediscovering Irregular Warfare: Colin Gubbins and the Origins of Britain's Special Operations Executive. Forthcoming from University of Oklahoma Press in February 2016
Now available from Haynes Howlett, Chris. Boeing B-29 Superfortress: Owners' Workshop Manual. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2015
Forthcoming from Fonthill Harrington, Janine. RAF 100 Group 1939-43: The Birth of Electronic Warfare. Forthcoming from Fonthill Media Limited in February 2016
Now available from URP Yeomans, Rory (editor). The Utopia of Terror: Life and Death in Wartime Croatia. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2015
Forthcoming from Amberley Smith, Christopher. Supermarine: An Illustrated History. Forthcoming from Amberley Publishing in February 2016
Now available from H&C Guillemot, Philippe. The Battle of the Bulge: The Failure of the Final Blitzkrieg, volume 1. Paris: Histoire & Collections, 2015
News from Tauris These publication dates might prove a little soft, but I.B. Tauris plans to release several new titles in February:
Now available from Osprey Kirchubel, Robert. Atlas of the Eastern Front, 1941-45. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2016
Forthcoming from Quartet Books Sherwin, Hiroko. Japan's World War II Legacy: Interviews with Japanese Veterans. Forthcoming from Quartet Books in February 2016
News from Carolina We hear from our friends at McFarland that they have some great-looking books on the way for April, May, June, and July:
Book review Reardon, Mark J. (editor). Defending Fortress Europe: The War Diary of the German 7th Army in Normandy, 6 June to 26 July 1944. Bedford, PA: Aberjona Press, 2012
Now available from Helion Szamveber, Norbert. The Sword Behind The Shield: A Combat History of the German Efforts to Relieve Budapest 1945. Solihull, UK: Helion & Company, 2016
Forthcoming from NAL Prados, John. Storm Over Leyte: The Philippine Invasion and the Destruction of the Japanese Navy. Forthcoming from New American Library in July 2016
Forthcoming from Dundurn Horn, Bernd. A Most Ungentlemanly Way of War: The SOE and the Canadian Connection. Forthcoming from Dundurn Group in February 2016
Randomness Interested in WWII books, authors, and publishers, but not sure exactly what you're looking for? Try our new random links. And remember, the generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
Random book
News from HP As always, The History Press has a lengthy line-up of books scheduled for publication over the next couple of months. Here are a few of them:
Now available from Panzerwrecks Archer, Lee and Bojan Dimitrijevic. Panzerwrecks, volume 19: Yugoslavia. Heathfield, Sussex: Panzerwrecks, 2015
Forthcoming from Alabama Murray, Stephen C. The Battle over Peleliu: Islander, Japanese, and American Memories of War. Forthcoming from University of Alabama Press in February 2016
News from Texas The "Spring & Summer 2016" catalog from the Texas Book Consortium brings news of several upcoming WWII titles:
Editor's Choice Awards for 2015 This month marks the seventeenth 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 2015.
Now available from Helion Harrison, Richard W. Rollback: The Red Army's Winter Offensive along the Southwestern Strategic Direction, 1942-43. Solihull, UK: Helion & Company, 2016
Forthcoming from Exisle Robinson, Stephen. False Flags: Disguised German Raiders of World War II. Forthcoming from Exisle Publishing in August 2016
Now available from Glencannon Gruner, George F. Blue Water Beat: The Two Lives of the Battleship USS California. Benicia, CA: The Glencannon Press, 2015 (Second edition)
Forthcoming from Vallentine Mitchell Sugarman, Martin. Jewish Participation in the Fire Service in the Second World War. Forthcoming from Vallentine Mitchell Publishers in February 2016
Now available from Illinois Sica, Emanuele. Mussolini's Army in the French Riviera: Italy's Occupation of France. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2016
Forthcoming from Yale Shepherd, Ben. Hitler's Soldiers: The German Army in the Third Reich. Forthcoming from Yale University Press in June 2016
News from Savas Beatie Some books gestate longer than others, and 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 by William McCroden and Thomas Nutter might be an award winner in that category. Here's what the publisher has to say as of this week: "We have made considerable progress. The book will be released this year. We are hoping it will be out in the summer."
