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Forthcoming Titles Forthcoming Titles: Legends of Warfare Series Legends of Warfare Series Military Aviation First World War Second World War Iraq War

Spanish Civil War Boer War Special Forces War in Literature and Photography Surviving PTSD

War and Population Displacement

New and Forthcoming Titles

Contents

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Forthcoming Titles -- Legends of Warfare Series

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Legends of Warfare Series

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Military Aviation

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First World War

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Second World War

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Iraq War

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Spanish Civil War

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Boer War

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Special Forces

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War in Literature and Photography

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Surviving PTSD

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War and Population Displacement

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Classic Guns of the World New Series!

American Submachine Guns 1919–1950 Thompson SMG, M3 "Grease Gun," Reising, UD M42, and Accessories (Classic Guns of the World Series) Luc Guillou America's famous and influential WWII submachine guns (SMGs) are all featured in this fully illustrated book. Beginning with the legendary Thompson submachine, its design, construction, and testing in the early 1920s, as well as its use by the US Marine Corps, the Irish Republican Army, and prohibition era gangsters is presented in detail. Its famed use during WWII in all war theaters is shown in superb period photography and clear, up-close color images. Also featured are chapters on other US WWII era submachine guns: the M3 "Grease Gun," Reising SMG, and the United Defense M42 (UD M42). Accessories such as magazines, ammunition, webbing, and cleaning kits are featured throughout the book, as well as rarely seen WWII-related uniform and equipment items.

HB 9780764354847 £21.99 March 2018 Schiffer Publishing 80 pages 450 colour photos

German Submachine Guns, 1918–1945 Bergmann MP18/I, MP34/38/40/41, MKb42/43/1, MP43/1, MP44, StG44, Accessories (Classic Guns of the World Series) Luc Guillou Germany's World War I and II era submachine guns are all featured in this fully illustrated book.

Early Bergmann models are presented first showing their development from the MP18, through to the MP35, followed by discussions of the Schmeisser MP28, Steyr MP34, and Erma "EMP." An extensive chapter on the famous MP38/40 features a close look at production numbers, manufacturers, and markings. Foreign and late-war models are also presented showing the wide variety of SMGs used by the Wehrmacht during WWII. The book concludes with the legendary and influential MKb42, MP43/1, MP44, and StG44 series of assault rifles. Their wartime use is shown in superb period photography and clear, up-close color images. Accessories such as magazines, ammunition, pouches, and silencers are featured throughout the book, as well as rarely seen WWI and II-related uniform and equipment items.

HB 9780764354861 £21.99 March 2018 Schiffer Publishing 80 pages 370 colour & b/w photos

The Sten The Legendary World War II British Submachine Gun (Classic Guns of the World Series) Luc Guillou The legendary British, World War II STEN submachine gun is featured in this concise, illustrated book. Famous for its use by British elite forces, as well as the French underground during WWII, variants of the STEN were manufactured and used by many countries during the war and up through the 1970s. Beginning with its initial design and construction, the Mk.I and Mk.I*, Mk.II, Mk.III, and Mk.5 versions are presented in detail, including up-close images of manufacturer's markings. Superb war-era photographs show the various STEN models in combat use. Select foreign variants also discussed include French, Polish, and German types. STEN accessories such as magazines, ammunition, silencers, and bayonets are featured throughout the book, as well as rarely seen WWII-related uniform and equipment items.

HB 9780764354854 £21.99 March 2018 Schiffer Publishing 80 pages 288 colour & b/w photos

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Forthcoming Titles A Balancing Act British Intelligence in Spain during the Second World War Emilio Grandio Seoane This book reveals the development, strategy and extraordinary success of Britain’s secret services in Franco’s Spain during the Second World War. Starting from a virtually non-existent base, the British rapidly built up a complex intelligence network in Spain that stretched from Corunna to Barcelona and from Bilbao to Gibraltar. As Spain was a non-belligerent, spy networks – including those of the Germans, Italians, Portuguese and British – proliferated in the Iberian Peninsula.

Double-agents abounded within these networks and the British exploited this two-way traffic to let Franco know that if he did not accede to their demands, they would back a restoration of the Bourbon monarchy under Don Juan. This pressure culminated in the meeting of 1943 between Franco and the British Ambassador, Sir Samuel Hoare, at the dictator’s country retreat in Galicia.

Following this meeting, Franco almost immediately began to move away from the Axis powers and towards the Allies. Franco’s expulsion of the German naval forces from Spanish ports and the denazification of the regime explains the benevolent attitude of the Allies towards the Spanish dictatorship after the war. Throughout this whole process, the British secret service, as this extensively researched study uncovers, played a crucial role.

PB 9781845199098 £25.00 August 2018 Sussex Academic Press 208 pages Illustrated

German Eagles in Spanish Skies The Messerschmitt Bf 109 in Service with the Legion Condor during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–39 David Johnston.

Willy Messerschmitt's Bf 109 is among the most famous fighter aircraft in the history of military aviation, and it was during the Spanish Civil War that it first saw combat. Using newly-discovered records, the author describes the Bf 109's operational career with the Legion Condor, the German military unit that fought in Spain. The text is enhanced by many personal accounts written by the pilots who flew the Bf 109 in Spain, with descriptions of combat and other aspects of life in Spain from 1936–39. All versions of the Bf 109 which served in Spain are described, accompanied by illustrations from the pilot's notes. The book is illustrated with 235 photos— most never before published—and technical drawings.

HB 9780764356346 £39.50 November 2018 Schiffer Publishing 176 pages

German U-Boat Ace Carl Emmermann The Patrols of U-172 in World War II Luc Braeuer Though he entered combat late in May 1942, Carl Emmermann sank twenty-six Allied ships in only four combat patrols while commanding U-172, becoming the thirteenth most successful Uboat commander of the war. U-172, a Type IXC U-boat, saw non-stop action throughout the Atlantic, during its four patrols under Emmermann. U-172's third patrol to Cape Town would be its longest with 131 days at sea, where it added eight vessels to its list of successes in this sector; the first sinkings in this area for the U-boat service. On its sixth patrol under a different commander, U-172 would later be sunk in December 1943. Awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves in 1944, Emmermann was ordered at St. Nazaire, France, to command the Kriegsmarine's 6th U-boat Flotilla. Later in Germany, he became the new sub-specialist for the Type XXIII U-boat, and in the last months of the war, commanded a marine battalion in defense of Hamburg. This biography details all WWII patrols by U-172 and features over 230 images and maps.

