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News archive for March 2016
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News from Barnsley They keep rolling off the presses! Among all the new books on the way from Pen and Sword, these four are scheduled for April.
Self-Publisher We've added another self-publisher, Kieron Wood, and book, Ike's Irish Lover, 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.
Recommended We've updated our Recommended Reading page to reflect our latest suggestions for books that deserve an extra measure of attention.
Forthcoming from Bantam Holland, James. Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East. Forthcoming from Bantam in April 2016
Now available from Osprey Nenye, Vesa et al. Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941-45. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2016
Forthcoming from Hawaii Bennett, Judith A. and Angela Wanhalla (editors). Mothers' Darlings of the South Pacific: The Children of Indigenous Women and U.S. Servicemen, World War II. Forthcoming from University of Hawaii Press in April 2016
News from London Grub Street has announced three new titles scheduled for publication over the next few months, plus a reprint of Poles in Defence of Britain: A Day-by-Day Chronology of Polish Day and Night Fighter Pilot Operations, July 1940 - June 1941 by Robert Gretzyngier. The upcoming new books:
Book review Gamble, Bruce. Target: Rabaul: The Allied Siege of Japan's Most Infamous Stronghold, March 1943 - August 1945. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press, 2013
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 Praeger Settle jr, Frank A. General George C. Marshall and the Atomic Bomb. Forthcoming from Praeger in April 2016
Now available from UPK Crane, Conrad C. American Airpower Strategy in World War II: Bombs, Cities, Civilians, and Oil. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2016
News from Canada J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc has announced that The Struggle for Pomerania: The Last Defensive Battles in the East by Erich Murawski will be published at the end of May.
Forthcoming from Missouri Alvarez, Jose E. The Spanish Foreign Legion in the Spanish Civil War, 1936. Forthcoming from University of Missouri Press in April 2016
Recommended Our Recommended Reading page has been updated to reflect our latest suggestions for books we think deserve an extra measure of attention.
Forthcoming from Regnery Yenne, Bill. Panic in the Pacific: How America Prepared for the West Coast Invasion. Forthcoming from Regnery Publishing, Inc in November 2016
Forthcoming from Routledge Jones, Kevin. Intelligence, Command and Military Operations: The Eighth Army Campaign in Italy, 1943-45. Forthcoming from Routledge in April 2016
Forthcoming from Atlantic Wortman, Marc. 1941: Fighting the Shadow War: A Divided America in a World at War. Forthcoming from Atlantic Monthly Press in April 2016
Now available from Helion Rogers, David. Shadow Factories: Britain's Production Facilities and the Second World War. Solihull, UK: Helion & Company, 2016
Forthcoming from Haynes Beam, Roger. Englandspiel: The England Game, SOE's Worst Wartime Disaster. Forthcoming from Haynes Publishing in April 2016
Book review Harmsen, Peter. Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2013
Now available from HUP Kulczycki, John J. Belonging to the Nation: Inclusion and Exclusion in the Polish-German Borderlands, 1939-1951. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016
Forthcoming from Berkley Yenne, Bill. When Tigers Ruled the Sky: The Flying Tigers: American Outlaw Pilots over China in World War II. Forthcoming from Berkley in July 2016
Forthcoming from History Press Fowler, Will. The Last Raid: The Commandos, Channel Islands and Final Nazi Raid. Forthcoming from The History Press in April 2016
Forthcoming from Amberley Trigg, Jonathan. The Defeat of the Luftwaffe: The Eastern Front 1941-45, A Strategy for Disaster. Forthcoming from Amberley Publishing in April 2016
Forthcoming from Osprey Hooton, E.R. War over the Steppes: The Air Campaigns on the Eastern Front 1941-45. Forthcoming from Osprey Publishing in October 2016
Now available from Oklahoma Linderman, A. R. B. Rediscovering Irregular Warfare: Colin Gubbins and the Origins of Britain's Special Operations Executive. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2016
Forthcoming from Mercier Hewitt, John. Ireland's Aviator Heroes of World War II. Forthcoming from Mercier Press Ltd in April 2016
Forthcoming from McFarland Wolk, Bruce H. Jewish Aviators in World War II: Personal Narratives of American Men and Women. Forthcoming from McFarland & Company, Inc in April 2016
Now available from Tauris de Wailly, Henri. Invasion Syria, 1941: Churchill and de Gaulle's Forgotten War. London: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2016
News from Alexander Hill Author Alexander Hill notified us that Cambridge University Press is scheduled to publish his The Red Army and the Second World War—the first title in CUP's new "Armies of the Second World War" series—in August.
