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Justifying Revolution
Law, Virtue, and Violence in the
American War of Independence
Edited by Glenn A. Moots and Phillip Hamilton
The American imagination still exalts the “Founding Fathers” as
the prime movers of the Revolution, and the War of Independence
has become the stuff of legend. But America is not simply the
invention of great men or the outcome of an inevitable political or
social movement. The nation was the product of a hard, bloody, and
destructive war. Justifying Revolution explores how the American
Revolution’s opposing sides wrestled with thorny moral and legal
questions. How could revolutionaries justify provoking a civil war,
how should their opponents subdue the uprising, and how did
military commanders restrain the ensuing violence?
MAY 2018 · 392 PAGES · 6 × 9
$45.00s · HARDCOVER · 978-0-8061-6013-9
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The Control War

The Struggle for South Vietnam, 1968–1975
By Martin G. Clemis
The Control War analyzes the ways that both sides of the conflict
conceptualized and used geography and the environment to serve
strategic, tactical, and political ends. Clemis shows us that the oper-
ational environment of Vietnam, both natural and human-made,
was far more than a backdrop to two decades of war.
“This is ambitious, innovative scholarship at its very best. Martin G.
Clemis does a masterful job evaluating the allied pacification pro-
gram in South Vietnam through a reconception of space—physical,
political, and social. The Control War will endure as an influential
contribution to the literature on the war in Vietnam.”—Gregory
A. Daddis, author of Withdrawal: Reassessing America’s Final Years
in Vietnam
APRIL 2018 · 392 PAGES · 6 × 9
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Brotherhood in Combat
How African Americans Found Equality
in Korea and Vietnam
By Jeremy P. Maxwell
African American leaders such as Frederick Douglass long advo-
cated military service as an avenue to equal citizenship for black
Americans. Yet segregation in the U.S. armed forces did not offi-
cially end until President Harry Truman issued an executive order
in 1948. What followed, at home and in the field, is the subject
of Brotherhood in Combat, the first full-length, interdisciplinary
study of the integration of the American military during the Korean
and Vietnam Wars.
“Jeremy P. Maxwell’s analysis of racial integration in Brotherhood
in Combat is essential reading for anyone who wants to know
why equal opportunity and diversity are so difficult to achieve.”—
Regina Akers, Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command
MARCH 2018 · 224 PAGES · 6 × 9
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Frustrated Ambition
General Vicente Lim and the Philippine
Military Experience, 1910–1944
By Richard Bruce Meixsel
Vicente Podico Lim (1888–1944) was once his country’s best-known
soldier. The first Filipino to graduate from West Point and a gradu-
ate of the U.S. Army War College, Lim figured in every significant
military development in the Philippines during his thirty years in
uniform. Frustrated Ambition is the first in-depth biography of
this forgotten figure, whose career paralleled the early-twentieth-
century history of the Philippine military.
By recounting Vicente Lim’s career, Frustrated Ambition illumi-
nates forgotten episodes in Philippine history, offers new perspec-
tives on military affairs during the American occupation, and
recovers the story of Filipino soldiers whose service changed the
course of their country’s military history.
JANUARY 2018 · 368 PAGES · 6 × 9
$36.95s · HARDCOVER · 978-0-8061-5905-8
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Patriot Priests
French Catholic Clergy and National
Identity in World War I
By Anita Rasi May
These clergymen’s story, elucidates a unique milestone of church-
state relations in France. Their experiences, their struggles to rec-
oncile their mission of peace with the demands of war, and their
sense of belonging to France as well as to the Church—reveal a new
perspective on the Great War.
“Patriot Priests will initiate a new era of research on the role of
French priest combatants, probably the most important religious
phenomenon on the First World War’s western front. No group
experienced as intensely the dilemma of reconciling a religion of
charity with a war among nations.”—Joseph F. Byrnes, author of
Catholic and French Forever: Religious and Modern Identity in
Modern France
JANUARY 2018 · 176 PAGES · 6 × 9
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The Commanders
Civil War Generals Who Shaped the American West
By Robert M. Utley
Taking a novel approach to the military history of the post–Civil
War West, distinguished historian Robert M. Utley examines the
careers of seven military leaders who served as major generals for
the Union in the Civil War, then as brigadier generals in command
of the U.S. Army’s western departments.
“With his characteristic depth of knowledge and crisp, clear prose,
Robert Utley provides a vivid group portrait of the Union gener-
als who went west after the Civil War. A pleasure to read and an
essential resource, The Commanders will take a prominent place
on my bookshelf.”—T. J. Stiles, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
JANUARY 2018 · 256 PAGES · 6 × 9
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Nine Days in May

