Displaying many rare helmets in full
colour large format photographs, the book covers most branches
within the army. It is organized alphabetically beginning with the
artillery units, moving through the various cavalry and infantry
units, and ending with Uhlans. Head dress of the large states like
Prussia, Bavaria, Wrttemburg, and Saxony are well represented, and
in addition, smaller states like Hesse, Lubeck, Hamburg and the
Saxon duchies can also be found. Other sections show the helmets
of the generals and their staffs plus examples of the different
ranks and types of the rare Garde du Korps helmet.
One copy only available at this price. Also available new @ £59.95
- please enquire.
Very good in rubbed dust jacket -
Large Format. 200pp, over 190 colour photographs
This all new illustrated volume is the companion to Victor
Chun’s definitive history of American PT boats in the Second World
War. Chun presents new information gleaned since the previous
book’s publication and includes never before published drawings of
PT 809, as well as details on the use of Elcoplane as used by Elco
PT boats to increase running speed, which are described here for
the first time.
New in d/w - Large landscape format,
700 + colour & b/w images
The Red Army's military effectiveness in World War II. Inept
leadership, inefficient campaigning, and enormous losses would
seem to spell military disaster, yet despite these factors, the
Soviet Union won its war against Nazi Germany thanks to its
ability to put troops in the field even after previous forces had
been decimated. Reese probes the human dimension of the Red Army
in World War II through a close analysis of soldiers’ experiences
and attitudes concerning mobilization, motivation, and morale. In
doing so, he illuminates the Soviets’ remarkable ability to
recruit and retain soldiers.
New in d/w - 386pp, b/w illustrations, maps
University Press of Kansas, 2011
ISBN 9780700617760
The Untold Story of Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (Drusus the
Elder), Conqueror of Germania. He was one of the most
extraordinary figures of Caesar Augustus’s family, and the
original conqueror of Germania Magna. Yet for too long his life
and exploits have been consigned to footnotes in the annals of the
Roman Empire. As a military commander he led daring campaigns by
sea and land that pushed the northern frontiers of Rome’s empire
to the Elbe River, but he died when he was only 29 and was revered
in death.
New in d/w - 234pp, 42 colour photos,
10 b/w illustrations, 12 maps
Following the death of the emperor Theodosius the Great in AD
395, the Western Empire was finally giving way under pressure from
external threats, especially from Germanic tribes crossing the Rhine
and Danube, and from internal revolts and rebellions. The author
explains how a Vandal (Stilicho had a Vandal father and Roman
mother) came to be given almost total control of the Western Empire
and describes his attempts to save both the Empire and even Rome
itself from the attacks of Alaric the Goth and other barbarian
invaders. With a foreword by Adrian Goldsworthy.
New in d/w - 282pp, 36 b/w photos,
11 b/w illustrations, 22 maps
