Springing Forward: War & Military
Edited by Dick Donahue and Lauren Joyce -- Publishers Weekly, 1/22/2007
UMBERTO ALLEMANDI (dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)
Camouflage and Art: Design for Deception in World War II (May, $55) by Henrietta Goodden explores the development of ideas vital to the war effort.
BASIC BOOKS
Scorpion Down: The Untold Story of the Sinking of an American Submarine (May, $26) by Ed Offley recounts the story of an American sub torpedoed in the cold war and the ensuing cover-up. Ad/promo. Author tour.
BERKLEY CALIBER
Phantom Warrior: The Heroic True Story of Pvt. John McKinney's One-Man Stand (Aug., $24.95) by Forrest Bryant Johnson details the exploits of a WWII Medal of Honor winner.
LYONS PRESS
Allah's Bomb: The Islamic Quest for Nuclear Weapons (Mar., $24.95) by Al Venter tracks the progress toward nuclear devices being made by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and others. 50,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo.
MBI/ZENITH PRESS
Shared Courage: A Fighting-Marine Wife's Story (Apr., $24.95) by Michelle Keener describes her experiences as the wife of an officer with two deployments during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
NAL CALIBER
Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey Through Iraq (June, $24.95) by Tony Lagouranis and Allen Mikaelian presents a firsthand account of immoral conduct at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers.
ORCHID PRESS (dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)
The Armies of Angkor: Military Structure and Weaponry of the Khmers (Apr., $40) by Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'h presents the culture of the creators of Angkor.
OXFORD UNIV. PRESS
Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence (June, $29.95) by John Ferling explains how the fledging colonies triumphed in the American Revolution.
PRESIDIO PRESS
41 Seconds from Terror to Freedom: Inside the Most Spectacular Hostage Rescue of Our Time and Its Stunning Aftermath (May, $24.95) by Luis Giampietri et al. details the 1997 terrorist standoff in Lima, Peru, that inspired Ann Patchett's Bel Canto. Ad/promo. Author tour.
SS/THRESHOLD EDITIONS
Some Gave All (June, $25) by Richard Miniter follows Operation Red Wing, a 2005 recon mission by a four-man SEAL team in Afghanistan's Kunar province.
SILVERLEAF PRESS (dist. by IPG)
Rescued by Mao: World War II, Wake Island, and My Remarkable Escape to Freedom Across Mainland China (May, $24.95) by William Taylor recalls the U.S. defense of Wake Island and the author's subsequent incarceration in a Japanese POW camp.
SOUVENIR PRESS
To the Kwai—and Back (Apr., $37.95) by Ronald Searle compiles the artist-author's drawings from his imprisonment in a WWII Japanese POW camp and his forced labor on the Burma Railway.
STEERFORTH PRESS (Dist. by Random House)
The Alternative: An Enduring National Security Strategy Based on American Values (Mar., $25.95) by William M. Arkin claims that the government needs an overhaul that will remove it from the special-interest national security community.
UNIV. OF ARKANSAS PRESS
Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Tennessee in the Civil War (Apr., $59.95) by Richard B. McCaslin recounts the war in Tennessee via 250 photographs.
UNIV. PRESS OF KANSAS
Churchill and His Generals (May, $34.95) by Raymond Callahan details Great Britain's top military command in WWII and its often rocky relations with Churchill.