The Battles of the 4th Infantry Division
on the Cambodian Border, 1967
By Warren K. Wilkins
Fought between three American battalions and two North Vietnam-
ese Army regiments, this prolonged, deadly encounter was one of
the largest, most savage actions seen by elements of the storied 4th
Infantry Division in Vietnam.
“Offering stunning insight into a largely unknown campaign, War-
ren K. Wilkins transports us into the foxholes of exhausted, dirty
soldiers battling for their lives in a strange land. Nine Days in May
should be added to the short list of books that illuminate the endur-
ing strength and incredible bravery of the American fighting man
in Vietnam.”—George J. Veith, author of Black April: The Fall of
South Vietnam, 1973–1975
JULY 2017 · 432 PAGES · 6.125 × 9.25
$34.95 · HARDCOVER ∙ 978-0-8061-5715-3

Emory Upton
Misunderstood Reformer
By David J. Fitzpatrick
Emory Upton is widely recognized as one of America’s most influ-
ential military thinkers. David J. Fitzpatrick contends that Upton
is also widely misunderstood as an antidemocratic militaristic
zealot whose ideas were “too Prussian” for America. In this first full
biography in nearly half a century, Fitzpatrick, the leading author-
ity on Upton, radically revises our view of this important figure in
American military thought.
“This superbly researched and entertaining book is a pathbreak-
ing reconsideration of one of America’s most influential military
intellectuals. David J. Fitzpatrick’s study will appeal to all those
interested in the Civil War, the U.S. Army, and American military
policy.”—Brian McAllister Linn, author of Elvis’s Army: Cold War
GIs and the Atomic Battlefield
JUNE 2017 · 344 PAGES · 6 × 9
$39.95s · HARDCOVER · 978-0-8061-5720-7

A Surgeon with Custer at the

Battle of Little Big Horn
James DeWolf ’s Diary and Letters, 1876
By James Madison DeWolf
Edited By Todd E. Harburn
In 1876 James Madison DeWolf became contract surgeon for the
Seventh Cavalry who accompanied Custer at the Battle of the Little
Big Horn. Now available in this accessible format, the diary, and
DeWolf ’s personal correspondence, serves as a primary resource
about the Little Big Horn campaign and medical practices on the
frontier.
“DeWolf had a keen eye for detail, and these documents enrich our
understanding of his tragic story. Harburn, a distinguished surgeon
himself, expands our understanding of DeWolf’s personal history
and the medical profession of DeWolf’s day.”—Paul L. Hedren,
author of Powder River:  Disastrous Opening to the Great Sioux War
MAY 2017 · 288 PAGES · 6 × 9
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Regular Army O!
Soldering on the Western Frontier, 1865-1891
By Douglas C. McChristian
Drawn from more than 350 diaries, letters, and memoirs, Regular
Army O!, creates a vivid picture of life in an evolving army on the
western frontier. In this richly drawn, uniquely authentic view, men
black and white, veteran and tenderfoot, fill in the details of the
frontier soldier’s experience, giving voice to history in the making.
“This monumental study is the most complete rendering of the
topic I have ever seen. McChristian writes with wit, yet he con-
cludes with all appropriate gravity that soldiers of the period
were competent overall and performed their duties earnestly and
faithfully. McChristian knows his subject like no one else.”—
Jerome A. Greene, author of American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890
APRIL 2017 · 768 PAGES · 6.125 × 9.25
$45.00s · HARDCOVER · 978-0-8061-5695-8

Soldiers in the Southwest

Borderlands, 1848-1886
By Janne Lahti
This collection of ten biographies offers new perspectives on
the lives of enlisted soldiers from a variety of cultural and racial
backgrounds, illuminating the intersections of class, culture, and
race in the nineteenth-century Southwest. What motivated these
soldiers? Some were patriots and adventurers. Others were destitute
and had few other options. Enlisted men received little profes-
sional training, and possibilities for advancement were few. Many
of these men witnessed, underwent, or inflicted extreme violence,
some of it personal and much of it related to excruciating military
campaigns. Spotlighting ordinary men who usually appear on the
margins of history, the biographical essays collected here tell the
stories of soldiers in the complex world of the Southwest after the
U.S.-Mexican War.
MARCH 2017 · 248 PAGES · 6 × 9
$29.95s · HARDCOVER · 978-0-8061-5702-3

Flying to Victory
Raymond Collishaw and the Western
Desert Campaign, 1940–1941
By Mike Bechthold
Canadian-born flying ace Raymond Collishaw served in Britain’s air
forces for twenty-eight years. When World War II began, Air Com-
modore Collishaw commanded a Royal Air Force group in Egypt.
It was during Britain’s Western Desert campaign, that he demon-
strated the tenets of an effective air-ground cooperation system.
Bechthold examines Collishaw’s contribution to the British system
that eventually became standard in the Allied air forces and proved
to be a key factor in the Allied victory. Flying to Victory details the
experiences that prepared Collishaw to work effectively with the
army and Royal Navy. These experiences altered the Allied approach
and, ultimately, changed the course of the Second World War.
MARCH 2017 · 296 PAGES · 6 × 9
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Standing in Their Own Light

