NEW MILITARY TITLES

         

       

Bush Wars : Africa 1960-2010 (Osprey Force on Force No.6)
With its many tribal, political, religious, and cultural divisions, Africa has long been a continent at war – both with itself and with others. For much of the 20th century, there has been a near-constant state of military unrest, from Cold War proxy wars with Soviet and Western powers supporting their African allies in live-fire incarnations of this ideological struggle.

Joshua L. Chamberlain : The Life in Letters of a Great Leader of the American Civil War
His life is a remarkable story of perseverance, tragedy and triumph. From an insecure young man with a considerable stutter who grew up in a small town in eastern Maine, Joshua Chamberlain rose to become a major general, recipient of the Medal of Honor, Governor of Maine and President of Bowdoin College.

OSP ACE 104 : Naval Aces of World War 1 part 2
This second Naval Aces of World War 1 book looks at the many flying naval heroes who served alongside or against those of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).

OSP CAM 244 : The Falklands 1982, Ground operations in the South Atlantic
On 3 April 1982 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced that Argentine armed forces had landed on British sovereign territory; had captured the men of Royal Marine detachment NP8901; had run up the Argentine flag; and had declared the islands and their population to be Argentine. An immediate response was required and a task force was rapidly assembled to retake the islands.

OSP CMD 25 : Omar Bradley
General Omar Bradley was the premier US Army tactical commander in the European Theatre of Operations in 1944–45. A West Point classmate of Dwight Eisenhower, Bradley was the quintessential US field commander of World War II, elevated to high command with little combat experience but a solid track record as a skilled planner and organiser.

OSP DUEL 42 : DH 2 vs Albatros D I/D II, Western Front 1916
Flown by Victoria Cross recipient Lanoe Hawker and the members of No 24 Sqn, the ungainly yet nimble DH 2 helped the Allies attain air superiority over the Somme in early 1916 and hold it through the summer. With its rotary engine ‘pusher’ configuration affording excellent visibility and eliminating the need for a synchronized machine gun, the DH 2 was more than a match for anything the Germans could put in the air.

OSP DUEL 43 : M4 Sherman vs Type 97 Chi-Ha, The Pacific 1945
Although US and Japanese tank forces first clashed in 1941, it was on in 1944 that tank-vs-tank action became more common as both sides poured larger numbers of tanks into the combat zone.

OSP NVG 190 : British Heavy Cruisers 1939-45
The pre-World War I concept of armoured cruisers had been abandoned, but in their stead the Admiralty saw a place for powerful cruisers, able to patrol the sea lanes of the British Empire, and which were well-armed enough that they could destroy enemy commerce cruisers.

OSP RAID 31 : Gothic Serpent – Black Hawk Down Mogadishu 1993
This book tells the story of Task Force Ranger – a unit of US Rangers and Special Forces – and their attempt to capture the lieutenants of the Somali warlord Muhamed Farrah Aideed, during the 1993 United Nations’ humanitarian relief mission.

OSP WPN 16 : The M1 Garand
The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton called the Garand, “The greatest battle implement ever devised.”

Roman Army : The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World
The image of the Roman legionary is as familiar today as it was to the citizens – and enemies – of the vast Roman Empire two thousand years ago. This book goes beyond the stereotypes found in popular culture to examine the Roman Army from the first armed citizens of the early Republic through the glorious heights of the Imperial legions to the shameful defeats inflicted upon the late Roman Army by the Goths and Huns. Tracing the development of tactics, equipment and training, this work provides a detailed insight into the military force that enable Rome to become the greatest empire the world has ever seen.

 

HMS VICTORY

 

HMS Victory Manual 1765-1812 Owners’ Workshop Manual

By Peter Goodwin
Hardback, 270 x 210mm, 160 pages, 250 colour & 50 b&w illustrations

An insight into owning, operating and maintaining the Royal Navy’s oldest and most famous warship

HMS Victory is probably the most famous surviving historic warship in the world today. She was flagship to Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, when he was killed on her quarter deck by a sniper’s bullet in Britain’s hour of victory. Maritime historian and former HMS Victory Keeper and Curator Peter Goodwin tells the story of Nelson’s flagship, giving fascinating insights into how she was built, her anatomy and weaponry, and how a ship of the line in the Georgian navy was sailed, fought and maintained.

