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The Advisor: The Phoenix Program in Viet-
nam John L. Cook. From his arrival in war-torn
Vietnam in 1968 to his reluctant departure twenty-
five months later, Cook served as an advisor in the
district of Di An and took part in the systematic
operations of the Phoenix Program to destroy the
Infrastructure, the political organization of the Viet
Cong and North Vietnamese forces.
Size:6”x9”•70color/bwphotos/maps•352pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0137-3•hard•$35.00
Rescue Under Fire: The Story of Dust Off
in Vietnam John L. Cook. This is the story of the
men who risked everything to fly their evacuation
helicopters into the teeth of the most intense
fighting the war produced to achieve a single
goal – evacuate the wounded. And that is what
they did, day after day, night after night, under
every condition imaginable.
Size:6”x9”•100bwphotos•208pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0461-5•hard•$24.95
Year of the Horse: Vietnam - 1st Air
Cavalry in the Highlands 1965-67 Kenneth
D. Mertel. The day-by-day story of the Jumping
Mustangs – 1st Ballalion, Airborne, 8th Cavalry,
of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, written by the
man who knows them best, 1st Air Cav Lt.Col.
Kenneth Mertel. Mertel pays tribute to the many
acts of heroism of his men, who lived, worked
and fought together in some of the world’s most
inhospitable conditions.
Size:6”x9”•59colorphotos/9maps•384pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0138-1•hard•$35.00
Forever Forward: K-9 Operations in Viet-
nam Mike Lemish. The first in-depth account
of K-9 Operations during the Vietnam War, and
provides a behind the scenes look at how Allied
forces employed dog teams in a variety of roles,
the evolution of the United States military working
dog program, and the aftermath of Vietnam.
Size:6”x9”•150bw images•256pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3345-3•hard•$29.99
Along the Tigris: The 101st Airborne Divi-
sion in Operation Iraqi Freedom Thomas L.
Day. The story of 16,000 soldiers, from the training
grounds of Fort Campbell, through the toughest
battles in the blitz of Baghdad to the Nineveh prov-
ince, where the 101st Airborne Division anchored
for eight months after the overthrow of Saddam
Hussein. Without precedent or a plan, the division
sketched the blueprint to win the peace as they
went. Get beyond the headlines to the true story
of the Army’s most storied division in the Iraq war.
Size:6”x9”•150colorphotos•400pp.
ISBN:0-7643-2620-2•hard•$35.00
THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT
IN WORLD WAR II
KNIGHT’S CROSS HOLDERS, BIOGRAPHIES, MEMOIRS
Knights of the Reich: The Twenty-Seven
Most Highly Decorated Soldiers of theWeh-
rmacht in WWII Günther Fraschka. Biographies
of the twenty-seven Holders of the Diamonds to the
Knight’s Cross from the Luftwaffe, Heer, Kriegs-
marine and Waffen-SS: Mölders, Galland, Gollob,
Marseille, Graf, Rommel, Luth, Nowotny, Schulz,
Rudel, Graf Strachwitz, Gille, Hube, Kesselring,
Lent, Dietrich, Model, Hartmann, Balck, Ramcke,
Schnaufer, Brandi, Schorner, von Manteuffel,
Tolsdorff, Mauss, von Saucken.
Size:6”x9”•93bwphotos•320pp.
ISBN:0-88740-580-0•hard•$39.95
Knight’s Cross Profiles Vol.1: Heinz-
Wolfgang Schnaufer • Rudolf Winnerl •
Hermann Graf • Hans-Georg Schierholz
Ralf Schumann. This book is the first in a new
series profiling the Knight’s Cross holders of the
Wehrmacht in World War II. Concise biographies,
rare photographs of personalities, aircraft, and
award documents cover not only known soldiers
and airmen, but lesser known KC holders as well.
This initial volume covers four Luftwaffe fighter,
and bomber pilots.
Size:8.5”x11”•440color/bwphotos•208pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-4057-4•hard•$35.00
Knight’s Cross Profiles Vol.2: Gerhard
Türke • Heinz Bär • Arnold Huebner •
Joachim Müncheberg Ralf Schumann and
Wolfgang Westerwelle. This book is the second in
a series profiling the Knight’s Cross holders of the
Wehrmacht in World War II. Concise biographies,
rare photographs of personalities, aircraft, and
award documents cover not only known soldiers
and airmen, but lesser known KC holders as well.
Size:8.5”x11”•400bwphotos•208pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-4369-8•hard•$39.99
Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s Cross
Holders of the U-Boat Service FranzKurowski.
Each recipient is presented in a capsule biography
including dates of birth, awarding of the various
Knight’s Cross grades, and other particulars to
rank and career. Each is also shown in WWII era
photographs.
Size:6”x9”•150bwphotos•280pp.
ISBN:0-88740-748-X•hard•$24.95
Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s
Cross Holders of the Fallschirmjäger
Franz Kurowski. Each recipient is presented in
a capsule biography including dates of birth,
awarding of the various Knight’s Cross grades,
and other particulars to rank and career. Each is
also shown in WWII era photographs.
Size:6”x9”•130bwphotos•280pp.
ISBN:0-88740-749-8•hard•$24.95
Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s Cross
Holders of the Afrikakorps Franz Kurowski.
