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CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge
Cherbourg 1864
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $18.95
By the time of American Civil War things had changed from the Age of Fighting Sail - steam power and explosive shells were transforming naval warfare. Iron was beginning to supplant wood. Britain had just finished HMS Warrior, an iron-hulled warship and coastal ironclads dominated the waters off the United States... Read more >
Cherbourg 1864
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $18.95
By the time of American Civil War things had changed from the Age of Fighting Sail - steam power and explosive shells were transforming naval warfare. Iron was beginning to supplant wood. Britain had just finished HMS Warrior, an iron-hulled warship and coastal ironclads dominated the waters off the United States... Read more >
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Happy Days!
A Humorous Narrative in Drawings of the Progress of American Arms 1917-1919
Written by FIRST DIVISION MUSEUM, THE
Illustrated by Alban B Butler Jr
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $14.95
Originally published on the ten-year anniversary of the Armistice, "Happy Days!" features a collection of more than 100 original cartoons drawn by noted illustrator Cpt. Alban B. Butler, Jr., who served as aide-de-camp for Major General Charles Pelot Summerall in 1918. Butler chronicled his tour of duty by creating scores of... Read more >
A Humorous Narrative in Drawings of the Progress of American Arms 1917-1919
Written by FIRST DIVISION MUSEUM, THE
Illustrated by Alban B Butler Jr
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $14.95
Originally published on the ten-year anniversary of the Armistice, "Happy Days!" features a collection of more than 100 original cartoons drawn by noted illustrator Cpt. Alban B. Butler, Jr., who served as aide-de-camp for Major General Charles Pelot Summerall in 1918. Butler chronicled his tour of duty by creating scores of... Read more >
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LAV-25
The Marine Corps? Light Armored Vehicle
Written by James D'Angina
Illustrated by Henry Morshead
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $17.95
The Light Armored Vehicle -25 (LAV-25) has played a significant role in transforming Marine Corps doctrine since its introduction in the early-1980s. The Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle program was based on the proven Swiss MOWAG Piranha series of 4x4, 6x6, and 8x8 wheeled vehicles. However, developing organizational units, tactics, and... Read more >
The Marine Corps? Light Armored Vehicle
Written by James D'Angina
Illustrated by Henry Morshead
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $17.95
The Light Armored Vehicle -25 (LAV-25) has played a significant role in transforming Marine Corps doctrine since its introduction in the early-1980s. The Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle program was based on the proven Swiss MOWAG Piranha series of 4x4, 6x6, and 8x8 wheeled vehicles. However, developing organizational units, tactics, and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
LAV-25
The Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle
Written by James D'Angina
Illustrated by Henry Morshead
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $13.95
The Light Armored Vehicle -25 (LAV-25) has played a significant role in transforming Marine Corps doctrine since its introduction in the early-1980s. The Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle program was based on the proven Swiss MOWAG Piranha series of 4x4, 6x6, and 8x8 wheeled vehicles. However, developing organizational units, tactics, and... Read more >
The Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle
Written by James D'Angina
Illustrated by Henry Morshead
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $13.95
The Light Armored Vehicle -25 (LAV-25) has played a significant role in transforming Marine Corps doctrine since its introduction in the early-1980s. The Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle program was based on the proven Swiss MOWAG Piranha series of 4x4, 6x6, and 8x8 wheeled vehicles. However, developing organizational units, tactics, and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Tora! Tora! Tora! - Pearl Harbor 1941
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Jim Laurier and Tim Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $18.95
The Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor is one of the most famous raids in history, if not the most famous. In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the carriers and aircraft of the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a sudden and unexpected attack on the US naval forces anchored in... Read more >
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Jim Laurier and Tim Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $18.95
The Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor is one of the most famous raids in history, if not the most famous. In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the carriers and aircraft of the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a sudden and unexpected attack on the US naval forces anchored in... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Tora! Tora! Tora! - Pearl Harbor 1941
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $9.95
The Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor is one of the most famous raids in history, if not the most famous. In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the carriers and aircraft of the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a sudden and unexpected attack on the US naval forces anchored in... Read more >
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $9.95
The Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor is one of the most famous raids in history, if not the most famous. In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the carriers and aircraft of the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a sudden and unexpected attack on the US naval forces anchored in... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Spanish Army in North America 1700-1793
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by David Rickman
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $17.95