HB 9780764355660 £26.50 August 2018 Schiffer Publishing 80 pages over 230 images and maps

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Images from "Over There" Personal Photography of America's Expeditionary Forces in WWI and Occupation Stephen C. McGeorge This is a detailed study of some 150 unpublished and never before seen images of soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) and the Army of Occupation taken in France and Germany during and after World War I. As opposed to the stateside training camp photos and formal portraits taken on return to the USA, this is an in-depth look at what the AEF looked like as they were actively engaged in the business of making the world safe for democracy. These images cover every rank and grade of soldier in the AEF from General Pershing to fresh-faced privates, and every occupational specialty from infantryman to cook. Details of uniforms and equipment, locations, times, and places have been painstakingly researched for each image.

About the Author: Stephen C. McGeorge was Director of the Oregon Military Museum, TRADOC Historian at Ft. Lewis, Washington, and Chief Collections Curator for the National Museum of the United States Army.

HB 9780764356353 £21.99 November 2018 Schiffer Publishing 128 pages

Niue and the Great War Margaret Pointer ‘I am the island of Niue, a small child that stands up to help the Kingdom of King George.' – Niue Island Council. In 1915, 160 Niuean men joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as part of the Maori Reinforcements and set sail to Auckland and then Egypt and France. Most had never left the island before, or worn shoes before. Most spoke no English. Most significantly, they had no immunity to European disease. Within three months of leaving New Zealand, over 80 per cent of them had been hospitalised and the army authorities withdrew them. Margaret Pointer became involved in research to trace the lost story of Niue’s involvement in World War I while living on the island in the 1990s. The resulting book, Tagi Tote e Loto Haaku: My Heart is Crying a Little, was published in 2000. Her research has continued since, and Niue and the Great War contains much new material together with new photographs. This moving story has now been set in a wider Pacific context and also considers the contribution made by colonial troops, especially ‘coloured’ ones, to the Allied effort.

PB 9781988531236 £20.99 October 2018 Otago University Press 216 pages Illustrated

Polish War Veterans in Alberta The Last Four Stories Aldona Jaworska In the aftermath of World War II, more than 4,500 Polish veterans, displaced by the war events and the emerging Soviet-oriented Polish government, were resettled in Canada as farm workers; 750 of these men were accepted by the province of Alberta. Polish War Veterans in Alberta examines how these former soldiers experienced their new country and its sometimes-harsh postwar realities. This compelling work of social history is brought to life through the words and stories of four veterans, whose remembrances provide an intimate firsthand look at a moment of Canada's past that is at risk of being forgotten.

About the Author: Aldona Jaworska was born and raised in Poland and came to Canada as a refugee in 1990. She holds a Masters Degree in Communication and Culture and is interested in intercultural communication. She lives and studies in Calgary.

PB 9781772123739 £23.50 November 2018 University of Alberta Press 248 pages

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The Doolittle Raiders What Heroes Do after a War George Nolta Eighty brave men made a near-suicidal first attack on Japan about four months after Pearl Harbor. President Franklin Roosevelt wanted a quick response to the Japanese ambush on Hawaii, to give a much-needed boost to American morale. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle was selected to plan and lead the Raid from the USS Hornet. Much has been written about the daring raid and the frightening escape through China, but little has been written about these brave men's lives before and after the Raid. This collection of biographical sketches tells us much about who these men were. Much of the biographical material was obtained from a private collection of Raider information and memorabilia that Ellen Lawson collected over a fifty-year period. Ellen was the widow of Maj. Ted Lawson—a Raider and author of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.

PB 9780764356148 £14.99 October 2018 Schiffer Publishing 144 pages

The MiG-21 The Legendary Fighter/Interceptor in Russian and Worldwide Use, 1956 to the Present Holger Müller This book presents a detailed look at the design and development of the legendary MiG-21, including its powerplant, armament, upgrades, and variants. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 was the standard fighter/interceptor aircraft of the Warsaw Pact and it stood up to its western counterparts for decades. This single-engine, supersonic jet fighter entered service in 1959, and in addition to the Soviet Union, almost every eastern European military operated the Mach 2 fighter, including East Germany (which flew more than 500 aircraft of this type), Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and others. With approximately 11,000 of all types built, the MiG-21 has been produced in greater numbers than almost any other combat aircraft in history, and has also seen combat with such countries as Vietnam, China, Syria, Iraq, Angola, and others.

About the Author: Holger Müller performed his military service from 1988 to 1990 in the East German NVA, where he was a MiG-21 technician.

HB 9780764356360 £39.50 November 2018 Schiffer Publishing 224 pages

The Sukhoi Su-27 Russia's Air Superiority and Multi-role Fighter, 1977 to the Present Andy Gröning This detailed, illustrated look at the Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft features discussions of its design, construction, and operational use, as well as all technical systems and weapons.

Developed in the 1970s as a match for the American F-15 "Eagle," the aircraft remains one of the most important fighters in the Russian arsenal, and has formed the basis for many variants including the Su-30, Su-34, and Su-35. Though larger than Russia's MiG-29, it is extremely maneuverable and considerably more powerful. The Su-27 can fly at extremely high angles of attack—an ability it is fond of demonstrating at airshows. The Su-27 remains in production, and nearly a dozen countries—including China, India, and Vietnam—currently operate this highperformance aircraft. The book is superbly illustrated with more than 210 color images, and includes more than thirty color aircraft profiles displaying color schemes.

About the Author: Andy Gröning is a trained tool mechanic and worked for twelve years as a professional soldier in the Bundeswehr, including six years as an engine mechanic on the MiG29; he was present when the aircraft was retired. His primary interest is Soviet–Russian military aviation.

HB 9780764356377 £39.50 November 2018 Schiffer Publishing 224 pages

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Uniforms of the Union Volunteers of 1861 The Mid-Atlantic States Ron Field This book examines what the citizen soldiery of the Mid-Atlantic states wore when they marched off to save the Union in 1861. An exhaustive search of thousands of newspapers has provided a myriad of reports and personal accounts from soldiers' letters which offer a hitherto unpublished view of the stirring events during the first few months of the Civil War. Combined with fascinating detail from numerous diaries and regimental histories, this has helped reconstruct the appearance of the Union volunteers of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. The book is enhanced by photographs of original items of uniforms from private collections, plus imagery of the day, which show with remarkable clarity the great variety of clothing and headgear worn. Sponsored by the Company of Military Historians, this is an essential reference for collectors, living historians, modelers, and curators, as well as anyone with a general interest in the Civil War.

About the Author: Ron Field is a retired history teacher and an award-winning author of 19th century military history. He is a fellow of the Company of Military Historians and senior editor of Military Images magazine. He was given the William K. Emerson Award in 2012, and advised on uniforms for the movie Free State of Jones in 2015.

HB 9780764356223 £39.50 October 2018 Schiffer Publishing 160 pages

Forthcoming Titles - Legends of Warfare Series B-52 Stratofortress Boeing's Iconic Bomber from 1952 to the Present David Doyle.