Each recipient is presented in a capsule biography
including date of birth, awarding of the various
Knight’s Cross grades, and other particulars to
rank and career. Each is also shown in WWII era
photographs.
Size:6”x9”•150bwphotos•352pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0066-0•hard•$24.95
The Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves, 1940-
1945: Biographies and Images of the 889
Recipients Jeremy Dixon. This two-volume set
presents every recipient of the Knight’s Cross with
Oakleaves, awarded during the Second World War,
and presented personally by Hitler from 1940 until
1945. Included are each of the 889 recipients from
the Luftwaffe, Heer, Waffen-SS, and Kriegsmarine,
as well as foreign recipients. This is the first time
such a work in English.
Size:8.5”x11”•1000bw/colorphotos•648pp.
ISBN: 978-0-7643-4266-0 • hard cover, two-volume
set indeluxeslipcase•$125.00
Bayerlein: From Afrikakorps to Panzer
Lehr - The Life of Rommel’s Chief-of-Staff
Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein P.A. Spayd.
The first and only comprehensive biography of the
lifeofGeneralleutnantFritzBayerlein(1899-1970),
Erwin Rommel’s former Chief-of-Staff and com-
mander of the elite Panzer Lehr Division during
WWII.Over340photosand twentywarmapsdrawn
by Bayerlein, make this book a valuable addition to
a military or biographical collection.
Size:8.5”x11”•340bw/colorphotos•304pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1866-7•hard•$59.95
Bayerlein: After Action Reports of the Pan-
zer Lehr Division Commander From D-Day
to the Ruhr Spayd & Wilkins. Generalleutnant
Fritz Bayerlein, Commander of the Panzer Lehr
Division, wrote twenty manuscripts while interred
as a U.S. Army prisoner of war, from April 1945
until his release from captivity two years later. All
of Bayerlein’s manuscripts are presented here,
compiled into a chronological narrative, from the
Allied Invasion of Normandy to his surrender of the
LIII Armeekorps in the last days of WWII.
Size:8.5”x11”•170bwphotos•216pp.
ISBN:0-7643-2342-3•hard•$59.95
The Private Afrikakorps Photograph
Collection of Rommel’s Chief-of-
Staff Generalleutnant Fritz Bay-
erlein Spayd & Dittmar-Bayerlein. The
private Afrikakorps photograph collec-
tion of Rommel’s second in command,
Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein. Over 200
photos, showing personalities, battle
scenes, behind the front line rest periods,
and non-battle scenery such as a tour of
ancient ruins with Rommel.
Size:11”x8.5”•200bw/colorphotos•176pp.
ISBN:0-7643-2065-3•hard•$49.95
Bayerlein: The Denazification Trial of
Rommel’s Chief-of-Staff, and Panzer Lehr
Division Commander Generalleutnant Fritz
Bayerlein Spayd & Insanally. This unique book
about Bayerlein covers his trial by the Denazifica-
tion Tribunal conducted in September 1947.
Bayerlein’sGerman trial isextensivelydocumented
including details of his testimony regarding his
actions as a commander during WWII.
Size:6”x9”•200color/bwphotos•224pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3954-7•hard•$39.99
Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock:
The War Diary 1939-45 Klaus Gerbert. The
Von Bock memoirs allow the reader to see the
entire drama of WWII through the eyes of one of
Germany’s most important military commanders.
After the attacks on Poland and Western Europe,
von Bock became Commander-in-Chief of Army
Group Center which carried out the main drive on
Moscow during Operation Barbarossa and brought
the Red Army to the verge of collapse in the great
battles of encirclement.
Size:6”x9”•62bwphotos•640pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0075-X•hard•$39.95
Tiger Ace: The Life Story of Panzer Com-
mander Michael WittmannGarySimpson.The
first comprehensive study of the legendary Panzer
commander. Though there have been numerous
articles on Wittmann, none have come close to
understanding the scope of his life and combat
experiences. Wittmann’s military exploits stand out
from all the rest, as his Sturmgeschütz III and Tiger
I crews succeeded in destroying 138 enemy tanks
and 132 anti-tank guns and field artillery pieces.
Size:7.75”x10.5”•77bwphotos•400pp.
ISBN:0-88740-526-6•hard•$39.95
Joachim Peiper: A Biography of Himmler’s
SS Commander Jens Westemeier. In this new
historical investigation, Westemeier portrays the
rise and fall of an SS war criminal, and demolishes
persistent myths of a Nazi icon. Using primary
sources and personal interviews, a compelling
image of the SS colonel emerges. The result is a
highly readable and scholarly account with the first
complete picture of Joachim Peiper.
Size:8.5”x11”•160bwphotos•288pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-2659-2•hard•$59.95
My Commando Operations: The Memoirs
of Hitler’s Most Daring Commando Otto
Skorzeny.Thememoirsof the legendarySkorzeny
in its first unabridged English edition. Skorzeny’s
fame began with the successful raid to free Benito
Mussolini from the Gran Sasso, Italy, in 1943.
Hitler presented Skorzeny with the Knight’s Cross
for this operation. Not only is this raid explained
in minute detail, many of Skorzeny’s previously
unknown operations in all European and Russian
theatres of WWII are given in detailed accounts.
Size:6”x9”•26bwphotos•496pp.
ISBN:0-88740-718-8•hard•$39.99
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