A classic Men-at-Arms title detailing a major chapter in American military history. North American colonial history can broadly be divided into 'New France', 'New England' and 'New Spain. The latter covered a vast expanse of land from California to the whole of the south-west and south including modern-day Florida, Arizona, Nevada... Read more >
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by David Rickman
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $17.95
A classic Men-at-Arms title detailing a major chapter in American military history. North American colonial history can broadly be divided into 'New France', 'New England' and 'New Spain. The latter covered a vast expanse of land from California to the whole of the south-west and south including modern-day Florida, Arizona, Nevada... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Spanish Army in North America 1700-1793
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by David Rickman
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $13.95
A classic Men-at-Arms title detailing a major chapter in American military history. North American colonial history can broadly be divided into 'New France', 'New England' and 'New Spain. The latter covered a vast expanse of land from California to the whole of the south-west and south including modern-day Florida, Arizona, Nevada... Read more >
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by David Rickman
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $13.95
A classic Men-at-Arms title detailing a major chapter in American military history. North American colonial history can broadly be divided into 'New France', 'New England' and 'New Spain. The latter covered a vast expanse of land from California to the whole of the south-west and south including modern-day Florida, Arizona, Nevada... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Wabash 1791
St Clair's defeat
Written by John F. Winkler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $19.95
Osprey's Campaign title for the battle that marked Major General Arthur St. Clair's downfall in the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795). In 1791, the US Army conducted its first important operation. St. Clair led an American army of about 2,000 into what now is Ohio. On 4 November 1791, the campaign ended in... Read more >
St Clair's defeat
Written by John F. Winkler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $19.95
Osprey's Campaign title for the battle that marked Major General Arthur St. Clair's downfall in the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795). In 1791, the US Army conducted its first important operation. St. Clair led an American army of about 2,000 into what now is Ohio. On 4 November 1791, the campaign ended in... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Wabash 1791
St Clair's defeat
Written by John F. Winkler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $15.95
Osprey's Campaign title for the battle that marked Major General Arthur St. Clair's downfall in the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795). In 1791, the US Army conducted its first important operation. St. Clair led an American army of about 2,000 into what now is Ohio. On 4 November 1791, the campaign ended in... Read more >
St Clair's defeat
Written by John F. Winkler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $15.95
Osprey's Campaign title for the battle that marked Major General Arthur St. Clair's downfall in the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795). In 1791, the US Army conducted its first important operation. St. Clair led an American army of about 2,000 into what now is Ohio. On 4 November 1791, the campaign ended in... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Confederate Ironclad vs Union Ironclad
Hampton Roads 1862
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $15.95
The Ironclad was a revolutionary weapon of war. Although iron was used for protection in the Far East during the 16th century, it was the 19th century and the American Civil War that heralded the first modern armored self-propelled warships. With the parallel pressures of civil war and the industrial revolution... Read more >
Hampton Roads 1862
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $15.95
The Ironclad was a revolutionary weapon of war. Although iron was used for protection in the Far East during the 16th century, it was the 19th century and the American Civil War that heralded the first modern armored self-propelled warships. With the parallel pressures of civil war and the industrial revolution... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Forts of the American Frontier 1776-1891
California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $14.95
With the violent separation between the United States and Britain which began in 1776, the new ‘Americans’ set off to fulfill their manifest destiny and rule their new land from coast to coast. As they pushed westward, they came into conflict with both natives and other European settlers, and began to... Read more >
California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $14.95
With the violent separation between the United States and Britain which began in 1776, the new ‘Americans’ set off to fulfill their manifest destiny and rule their new land from coast to coast. As they pushed westward, they came into conflict with both natives and other European settlers, and began to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Forts of the American Frontier 1776-1891
California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $18.95
This title explores the contribution made by settlers, explorers, traders and goldseekers of various nations to the nascent architecture of the West Coast of the United States. In doing so, it charts the progress westwards of those who claimed new land as their own, and defended it with forts and blockhouses... Read more >
California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $18.95
This title explores the contribution made by settlers, explorers, traders and goldseekers of various nations to the nascent architecture of the West Coast of the United States. In doing so, it charts the progress westwards of those who claimed new land as their own, and defended it with forts and blockhouses... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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George Washington