One of America's most famous aircraft, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress continues to form the backbone of the US nuclear deterrent, and it has also become the nation's principle heavy tactical bomber. It has filled this role since the the early years of the Cold War, the heavy bombing raids during the Vietnam War, and recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. The history of this iconic aircraft is presented through carefully researched photos, many of which have never before been published. Its design and development during the post-WWII years, through the many modifications and upgrades up to the present day are covered in detail. Large, clear photos, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, put the reader on the airfield and in the sky with this historic aircraft.

HB 9780764355875 £17.50 September 2018 Schiffer Publishing 112 pages 193 photos

Consolidated B-24 Vol.1 The XB-24 to B-24E Liberators in World War I David Doyle.

The B-24 Liberator remains to this day the world's most-produced heavy bomber and multiengine aircraft, and the most produced military aircraft in US history, with almost 19,000 examples leaving the assembly lines of five plants. Through a broad range of photos gathered from around the world, this book chronicles the design, development, and wartime use of the iconic early models of the B-24—those featuring the so-called "glass nose"—from the assembly line to their use in the famous raid on the refineries at Ploesti, Romania, in 1943. The story of these iconic early WWII aircraft is told through carefully researched photos, many of which have never before been published, which are reproduced in remarkable clarity. Large clear photos, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, unlock the secrets of this aircraft.

HB 9780764356155 £17.50 October 2018 Schiffer Publishing 112 pages

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Hawker Hurricane The RAF's Battle of Britain Stalwart Ron Mackay The Hawker Hurricane has rightly earned its place in military aviation annals. Although only preceding the Spitfire by four months in its prototypic launch, the Hawker machine was available in measurably greater numbers by the Battle of Britain, a very critical stage of WWII for Britain and its Empire. Its rugged qualities saw use in the Mediterranean and Far East Theaters, and on the Russia Front. It adapted equally well to naval operations as a CAM-ship "protector" for Allied convoys and then as the first truly modern British fighter design to operate off the Fleet Air Arm's aircraft carriers. The solid wing structure lent itself naturally to the carriage of bombs and heavier-scale weaponry such as the 40 mm cannon that dealt out a fair measure of punishment.

The few airworthy examples are a poignant reminder of Britain's WWII aviation prowess. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

HB 9780764355899 £17.50 September 2018 Schiffer Publishing 112 pages 205 colour & b/w photos

M2/M3 Bradley America's Cavalry/Infantry Fighting Vehicle Christian Mark DeJohn Since the 1980s, the American M2/M3 Bradley has overcome its controversial debut, and is now regarded as among the finest cavalry/infantry fighting vehicles in the world. This book is a concise look at the background, development, and Army operational history of the Bradley from the 1980s to the present. The author, who brings a unique perspective and authority as a Bosnia veteran and former M1A1 tank gunner with the United States Army's 1/104th Cavalry, was granted behind-the-scenes access to the US Army's collection of rare vehicles at Ft. Benning, Georgia. He also includes the Bradley's service in lesser known places—not just Iraq and Afghanistan—such as Cold War Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Korea, and Africa. The book is superbly illustrated with more than 200 color images. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

HB 9780764355882 £17.50 September 2018 Schiffer Publishing 112 pages 200 photos

Sherman Tank Vol. 1 America's M4A1 Medium Tank in World War II David Doyle.

This book documents the development and production of the M4A1 through its many variations, as well as its combat use around the globe. Produced by Lima Locomotive Works, Pressed Steel Car Company, and Pacific Car and Foundry, the M4A1 was the first of the famed Sherman tanks and preceded the welded-hull M4 into production. Powered by a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine, the M4A1 fought in North Africa with both US and British forces, across northwestern Europe, and on Pacific Islands with both the Army and the Marines, serving well into the 1950s.

The evolving design went through three major hull designs, multiple turret designs, and armament with either a 75 mm or 76 mm gun—all of which are detailed in this book. Extensive archival photographs are augmented by stunning color images of preserved tanks, taking the reader around and inside this famed warhorse. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

HB 9780764355677 £17.50 August 2018 Schiffer Publishing 112 pages

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USS Missouri (BB-63) America's Last Battleship David Doyle.

The story of the USS Missouri, one of America's most famous warships of the twentieth century, and the world's last battleship, is told from her inception in 1940, through WWII kamikaze attacks, to her being the location of the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, on September 2, 1945.

Missouri's post-WWII activities are covered, from her transporting of the Truman family from South America, to her unfortunate grounding in the Chesapeake Bay, on to her return to combat, not only off Korea in 1950, but also the Persian Gulf in 1990–91. The story of this historic ship is presented through carefully researched photos, many of which have never before been published, and are reproduced in remarkable clarity. The story culminates in Missouri's current status as a museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Large, clear photos, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, puts the reader on the deck of this legendary American warship. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

HB 9780764355622 £17.50 August 2018 Schiffer Publishing 128 pages

USS North Carolina (BB-55) From WWII Combat to Museum Ship David Doyle.

As lead ship of America's first "fast battleship" class, and the US Navy's newest battleship when America entered WWII, the construction of the USS North Carolina was not only a source of encouragement for a depression-wrought nation, but was also a source of pride among a fleet of aging battleships. Earning fifteen Battle Stars, the North Carolina is America's most-decorated battleship, having participated in most of the major campaigns in the Pacific during WWII. This volume documents not only the construction and wartime exploits of this historic vessel, but thoroughly explores the restored vessel, providing a great resource for the armchair historian, a keepsake for those who visit the museum ship, and a superb resource for the detailed model builder. Carefully researched photos, many of which have never before been published, are reproduced in remarkable clarity and put the reader on and beneath the decks of this historic warship. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

HB 9780764355639 £17.50 August 2018 Schiffer Publishing 112 pages

Legends of Warfare Series Corsair Vought's F4U in World War II and Korea David Doyle.

The F4U Corsair, designed by Vought and produced by that firm, as well as, Goodyear and Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, would not only rack up an impressive 11:1 kill ratio against its foes in WWII, but go on to serve through the Korean War as well. The iconic inverted gull wing of the aircraft, along with its distinctive whistling sound made the Corsair unmistakable to friend and foe alike. The Corsair was remarkable not only in serving the US Navy and Marine Corps in two wars, but also remaining in production through 1952. The Corsair was also the mount of some of the nation's most distinguished aces, including Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, Ken Walsh, and Tom Blackburn. Through carefully researched photos, many of which have never before been published and which are reproduced in remarkable clarity, the history and details of this iconic aircraft are revealed. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

HB 9780764355035 £17.50 March 2018 Schiffer Publishing 112 pages

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M1 Abrams America's Main Battle Tank Christian DeJohn Since the 1980s, the American M1 Abrams series of tanks has been widely regarded as among the finest main battle tanks in the world. This volume is a concise look at the background, development, and Army and Marine operational history of the Abrams from the 1970s to the present. The author, who brings a unique perspective and authority as a former M1A1 tank gunner with the United States Army's 1/104th Cavalry, was granted behind-the-scenes access to photograph the US Army's collection of rare tanks at Fort Benning, Georgia. He also shows the Abrams tank's service in lesser known places—not just Iraq and Afghanistan—such as Cold War Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Somalia, and others.

