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  • THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, 1864
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    THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, 1864
    DAVID A. POWELL
    A fully illustrated narrative of the Atlanta campaign complete with maps, illustrations, and diagrams. General John Bell Hood’s tenure commanding the Confederate Army of Tennessee stood in marked contrast to that of his predecessor Joseph E. Johnston. Where Johnston was forced to conduct a war of maneuver, parrying William T. Sherman’s repeated flanking attempts, he rarely risk...

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  • THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, 1864
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    THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, 1864
    DAVID A. POWELL
    A fully illustrated narrative of the Atlanta campaign complete with maps, illustrations, and diagrams. The campaign for Atlanta was pivotal to the outcome of the American Civil War. Roughly 190,000 men waged war across northern Georgia in a struggle that lasted 133 days. Today a national park at Kennesaw commemorates this titanic fight, and there are a surprising number of phys...

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  • THE LUZON CAMPAIGN 1945
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    THE LUZON CAMPAIGN 1945
    NATHAN N. PREFER
    A full account of the Luzon campaign, from the planning stages to the surrender of the Japanese general Yamashita. The Luzon campaign of 1945 was the longest island campaign of the Pacific War, lasting from January 1945 to September 1945, and only ended with the surrender of Imperial Japan. It is often overlooked or mentioned in passing by most histories of that war, yet hundre...

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  • VANDAL HEAVEN
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    VANDAL HEAVEN
    SIMON ELLIOTT
    A new study that challenges previous interpretations of post-Roman North Africa. North Africa was one of the richest parts of the Roman Empire, the agricultural powerhouse of the Mediterranean. It was also home to some of the emperor’s biggest imperial estates, and prosperous cities of all kinds. Its loss to the Vandals in the first half of the 5th century AD was the mortal blo...

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  • HUNTERS' ISLAND
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    HUNTERS' ISLAND
    GORDON L ROTTMAN
    A young American farm boy and a Japanese student are swept away from their lives by war and end up playing a deadly game of cat and mouse on a Pacific Island. It is a world war between with the lives and cultures of empires at stake, the largest and most vicious war to sweep across the globe. In spite of the sweep of the war around the world, in August 1942 many were focused on...

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  • THE FIRST HELLCAT ACE
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    THE FIRST HELLCAT ACE
    HAMILTON MCWHORTER / JAY A. STOUT
    A new biography of Hamilton "Mac" McWhorter, the first pilot to achieve ace status in the Hellcat. Although he objected to being characterized as such, Hamilton McWhorter III's service to family and country make him a standout among America's Greatest Generation. A Georgia native whose family roots date from that region's settlement during the 1700s, “Mac” McWhorter was a naval...

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  • BERNHARD SINDBERG
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    BERNHARD SINDBERG
    PETER HARMSEN
    A new biography that shines a light on Bernhard Arp Sindberg who saved the lives of thousands of Chinese civilians after the fall of Nanjing. In December 1937, the Chinese capital, Nanjing, falls and the Japanese army unleash an orgy of torture, murder, and rape. Over the course of six weeks, hundreds of thousands of civilians and prisoners of war are killed. At the very onset ...

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  • WITNESS TO NEPTUNE’S INFERNO
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    WITNESS TO NEPTUNE’S INFERNO
    DAVID F. WINKLER
    A rare day-to-day account of the Pacific War that is refreshingly candid. 1942 would prove crucial for the United States in the Pacific following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of setbacks in the Southwest. As the first ship commissioned following America’s entry into World War II, the light cruiser USS Atlanta would be thrust into the Pacific fight, joining t...

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  • THE BATTLE OF BONG SON
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    THE BATTLE OF BONG SON
    KENNETH P. WHITE
    The first full account of this significant battle, based on first-hand accounts and historical documents. Operation Masher/White Wing targeted the regiments of the North Vietnamese Army Sao Vang Division operating in the Bong Son area in northeast Binh Dinh Province in central South Vietnam. The operation started on January 24, 1966, immediately after the Vietnamese New Year (T...

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  • STRONG IN WILL
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    STRONG IN WILL
    MARIE-LOUISE DILKES
    A detailed and vivid diary recount the wartime experience in Paris during the occupation of France. “September 1939 slipped into October quite silently as if it did not want to attract any notice. The atmosphere is tense with expectancy, ready for the critical times that lie ahead. Everyone is geared for eventualities with courage and the élan of high purpose. Members of the Em...

