The daring mission to recover a sunken Soviet missile
submarine. In March 1968, three miles below the stormy surface of
the North Pacific, a Soviet submarine lay silent as a tomb, its
crew dead, its payload of nuclear missiles, once directed toward
strategic targets in Hawaii, inoperable. The sub presented an
alluring target and it was not long before the CIA answered its
siren call, even at the risk of igniting World War III. Sharp
reveals how the CIA conceived, organized, and conducted Project
AZORIAN, the monumentally audacious six-year mission to recover
the sub and learn its secrets. They even recruited the legendary
Howard Hughes to provide the “ocean mining” cover story.
New in d/w - 344pp, 59 photos
University of Kansas Press, 2012
ISBN 9780700618347
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem (or the Knights Hospitallers)
was established in the mid 11th century as part of a charitable
movement to help pilgrims. Their role evolved into them becoming
military experts opposing the Islamic armies. This book not only
looks at their campaigns and training, but also at their beliefs and
daily life. Filled with glorious colour illustrations, it gives us
an insight into the fascinating lives of the men who played an
integral role in the Crusades against Islam, outlived the more
heralded Templars, and still exist today.
New in d/w - 224pp,
numerous colour
& b/w illustrations
After weeks of bitter fighting there was a desperate need to
break out of the Normandy bridgehead. In late July 1944
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey’s Second Army moved two
entire corps from the Caen sector to the countryside around
Caumont. Here, British XXX Corps prepared to give battle, with VII
Corps advancing in support between XXX Corps and the American
first Army. While the XXX Corps attack stalled, VIII Corps surged
ahead and a deep penetration was made. The author examines Monty’s
refusal to seize Vire, the disputed Anglo-American border and the
Operation’s impact on the German Mortain offensive.
The Panzerwrecks series features destroyed, surrendered and
abandoned German armour of 1944-45. Each landscape volume contains
over 100 large format rare and previously unpublished black and
white photographs. This volume features Panzer wrecks in Uman, Cut
off in Chernivtsi, Turán tanks on a train, Surrender in Kurland.
New in card cover - Landscape format, 96pp, 120 b/w photos
The Normandy Landings involved by far the largest invasion
fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome.
What followed was some of the most ferocious fighting of the war,
as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. As casualties
mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders.
Meanwhile, French civilians caught in the middle endured terrible
suffering. Making use of new material from over thirty archives,
this is the most vivid and well-researched account yet of the
battle of Normandy.
New in d/w - 608pp, numerous photos
& illustrations