HB 9780764354526 £17.50 January 2018 Schiffer Publishing 112 pages

Sturmgeschütz, Vol. 1 Germany's WWII Assault Gun (StuG): The Early War Versions David Doyle The Sturmgeschütz, or StuG, as it is more popularly known, while conceived as self-propelled, infantry support artillery, in time, formed the backbone of Germany's anti-tank operations during WWII. With more than 135 war-era photos, this volume chronicles the design, development, and deployment of the first six (of nine variants) of this famed and feared weapon. The material is arranged in seven chapters, each focusing on a specific production model, or Ausführung, of the Sturmgeschütz. This volume covers the Ausf.A through F/8 variants used during the early WWII years. Comprehensive tables reveal the details of performance, as well as technical specifications of each variant. A concise, easy-to-read text, and detailed photo captions expose the secrets of this iconic vehicle.

HB 9780764355370 £17.50 July 2018 Schiffer Publishing 128 pages

Sturmgeschütz, Vol. 2 Germany's WWII Assault Gun (StuG): The Late War Versions David Doyle The Sturmgeschütz, or StuG as it is more popularly known, while conceived as self-propelled, infantry support artillery, in time, formed the backbone of Germany's anti-tank operations during WWII. With over 130 war-era photos, this volume chronicles the design, development, and deployment of the final three (of nine variants) of this famed and feared weapon. The material is arranged in four chapters, each focusing on a specific production model, or Ausführung, of the Sturmgeschütz. This volume focuses on the most plentiful model, the later war Ausf.G, as well as the Sturmgeschütz IV, and the similar, howitzer-armed Sturmhaubitze. Comprehensive tables reveal the details of performance, as well as technical specifications of each variant. A concise, easy to read text, and detailed photo captions expose the secrets of this iconic vehicle.

HB 9780764355387 £17.50 July 2018 Schiffer Publishing 128 pages

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Military Aviation Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird The Illustrated History of America's Legendary Mach 3 Spy Plane James C. Goodall The legendary SR-71 Blackbird spy plane was, and still is, the world's only operational Mach 3 aircraft, and was designed, built, and tested by Lockheed's famed "Skunk Works." This new book covers all fifty Blackbirds built, from the first flight in 1962, to the last in 1999. As a replacement for the venerable U-2 spyplane, Lockheed went from contract signing to first flight in only thirtytwo months starting in April 1958—from the beginning of design studies to the signing of a contract from the CIA to build the initial batch of A-12s in February 1960, to first flight in 1962.

From the A-1 design through the completion of the very first Radar Cross Section models of the A-12, to the testing of every major system and subsystem, this book describes and illustrates the SR-71 as never before, using images from a variety of sources, as well as the author's own superb, new photography.

HB 9780764355042 £39.50 May 2018 Schiffer Publishing 224 pages

McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II at George Air Force Base, California 1964–1992 Don Logan This concise, illustrated history focuses on the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft and units assigned to George AFB, California, from 1964–92. George's association with the aircraft began with the arrival of the first F-4s in April 1964, and would last over twenty-eight years. The initial mission was to train F-4 aircrews, and from 1964 through 1973, the majority of these graduates went directly to Southeast Asia in support of the Vietnam War. As the need for newly trained aircrews decreased, the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, and later the 37th TFW, added an operational commitment flying F-4Es and F-4C Wild Weasels, as well as F-4G Advanced Wild Weasel aircraft. The training of aircrews for Germany's Air Force was added to the 35th TFW's mission in December 1972. F-4 operations continued at George under the 35th and 37th wings until inactivation of the 35th Wing in December 1992, and the closing of George AFB at the end of the Cold War. HB 9780764354496 £17.50 January 2018 Schiffer Publishing 112 pages

The Bell AH-1 Cobra From Vietnam to the Present Alexander Lüdeke The Bell AH-1 was the first helicopter designed and built exclusively for combat. First flown in 1965, the AH-1, with its characteristic streamlined silhouette and stub wings, quickly became an indispensable asset and feared opponent. Development continued over the years and even today much improved and higher performance versions are still in service around the world. Design, development, and construction are discussed, as well as modifications made during production and the addition of night combat capabilities. Operational use in Vietnam, Operations Desert Shield/Storm, as well as current day combat are extensively covered. AH-1 use by other armed forces around the world such as Spain, Israel, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, and others is described as well.

HB 9780764354519 £30.50 February 2018 Schiffer Publishing 192 pages

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The MiG-29 Russia's Legendary Air Superiority, and Multirole Fighter, 1977 to the Present Andy Gröning This book presents the development and operational use of the Soviet/Russian Mikoyan MiG-29.

The MiG-29 was the Soviet response to the new generation of air-superiority fighter aircraft fielded by NATO, such as the American F-15 and F-16. The aircraft entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1982, and was soon flown by many Eastern Bloc air forces. The fighter's performance came as surprise to the West, and modernized variants are still in service today. Described in superb detail are the many MiG-29 variants, and export models that flew in such countries as Algeria, Cuba, Hungary, India, Malaysia, North Korea, Peru, Poland, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and many others. Aircraft technical systems and armaments are also discussed in detail.

About the Author: Andy Gröning is a trained tool mechanic and worked for twelve years as a professional soldier in the Bundeswehr, including six years as an engine mechanic on the MiG29; he was present when the aircraft was retired. His primary interest is Soviet–Russian military aviation.

HB 9780764355219 £39.50 June 2018 Schiffer Publishing 224 pages

First World War Forgotten Soldiers of World War I America's Immigrant Doughboys Alexander F. Barnes, Peter L. Belmonte This book covers the entire spectrum of military service during World War I. It gives examples, including many photographs, from almost every ethnic and national group in the United States during this time. Including draft registration, induction and training, stateside service, overseas service, combat, return home, and discharge, learn the history of America's foreign-born soldiers during World War I and how they adapted to military service to become part of the successful American Expeditionary Forces.

HB 9780764355479 £26.50 July 2018 Schiffer Publishing 192 pages

Second World War Allied Seafarers in the Second World War Bjorn Tore Rosendahl Hundreds of thousands of seafarers made a significant contribution to the Allied war effort in the Second World War. Seafarers of different nationalities sailed with different nations’ merchant fleets, with risks comparable to servicemen in the armed forces. This is the first time the history of the seafarers from most of the Allied maritime nations, has been gathered in one anthology.