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  • LIFE AND DEATH AT ABBEY GATE
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    LIFE AND DEATH AT ABBEY GATE
    MIKAEL COOK
    "...a brutal, honest account by an American veteran of what went wrong and how a few determined people tried to make it right. Beautifully crafted and deeply researched, it marks a vital contribution to the accounts that have come out of the War on Terror."— Sebastian Junger, New York Times bestselling author As the American government began a disastrous mass evacuation of its ...

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  • REVOLUTIONARY WAR FORTS
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    REVOLUTIONARY WAR FORTS
    MICHAEL GARLOCK
    Covering the battles fought by the garrisons of the forts. The first of four volumes on Revolutionary War forts which together will provide a comprehensive overview. During the Revolutionary War, forts in New York were instrumental in initiating and maintaining America’s desire for independence and helped the nascent nation to eventually prevail. These forts saw crucial, campai...

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  • EYES ON THE ENEMY
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    EYES ON THE ENEMY
    CHRIS MCNAB
    A unique look at American military intelligence during World War II using contemporary manuals and briefings. On December 7, 1941, an imperial Japanese carrier strike force attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, taking advantage of what was one of the most profound intelligence failures in US history. Galvanized into action, the branches of the U.S. military subsequentl...

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  • ANZIO NETTUNO
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    ANZIO NETTUNO
    JÖRG STAIGER
    "...an excellent primer about the operations in and around the Anzio beachhead. Students of operational art, multinational operations, and amphibious warfare will find Staiger’s narrative interesting and thought-provoking." — Military Review The Allied amphibious operation codenamed Shingle was launched in late January 1944. It was opposed by German forces in the area of Anzio ...

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  • IN STRANGE COMPANY
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    IN STRANGE COMPANY
    ROLAND J. TISO
    “Colonel Tiso’s experience with operational planning and combat service with multinational forces in Iraq provides an exceptional background for this riveting, exciting, and most interesting book that superbly captures the challenges of Coalition Warfare.” — Lieutenant General (Retired) Joseph W. Kinzer, USA The decision to not deploy reoriented, trained Iraqi divisions and oth...

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  • THE GERMAN INFANTRYMAN ON THE EASTERN FRONT
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    THE GERMAN INFANTRYMAN ON THE EASTERN FRONT
    SIMON FORTY / RICHARD CHARLTON TAYLOR
    A fully illustrated survey of the German infantryman on the Eastern Front in World War II. The German Army was all-conquering until late 1941 when, only a few miles short of Moscow, it ran out of steam. Maniacal defense, the Russian winter and exhaustion all played their part and, although they didn’t realize it, the German forces wouldn’t advance further on this front. While t...

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  • THE VISTULA-ODER OFFENSIVE
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    THE VISTULA-ODER OFFENSIVE
    IAN BAXTER
    A fully illustrated account of the Soviet offensive from the River Vistula towards Berlin. The Vistula-Oder offensive was a massive Soviet Army operation on the Eastern Front which was launched on 12 January 1945 and paved the way for the Battle of Berlin. Its main objective was a major advance from the River Vistula to the River Oder, bringing Soviet forces within fifty miles ...

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  • THE SOVIET INFANTRYMAN ON THE EASTERN FRONT
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    THE SOVIET INFANTRYMAN ON THE EASTERN FRONT
    SIMON FORTY
    A fully illustrated survey of the Soviet infantryman on the Eastern Front in World War II. The Soviet Army was ill-prepared for its ally’s treacherous onslaught in 1941. Its officer corps decimated by Stalin’s purges and its men less well-trained than the Germans, the Red Army was poorly led, hampered by the power of the political officers and only partly mobilized. But, in spi...

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  • CLEARING THE WAY
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    CLEARING THE WAY
    CHRIS MCNAB
    Covers all aspect of military engineering from construction through camouflage and booby traps to demolition. Quite simply, without engineers the U.S. Army would have been unable to fight World War II. The men of the Corps of Engineers, with the strength of more than 700 battalions mobilized during World War II, were tasked with every imaginable engineering challenge. In rear a...

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  • FIGHTING FROM THE HEAVENS
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    FIGHTING FROM THE HEAVENS
    CHRIS MCNAB
    Presents information from a wealth of training manuals and tactical documents, including diagrams and illustrations. During World War II, the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) projected American military might across distances and with destructive force unimaginable just a decade previously. The B-17s and B-24s of the US Eighth Air Force, for example, turned much of Germany’s infrastr...

