WAR
& MILITARY
CASSELL MILITARY (dist. by Sterling)
Weapons of Mass Destruction: The No-Nonsense Guide to Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons of Today (May, $9.95) by Robert Hutchinson is a current overview of arsenals around the world and how they threaten our national security and world stability.
CITADEL PRESS
The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell, Updated Edition (May, $16.95) by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Michael Lee Lanning has been updated to include the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Knights of Darkness: Secrets of the World's Deadliest Night Fighters (June, $12.95) by Haha Lung covers nighttime guerrilla tactics.
DA CAPO PRESS
U.S. Special Warfare: The Elite Combat Skills of America's Modern Armed Forces (June, $17.50) by Samuel A. Southworth is a guide to specialized combat skills.
HARVARD UNIV. PRESS
Alamein (Apr., $17.95) by Jon Latimer recalls the decisive WWII North African battle from original firsthand narratives.
LYONS PRESS
Hitler's Espionage Machine: German Intelligence Agencies and Operations During World War II (June, $19.95) by Christer Jorgensen describes the rise and fall of undercover units within the Third Reich.
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Brackett's Battalion: Minnesota Cavalry in the Civil War and Dakota War (Mar., $15.95) by Kurt Bergemann is a history of the hard-fighting battalion.
OSPREY PUBLISHING (pjnorlander@motorbooks.com )
The Second World War—A World in Flames (Apr., $29.95), multi-authored by historians, documents the war including its causes and consequences.
PHOENIX PRESS (dist. by Sterling)
Corunna: Great Battles (May, $12.95) by Christopher Hibbert chronicles the deadly confrontation that saved the British army from annihilation during the Napoleonic Wars.
PRESIDIO
Sixty Days in Combat: An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe (Mar., $16.95) by Dean P. Joy recreates the drama that transformed one young man.
Normandy: The Real Story of How Ordinary Allied Soldiers Defeated Hitler (May, $15.95) by Shelagh Whitaker and Dennis Whitaker with Terry Cop celebrates the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
REAKTION BOOKS
Sky Wars: A History of Military Aerospace Power (May, $24.95) by David Gates tracks the failures and accomplishments.
SR BOOKS
The Myth of Nathan Bedford Forrest (Apr., $17.95) by Paul Ashdown and Edward Caudill contends that Confederate General Forrest's legendary status is a creation of the nation's literature and our obsession with the Civil War.
STACKPOLE BOOKS
Flying American Combat Aircraft of World War II, 1939—1945 (Mar., $19.95), edited by Robin Higham, Carol Williams and Abigail T. Siddall, gathers first-person accounts.
On the Canal: The Marines of L-3-5 on Guadalcanal, 1942—1943 (Apr., $19.95) by Ore J. Marion with Thomas Cuddihy and Edward Cuddihy. The Marines who stormed ashore on Guadalcanal tell their story.
TEXAS A&M UNIV. PRESS
Reluctant Lieutenant: From Basic to OCS in the Sixties (June; $19.95, cloth $45) by Jerry Morton reveals the training system used during the Vietnam era.
UNIV. OF MISSOURI PRESS
Missouri at Sea: Warships with Show-Me State Names (May, $14.95) by Richard E. Schroeder documents the important roles each navel ship, named for a U.S. state, has played in American history.
VINTAGE BOOKS
Winston Churchill's War Leadership (May, $11) by Martin Gilbert evaluates Churchill's leadership during WWII. Advertising.
WHITE MANE BOOKS
Cannon Blasts: Civil War Artillery in the Eastern Armies (Apr., $17.95) by L. Van Loan Naiswald analyzes artillery performance of the major battles for each side.