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Graham Turner
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $17.95
George Washington may be one of history's most underrated commanders. Overlooked in favour of his contemporaries such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Frederick the Great, Washington's achievements are arguably more impressive. Frederick and Napoleon inherited formidable militaries, and both had extensive military training and experience prior to assuming command of armies. Washington... Read more >
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Graham Turner
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $17.95
George Washington may be one of history's most underrated commanders. Overlooked in favour of his contemporaries such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Frederick the Great, Washington's achievements are arguably more impressive. Frederick and Napoleon inherited formidable militaries, and both had extensive military training and experience prior to assuming command of armies. Washington... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
George Washington
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Graham Turner
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $9.95
George Washington may be one of history's most underrated commanders. Overlooked in favour of his contemporaries such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Frederick the Great, Washington's achievements are arguably more impressive. Frederick and Napoleon inherited formidable militaries, and both had extensive military training and experience prior to assuming command of armies. Washington... Read more >
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Graham Turner
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $9.95
George Washington may be one of history's most underrated commanders. Overlooked in favour of his contemporaries such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Frederick the Great, Washington's achievements are arguably more impressive. Frederick and Napoleon inherited formidable militaries, and both had extensive military training and experience prior to assuming command of armies. Washington... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Ride Around Missouri & Shelby's Great Raid 1863
Written by Sean McLachlan
Illustrated by Johnny Shumate
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $9.95
In July 1863, with the Confederacy still reeling from the defeats at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, Union forces pushed deep into Arkansas, capturing the capital of Little Rock. In response, Colonel Joseph O. Shelby launched a daring raid to disrupt the advance. Taking 600 men and a section of light artillery, he... Read more >
Written by Sean McLachlan
Illustrated by Johnny Shumate
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $9.95
In July 1863, with the Confederacy still reeling from the defeats at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, Union forces pushed deep into Arkansas, capturing the capital of Little Rock. In response, Colonel Joseph O. Shelby launched a daring raid to disrupt the advance. Taking 600 men and a section of light artillery, he... Read more >
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Ride Around Missouri - Shelby's Great Raid 1863
Written by Sean McLachlan
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $18.95
In July of 1863, Federal forces, emboldened by the victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, moved across the Missouri state line south into Confederate-held Arkansas, advancing from the northwest and northeast in a pincer movement that took all of the northern half of the state, including the prosperous Arkansas river valley and... Read more >
Written by Sean McLachlan
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $18.95
In July of 1863, Federal forces, emboldened by the victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, moved across the Missouri state line south into Confederate-held Arkansas, advancing from the northwest and northeast in a pincer movement that took all of the northern half of the state, including the prosperous Arkansas river valley and... Read more >
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The Civil War of 1812
American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
Written by Alan Taylor
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $18.00
American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
Written by Alan Taylor
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $18.00
In this vivid narrative, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Alan Taylor tells the riveting story of a war that redefined North America.
In the early nineteenth century, Britons and Americans renewed their struggle over the legacy of the American Revolution. In this second confrontation, soldiers, immigrants, settlers, and Indians fought to determine the fate...
SEALs
The US Navy#s Elite Fighting Force
Written by Mir Bahmanyar
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $9.95
Since the US Navy SEALs came into existence in 1983, they have become famous for their daring missions, advanced and unconventional tactics, hard training and hard-fought successes. SEALs have taken part in numerous conflicts ranging from Grenada in 1983, the invasion of Panama and operations in Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, and Liberia... Read more >
The US Navy#s Elite Fighting Force
Written by Mir Bahmanyar
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $9.95
Since the US Navy SEALs came into existence in 1983, they have become famous for their daring missions, advanced and unconventional tactics, hard training and hard-fought successes. SEALs have taken part in numerous conflicts ranging from Grenada in 1983, the invasion of Panama and operations in Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, and Liberia... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
A Pocket History of the Civil War
Citizen Soldiers, Bloody Battles, and the Fight for America#s Future
Written by Martin Graham
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $13.95
Praise for: A Pocket History
“Martin F. Graham's A Pocket History of the Civil War is a font of information that will interest a wide range of readers, including the ardent history buff.”