The multinational contributors of this anthology share their insights on the history of seafarers in the merchant fleets of the USA, Great Britain, Norway, the Netherlands, Greece and Yugoslavia. The history of Chinese and Indian seafarers on Allied ships is also explored, together with more general topics like coastal convoys and surveillance of seafarers. The different articles in this book underline the value of collecting the history of a broad spectrum of nationalities of both ships and crews. Collectively, the articles bring new and different perspectives on the history of seafarers in the Allied merchant fleets during the Second World War. PB 9788202566302 £30.00 April 2018 Cappelen Damm Akademisk 274 pages

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Joey Jacobson’s War A Jewish Canadian Airman in the Second World War Peter J Usher In the spring of 1940 Canada sent hundreds of highly trained volunteers to serve in Britain’s Royal Air Force as it began a concerted bombing campaign against Germany. Nearly half of them were killed or captured within a year. This is the story of one of those airmen, as told through his own letters and diaries as well as those of his family and friends. Joey Jacobson, a young Jewish man from Westmount on the Island of Montreal, trained as a navigator and bomb-aimer in Western Canada. On arriving in England he was assigned to No. 106 Squadron, a British unit tasked with the bombing of Germany. Joey Jacobson’s War tells, in his own words, why he enlisted, his understanding of strategy, tactics, and the effectiveness of the air war at its lowest point, how he responded to the inevitable battle stress, and how he became both a hopeful idealist and a seasoned airman. Jacobson’s written legacy as a serviceman is impressive in scope and depth and provides a lively and intimate account of a Jewish Canadian’s life in the air and on the ground, written in the intensity of the moment, unfiltered by the memoirist’s reflection, revision, or hindsight. Accompanying excerpts from his father’s diary show the maturation of the relationship between father and son in a dangerous time.

About the Author: Peter J. Usher was born in Montreal in 1941. For many years he studied, wrote about, and advised on the environmental and social effects of resource development in Canada's North. Inspired by his cousin Joey Jacobson's letters and diaries, he began writing about the experience of Canadian airmen in the Second World War. He is married and lives near Clayton, Ontario.

PB 9781771123426 £23.50 January 2018 Wilfrid Laurier University 300 pages 30 illus & 1 map

The 3rd Waffen-SS Panzer Division An Illustrated History -- Volume 1 Massimiliano Afiero One of the most infamous of all Waffen-SS formations, the 3rd SS-Panzer Division "Totenkopf" has always been identified as the very essence of the notorious "Black Order." Associated with war crimes in official historiography, formed initially with personnel coming from guard units from concentration camps, the unit was nevertheless able to prove itself on the battlefield, distinguishing itself in all of the main campaigns in which it fought, from France to the Russian front. This first of two volumes tells the story of the "Totenkopf" from 1939 to 1943: from the campaign in Poland in 1939; its employment on the Western Front in 1940; to the early campaigns on the Russian Front. Volume one culminates in the bitter fighting on the Demjansk front and to the Kharkov counteroffensive in 1943, finally ending with Operation Zitadelle. As with all of the volumes in this series, the detailed history of the division is accompanied by many first-hand accounts, documents, extracts from official reports, and over 860 photographs.

HB 9780764354625 £43.50 February 2018 Schiffer Publishing 256 pages

The 3rd Waffen-SS Panzer Division An Illustrated History -- Volume 2 Massimiliano Afiero This second of two volumes analyzes the summer 1943 campaign that followed Kursk, until the end of the war: from its operations on the Mius front, to the fighting in the Kharkov area, on the Dnieper River, its transfer to the Polish front, and its subordination to IV.SS-Panzer-Korps, the fighting on the Hungarian front to liberate Budapest, and then its participation in the Frühlingserwachen ("Spring Awakening") offensive, until the final fighting in Austria and the surrender. The volume includes a series of appendices covering order of battle, lists of award recipients, and details of uniforms and insignia pertaining to the division.

HB 9780764354632 £43.50 February 2018 Schiffer Publishing 224 pages

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The 17th Waffen-SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" An Illustrated History Massimiliano Afiero The 17th Waffen-SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" was one of the few SS formations to be employed exclusively on the western front during World War II. From the time of its formation in France in 1943, "Götz von Berlichingen" saw bitter and bloody fighting in Normandy, the Seine front, Metz, the Saar, the Palatinate, and later the defense of the west wall until the final battles in Germany. Despite the overwhelming superiority of Allied forces, the units that comprised the division always managed to offer dogged resistance, counterattacking ferociously, and defending every foot of ground with great courage and determination. The units of "Götz von Berlichingen" received praise, not only from the German high command, but also earned the respect of its Allied adversaries. In addition, the "Götz von Berlichingen" division was never involved in any war crimes, or in crimes against civilians. Detailed operational history, rare combat images, maps, and personality profiles make this book the definitive history of "Götz von Berlichingen."

HB 9780764354502 £39.50 January 2018 Schiffer Publishing 208 pages

The Auschwitz Concentration Camp History, Biographies, Remembrance Chris Webb This book on the Auschwitz Concentration Camp provides a chronological account from the camp's beginning in 1940 right up to its liberation in January 1945, and beyond. Chris Webb manages to find a balance between detailing the sufferings of the victims and the actions, characters, and fates of the perpetrators. He gives, in a concise form, a thorough and deeply disturbing overview of all aspects of Auschwitz and its many satellite camps. In addition, the book contains a vast collection of photographs and documents, some of them never shown in public before. It ends with the 2017 recollections by students who visited Auschwitz from Teesside University.

About the Author: Chris Webb has been researching the Holocaust for over forty-five years.

He made his mark by the publication of his remembrance trilogy on the Aktion Reinhardt camps, i.e. Treblinka, Belzec, and Sobibor. In recent years, he has founded a number of Holocaust websites, such as the Holocaust Historical Society, the Holocaust Education and Archive Research Team. He was also involved in the BBC program Auschwitz – The Nazis and the Final Solution in 2005 and a number of other Holocaust-related documentaries. He has lectured in a number of universities and given talks at Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations for well over ten years.

PB 9783838211060 £39.00 April 2018 Ibidem Press/Ibidem-Verlag 490 pages

The Sten The Legendary World War II British Submachine Gun Luc Guillou The legendary British, World War II STEN submachine gun is featured in this concise, illustrated book. Famous for its use by British elite forces, as well as the French underground during WWII, variants of the STEN were manufactured and used by many countries during the war and up through the 1970s. Beginning with its initial design and construction, the Mk.I and Mk.I*, Mk.II, Mk.III, and Mk.5 versions are presented in detail, including up-close images of manufacturer's markings. Superb war-era photographs show the various STEN models in combat use. Select foreign variants also discussed include French, Polish, and German types. STEN accessories such as magazines, ammunition, silencers, and bayonets are featured throughout the book, as well as rarely seen WWII-related uniform and equipment items.

