Forward into Fall: War & Military
Edited by Dick Donahue Compiled by Alia Akkam, Robert Dahlin, Charles Hix, Natalie Danford, Liz Hartman, Lauren Joyce, Hilary Kayle, Suzanne Mantell, Diane Patrick, Karole Riippa, Judith Rosen, Oona Short, Skip Skwarek, Julie Stevenson and Michelle Wildge -- Publishers Weekly, 8/6/2007
Berkley Caliber
Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story (Oct., $24.95) by William “Wild Bill” Guarnere and Edward “Babe” Heffron with Robyn Post. Tom Hanks introduces this saga of the two soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.
Delacorte
Eight Lives Down: The Story of a Counter-Terrorist Bomb Disposal Operator’s Tour in Iraq (Jan., $25) by Chris Hunter takes a first-person look at the challenges of identifying and disposing of bombs on the front lines. 45,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
Free Press
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War (Sept., $26) by Sgt. David Bellavia. A Medal of Honor nominee recounts his miraculous survival during a tour of duty in Fallujah.
MBI/Zenith Press
101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles in World War II (Sept., $40) by Mark Bando chronicles the tale of the “band of brothers” using many previously unpublished images.
What We Need: Extravagance and Shortages in America’s Military (Sept., $27.95) by Barrett Tillman examines a paradox: an army that uses outdated equipment, and a military organization that has amassed a costly weapons system it seldom uses.
Melville House
(dist. by Consortium)
I Could Tell You but Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed by Me (Nov., $20) by Trevor Paglen shows 75 previously unseen military patches that reveal the secret world of military imagery and jargon. Author tour.
NAL Caliber
Heroes Among Us: The War on Terror—Firsthand Accounts of Combat from America’s Most Decorated Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan (Jan., $24.95), edited by Maj. Chuck Larson, presents oral histories by soldiers who have been decorated for valor.
Osprey Publishing
Military Midemeanors: Corruption, Incompetence, Lust and Downright Stupidity (Sept., $16.95) by Terry Crowdy considers an alarming array of military-related scandals from ancient times to the present.
F-15 Eagle Engaged: The World’s Most Successful Jet Fighter (Oct., $35) by Steve Davies and Doug Dildy combines detailed technical information with combat accounts.
Potomac Books
The Flying Greek: An Immigrant Fighter Ace’s WWII Odyssey with the RAF, USAAF, and French Resistance (Dec., $28.95) by Col. Steve N. Pisanos, USAF (Ret.), highlights the author’s service in both the British and U.S. Air Forces.
Univ. of Chicago Press
Instructions for American Servicemen in Iraq During World War II (Sept., $10) by the United States Army reprints a manual handed out by the War Department in 1943.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
(dist. by Sterling)
Tip & Run: The Untold Tragedy of the Great War in Africa (Sept., $34.95) by Edward Paice follows the final phase of the European conquest of Africa.
Westholme
Into the Fire: Ploesti, the Most Fateful Mission of World War II (Oct., $26) by Duane Schultz recalls America’s surprise bombing of Hitler’s Romanian oil fields.