NEW AVIATION AND MILITARY TITLES

Sherman Tank Manual 1940 Onwards (all marks)

By Pat Ware
Hardback, 270 x 210mm, 160 pages, 200 colour & 50 b&w illustrations
An insight into the history, development, production and role of the Allied Second World War tank
The US-designed and built Sherman was the most prolific Allied tank of the Second World War and was operated by the armies of the USA, Canada, Britain, the Soviet Union and France. Ease of production, mechanical reliability and durability in use characterised the Sherman, of which more than 49,000 were built. Acclaimed author Pat Ware tells the Sherman story from the differing viewpoints of its wartime crews and maintainers, and of modern-day restorers.

Faster than Sound : The story of supersonic flight (2nd Edition)

By Bill Gunston OBE
Paperback, 234 pages, 270 x 210mm, illustrations
This is the thrilling story of how test pilots in the USA and UK first pierced the sound barrier in the late 1940s. Much has happened since then, and as recently as 2003 thousands of fare-paying passengers were routinely enjoying intercontinental air travel at speeds of up to Mach 2. The author describes in accessible style the rules and technologies of supersonic flight, ongoing developments in engine and airframe technology, the age of supersonic passenger transports like Concorde, and advances in supersonic fighter and bomber design.

Gamp VC : The wartime story of maverick submarine commander Anthony Miers

By Brian Izzard
Paperback, 234 x 156mm, 272 pages, 33 b&w illustrations
Rear Admiral Anthony Miers VC – nicknamed ‘Gamp’ – was one of the Royal Navy’s most controversial submarine commanders of the Second World War. Hot-tempered and incautiously spoken, he was notorious for his outbursts and those on the receiving end often ended up with a black eye, close-arrest or the sack – for some it was all three. After his death in 1985, allegations were made that Miers may have been responsible for war crimes in the Aegean in July 1941. He was soon named in the national press and there was a storm of controversy. Was Miers a war criminal? Author Brian Izzard relates his colourful war career and fully examines the war crimes allegation.

NEW SQUADRON SIGNAL TITLES

  

FT-17/M1917 WW1 Tanks Walk Around – Squadron Signal 27023 By David Doyle
Introduced in 1917, the Renault FT-17 and its American-built copy, the M1917, revolutionized tank design. The vehicle’s rotating turret, rear-engine, driver-forward design are characteristics of the most advanced tanks even today.

M41 Walker Bulldog Walk Around – Squadron Signal 27024 By Chris "Toadman" Hughes
The standard US light tank during the early years of the Cold War, the M41 Bulldog was developed as a more powerful successor to the M24 Chaffee. Named for General Walton Walker who died in a Jeep accident in Korea, the Walker Bulldog was manoeuvrable and well armed.

USS Arizona – Squadron at Sea – Squadron Signal 34001 By David Doyle
Packed with rare photographs unearthed from sources throughout the country, this volume follows the history of one of America’s most iconic naval vessels. View her keel laying under the watchful eye of (then) Undersecretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1914, follow her construction and commissioning in 1916, her service escorting Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference in 1918, her roles as a ‘cruise ship’ for President Herbert Hoover in 1931 and as a location for filming a Hollywood movie in 1934.

Titanic

Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy, A chronicle in words and pictures (3rd Edition)

By William H Miller, Jr
Hardback, 305 x 225mm, 400 pages, 16 colour & 1100 b&w illustrations

In her brief life the Titanic, at the time of her launch the world’s largest man-made moving object, inspired huge excitement and speculation. Today, 100 years since she sank with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, public interest continues undimmed. This substantial book, long regarded as the definitive book on the subject, has been fully updated in a centenary edition that chronicles the latest chapters in this compelling story.