HB 9780764354854 £21.99 March 2018 Schiffer Publishing 80 pages

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Wilfried Sonnenthal's Memories of the Waffen-SS An SS Radioman with the SS-Karstwehr-Bataillon Remembers Memories of the Waffen-SS Wilfried Sonnenthal, Rolf Michaelis Wilfried Sonnenthal joined the SS Signals Replacement Battalion in Nuremberg in January 1943, and in June 1943, he was transferred to the SS-Karstwehr-Bataillon in Pottenstein. With this battalion he took part in the disarming of the Italian Army in northern Italy in September 1943, and then was assigned to guard the Adriatic Coastland Zone of Operations. He describes combat actions against the mainly Slovenian partisans in the province of Görz and the Italians in the province of Udine, for which he was awarded the Anti-Partisan War Badge in Bronze. In the summer of 1944, he was assigned to train volunteers from South Tyrol, and in 1945, he was transferred to the nominal 24. Waffen-Gebirgs [Karstjäger]-Division der SS and took part in the retreat to Germany. A detailed history of the SS-Karstwehr is included, as well as a look at the Anti-Partisan War Badge.

About the Author: Rolf Michaelis specializes in books on the Waffen-SS and has written over thirty to date, with many available in English from Schiffer Books. He lives in Berlin.

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Iraq War Blood Money Stories of an ex-Recce’s Missions as a Private Military Contractor in Iraq Johan Raath Shortly after we took off from the check point I saw an old Opel with young men trying to pass us . . . I remember the cracks of the AK-47 bullets when it came through our windscreen. Our driver drew his pistol and fired back with his right hand while trying to control the speeding vehicle with his left.’ Johan Raath and a security team were escorting American engineers to a power plant south of Baghdad when they were ambushed. He had first arrived in Iraq only two weeks before. This was a small taste of what was to come over the next 13 years he worked there as a private military contractor (PMC). His mission? Not to wage war but to protect lives. Raath acted as a bodyguard for VIPs and, more often, engineers who were involved in construction projects to rebuild the country after the 2003 war. His physical and mental endurance was tested to the limit in his efforts to safeguard construction sites that were regularly subjected to mortar and suicide attacks. Key to his survival was his training as a Special Forces operator, or Recce.

Working in places called the Triangle of Death and driving on the ‘Hell Run’, Raath had numerous hair-raising experiences. As a trained combat medic he also helped to save people’s lives after two suicide bomb attacks on sites he then worked at.

About the Author: Johan Raath worked in Iraq as a private military contractor from 2004 to 2017. He offered specialized protection services to VIPs and sheiks, as well as engineers working on construction projects, oil field engineers and port construction workers. Raath is a former South African Special Forces operator, or Recce. In 1992 he started a security training company and did high-risk security work in Africa. Since the 1990s he was involved in security missions in over 15 countries. Raath has also worked as a bodyguard for a number of presidents. His training and protection services have won him accolades, including from US government clients and USAID. PB 9781868428441 £21.50 February 2018 Jonathan Ball Publishing Pty 322 pages

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In the Kill Zone Surviving as a private military contractor in Iraq Neil Reynolds When Neil Reynolds was first asked whether he’d like to work in Iraq as a private military contractor, he didn’t even know where it was on the map. But he would quickly learn the lay of the land and what it entails working in one of the world’s most violent conflict zones. When he left for the Middle East at the end of 2003, he was part of one of the first groups of South Africans to start private military security companies in Iraq. In this honest and often humorous account he tells of all the everyday and major challenges they had to face: from finding a braai-able chop, a safe hotel to stay in and buying guns on the black market and dodging bullets on several hairraising protection missions. He also tells the story of four South African colleagues who were kidnapped and killed in Baghdad in 2006.

About the Author: Neil Reynolds was born and bred in Grahamstown where he matriculated from Graeme College in 1979. Called up to 7 SAI to start his national service, he volunteered to go to Infantry School and became an officer. During the Border War, Neil served in the reconnaissance wing of 31 Battalion. He has written a book, Eye on the Enemy, about his time there. He retired from the army in 1999 and started working in the private security industry.

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Spanish Civil War Catholicism, War and the Foundation of Francoism The Juventud de Acción Popular in Spain, 1931–1939 Sid Lowe Spain’s first democracy was announced to popular jubilation in April 1931, a new dawn ushered in without a single shot being fired. Yet just over five years later the country was plunged into a brutal civil war that bequeathed hundreds of thousands of deaths and an authoritarian dictatorship under General Francisco Franco that lasted almost forty years. Catholicism, War and the Foundation of Francosim analyses Spain’s dramatic political shift, reassessing the role of the right as it mobilised against the Second Republic, swinging from ostensibly “moderate” Catholic conservatism to fascist violence. By providing the first detailed study of the uniformed, paramilitary Juventud de Acción Popular (JAP), Sid Lowe challenges the historiographical orthodoxy on Spanish fascism and assumptions about the role of the hegemonic right-wing party during the Republican years, José María Gil Robles’s CEDA. Drawing on a wide range of previously uncovered primary material, he demonstrates that much of the parliamentary right, its leadership included, abandoned the legal road to power when it could no longer use democracy as a Trojan Horse with which to conquer the state. It throws vital new light on the conspiracy to destroy the Republic, the Nationalist war effort, the creation of the new state, and the true social and political origins of the Franco régime. Published in association with the Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies

About the Author: Sid Lowe is a Madrid-based journalist who writes regularly for The Guardian and contributes to other broadcast and print media in Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. He completed his PhD at the University of Sheffield and has studied at the University of Oviedo. He has lived in Madrid for almost a decade.

Reviews: “Dr Lowe fuses social and political analysis to demonstrate how, at the grass roots of Spanish society, the political culture of the long-lived Franco dictatorship was crucially instigated by the radical, mass Catholic youth movement, JAP. Lowe’s analysis pinpoints the moment and demonstrates the mechanism by which radical Catholics in Spain became fascists. In doing this he has cut the gordian knot that inhibits much of the conventional historiography on the Spanish Catholic right during the 1930s.” -- Helen Graham, Dept. of History, Royal Holloway University PB 9781845199241 £27.50 January 2018 Sussex Academic Press 296 pages

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Spain 1936 Year Zero Raanan Rein, Joan Maria Thomas Marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, this volume takes a close look at the initial political moves, military actions and consequences of the fratricidal conflict and their impact on both Spaniards and contemporary European powers. The contributors reexamine the crystallisation of the political alliances formed in the Republican and the Nationalist zones; the support mobilised by the two warring camps; and the different attitudes and policies adopted by neighbouring and far away countries. This book goes beyond and against commonly held assumptions as to the supposed unity of the Nationalist camp vis-à-vis the fragmentation of the Republican one; and likewise brings to the fore the complexities of initial support of the military rebellion by Nazi Germany and Soviet support of the beleaguered Republic. Situating the Iberian conflict in the larger international context, senior and junior scholars from various countries challenge the multitude of hitherto accepted ideas about the beginnings of the Spanish Civil War. A primary aim of the editors is to enable discussion on the Spanish Civil War from lesser known or realized perspectives by investigating the civil war’s impact on countries such as Argentina, Japan, and Jewish Palestine; and from lesser heard voices at the time of women, intellectuals, and athletes. Original contributions are devoted to the Popular Olympiad organised in Barcelona in July 1936, Japanese perceptions of the Spanish conflict in light of the 1931 invasion to Manchuria, and international volunteers in the International Brigades.

