Regional / International studies

Scouts Out is the definitive account of German armored reconnaissance in World War II, essential for historians, armor buffs, collectors, modelers, and wargamers, and the first extensive treatment of the subject in English.

Originally published in the 1930's, this book is a mocking expose of European dictators, comparing them to American gangsters like Al Capone.

This startling book reveals the military and political plans of the Axis in the very words of its own generals and admirals.

Intrigued by hints of ';the bigger man' behind the war personality of Gen.

Visual history of the Allied battles for New Guinea during 1942-44.

General Douglas MacArthur was one of the most colorful, controversial, and image-conscious military figures of the twentieth century.

The Battle of the Bulge lives in history as the U.

Armor expert Zaloga enters the battle over the best tanks of World War II with this heavy-caliber blast of a book armed with more than forty years of research.

A visual history of the German soldier on the Eastern Front of World War II.

A visual history of the US Eighth Air Force in World War II

An engaging narrative of the small-unit actions near Sedan during the 1940 campaign for France.

Detailed history of the Tiger company of Nazi Germany's notorious "e;Death's Head"e; panzer division of the Waffen-SS.

Hundreds of photos of Tiger tanks in action.

Personal accounts of those taken prisoner during World War II.

Minute-by-minute account of the offensive.

Follows a legendary unit of American fighting men from D-Day through the end of World War II.

Extraordinary story of a Dutch volunteer in the Waffen-SS.

Riveting accounts from the pilots who flew such planes as the F-15, B-52, C-130, and many more.

Visual history of the artillery used by both sides on the Eastern Front in World War II.

How the exploits of panzer troops were reported on the German home front.

Minute-by-minute chronicle of the U.

Photo chronicle of the German-Soviet campaign on the Eastern Front during its first brutal winter after Operation Barbarossa ground to a halt outside Moscow.

First major treatment of the 3rd Panzer Division in English.

Scores of unique photos of Tiger tanks.

Authoritative study of the battleship in World War II.

Battalion- and company-level account of the vital contributions of Canadian soldiers to victory in Europe in World War II.

Detailed biographies of 5 panzer commanders.

*; Hundreds of photos--many of them rare--of Tiger tanks and their crews *; Color illustrations by Jean Restayn focus on markings, camouflage, and insignia *; Inventories and timelines for each unit In this follow-up to Tigers in Combat I (0-8117-3171-5), Wolfgang Schneider turns his attention to the Tiger tanks of the Waffen-SS and the Wehrmachts named units, such as the Grodeutschland Division, Company Hummel, and Tiger Group Meyer.

Continues Balkoski's acclaimed multivolume history of the U.

Myth-busting account of the summer of 1943 on the Eastern Front, one of World War II's turning points.

Photo chronicle of the German invasion of France in the spring of 1940.

Features a detailed look at the career of Gen.

Details on planes like the German Stuka, the American Dauntless, the Japanese Aichi D3A1 "e;Val,"e; the Soviet PE-2, and numerous others.

The campaign for Sicily from the Axis point of view.

Covers the D-Day airborne drops and amphibious landings at Omaha Beach and Utah Beach.

Filled with fine-scale drawings of British armored vehicles, including:*; Stuart I Light Tank*; Crusader III*; Tank*; Humber Scout Car*; Valentine Bridgelayer*; Cromwell IV Tank Daimler Armored Car*; And dozens more .

How the exploits of German panzers were reported to the home front.

First-person German accounts of bloody combat.

First complete retelling of an important but little-known campaign.

Rare memoir of a risky job performed by relatively few troops.

Visual history of Rommel and his Afrika Korps in the desert of North Africa.

Vivid narrative of tank combat on the brutal Eastern Front during World War II.

Photo chronicle of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

This book has it all .

Profiles of the 98 German soldiers--out of millions--who received both the Knight's Cross (for extreme bravery) and the Close-Combat Clasp in Gold (for at least 50 days of hand-to-hand fighting) during World War II.

Story of one of the best and most battered armored divisions in the German armed forces.

Character-based study of why the German air force was defeated.

Action-packed memoir of aerial combat.

The story of one of Germany's most renowned panzer commanders.

Story of how military photographers got their shots while storming beaches and assaulting pillboxes with combat troops.