The use of massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize
civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues to
challenge the idea that Allies specifically fought a 'moral' war.
For Britain, bombing became perhaps its principal contribution to
the fighting as, night after night, exceptionally brave men flew
over occupied Europe destroying its cities. The Bombing War
radically overhauls our understanding of the War.
New in d/w - 852pp, 31 b/w photos,
7 maps
Allen Lane, Penguin Press, 2013
ISBN 9780713995619
BILLY PITT HAD THEM BUILT:
NAPOLEONIC TOWERS IN IRELAND
by Bill Clements
An illustrated study of the numerous defensive towers - so
called 'Martello Towers - and fortifications built in Ireland
during the Napoleonic era. The Billy Pitt of the title is a
reference to William Pitt the Younger, the Tory (or 'Whig')
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801. He led the
nation in the great wars against France and Napoleon. The book
is packed with photographs, drawings and maps illustrating the
fortifications throughout the island of Ireland.
New in card cover - Square format, 127pp, numerous b/w photos,
maps, illustrations
In this comprehensive portrait of the women of Chechnya in modern
war, Paul Murphy argues that they are the principal victims of
the 1994 and 1999 wars with Russia and the present conflict with
Islamic jihadists. War forced Chechen women to venture far
beyond their traditional roles and advance their human rights,
but the current movement championing traditional Islam is taking
those rights away. The book challenges conventional thinking on
why women fight and are willing to kill themselves in the name
of Allah. Murphy presents powerful portrayals of women who fight
in the jihad, including snipers and the mysterious "Black Widow"
suicide bombers.
TANKOGRAD - SOVIET SPECIAL NO.2007:
SOVIET TRUCKS OF WORLD WAR 2
by Jim Kinnear & Jochen Wollert
This book reviews the standard Soviet built wheeled military
transport vehicles used by the Soviet Union during the Second World
War and the widespread use of the GAZ and ZiS trucks in the German
Wehrmacht.
German/English text.
New in card covers
- A4 format, 64pp,
142 colour & b/w photos,
4 1/35 scale drawings
This new book is a concise combat history of the six Waffen-SS
Panzergrenadier divisions in World War II. The formation and
combat histories of each are discussed in detailed text, along
with maps and rare photographs. The book includes: 4 SS-Polizei
Panzergrenadier Division, 11 SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier
Division "Nordland", 16 SS-Panzergrenadier Division "Reichsführer-SS",
17 SS-Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen", 18 SS-Freiwilligen
Panzergrenadier Division "Horst Wessel" and 23 SS-Freiwilligen
Panzergrenadier Division "Nederland".
New in illustrated boards - 215pp,
190 + b/w images & maps
