Spring 2005 Hardcovers: War & Military
Edited by Laurele Riippa. Compiled by Robert Dahlin, Natalie Danford, Charles Hix, Karole Riippa and Judith Rosen -- Publishers Weekly, 1/24/2005
BALLANTINE
Home Fires Burning: Married to the Military—for Better or Worse (Mar., $24.95) by Karen Houppert looks at the daily lives of military wives with husbands deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan and South Korea.
BANTAM
No True Glory: Fallujah and the Struggle in Iraq—A Frontline Account (May, $25) by Bing West. An assistant secretary of defense under Reagan views the efforts to replace American soldiers with Iraqis. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
BERKLEY CALIBER
Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda (Mar., $25.95) by Sean Naylor focuses on heroism amid the chaos in Afghanistan.
Chopper: A History of American Military Helicopter Operators from WWII to the War on Terror (July, $24.95) by Robert Dorr is an oral history.
BRASSEY'S
Heavy Metal: A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad (Mar., $26.95) by Jason Conroy and Ron Martz tells the inside story from the Charlie Company commander in Iraq and from a journalist embedded with the team.
Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan (Aug., $27.50) by Sean M. Maloney rebuts the viewpoint that the war in Afghanistan is another Vietnam.
BROADWAY BOOKS
The Gift of Valor: A War Story (May, $19.95) by Michael Phillips remembers Cpl. Jason Dunham, a young Marine who died in Iraq to save his comrades.
CITADEL
Sailing into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas (Mar., $23.95) by William R. Benedetto investigates the sinking of the USS Badger State during the Vietnam War.
ECCO
The Last Shot (June, $24.95) by Lynn Schooler is a naval history of the last Southern military force to lay down its arms. 35,000 first printing.
ENIGMA BOOKS
Max Corvo, OSS Italy 1943–1945 (May, $28) by Max Corvo is the memoir of a key OSS officer who helped liberate Italy from German and Fascist armies.
Balkan Inferno: Betrayal, War and Intervention 1990–2005 (June, $34) by Wes Johnson. The New York Times correspondent reports what he witnessed.
F&W/DAVID & CHARLES
Voices from Vietnam (Mar., $24.99) by Richard Burks Verone and Laura M. Calkins gathers diverse personal accounts of the conflict. Advertising.
FREE PRESS
American Spartans: The U.S. Marines in Combat, from Iwo Jima to Iraq (May, $26) by James Warren reviews Marine history over the past six decades. Author publicity.
GOTHAM BOOKS
Waging Peace: Rebuilding Iraq with the U.S. Army's Civil Affairs (June, $26) by Rob Schultheis is the war correspondent's account of the soldiers charged with restoring the ravaged country's infrastructure. Ad/promo. Author tour.
INDIANA UNIV. PRESS
McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union (June, $35) by Ethan S. Rafuse claims that McClellan's political beliefs shaped his war strategy.
LYONS PRESS
Ghost Ships: Tales of Abandoned, Doomed and Haunted Vessels (July, $24.95) by Angus Konstam gathers eerie stories of ships that mysteriously roam the seas.
MBI
McCoy's Marines (Mar., $24.95) by John Koopman depicts the Marine regiment that pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. 50,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author tour.
MORROW
The Boys of Pointe du Hoc (June, $22.95) by Douglas Brinkley celebrates the heroism of the men who conquered Pointe du Hoc on June 6, 1944. 100,000 first printing.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BOOKS
Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War (Apr., $28) by Edwin C. Bearss entertains a provocative history. 35,000 first printing. Author tour.
NATIONAL TRUST (dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)
Memories of World War II: Life in Britain Recalled in Words and Pictures (May, $39.95) by David Souden marks the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII with vintage photographs and personal accounts.
NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS
Medics at War: Military Medicine from Colonial Times to the 21st Century (May, $34.95) by F. Clifton Berry Jr. and John T. Greenwood is an illustrated book honoring frontline medical personnel.
NAL/CALIBER
Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers (May, $24.95) by Larry Alexander is an authorized biography of the army leader featured in the HBO series.
Blossoms in the Wind: The Human Legacy of the Kamikazes (July, $24.95) by Mordecai Sheftall collects interviews with surviving members of Japanese WWII squadrons.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV. PRESS
Massacre at Oradour, France, 1944: Coming to Grips with Terror (Mar., $24.50) by Jean-Jacques Fouché attempts to separate fact from fiction surrounding the SS massacre.
OVERLOOK PRESS
Chariot: The Astounding Rise and Fall of the World's First War Machine (May, $29.95) by Arthur Cotterell describes military confrontations that affected the fates of empires.
PRESIDIO PRESS
Lightning Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil (Mar., $24.95) by Barbara Newman and Tom Diaz profiles a terrorist cell in North Carolina that was taken down by the FBI. Ad/promo.
First In: How Seven CIA Officers Opened the War on Terror in Afghanistan (May, $25.95) by Gary C. Schroen analyzes the agency's role in defeating the Taliban. Ad/promo.