About the Author: Raanan Rein is the Elías Sourasky Professor of Latin American and Spanish History and Vice President of Tel Aviv University. He is the author and editor of more than thirty books. In 2016 he won the Reimar Lust Research Award (co-sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation/Fritz Thyssen Foundation). Joan Maria Thomàs is professor at the University Rovira I Virgili, ICREA researcher, member of the Royal Academy of History of Spain, and member of the editorial board of Journal of Contemporary History. He has written eleven books as a sole author, and twenty in collaboration. His most recent book is José Antonio.

Realidad y Mito (2017).

HB 9781845198923 £65.00 April 2018 Sussex Academic Press 320 pages

Boer War The Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects War Museum of the Boer Republics War Museum of the Boer Republic The Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects brings the victories and the tragedies, the full extent of the human drama behind this war – to life through 100 iconic artefacts. While a Mafeking siege note helps to illustrate the acute shortages caused by the siege, a spade used by a Scottish soldier at Magersfontein and the boots of a Boer soldier who died at Spion Kop tell of the severity of some of the famous battles. The book follows the course of the war but also highlights specific themes, such as British and Boer weaponry, medical services, POW camps, as well as major role-players on both sides. The text is interspersed with striking historical images from the museum’s photographic collection. A further 200 secondary objects have been included to help tell the story of a conflict that left an indelible mark on the South African landscape.

About the Author: War Museum of the Boer Republic in Bloemfontein is dedicated to the Anglo-Boer War or South African War, the biggest ever conflict on South African soil. The museum aims to provide an understanding of the background against which the war took place through its unique collection of artefacts, photos, weaponry and art.

HB 9781868427673 £23.50 April 2018 Jonathan Ball Publishing 264 pages colour & b/w images

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Special Forces Iron Fist from the Sea Top Secret Seaborne Recce Operations (1978-1988) Arne Söderlund, Douw Steyn From Cabinda in Angola to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania 4 Reconnaissance Regiment conducted numerous clandestine seaborne raids during the Border War. They attacked strategic targets such as oil facilities, transport infrastructure and even Russian ships. All the while 4 Recce’s existence and capability was largely kept secret, even within the South African Defence Force.

With unparalleled access to previously top secret documents, 50 operations undertaken by 4 Recce, other Special Forces units and the South African Navy are described. The daunting Operation Kerslig (1981), in which an operator died in a raid on a Luanda oil refinery and others were injured, is retold in spine-tingling detail. The book reveals the versatility and effectiveness of this elite unit and also tells of both the successes and failures of its actions. Sometimes missions go wrong, as in Operation Argon (1985) when Captain Wynand Du Toit was captured.

This fascinating work will enthrall anyone with an interest in Special Forces operations. Iron Fist from the Sea takes you right to the raging surf, to the adrenalin and fear that is seaborne raiding.

About the Author: RAdm (JG) Arne Söderlund joined the Navy in 1966 and specialised as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served in strike craft from 1975 until 1984 and later in Military Intelligence during the closing stages of the war. He retired from the Navy in 2006 and is involved in the study and recording of naval/ military history. Douw Steyn served for 19 years as a Special Forces operator in 1 and 4 Reconnaissance Regiments. He was awarded the HC in 1975. He is also the co-author of Iron First From the Sea. He currently works as a security specialist in Durban after retiring from the army as a lieutenant colonel in 1996.

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The Recce Way: Specialised Cooking Douw Steyn, Justin Vermaak Vulture soup, anyone? Or how about diesel-dipped dog biscuits as a side to some fried python?

If you prefer something less severe, then how about having a braai on top of a submarine out in the middle of the ocean? The South African Special Forces, or Recces, are known for being fearless and tough. Not only must they pass a notoriously gruelling selection course, but once they have qualified as operators, they often spend weeks in the bush living off rat packs and whatever else they can find. This cookbook with a difference combines stories about their experiences in the field during the Border War with recipes from the bush and the sea, and even a few from the kitchen. Fortunately, most meals are edible! These recipe stories offer insight into the scope of activities of the different reconnaissance units, including 4 Recce at Langebaan, 5 Recce at Phalaborwa and 1 Recce at Durban. Readers will also learn about some of the important life skills needed to be a member of the Special Forces as well as Recce philosophy, such as staying in the moment and being adaptable. This book feeds into the public’s fascination with this elite unit and will help to break down some of the secrecy around the Recces.

About the Author: Douw Steyn served for 19 years as a Special Forces operator in 1 and 4 Reconnaissance Regiments. He was awarded the HC in 1975. He is also the co-author of Iron First From the Sea. He currently works as a security specialist in Durban after retiring from the army as a lieutenant colonel in 1996. Justin Vermaak started his military career at 1 SAI before serving as a Special Forces operator at 1 Reconnaissance Regiment for ten years. He was awarded the Honoris Crux (HC), a decoration for bravery, in 1987. Today he is an entrepreneur who works on pioneering ventures in finance, agriculture, and green projects.

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War in Literature and Photography Battle Lines English-Canadian Poetry & the First World War Joel Baetz For Canadians, the First World War was a dynamic period of literary activity. Almost every poet wrote about the war, critics made bold predictions about the legacy of the period’s poetry, and booksellers were told it was their duty to stock shelves with war poetry. Readers bought thousands of volumes of poetry. Twenty years later, by the time Canada went to war again, no one remembered any of it. Battle Lines traces the rise and disappearance of Canadian First World War poetry, and offers a striking and comprehensive account of its varied and vexing poetic gestures. As eagerly as Canadians took to the streets to express their support for the war, poets turned to their notebooks, and shared their interpretations of the global conflict, repeating and reshaping popular conceptions of, among other notions, national obligation, gendered responsibility, aesthetic power, and deathly presence. The book focuses on the poetic interpretations of the Canadian soldier. He emerges as a contentious poetic subject, a figure of battle romance, and an emblem of modernist fragmentation and fractiousness. Centring the work of five exemplary Canadian war poets (Helena Coleman, John McCrae, Robert Service, Frank Prewett, and W.W.E. Ross), the book reveals their latent faith in collective action as well as conflicting recognition of modernist subjectivities. Battle Lines identifies the Great War as a longoverlooked period of poetic ferment, experimentation, reluctance, and challenge.