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  • TAKKA TAKKA BOM BOM
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    TAKKA TAKKA BOM BOM
    AL J. VENTER
    The world’s oldest still-active war correspondent shares the real stories behind half a century of headlines from the front lines. The world’s oldest still-active war correspondent Al J. Venter has reported from the front lines for well over half a century, witnessing the horrors humanity visits upon itself in twenty-five conflict zones across Africa, the Middle East, and Centr...

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  • THE DEFEAT OF THE DAMNED
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    THE DEFEAT OF THE DAMNED
    DOUGLAS E NASH
    An operational history of the notorious Dirlewanger Brigade, culminating in its destruction in Budapest at the hands of the Red Army. One of the most notorious yet least understood body of troops that fought for the Third Reich during World War II was the infamous Sondereinheit Dirlewanger, or the “Dirlewanger Special Unit.” Formed initially as a company-sized formation in June...

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  • POWER UP
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    POWER UP
    SETH STEVEN LEONARD, JONATHAN KLUG, KELSEY CIPOLLA AND JON NICCUM
    A multi-author exploration of contemporary challenges in leadership, team building, and conflict, through the lens of the superhero genre. In the past decade, heroes and villains spawned from the pages of comic books have upended popular culture and revolutionized the entertainment industry. The narratives weave together a multitude of complementary and sometimes competing stor...

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  • BATTLE SCARS
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    BATTLE SCARS
    CHIP REID
    A unique insight into how combat in Iraq has shaped the lives of a battalion of young Marines. The most eye-opening, and terrifying, story in Chip Reid's career as a journalist was the six weeks he spent with 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, as a correspondent for NBC News. Traveling shoulder-to-shoulder with the young Marines, he had unparalleled...

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  • NEXT WAR
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    NEXT WAR
    JOHN F ANTAL
    An analysis of the lessons learned from recent wars, including the conflict in Ukraine, and how top war-fighting disrupters are transforming the methods of warfare. The nature of war is constant change. We live in an era of exponential technological acceleration which is transforming how wars are waged. Today, the battlespace is transparent; multi-domain sensors can see anythin...

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  • THE U.S. ARMY COMBAT HISTORIAN AND COMBAT HISTORY OPERATIONS
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    THE U.S. ARMY COMBAT HISTORIAN AND COMBAT HISTORY OPERATIONS
    KATHRYN ROE COKER / JASON WETZEL
    How the US Army developed historical programs since World War I—sending combat historians into the fray to interview soldiers and collect documents for the benefit of history. In World War I, Major General Pershing proposed the idea of establishing a historical office within the AEF headquarters. The War Department reorganized the General Staff to include a Historical Branch. E...

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  • DERRICKS' BRIDGEHEAD
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    DERRICKS' BRIDGEHEAD
    LT. COL. MAJOR CLARK
    Vivid, first-hand account of a unique and significant World War II all-black U.S. Army unit—the 597th Field Artillery Battalion, 92nd Division. The 597th Field Artillery Battalion, 92nd Division, was the first, last, and only all-black officered direct support field artillery battalion committed to combat in the history of the U.S. Army. It was the first all-black unit in a com...

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  • BROKEN POTS, MENDING LIVES
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    BROKEN POTS, MENDING LIVES
    RICHARD OSGOOD
    A fully illustrated insight into an innovative recovery program that supports wounded soldiers through involvement in archaeology. For those that survive, the traumas of military conflict can be long-lasting. It might seem astonishing that archaeology, with its uncovering of the traces of the long-dead, of battlefields, of skeletal remains, could provide solace, and yet there i...

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  • MILITARY DOGS OF WORLD WAR II
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    MILITARY DOGS OF WORLD WAR II
    SUSAN BULANDA
    A fully illustrated insight into the dogs that served with both Allied and Axis nations during World War II. Animals, especially dogs, have served in all the wars of men since time immemorial. During World War II, most combatant nations employed dogs on the battlefield in a number of ways including searching for injured men or downed airmen; detecting mines; carrying messages b...

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  • THE WINTER WAR 1939–40
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    THE WINTER WAR 1939–40
    PHILIP JOWETT
    "Jowett has amassed an impressive amount of detail, yet the writing never bogs down. He leads the reader through this war with precision and employs images to great effect." — New York Journal of Books When the Soviet Union invaded Finland in late 1939, what transpired was a true “David and Goliath” conflict. When Finland refused a number of Soviet demands, including the ceding...

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