Best of
Military

1975

Bodyguard of Lies: The Extraordinary True Story Behind D-Day


Anthony Cave Brown - 1975
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Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan


Clay Blair Jr. - 1975
    Here for the first time is the definitive history of the submarine war against Japan--the only full-scale submarine war the United States ever fought--which has for the most part been shrouded in secrecy for three decades. Only recently have the codebreakers who played such a pivotal role in the submarine war been willing to talk about their work. And only recently have the private papers, diaries, and official reports of the submarine admirals and skippers been made available to historians.In preparing to write this book, Clay Blair, Jr. combed hundreds of thousands of pages of recently declassified documents and personal letters. In individual interviews he listened to scores of skippers, staff officers, and codebreakers speaking freely. He researched in depth the development of submarine and torpedo from prewar days down to the present time. The result is a revealing and immensely exciting book that sets the submarine war within the framework of history and the overall war in the Pacific.Silent Victory takes you into the submarine war at all levels--the highest strategy sessions in Washington, the terrifying moments in a submarine trapped on the bottom for hours as depth charges explode around it, the zany efforts of a torpedo crew coaxing an emaciated chicken to lay an egg. It tells of the jealous infighting of admirals vying for power . . . of "overcautious" skippers, trained in peacetime and ill suited for war, and the mutinies they provoked . . . of the shocking torpedo scandal and the toll it took . . . of the later breed of younger skippers whose daring was so effective against Japanese shipping that the war, as Blair argues, could have ended months earlier, saving thousands of lives.The complete saga that led to victory is here supplemented by ● 37 specially drawn maps showing submarine activity in the context of every important naval engagement in the Pacific ● 32 pages of photographs ● 12 appendixes, including a calendar of all submarine war patrols ● an index of over 2,000 entries. A work of great scholarship and scope, Silent Victory is a timeless contribution to the history of World War II.

To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World


Arthur Herman - 1975
    From the navy's beginnings under Henry VIII to the age of computer warfare and special ops, historian Arthur Herman tells the spellbinding tale of great battles at sea, heroic sailors, violent conflict, and personal tragedy -- of the way one mighty institution forged a nation, an empire, and a new world.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Assault In Norway: Sabotaging the Nazi Nuclear Program


Thomas Gallagher - 1975
    Target: The seemingly impregnable factory-fortress where the Nazis manufactured and stored materials for their nuclear program. (SEE QUOTE.)

Stonewall in the Valley: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Spring 1862


Robert G. Tanner - 1975
    Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson has long fascinated those interested in the American Civil War as well as general students of military history, all of whom still question exactly what Jackson did in the Shenandoah in 1862 and how he did it. Since Robert G. Tanner answered many questions in the first edition of Stonewall in the Valley in 1976, he has continued to research the campaign. This edition offers new insights on the most significant moments of Stonewall's Shenandoah triumph.

The Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians


Brian Garfield - 1975
    The ensuing fifteen-month campaign, memorialised in John Huston's extraordinary documentary film, was 'the weirdest war ever waged': a terrible, elemental and always three-sided battle, between the Americans, the Japanese and the weather. Frozen puddies of oil could be lifted like boards. Servicement burned summer clothing for fuel. Aircrews flew amidst icy rain, driven upside-down by gales. The eventual liberation of the island of Attu was second only to Iwo Jima in the percentage of American casualties. Brian Garfield's book, never before published in the UK, is the definitive history of this 'Forgotten War'.

The Heights of Courage: A Tank Leader's War on the Golan


Avigdor Kahalani - 1975
    Despite early losses, Israel managed to outfight its opponents. The brief and bloody Yom Kippur War stands as a unique chapter in modern military history. Fought primarily by tank units, the war became a story not only of battle strategy and tactics, but also one of human discipline, endurance and sacrifice.While many historians have chronicled the events of the Yom Kippur War, few have been seasoned by actual combat. Avigdor Kahalani, commander of a tank battalion on the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War, describes this experience in The Heights of Courage. Beginning with a description of the initial Syrian offensive, he recounts the personal endeavors of his men, their fears and their ambitions, as well as their emotional and physical hardships. His stark account traces the efforts of the Israel Armored Corps as they struggle to overcome extreme difficulties and setbacks. The author describes their ultimate penetration into enemy territory and their approach to within forty kilometers of Damascus.

Be Expert with Map and Compass


Björn Kjellstrom - 1975
    We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Action Atlantic: The U-boat Series


Edwyn Gray - 1975
    While occupied Europe writes beneath the Nazi jackboot, Hitler’s U-boats dominate the Atlantic trade routes. Kapitanleutnant Konrad Bergman, commander of the UB-44, already responsible for the destruction of the pocket battleship Koenig and all her crew, prowls the enemy convoy routes and finds himself locked in a deadly game of wits with Gestapo informers who suspect his loyalty. Hunted through the seas by the British, hounded by his enemies ashore, Bergman faces destruction when he and the crew of UB-44 are trapped in a doomed submarine at the bottom of the ocean, with a man who was sworn to kill him.

