ABRAMS
The American Civil War: 365 Days (Apr., $29.95) by Margaret E. Wagner. This visual history features items drawn from the collections of the Library of Congress.
ARTE PBLICO PRESS
Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History (May, $69.95) by Arturo Rosales chronicles and illustrates key figures and events in the Hispanic Civil Rights movement.
ARTISAN
This Is Our War: A Soldier's Portfolio—Servicemen's Photographs of Life in Iraq (Mar., $29.95) by Devin Friedman and the editors of GQ expands a popular article from the magazine with additional photos and text from troops stationed in Iraq. Ad/promo.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
Guests of the Ayatollah (May, $24) by Mark Bowden recounts the events of America's first confrontation with militant Islam in the Iran hostage crisis. 200,000 first printing. Author tour.
BARRICADE BOOKS
Roosevelt and the Holocaust (Apr., $26.95) by Robert Beir with Brian Josepher addresses controversial questions about FDR's actions in response to the Holocaust.
BASIC BOOKS
What Would the Founders Do? Our Questions, Their Answers (May, $25) by Richard Brookhiser considers how the founding fathers would have handled the most controversial issues facing the nation today. 75,000 first printing.
BERKLEY
Marines in the Garden of Eden: The Battle for An Nasiriyah (June, $24.95) by Richard S. Lowry portrays the bloodiest battle in the campaign to oust Saddam Hussein.
BOYDELL BREWER
Pirates, Merchants and Seafarers in the Middle Ages (May, $37.95) by Dirk Meier uses archeological evidence and contemporary accounts to create a history of seafaring.
CARROLL GRAF
Ibsen and Hitler: The Playwright, the Plagiarist, and the Plot of a Third Reich (May, $27) by Steven Sage explores the idea that the Führer and some Nazis believed that Ibsen's plays prophesied Hitler's rule over the Third Reich.
CITADEL
Six Minutes to Freedom: How a Band of Heroes Defied a Dictator and Helped Free a Nation (July, $23.95) by Kurt Muse and John Gilstrap narrates the American-born Muse's true-life story of clandestine radio stations that fomented the overthrow of the Noriega government.
IVAN R. DEE
Terrible Fate (Apr., $27.50) by Benjamin Lieberman traces the history of ethnic cleansing in Europe and western Asia from the early 19th century to the present.
In Search of Ireland's Heroes (June, $27.50) by Carmel McCaffrey is a history of Ireland from the 12th century to the present.
ECCO
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution (May, $29.95) by Simon Schama asks, If you were black in America at the start of the Revolutionary War, who would you root for? 100,000 first printing.
FARRAR, STRAUS GIROUX
Uncommon Carriers (June, $24) by John McPhee compiles portraits of people who work in different forms of freight transportation.
FORDHAM UNIV. PRESS
Westchester: The American Suburb (Mar.; $44.95, paper $24.95) by Roger Panetta accompanies an exhibition of photos, paintings, maps and ephemera at the Hudson River Museum.
GROVE PRESS
The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama (June, $25) by Thomas Laird. 50,000 first printing.
HARCOURT
The Prince of the Marshes: and Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq (May, $25) by Rory Stewart chronicles the experiences of a Farsi-speaking British diplomat governing two Iraqi provinces. Ad/promo.
HARVARD UNIV. PRESS
The Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age of Revolution (Mar., $19.95) by Gary B. Nash reorients our understanding of early American history by taking into account an often overlooked one-fifth of the population.
HILL WANG
A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History (Apr., $25) by Thomas Bender emphasizes the importance of viewing American history in a global context.
Blessed Among Nations: How the World Made America (July, $24) by Eric Rauchway explains how the effects of globalization have warped America.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power (May, $30) by James Carroll ponders this powerful institution, the people who created it and the pathologies it has spawned. 100,000 first printing. Author tour.
HYLAS PUBLISHING
The Illustrated History of Weaponry: From Flint Axes to Automatic Weapons (May, $29.95) by Chuck Wills in association with the Berman Museum of World History contains some 500 photos spanning a period of 3,500 years.
KTAV PUBLISHING
Mark Twain and the Jews (May, $30) by Dan Vogel considers the arguments that this American writer was anti-Semitic.
MCCLELLAND STEWART
The Devil in Babylon: Fear of Progress and the Birth of Modern Life (Mar., $27.95) by Allan Levine tackles numerous persistent questions about the modern world—its appearance, its leaders, its values.