PUTNAM
Lost Triumph: Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg and Why It Failed (Apr., $25.95) by Tom Carhart argues that Lee did not have a lapse in judgment on the pivotal third day of the battle. Author publicity.
READER'S DIGEST BOOKS
America's Battlegrounds: Walk in the Footsteps of America's Bravest (Apr., $24.95) by Richard Sauers identifies the hallowed ground where Americans have fought and died, from Valley Forge to ground zero.
RUTLEDGE HILL PRESS
The Commanders of Chancellorsville: The Gentleman v. The Rogue (Aug., $27.99) by Edward Longacre contrasts Confederate General Lee with Union General Hooker.
SENTIENT PUBLICATIONS
Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans (Apr., $23.95) by Vivien Spitz is an eyewitness account written by a court reporter for the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Nazi doctors. Ad/promo. Author tour.
SCRIBNER
Behind the Lines (May, $30) by Andrew Carroll amasses 200 previously unpublished letters from soldiers fighting in every war in American history, including today's conflict in Iraq.
STACKPOLE
The 1863 Laws of War (July, $12.95) by the U.S. War Department reproduces a Civil War handbook.
STACKPOLE/CHATHAM
The Trafalgar Captains: Their Lives and Memorials (May, $24.95) by Colin White surveys all the commanding officers who served with Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar.
STACKPOLE/GREENHILL
Rorke's Drift: The True Story, Twilight of the Zulu Kingdom, 1879 (June, $39.95) by Ian Knight steps behind the myths surrounding the battle between 150 British troops and more than 3,000 Zulu warriors on January 22, 1879.
TRANSACTION
The Counter-Terrorism Puzzle: A Guide for Decision Makers (Mar., $39.95) by Boaz Ganor accumulates field experiences from around the world, particularly Israel.
TEXAS A&M UNIV. PRESS
Into the Wild Blue Yonder: My Life in the Air Force (Apr., $29.95) by Allan T. Stein shares a retired officer's reminiscences.
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIV. PRESS
Wars Within War: Guerrillas, Domestic Elites and the United States of America, 1846–1848 (May, $29.95) by Irving W. Levinson looks at the impact of guerrilla wars that took place within Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
UNIV. OF ALABAMA PRESS
Antisubmarine Warrior in the Pacific: Six Subs Sunk in Twelve Days (Mar., $29.95) by John A. Williamson is the retelling by commanding officer Williamson of the exploits of the USS England, a destroyer escort during WWII.
UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS
Stephen Decatur: American Naval Hero, 1779–1820 (July, $34.95) by Robert J. Allison is a biography of the flamboyant naval captain.
UNIV. OF MISSOURI PRESS
Five Days in October: The Lost Battalion of World War I (June, $19.95) by Robert H. Ferrell contains previously unavailable documentation.
UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics and the Pennsylvania Campaign (Apr., $34.95) by Kent Masterson Brown details the July 1863 retreat.
UNIV. OF VIRGINIA PRESS
Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont (June, $37.50) by Kevin J. Weddle reassesses the admiral generally reviled for leading the disastrous all-ironclad Union naval attack on Charleston, S.C.
UNIV. PRESS OF KANSAS
Sister in the Band of Brothers: Embedded with the 101st Airborne in Iraq (Mar., $29.95) by Katherine M. Skiba. The Washington, D.C., correspondent for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recounts what she witnessed.
UNIV. PRESS OF KENTUCKY
The Unknown Dead: Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge (Apr., $35) by Peter Schrijvers exposes the gruesome deaths of ordinary people.
VIKING
Conduct Under Fire: The Story of Four American Doctors and Their Fate as POWs in the Pacific, 1941–1945 (May, $24.95) by John A. Glusman is a son's narrative of the experiences of his father and three fellow Navy doctors captured on Corregidor in May 1942.
VISION/FUSION (dist. by IPG)
Naked Soldier: A True Story of Life in the French Foreign Legion (May, $24.95) by Tony Sloane describes a shocking and dangerous life.
WALKER & CO.
The Battle: A New History of Waterloo (June, $27) by Alessandro Barbero invokes the voices of all combatants: British, French and Prussian.
WESTHOLME
Year of the Hangman: George Washington's Campaign Against the Iroquois (June, $24.95) by Glenn F. Williams tells how the defeat of the Iroquois Confederacy changed the outcome of the American Revolution.
WESTVIEW PRESS
Given Up for Dead: American GIs in the Nazi Concentration Camp at Berga (Apr., $26) by Flint Whitlock gives the facts about Americans taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge and forced into slavery. Advertising. Author tour. 20-city radio satellite tour.
WILEY
Battle for Europe: How the Duke of Marlborough Masterminded the Defeat of the French at Blenheim (July, $30) by Charles Spencer concerns the bloody battle in 1704 that quashed France's attempt to dominate Europe.
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