About the Author: Joel Baetz is a senior lecturer at Trent University. He is the editor of Canadian Poetry from World War I: An Anthology (2010).

HB 9781771123198 £65.50 May 2018 Wilfrid Laurier University 256 pages

Catching the Torch Contemporary Canadian Literary Responses to World War I Neta Gordon Catching the Torch examines contemporary novels and plays written about Canada's participation in World War I. Exploring such works as Jane Urquhart's The Underpainter and The Stone Carvers , Jack Hodgins's Broken Ground , Kevin Kerr's Unity (1918), Stephen Massicotte's Mary's Wedding , and Frances Itani's Deafening , the book considers how writers have dealt with the compelling myth that the Canadian nation was born in the trenches of the Great War. In contrast to British and European remembrances of WWI, which tend to regard it as a cataclysmic destroyer of innocence, or Australian myths that promote an ideal of outsize masculinity, physical bravery, and white superiority, contemporary Canadian texts conjure up notions of distinctively Canadian values: tolerance of ethnic difference, the ability to do one's duty without complaint or arrogance, and the inclination to show moral as well as physical courage.

Paradoxically, Canadians are shown to decry the horrors of war while making use of its productive cultural effects. Through a close analysis of the way sacrifice, service, and the commemoration of war are represented in these literary works, Catching the Torch argues that iterations of a secure mythic notion of national identity, one that is articulated via the representation of straightforward civic and military participation, work to counter current anxieties about the stability of the nation-state, in particular anxieties about the failure of the ideal of a national "character."

About the Author: Neta Gordon is an associate professor at Brock University, where she teaches courses on Canadian literature. She is a co-editor of The Broadview Introduction to Literature (2013) and has written on such authors as Barbara Gowdy, SKY Lee, and Ann-Marie MacDonald.

PB 9781771122382 £30.99 June 2018 Wilfrid Laurier University 222 pages

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Without Fear and With a Manly Heart The Great War Letters and Diaries of Private James Herbert Gibson Iris Newbold, Bruce Newbold Private James Herbert (Herb) Gibson was 26 years old when he volunteered for service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War. Born near Perth, Ontario, and descended from Scottish settlers, Gibson enlisted against his father’s wishes because he viewed the war as justified and felt he needed to do his part. “Without fear and with a manly heart” collects his personal letters and diaries as well as those sent to him by family and friends. They reveal his beliefs, hopes, realizations, and tragedies through an account of his contribution to the war. The letters trace Gibson’s wartime service from 1916 to 1919, from his enlistment and training with the 130th (Lanark and Renfrew) Battalion to his service on the Western Front with the 75th Battalion. Gibson was wounded twice, first near Vimy during the Gas Raid of March 1917 and again more seriously during a night patrol in July 1918, the injury that ended his war. He also had to deal with tragedy on the home front from afar. Gibson’s religious beliefs significantly influenced and sustained him through his darkest hours. He felt himself a gentle man caught up “on an errand the full consequences of which we did not realize.

About the Author: Iris Newbold is the daughter of James Herbert Gibson. She completed her nursing training at Kingston General Hospital and practised nursing in Hamilton, Ontario, before raising her family. Bruce Newbold is a professor in the School of Geography & Earth Sciences at McMaster University. Trained as a population geographer, his research interests include immigration, health, and migration issues. Bruce is the grandson of James Herbert Gibson.

PB 9781771123457 £23.50 February 2018 Wilfrid Laurier University 300 pages 20 illus & 1 map

World War I in the Holy Land Revealed in Early Photographs 1914 to 1919 Early Photographs in the Holy Land Lenny Ben-David While the Western Front of World War I attracted the most interest among journalists and historians, the Eastern Front was just as brutal. The war covered vast areas in the region - killing and displacing millions. World War I in the Holy Land presents this history in short essays and more than 100 photographs found in archives around the world, bringing to light new facts about the region before the founding of the modern State of Israel.

HB 9789655242799 £39.50 June 2018 Urim Publications 250 pages

Surviving PTSD After the War Surviving PTSD and Changing Mental Health Culture Stéphane Grenier, Adam Montgomery After serving in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide and civil war, Lieutenant Colonel Stéphane Grenier returned to Canada haunted by his experiences. Facing post-traumatic stress disorder and an archaic establishment, he spent ten years confronting--and changing--the military mental health system from within. Coining the term "Operational Stress Injury" to allow the military to see mental injury in the same light as a physical wound, Grenier founded the Operational Stress Injury Social Support program that provides help for mentally injured soldiers and veterans.

Since retiring from the military in 2012, his groundbreaking approach has been adopted by civilian society. Working with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, he founded Mental Health Innovations, which delivers Grenier's direct "walk the talk" method to improve mental well being in government and business.

PB 9780889775336 £21.50 February 2018 University of Regina Press 275 pages

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War and Population Displacement War and Population Displacement Lessons of History Edited by Fernando Puell de la Villa, David Garcia Hernan The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently announced that the number of displaced persons caused by wars and conflicts, estimated at more than 65 million, has reached “the highest level ever recorded”. This book explores the reality by examining some significant population displacements and/or deportations caused by armed conflict. Throughout human history people not directly involved in wars have endured its consequences – death, famine, destruction, illness, pillage, rape, robbery. These effects of war have become more globalized, resulting in migration in search of a better place to live or to find safety and security.

Migration represents an indisputable reality found in every time and culture since prehistoric times until today, seen recently in the Mediterranean, Africa, and Asia. Armed conflict brings with it population displacement: refugees fleeing the dangers of war, dislodgement by invaders or regime change, population migration with expansionist purposes. These phenomena have not been adequately studied from a historical perspective. Cast in the mold of war and society studies, this book, endorsed by the Spanish Association of Military History, works to fulfill a historiographic need, covering twelve relevant dislodgments caused by wars in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, Modern and Contemporary History, and the present.

About the Author: Fernando Puell de la Villa is Professor of Military History at the University Institute General Gutiérrez Mellado, Madrid. He has published extensively on military matters, and is President of the Spanish Association of Military History. David García Hernán is Chairman of the Department of Humanities and Full Professor of Modern History at Carlos III University, Madrid. He has published widely on contemporary history and been a visiting researcher at the University of Chicago.

Reviews: “These case studies represent a unique and valuable contribution to the knowledge of the dramatic phenomenon of population displacements caused by war.” -- Professor Beatriz Frieyro de Lara, University of Granada HB 9781845199012 £75.00 June 2018 Sussex Academic Press 320 pages

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