Titanic

Murder & Mystery on the Titanic
By Mike Holgate
Hardback, 136 pages, over 50 illustrations, 210 x 148 mm

The Titanic disaster of April 1912 not only claimed over 1500 souls but blighted the lives of 700 survivors forever. Murder & Mystery on the Titanic looks back at the world’s greatest ever maritime tragedy in this fascinating collection of stories recalling criminal activities and enduring mysteries surrounding many of the personalities on board the so-called ‘unsinkable’ vessel.
Tragedy continued to dog the careers of several members of the ship’s crew who were later lost at sea on active service, although John Priest was luckier than most, surviving many other shipwrecks before abandoning life at sea when branded a ‘Jonah’ by his shipmates.

Titanic

Titanic Voyager : The Odyssey of C. H. Lightoller
By Patrick Stenson
Hardback, 272 pages, halftone illustrations throughout, 258 x 238 mm

It is a hundred years since the world shook at news of the greatest maritime disaster in history; an event of such magnitude that it will remain forever as a reminder of man’s folly in daring to dream that science and engineering hold power over nature.
Titanic Voyager is the life story of Charles Herbert Lightoller, ‘Lights’ to his friends, shipmates and colleagues, who is best known as the only senior officer to survive the sinking of Titanic, cheating death by a whisker after being sucked down by the sinking liner when all the lifeboats had gone, a good number of them loaded and lowered under his own energetic supervision.

Titanic : The Unfolding Story

Titanic : The Unfolding Story as told by the Daily Mirror

By Richard Havers and  Carol King
Hardback, 250 x 250mm, 208 pages, 75 colour illustrations

Titanic – The Unfolding Story as told by The Daily Mirror offers a unique insight into this terrible, yet endlessly fascinating, disaster. It tells the whole story: from the commissioning of the Titanic and her sister ship the Olympic following their construction, launches and maiden voyages, through to the Titanic’s demise, the immediate aftermath, and the very public enquiries on both sides of the Atlantic. Based on the words of contemporary newspaper reports the story comes alive as it never has before. The depth of detail is fascinating, revealing fresh insights into a tragedy that continues to captivate us today. Use of contemporary newspaper photography and iconic images all help to make this book one of a kind.

Titanic: Destination Disaster

Titanic: Destination Disaster, The legends and the reality (3rd Edition)

By John P Eaton and Charles A Haas
Paperback, 216 x 159mm, 184 pages, 16 colour & 162 b&w illustrations

This enthralling paperback, fully updated in a centenary edition, expertly summarises the whole Titanic story, from building and launching, through the glory days and sinking, to the discovery of the wreck by unmanned submersible and the subsequent crewed dives, including the authors’ own photographic visit to the site and the artefact recovery expeditions. This affordable paperback is unrivalled as an introduction to the Titanic.

BESTSELLING TITLES IN SEPTEMBER

     

BAe P.1216 Supersonic ASTOVL Aircraft (Project Tech Profiles) – The British Aerospace (BAe)P.1216 project of the 1980s was a supersonic Advanced Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) fighter, designed by the same team that had originally designed the Harrier. It was the last major attempt at an independent British fighter aircraft project, and was developed in many versions over the course of a decade.

From the Cockpit No.15 : Sabre – This new book looks in depth at the Canadair Sabre in Royal Air Force service, beginning with the initiating ‘Bechers Brook’ ferry flights, and describes and evaluates its flying characteristics and general performance, and its employment in both the 2nd Tactical Air Force in Germany and in Fighter Command in Britain. It also gives a rare insight into the servicing procedures required to keep the aircraft in the air.

Battles of Monte Cassino Then and Now – The Battles for Cassino encompassed one of the few truly international conflicts of the Second World War. A strategic town on the road to Rome, the fighting lasted four months and cost the lives of more than 14,000 men from eight nations. Between January and May 1944, forces from Britain, Canada, France, India, New Zealand, Poland and the United States, fought a resolute German army in a series of battles in which the advantage swung back and forth, from one side to the other.

British Warships & Auxiliaries 2011/2012 – The fully revised and updated well respected guide to the ships,aircraft and weapons of the fleet. Over 80 colour photos. Complete with pennant numbers and silhouettes. Includes all the latest information since the Strategic Defence review.

    

Alfa Romeo V6 Engine High-Performance Manual - Covers Alfa Romeo 1981-1993 on GTV6 and 75 2.5 and 3.0-litre rear-wheel drive models and all 3-litre Alfa Romeo 164 models. With over 150 photographs, comprehensive diagrams and covering the peripheral modifications necessary to deal with the massive increase in power, this book is a must-have for any Alfista.