Self-Publisher We've added another self-publisher, History and Latte Ltd, and book, Operation Ironclad: The British Invasion of Madagascar, 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 NIP Russell, David Lee. The War Begins: The Navy's Early Carrier Raids, February-May 1942. Forthcoming from Naval Institute Press in May 2016
Now available from North Texas Rickman, Sarah Byrn. WASP of the Ferry Command: Women Pilots, Uncommon Deeds. College Station, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2016
Book review Chandler, David P., Robert Cribb, and Li Narangoa (editors). End of Empire: 100 Days in 1945 That Changed Asia and the World. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2016
Now available from Editions Caraktere Mermet, Jean-Claude and Christian-Jacques Ehrengardt. Messerschmitt Bf 109. Aix-en-Provence, France: Editions Caraktere, 2016
Forthcoming from Winged Hussar Rospond, Vincent W. The Polish Army in 1939. Forthcoming from Winged Hussar Publishing in September 2016
Recommended We've updated our Recommended Reading page to reflect our latest suggestions for books that deserve an extra measure of attention.
Forthcoming from UPK Rigg, Bryan Mark. The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue. Forthcoming from University Press of Kansas in June 2016
In memoriam Elizabeth Strohfus—a pioneering WWII WASP aviator—died on 6 March in Minnesota at the age of 96.
Forthcoming from Stackpole Baumer, Robert W. Old Hickory: The American 30th Infantry Division in World War II. Forthcoming from Stackpole Books in August 2016
Now available from McFarland Kolakowski, Christopher L. Last Stand on Bataan: The Defense of the Philippines, December 1941 - May 1942. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2016
Forthcoming from R and L Woolfe jr, Raymond G. The Doomed Horsemen of Bataan: The Incredible Stand of the 26th Cavalry. Forthcoming from Rowman and Littlefield in April 2016
News from Pen & Sword We're pleased to report safe arrival here of a package from Barnsley with these two new books:
In memoriam Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown—a highly decorated RN pilot who flew almost 500 different types of aircraft and subsequently wrote several books about his experiences during and after WWII—died on 21 February in England at the age of 97.
Now available from the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Chandler, David P., Robert Cribb, and Li Narangoa (editors). End of Empire: 100 Days in 1945 That Changed Asia and the World. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2016
Cadman If you're interested in reading / collecting / purchasing books about the Second World War, you owe it to yourself to take a look at "Catalogue #145" from T. Cadman WW2 Books, which is filled with quality items for sale at reasonable prices.
Book review Majd, Mohammad Gholi. August 1941: The Anglo-Russian Occupation of Iran and Change of Shahs. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2012
Forthcoming from State House Mims, James W. From Midland to Mindanao: Reminiscences of the War in the Pacific. Forthcoming from State House Press in April 2016
Now available from Indiana Day, Ronnie. New Georgia: The Second Battle for the Solomons. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2016
News from AOW Bob Ruman—long-time collector, proprietor of Articles of War, and bastion of independent bookselling—has announced that he is in the process of selling most of his personal collection of 5000 military titles. For more information, contact Bob via his AOW store on eBay.
Forthcoming from Da Capo Lyman, Robert. Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle. Forthcoming from Da Capo Press in June 2016
Forthcoming from Mercier Hewitt, John. Ireland's Aviator Heroes of World War II. Forthcoming from Mercier Press Ltd in April 2016
Now available from RZM Nash, Douglas and Remy Spezzano. Kampfgruppe Muhlenkamp: 5. SS-Panzer-Division Wiking, Eastern Poland, July 1944. Stamford, CT: RZM Publishing, 2016
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