Now available from McFarland Alford, Kenneth D. American Crimes and the Liberation of Paris: Robbery, Rape, and Murder by Renegade GIs, 1944-1947. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2015
Forthcoming from HM Hamilton, Nigel. Commander in Chief: FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943. Forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin in June 2016
Now available from Osprey Anderson, Thomas. The History of the Panzerwaffe Volume I: 1939-1942. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2015
Forthcoming from Bantam Holland, James. Cornered Tigers: The Defence of the Admin Box, Burma 1944. Forthcoming from Bantam in April 2016
Now available from NAL Duffy, James P. War at the End of the World: Douglas MacArthur and the Forgotten Fight For New Guinea, 1942-1945. New York: New American Library, 2016
In memoriam George Elsey—a USN officer who served as naval aide for intelligence and communications in the White House for FDR and Truman, and subsequently wrote a book about his experiences with those presidents plus Churchill and other wartime figures—died in California on 30 December at the age of 97, one of the last direct links with Franklin Roosevelt's presidency.
Forthcoming from Arcade Lulushi, Albert. Donovan's Devils: OSS Commandos Behind Enemy Lines, Europe, World War II. Forthcoming from Arcade Publishing in February 2016
Book review Moore, William Mortimer. Free France's Lion: The Life of Philippe Leclerc, de Gaulle's Greatest General. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2011
News from Connecticut RZM tells us that Kampfgruppe Muhlenkamp: 5. SS-Panzer-Division Wiking, Eastern Poland, July 1944 by Douglas Nash and Remy Spezzano should be in stock the first week in February.
Now available from Lexington Zhu, Pingchao. Wartime Culture in Guilin, 1938-1944: A City at War. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015
Forthcoming from Harvard Hughes, Thomas Alexander. Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval Life. Forthcoming from Harvard University Press in May 2016
Forthcoming from Berkley Oelhafen, Ingrid von and Tim Tate. Hitler's Forgotten Children: A True Story of the Lebensborn Program and One Woman's Search for Her Real Identity. Forthcoming from Berkley in February 2016
Now available from Cornell Esherick, Joseph and Matthew Combs (editors). 1943: China at the Crossroads. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2015
Forthcoming from Praeger Settle jr, Frank A. General George C. Marshall and the Atomic Bomb. Forthcoming from Praeger in April 2016
Forthcoming from Stackpole Ganz, A. Harding. Ghost Division: The 11th Gespenster Panzer Division and the German Armored Force. Forthcoming from Stackpole Books in February 2016
Now available from Nimble Lundgren, Robert. Battleship Victory: Principles of Sea Power in the War in the Pacific. Ann Arbor, MI: Nimble Books, 2015
News from Schiffer Schiffer Publishing has two books by Massimiliano Afiero on the publication schedule for later this year:
Forthcoming from NIU Rulitz, Florian Thomas. The Tragedy of Bleiburg and Viktring, 1945. Forthcoming from Northern Illinois University Press in February 2016
Cadman In the mail today we received "Catalogue #144" from T. Cadman WW2 Books, packed with a quality assortment of titles ready to be added to your shelves.
Forthcoming from Amberley Brown, Colin. Operation Big: The Race to Stop Hitler's A-Bomb. Forthcoming from Amberley Publishing in April 2016
Now available from MMP Crawford, Alex. 263 Squadron: Gladiators Over the Fjords. Petersfield, Hampshire, UK: MMP Books, 2015
Now available from UPK Ellis, Frank. Barbarossa 1941: Reframing Hitler's Invasion of Stalin's Soviet Empire. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2015
Book review Mark, Jason D. Besieged: The Epic Battle for Cholm. Sydney: Leaping Horseman Books, 2011
Now available from Rowman Maffeo, Steven E. U.S. Navy Codebreakers, Linguists, and Intelligence Officers Against Japan, 1910-1941: A Biographical Dictionary. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2015
Book statistics for 2015 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 2015.
|
|||
| We don't buy, stock, publish, or sell books or anything else.
NEWS BOOKS AUTHORS PUBLISHERS SELF-PUBLISHERS BOOKSELLERS ARMIES GAMES . |
||||
| bstone@sonic.net | Copyright © 1995-2023 Bill Stone | |||