Bentley : A Racing History – Published to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Bentley’s motor racing debut at Brooklands, this story of British heroism, sporting success and engineering endeavour is vividly told by an author who is an expert on the period. David Venables describes every stage of the marque’s record-breaking racing history, supporting the informative text with full appendices and a wealth of photographs published here for the first time.

Definitive Guide to Gaydon Era Aston Martin – New Updated Edition. A must-buy for owners, buyers and enthusiasts of new era Aston Martin.Printed in a convenient and practical A5 format with 244 full colour pages, the book is packed full with images (470+) covering all aspects of the cars inside and out. The guide provides all the information required to find or learn about your ideal Gaydon era Aston Martin, presented in a friendly, readable and easily digestible format that will have you reading from cover to cover.

Formula 1 in Camera 1950-59 – Building on the success of Haynes’s three previous Formula 1 titles in this series, which cover the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, this book takes a nostalgic look at the 1950s. Offering the same combination of informative text, race statistics and glorious photography, much of it in colour, it brings alive the heroic era of Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Alberto Ascari, Froilan Gonzalez, Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn. For many fans, this was the era when Formula 1 was at its peak – thrilling and dangerous, but still a sport.

Grand Prix : The Killer Years DVD –In the 60s and early 70s it was common for Grand Prix drivers to be killed racing, often televised for millions to see. Mechanical failure, lethal track design, fire and incompetence snuffed out dozens of young drivers. They had become almost expendable as eager young wannabes queued up at the top teams gates waiting to take their place. This is the story of when Grand Prix was out of control. 

B.R. Diesel Traction in Scotland – A photographic portfolio using images from around 30 photographers collections, many being published for the first time, featuring diesel locomotives and multiple units on the railways around Scotland from the mid-1950′s through until the privatisation of the industry in 1993. Top quality photos throughout show the railways and their infrastructure over this period of change, with first generation motive power forming the backbone of the scenes and with informative captions providing the background information.

 

Warship 2011

Warship 2011

The latest volume of this highly acclaimed annual maintains the well established impressive standards of scholarship, research, news and reviews from the field of warship history. This edition includes articles on the US Navy’s Lexington class battle cruiser design; extensive research into the grounding and destruction of HMS Effingham in 1940; the origins of Dupuy de Lome, the world’s first armoured cruiser; the battle for Casablanca between the US Navy and French forces in November 1942; and the impact of the capsizing of the torpedo-boat Tomozuru on design parameters and subsequent construction in the Imperial Japanese Navy; along with the second in a series of articles on modern warships by Conrad Waters, which looks at the French BPSs of the Mistral class and Juan Carlos I, the new LHD being built by Navantia for the Spanish navy. By John Jordan Hardback, 208 pages, 50 mono and 50 line drawings, 270 x 200 mm

RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic 1909-12 (Olympic class) Owners’ Workshop Manual

The world famous ocean liner Titanic, which sank on her maiden voyage in 1912, is the latest subject to receive the Haynes Manual treatment. With an authoritative text and hundreds of illustrations, see how this leviathan was built, launched and fitted out. Read about her lavish passenger accommodation. Learn about the captain’s responsibilities, including the operation of a transatlantic liner. Consider the chief engineer’s view – how did he manage the huge engines and other onboard systems? What was it like to operate a luxury ocean liner from the perspective of Titanic’s owner, the White Star Line? Hutchings, Kerbrech Hardback, 160 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 270 x 210 mm

Balmoral And The Bristol Channel

Balmoral And The Bristol Channel
The Last Years of P&A Campbell Ltd, Passenger Steamship Owners

P. & A. Campbell Ltd of Bristol, registered as a Limited Company in 1893, was destined to not quite make its century as the operator of the celebrated White Funnel Fleet of passenger steamers. As the postwar fleet waned in the 1950s profits dwindled and receivership beckoned. Remarkably, a new company structure was fashioned out of the old, in association with Townsend Ferries. In the 1960s P. & A. Campbell Ltd pioneered passenger-carrying hovercraft operations and branched out into cross-channel coach excursions, in partnership with the Free Enterprise ferries of what later became the European Ferries group, to France and to Belgium. By Mike Tedstone 184 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers

Belfast Shipbuilders

Belfast Shipbuilders : A Titanic Tale

Stephen Cameron Paperback, 224 pages, 260x210mm

Today in Belfast heavy industry is the exception rather than the rule. Yet this city and its hard working citizens have, over the years, placed Belfast at the top of the Industrial league. There were many industries but what made Belfast world famous was shipbuilding. It could proudly boast to having the largest shipyard in the world, that of the massive east Belfast shipyard of Harland and Wolff. It was here in 1912 that probably the most famous or infamous ship, the Titanic, departed from the Lough and sailed into the history books.

RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic 1909-12 (Olympic class) Owners’ Workshop Manual

Hutchings, Kerbrech Hardback, 160 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 270 x 210 mm

The world famous ocean liner Titanic, which sank on her maiden voyage in 1912, is the latest subject to receive the Haynes Manual treatment. With an authoritative text and hundreds of illustrations, see how this leviathan was built, launched and fitted out. Read about her lavish passenger accommodation. Learn about the captain’s responsibilities, including the operation of a transatlantic liner. Consider the chief engineer’s view – how did he manage the huge engines and other onboard systems? What was it like to operate a luxury ocean liner from the perspective of Titanic’s owner, the White Star Line?

RN Submarines in Focus

RN Submarines in Focus

David Hobbs Paperback, 136 pages, 175 x 240 mm

The latest title in our popular In Focus series. Full page photograph on each page accompanied by an extended caption. This book traces the development of the submarines in RN service from the earliest days to the nuclear powered wonders of today. Plenty of photos you won’t have seen before!

The Last Atlantic Liners

The Last Atlantic Liners : Getting There is Half the Fun
William H Miller
Paperback, 96 pages, 157 illustrations, 129 in colour, 226 x 248 mm

William H.Miller brings together a fabulous selection of images of the ships of the period, the great and the famous of ocean liner travel. From the grand Cunard Queens to the fastest and longest ships afloat, from the ships of state to smaller vessels, from the tragedy of disaster to the triumph of record-breaking, he tells the story of this glittering age of travel, a time when ‘Getting There was Half the Fun’. Of course, it was all to end with the advent of the Boeing 707, capable of crossing the Atlantic in hours rather than days, and the liner trade went into terminal decline.

Liverpool

Liverpool : Seaport City
Neil Cossons, Martin Jenkins
Paperback, 192 pages, Illustrations, 210 x 150 mm

So much of Liverpool’s wealth of industrial buildings has been destroyed during the past 30 years, mostly in connection with the redevelopment of the former dockland area. This historical look at Liverpool provides nostalgia through presenting long-forgotten images of the city and its transport and industrial heritage accompanied by easy to read, informative captions. Areas to be covered include The docks The dock road The warehouses The landing stages The much-loved Overhead Railway, Canals, Railway stations Street furniture, Redeveloped or demolished streets, Squares and buildings.

US Submarines

OSP NVG 175: US Submarines 1900-35
Jim Christley/Peter Bull
Paperback, 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 248 x 184 mm

This book introduces the reader to the early years of US submarine development and operation during the first third of the 20th century. It was in this period of growth and change that the submarine moved from a small vessel of limited range and tactical strength to a far ranging force. It also covers the little-told story of the United State’s submarine force during World War I, and the lessons they learned that would be passed on to future generations of submariners.

Merchant Shipping

Merchant Shipping : 50 Years in Photographs
David Hucknall
Paperback, 160 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 248 x 172 mm

Over a period of about forty years, world shipping has undergone huge changes. Up to the early 1960s it was dominated by vessels of well-established companies usually following regular routes at predictable intervals. The sixties, however, marked the start of the container ‘revolution’ and, with it, the redundancy of fleets of relatively modern, fast, cargo liners.

Including vessels from some of the foremost shipping companies and depicting a wide range of ships and ports across the UK and Europe – and also in locations as far apart as West Africa and Japan – it will fascinate and delight ship-lovers wherever they are.