MCGILL-QUEENS UNIV. PRESS
An Irish History of Civilization, Vol. I (Mar., $34.95) by Don Akenson covers the earliest Irish civilization through the second British Empire; ...Vol. II (Mar., $34.95) picks up with the Great Famine and follows the Irish to other parts of the world.
MERCURY BOOKS
Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece (Aug., $25) by Angus Konstam examines Greek history and culture.
The Victory of Seapower: Winning the Napoleonic War 1806—1814 (Mar., $24.95) by Richard Woodman discusses the British Navy's strategy against the French.
MODERN LIBRARY
Storm from the East: The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West (June, $21.95) by Milton Viorst considers the reasons why matters became this brutal.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot (May, $30) by John Goodman et al. examines the unique relationship with the camera that created the Kennedy mystique. 35,000 first printing.
Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War (May, $28) by Edwin C. Bearss presents a new look at this conflict. 35,000 first printing. Author tour.
NELSON CURRENT
America: The Last Best Hope, Vol. I (May, $31.99) by William J. Bennett scrutinizes the notable men and women in our country's history.
NEWMARKET PRESS
The Words of Desmond Tutu (Aug., $15), selected and introduced by Naomi Tutu, features more than 100 selections from Tutu's speeches and writings.
NORTHWESTERN UNIV. PRESS
Bridges of Memory, Vol. 2: Chicago's Second Generation of Black Migration (July, $34.95) by Timuel D. Black Jr. is the second volume in an oral history of black Chicago.
W.W. NORTON
Double Eagle: The Epic Story of the World's Most Valuable Coin (May, $25.95) by Alison Frankel recalls the 1933 coin that inspired the passions of thieves, collectors, charlatans and lawyers. Author tour.
OHIO UNIV. PRESS/SWALLOW PRESS
The Clash of Moral Nations: Cultural Politics in Pilsudski's Poland, 1926—1935 (Aug., $42.95) by Eva Plach puts forth a new view of how a coup d'état affected Poland's cultural identity.
OREGON STATE UNIV. PRESS
Oregon Indians: Voices from Two Centuries (May, $40), edited by Stephen Dow Beckham, gathers firsthand documents that chart the major trends shaping the lives of Oregon Indians.
OVERLOOK PRESS
American Shogun: A Tale of Two Cultures (Mar., $35) by Robert Harvey confronts the enigma of General MacArthur's struggle against—and rebuilding of—Japan. 50,000 first printing.
PENGUIN PRESS
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different (May, $25.95) by Gordon S. Wood considers what shaped these men into such conspicuous greatness.
PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS
The Quotable Jefferson (June, $19.95) by John P. Kaminski collects Jefferson's "pronouncements" on nearly 500 subjects.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism (Mar., $27.50) by Eric Burns details how the raucous journalism of the Revolutionary era shaped a nation.
RANDOM HOUSE
Simple Courage: A True Story of Great Peril on the High Seas (June, $24.95) by Frank Delaney recounts the story of Capt. Kurt Carlsen's heretofore unexplained refusal to abandon his sinking freighter in a storm on Christmas Day, 1951. Author tour.
RIO NUEVO
Journey to Hopi Land (May, $12.95) by Anna Silas uses photos to convey historical and cultural information about the Hopis and their land. Part of the Look West series.
RUTGERS UNIV. PRESS
America's Boardwalks: From Coney Island to California (Aug., $27.50) by James Lilliefors. An American institution is surveyed through the history of 12 noted beach towns.
SHOEMAKER HOARD
Fear: A Cultural History (June, $27) by Joanna Bourke blends social, cultural and military history in its exploration of this powerful emotion.
SOURCEBOOKS MEDIAFUSION
Let Every Nation Know (Apr., $29.95) by Robert Dallek and Terry Golway evokes the major events of JFK's presidency via his words and audio recordings.
STACKPOLE
Don Troiani's American Battles (July, $49.95) by Don Troiani focuses on soldiers in battle, with commentary on the challenges of historical painting.
STATE HOUSE PRESS
The Women There Don't Treat You Mean: Abilene in Song (Mar., $14.95) by Joe W. Specht surveys a potpourri of songs centering around the Texas city; includes a CD.
STATE UNIV. OF NEW YORK PRESS
The Italian American Experience in New Haven: Images and Oral Histories (Apr., $40) by Anthony V. Riccio is examined via interviews and photographs.
STERLING
Profiles in Audacity: How History's Greatest Leaders Made Their Decisions (May, $19.95) by Alan Axelrod investigates the make-or-break events in the lives of these significant figures.
I.B. TAURIS (dist. by Palgrave MacMillan)
A Scented Place (July, $26.95) by Elisabeth de Feydeau provides a new perspective on Marie Antoinette and her court via the story of her personal perfumer.