Hitler's Personal Security: Protecting the Führer, 1921-1945


Peter Hoffmann - 1975
    As Peter Hoffmann shows in this startling book, that bombing was only the best known of more than thirty attempts on Hitler's life, the first coming as early as 1921, when he was the leader of the German worker's party. Using extensive archival material, Hoffmann details these assassination plots and outlines the fanatically complex security measures that developed to keep Hitler safe. He analyzes Hitler's SS escort and the other security groups responsible for his life—there were so many of them that they often counteracted one another—together with their arrangements for his transportation, public appearances, residences, and wartime headquarters. Providing remarkable new information about the workings of those devoted to defending and destroying him, this book is an invaluable contribution to the history of the Third Reich.

German Artillery Of World War Two


Ian V. Hogg - 1975
    Official name and abbreviation, and any code name, is given for every piece, with a summary of its history and career, followed by extensive tables with technical specs, and details of performance, ammunition, projectiles, and propelling charges.

Survivors: Vietnam POWS Tell Their Stories


Zalin Grant - 1975
    Here is the uncensored reality of the war."--Gilbert A. Harrison, former editor-in-chief, New RepublicThis book is the moving story of nine American soldiers and pilots who were captured and held prisoner for five years. It could only be told in their own words; so author Zalin Grant interviewed each of the men and wove their accounts together to form a single, compelling narrative of war and survival. They describe the details of their daily existence in a Vietcong jungle prison as the war ebbed and flowed around them: the rats, the terror of American bombing raids, the sickness, starvation, and torture. Through the juxtaposition of their individual stories we see the subtle, destructive tensions that operate on a group of men in such desperate circumstances. Marched up the Ho Chi Minh trail to Hanoi, the prisoners' physical ordeal gave way to an agonizing moral dilemma. Should they join the "Peace Committee," a group of POWs protesting the war? Or should they resist their captors by all possible means as ordered by the secret American commander of the Hanoi prison? After years in the jungle on the edge of survival, each man had to answer the questions: Who am I? What do I believe? These men form a cross section of the army we sent to Vietnam. Their words illuminate not only their individual background and experience, but also the meaning of this war for all of us.

On Eagles' Wings: The personal story of the leading commander of the Israeli Air Force


Ezer Weizman - 1975
    

Eagle and Sword: The Beginnings of the Military Establishment in America


Richard H. Kohn - 1975
    

Colditz: The Colditz Story & The Latter Days At Colditz


P.R. Reid - 1975
    Collects The Colditz Story & The Latter Days At Colditz into a single volume

Two of the Missing: Remembering Sean Flynn and Dana Stone


Perry Deane Young - 1975
    Their friend and fellow journalist, Perry Deane Young, tells their story here in a remarkable memoir first published in 1975. This new Press 53 Classics edition features photos by Flynn, Stone, their friends Tim Page, Nik Wheeler, and others, including a new chapter with updates on the lives of those involved and the ongoing search for two of the missing.

Hmong At The Turning Point


Yang Dao - 1975
    

Prisoner of War: Six Years in Hanoi


John M. McGrath - 1975
    Pictures and text describe the maltreatment and tortures endured by American POWs in Vietnam.

The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome


Phil Barker - 1975
    Coverage of Rome's enemies includes Gallic, British, Pictish, Scots/Irish, German, Dacian, Sarmatian, Frankish, Saxon, Vandal, Visigothic, Ostrogothic, Hunnic, Pontic, Parthian, Armenian, Jewish, Palmyran, Sassanid and Blemye armies. It examines tactics and strategy, organisation and formations and orders of battle as well as providing a detailed guide to the dress and equipment of the armies of the period. Comprehensive illustrations by Ian Heath complement Phil Barker's text and the result is a wealth of information for anyone interested in the warfare of the time. Long out of print, the book has been a source of inspiration to wargamers and academic historians alike. It is reprinted here in its complete 1981 fourth edition with an updated bibliography.

The Art Of War: Waterloo To Mons


William Mcelwee - 1975
    

The Israeli Army: 1948-1973


Edward N. Luttwak - 1975
    Instead, the Israeli military grew rapidly from an underground force into a disciplined modern army, evolving under the continuing pressure of a bitter conflict, and shaped also by internal political pressures. The Israeli Army has had — and continues to have — a tumultuous and controversial history.The Israeli Army: 1948-1973 traces the development of the Israeli Army since its beginnings — the successes of the Haganah in 1948 — through a period of disorganization and demoralization in the 1950s, to the modern army of the 1960s, built by Dayan. Here is the story of the 1967 War that so altered Israel's view of itself, and the world's view of that small nation. This volume concludes on the eve of another war, that of October 1973, and it is left to the forthcoming companion volume to bring the story to the present day.In a time of continued turmoil in the Middle East, The Israeli Army: 1948-1973 is a timely book about the people and ideas that have shaped Israeli military history.

Hermann Goring: From Regiment to Fallschirmpanzerkorps


Roger James Bender - 1975
    One of the few books available on the HG units, this book covers the commanders, Knight's Cross Holders, uniforms, insignia, standards, flags, pennants, and recruitment., over 210 photos, maps, 6" x 9"