WAR
& MILITARY
BEACON PRESS
Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High and Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture (June, $28.50) by Carol Burke looks at misogyny in the modern military.
BRASSEY'S
Brassey's D-Day Encyclopedia: The Normandy Invasions A—Z (Apr., $30) by Barrett Tillman is a comprehensive reference that covers both Allied and Axis subjects; commemorates the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
BROADMAN & HOLMAN
A Greater Freedom: Stories of Faith from Operation Iraqi Freedom (Apr., $24.99), edited by Sara Horn, Oliver North, executive editor, gathers stories about soldiers, airmen, sailors, Marines and Iraqi Christians. Advertising.
CORNELL UNIV. PRESS
In the Shadow of "Just Wars": Violence, Politics and Humanitarian Action (Apr.; $52.50, paper $23.95) by Médecins sans Frontières, edited by Fabrice Weissman. The Doctors Without Borders staff surveys the world's bloodiest wars, emphasizing the difficulties posed when humanitarian aid overlaps with foreign policy.
DAVID & CHARLES
Voices of D-Day: The Normandy Landings in the Words of Those Who Took Part (Mar., $29.99) by Jonathan Bastable gathers eyewitness accounts. Advertising.
GOTHAM BOOKS
Spare Parts: A Marine Reservist's Journey from Campus to Combat in 38 Days (Mar., $26) by Buzz Williams tracks one man's transformation from weekend warrior to combat Marine. Author tour.This Man's Army: A Soldier's Story from the Frontlines of the War on Terrorism (June, $25) by Soldier X (to be revealed upon publication) is the first inside account of the war on terror by a special forces soldier. Author tour.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam (May, $25) by James S. Hirsch tells the story of two downed American fliers whose bond saved them from horrors that neither could have survived alone. 30,000 first printing.Advertising. 8-city author tour.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. PRESS
Days of Glory: The Army of the Cumberland, 1861—1865 (Apr., $44.95) by Larry J. Daniel is a complete history of the Union's strongest unit in the Western theater. Advertising.
LYONS PRESS
Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot (July, $18.95) by Peter Aleshire allows readers to experience the fascination and the fear of being an F-16 fighter pilot.
MERCER UNIV. PRESS
Liberator Bomber: The Correspondence of Lt. Eugene T. Winn of the 446th Bomb Group, 1942—1945 (June, $35) by Frederick W. Huff. Lieutenant Winn's letters to his father convey the experience of war and its lasting effects on soldiers, family and community.
NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS
Dark Victory: America's Second War Against Iraq (Apr., $24.95) by Jeffrey Record. A national security analyst critiques the origin, objectives and consequences of the U.S. war against Iraq. Advertising. Author publicity.
A War of a Different Kind: Military Force and America's Search for Homeland Security (Apr., $32.95) by Stephen M. Duncan. A former Pentagon official draws on a lifetime of military and legal experience to evaluate the role of the armed forces in homeland security.
OSPREY PUBLISHING
The D-Day Companion (Apr., $29.95), edited by Jane Penrose, gathers historians' stories from all levels of command.
PRESIDIO PRESS
At the Abyss (Mar., $25.95) by Thomas C. Reed recounts tense political episodes of the past half-century, including the fight against communism and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Author publicity.
The Battle of Mogadishu: First-Hand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger (Aug., $25.95) by Matthew Eversmann describes the battle in Somalia during which American Rangers were attempting to capture a Somali warlord. Author publicity.
PUTNAM
Battle Ready (May, $28.95) by Tom Clancy with Gen. Tony Zinni (Ret.) and Tony Klotz. Written with the outspoken former CENTCOM commander and State Department special envoy, this is the fourth book in Clancy's Commanders series. Ad/promo. BOMC main selection. Author publicity.
RUTLEDGE HILL PRESS
Great Maps of the Civil War: Pivotal Battles and Campaigns Featuring 32 Removable Maps (Aug., $34.99) by William J. Miller contains reproductions of maps, most of which were used on the battlefield, that can be removed and framed.
SMITHSONIAN BOOKS
War Games: Inside the World of Twentieth-Century Reenactors (June, $27.50) by Jenny Thompson studies the strange and often shocking world of war re-enactors.
STACKPOLE
Dixie Victorious: An Alternate History of the Civil War (May, $34.95), edited by Peter G. Tsouras. What-if scenarios posed by military historians are played out against the backdrop of the Civil War.
UNIV. OF ALABAMA PRESS
Twenty-Three Minutes to Eternity: The Final Voyage of the Escort Carrier USS Liscome Bay (Mar., $29.95) by James L. Noles Jr. documents one of the worst sea losses ever suffered by the navy. Author tour.
UNIV. OF OKLAHOMA PRESS
Washita: The U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyennes, 1867—1869 (Mar., $29.95) by Jerome A. Greene describes Custer's November 1868 campaign against Black Kettle and his Southern Cheyennes along the Washita River.
UNIV. PRESS OF KANSAS
Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War (June, $39.95) by James H. Willibanks claims that by pulling out American troops and turning the reins over to the South Vietnamese army, the country was left to a dismal fate.
UNIV. PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI
American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets (May, $35) by Wolfgang W.E. Samuel tells of the servicemen who scrambled to keep Hitler's technology out of Soviet hands.
Pacific Skies: American Flyers in World War II (June, $32) by Jerome Klinkowitz explores the legacy of such ace pilots as Pappy Boyington, Curtis LeMay and Dick Bong.
WESTVIEW PRESS
The Fighting First (Apr., $27.50) by Flint Whitlock chronicles the story of the Big Red One, the legendary First Infantry Division and its assault on Nazi forces at Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion. 50,000 first printing. Advertising.
WHITE MANE BOOKS
Fighting with Lee: The 55th North Carolina in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1862—1865 (June, $29.95) by Jeff Girvan describes serving with Robert E. Lee's army of Northern Virginia.
