Spring Hardcovers: War & Military

Berkley Caliber

Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers (May, $24.95) by Lynn “Buck” Compton and Marcus Brotherton describes the legal career that followed Compton’s WWII service.

Casemate Publishing

Magnificent Disaster (May, $32.95) by David Bennett examines the “Bridge Too Far” campaign, which included the largest airborne assault in history.

Da Capo Press

Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew (June, $26) by Alex Kershaw chronicles the tale of nine men who fought the Japanese from America’s deadliest submarine.

Douglas & McIntyre

(dist. by PGW)

Empty Casing: A Soldier’s Memoir of Sarajevo Under Siege (Apr., $29.95) by Fred Doucette presents Doucette’s account of the Bosnian conflict and his postwar struggles.

Ecco

Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind Enemy Lines with One of the World’s Most Elite Counterterrorism Commandos (May, $25.95) by Aaron Cohen tells of an American who becomes a commando in a top-secret Israeli Special Forces Unit. 75,000 first printing.

Forge Books

Mutiny! The True Events That Inspired The Hunt for Red October (July, $25.95) by David Hagberg and Boris Gindin reveals the details behind Tom Clancy’s novel. Ad/promo.

Louisiana State Univ. Press

Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks (Apr., $35.95) by W. Craig Gaines covers more than 2,000 American ships. Ad/promo.

MBI/Zenith Press

Steeds of Steel: A History of American Mechanized Cavalry in World War II (Apr., $27.95) by Harry Yeide ranges from early campaigns in North Africa to those in the Mediterranean, Europe and the Pacific.

Holding the Line: War Stories of the U.S. Border Patrol (May, $24.95) by Gerald Schumacher reveals the dangerous missions of the men and women who patrol the U.S.–Mexico border.

NAL/Caliber

Command of Honor: General Lucian Truscott’s Path to Victory in World War II (June, $24.95) by H. Paul Jeffers celebrates one of the war’s most gallant officers.

New Holland

(dist. by Antique Collectors’ Club)

Military History (Apr., $39.95) by Michael Rayner uses a detailed locator and initial position maps to highlight the world’s famous battlegrounds.

Stackpole

From Beachhead to Brittany: The 29th Infantry Division at Brest, August–September 1944 (Mar., $27.95) by Joseph Balkoski documents this division’s role in a critical campaign.

Univ. Press of Kentucky

The USS Flier : Death and Survival on the World War II Submarine (Mar., $29.95) by Michael Sturma focuses on the sub that struck a mine that left only 14 of 86 crewmen alive.