TEXAS A M UNIV. PRESS
Frontier Crossroads: Fort Davis and the West (Mar., $24.95) by Robert Wooster uses long forgotten records to bring readers inside a Texas fort.
THAMES HUDSON
The Complete Greek Temples (June, $40) by Tony Spawforth. This illustrated survey contains up-to-date archeological and historical material.
THUNDERS MOUTH
The Man Who Ran the Moon: James E. Webb, NASA, and the Secret History of Project Apollo (June, $26) by Piers Bizony blends history, politics and technology.
TIMES BOOKS
The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967—1977 (Mar., $27.50) by Gershom Gorenberg recounts the actions and inactions that created the Israeli settlements in the occupied territories.
TRINITY UNIV. PRESS
Defiant Garden: Making Gardens in Wartime (May, $40) by Kenneth I. Helphand examines the impulses to make a garden flourish even in war.
UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS
Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography (Apr., $27.50) by David S. Brown chronicles the life of a major 20th-century historian.
Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich (May, $25) by Robert E. Wright and David J. Cowen relates how the colonies were transformed into a cohesive economic superpower.
The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce (June, $32.50) by Deirdre N. McCloskey argues the radical position that capitalism is good for us morally, socially and ethically.
UNIV. OF GEORGIA PRESS
Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell (Apr., $35.95), edited by Peter Messent and Steve Courtney, offers a glimpse into the military experiences of a young chaplain.
UNIV. OF HAWAII PRESS
Leaving Paradise: Indigenous Hawaiians in the Pacific Northwest, 1787—1898 (Apr., $45) by Jean Barman and Bruce McIntyre Watson uses archival sources to outline Hawaiians' life before they lost independence.
UNIV. OF MICHIGAN PRESS
Sarajevo: A Biography (Mar., $35) by Robert Donia sheds new light on Sarajevo as deserving a central role among cities of the world.
UNIV. OF NEVADA PRESS
Infamous King of the Comstock: William Sharon and the Gilded Age in the West (Mar., $34.95) by Michael J. Makley traces the life of a legendary scoundrel and visionary capitalist.
UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
How Race Is Made: Slavery, Segregation, and the Senses (Mar., $29.95) by Mark M. Smith discusses how white people used a false standard to justify slavery and erect the structure of segregation.
UNIV. OF OKLAHOMA PRESS
Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873 (May, $29.95) by M. John Lubetkin.
UNIV. OF UTAH PRESS
Clarence Edward Dutton: An Appraisal (Apr., $25) by Wallace E. Stegner brings back into print a work first published as a pamphlet in 1936.
UNIV. OF VIRGINIA PRESS
Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington (Apr., $26.95) by Peter R. Henriques addresses Washington's relationships and his views on a variety of topics.
UNIV. PRESS OF COLORADO
Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico (May, $34.95) by Flint Whitlock describes the recruitment of 1,000 men in Colorado and their triumph over 3,000 Confederate soldiers.
VERSO
Weimar in Exile: Exile in Europe, Exile in America (July, $55) by Jean-Michel Palmier examines the escape of notable German-Jewish intellectuals and artists from Hitler's Germany.
VIKING
Mayflower (May, $29.95) by Nathaniel Philbrick. This portrait of early America centers on Plymouth pilgrims such as William Bradford and Benjamin Church.
WALKER CO.
Sea of Faith: The Shared Story of Christianity and Islam in the Medieval Mediterranean World (June, $27) by Stephen O'Shea views the collision of Christianity and Islam through the lens of seven major battles.
WESTHOLME
B-52: An Operational History (June, $35) by Anthony Thornborough and Tony Cassanova profiles the world's longest serving military aircraft.
WEIDENFELD NICOLSON (dist. by Sterling)
Margaret Thatcher: A Tribute in Words and Pictures (Mar., $29.95), edited by Iain Dale, collects more than 100 reminiscences from major world figures.
WILEY
What Israel Means to Me (July, $25.95), edited by Alan Dershowitz, explores the topic in 80 essays from prominent scholars, performers, politicians and journalists, both Jewish and non-Jewish.
YALE UNIV. PRESS
June 1941: Hitler and Stalin (Apr., $25) by John Lukacs. The two leaders confront each other in the days before Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union.
ZONE BOOKS
Intimate Enemy: Images and Voices of the Rwandan Genocide (Mar., $37.95) by Scott Straus, photos by Robert Lyons, discusses the logic, language and imagery of the 1994 genocide.