—Foreword Magazine
Martin Graham, a former associate editor of Blue & Gray magazine, has penned a new... Read more >
Citizen Soldiers, Bloody Battles, and the Fight for America#s Future
Written by Martin Graham
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $13.95
Praise for: A Pocket History
“Martin F. Graham's A Pocket History of the Civil War is a font of information that will interest a wide range of readers, including the ardent history buff.”
—Foreword Magazine
Martin Graham, a former associate editor of Blue & Gray magazine, has penned a new... Read more >
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Eyes Behind the Lines
L Company Rangers in Vietnam, 1969
Written by Gary Linderer
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2011
Price: $7.99
In mid-December 1968, after recovering from wounds susatined in a murderous mission, Gary Linderer returned to Phu Bai to comlpete his tour of duty as a LRP. His job was to find the enmy, observe him, or kill him--all the while behind enemy lines, where success could be as dangerous as... Read more >
L Company Rangers in Vietnam, 1969
Written by Gary Linderer
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2011
Price: $7.99
In mid-December 1968, after recovering from wounds susatined in a murderous mission, Gary Linderer returned to Phu Bai to comlpete his tour of duty as a LRP. His job was to find the enmy, observe him, or kill him--all the while behind enemy lines, where success could be as dangerous as... Read more >
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State vs. Defense
The Battle to Define America's Empire
Written by Stephen Glain
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: August 2, 2011
Price: $26.00
A masterful account of how sixty years of American militarism created the Cold War, fanned decades of unnecessary conflict, helped to fuel Islamist terror, and threatens to bankrupt the country.
For most of the twentieth century, the sword has led before the olive branch in American foreign policy. In eye-opening fashion, State... Read more >
The Battle to Define America's Empire
Written by Stephen Glain
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: August 2, 2011
Price: $26.00
A masterful account of how sixty years of American militarism created the Cold War, fanned decades of unnecessary conflict, helped to fuel Islamist terror, and threatens to bankrupt the country.
For most of the twentieth century, the sword has led before the olive branch in American foreign policy. In eye-opening fashion, State... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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State vs. Defense
The Battle to Define America's Empire
Written by Stephen Glain
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: August 2, 2011
Price: $11.99
A masterful account of how sixty years of American militarism created the Cold War, fanned decades of unnecessary conflict, helped to fuel Islamist terror, and threatens to bankrupt the country.
For most of the twentieth century, the sword has led before the olive branch in American foreign policy. In eye-opening fashion, State... Read more >
The Battle to Define America's Empire
Written by Stephen Glain
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: August 2, 2011
Price: $11.99
A masterful account of how sixty years of American militarism created the Cold War, fanned decades of unnecessary conflict, helped to fuel Islamist terror, and threatens to bankrupt the country.
For most of the twentieth century, the sword has led before the olive branch in American foreign policy. In eye-opening fashion, State... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Korean War
A History
Written by Bruce Cumings
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $16.00
A History
Written by Bruce Cumings
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $16.00
A BRACING ACCOUNT OF A WAR THAT IS EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN, OR WILLFULLY IGNORED
For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts contemporary events. With access to new evidence and secret materials from...
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eBook.
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North American Indian Tribes of the Great Lakes
Written by Michael Johnson
Illustrated by Jonathan Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $17.95
The Great Lakes were the main arena for the fur trade in colonial North America, which drew European explorers and trappers deep into the northern USA and Canada from the 17th century onwards. The desire to control the supply of this luxury item sparked wars between Britain and France, as well... Read more >
Written by Michael Johnson
Illustrated by Jonathan Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $17.95
The Great Lakes were the main arena for the fur trade in colonial North America, which drew European explorers and trappers deep into the northern USA and Canada from the 17th century onwards. The desire to control the supply of this luxury item sparked wars between Britain and France, as well... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