African American Patriots in the American Revolution
By Judith Van Buskirk
The Revolutionary War encompassed at least two struggles for
freedom: one from British rule, and another, the quieter fight for
African Americans, thousands of whom fought in the Continental
Army. Because these veterans left few personal records, their story
has remained largely untold. Van Buskirk’s efforts to retrieve black
patriots’ experiences from historical obscurity reveals their impor-
tance in the fight for equal rights.
“This thoughtful, deeply researched, well-written book makes a
big contribution to understanding the Revolution in its liberating
but tragic ambiguity.”—Edward Countryman, author of Enjoy the
Same Liberty: Black Americans and the Revolutionary Era
MARCH 2017 · 312 PAGES · 6 × 9
$34.95s · HARDCOVER · 978-0-8061-5635-4
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Powder River
Disastrous Opening of the Great Sioux War
By Paul L. Hedren
The Great Sioux War of 1876–77 began at daybreak on March 17,
1876, when Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds and six cavalry companies
struck a village of Northern Cheyennes—Sioux allies—thereby
propelling the Northern Plains tribes into war. The disarray and
incompetence of the war’s beginnings in many ways anticipated
the catastrophe that later occurred at the Little Big Horn. And it all
began at Powder River.
“Paul Hedren’s Powder River is the definitive examination of the
disastrous battle that opened the Great Sioux War. The research is
extraordinarily deep and broad, and the conclusions persuasive.”—
Robert M. Utley, author of The Commanders: Civil War Generals
Who Shaped the American West
MARCH 2017 · 472 PAGES · 6 × 9
$34.95s · HARDCOVER · 978-0-8061-5383-4

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European Armies of the French

Revolution, 1789-1802
Edited by Fredrick C. Schneid
In nine essays by leading scholars, European Armies of the French
Revolution, 1789–1802 provides an authoritative, continent-wide
analysis of the organization and constitution of these armies and the
impact they had on the French Revolutionary Wars and on European
military practices.
“This collection is an exemplary contribution to the academic litera-
ture on the armies that served during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Drawing on the latest research and thinking, it provides an authori-
tative, accessible, continent-wide analysis of these armies and their
impact. This volume is a great step forward in the literature on the
Revolutionary armies.”—Huw Davies, author of Wellington’s Wars:
The Making of a Military Genius
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$26.95s · PAPERBACK · 978-0-8061-6047-4
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Civil War in the Southwest Borderlands, 1861-1867

By Andrew Masich
Still the least-understood theater of the Civil War, the Southwest Border-
lands saw not only Union and Confederate forces clashing but Indians,
Hispanos, and Anglos struggling for survival, power, and dominance on
both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Indians, Hispanos, and Anglos
brought their own weapons and tactics to the struggle. When the fighting
subsided, a new power hierarchy had emerged and relations between the
region’s inhabitants forever changed.
“This is a landmark achievement, sure to prompt a rethinking of
the transnational dimensions of the Civil War in the Far West. For
scholars and general readers alike, this is a rare and welcome book.”
—David Fridtjof Halaas, former Colorado State Historian and con-
sultant to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe
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Fatal Sunday
George Washington, the Monmouth
Campaign, and the Politics of Battle
By Mark Edward Lender and Gary Wheeler Stone
Historians have long considered the 1778 Battle of Monmouth one of
the most complicated engagements of the American Revolution. In
political terms, Monmouth constituted a pivotal moment in the War
for Independence. Viewing the political and military aspects of the
campaign as inextricably entwined, this book offers a fresh perspective
on Washington’s role in it.
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account shows how Monmouth solidified the reputations of
Washington and his Continentals—and put the British on notice.”
—Wayne E. Lee Crowds and Soldiers in Revolutionary North Caro-
lina: The Culture of Violence in Riot and War
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So Long for Now

A Sailor’s Letters from the USS Franklin
By Jerry Rogers
Write home often, the navy told sailors, thinking it would keep
up morale among sailors and those waiting for them stateside. But
they were told not to write anything about where they were, where
they had been, where they were going, what they were doing, or
even what the weather was like. Spies were presumed everywhere,
and loose lips could sink ships. So Long for Now reconstructs the
lost world of a sailor’s daily life in World War II. Rogers delves past
censored letters limited to small talk and local gossip to conjure
the danger, excitement, boredom, and sacrifices that sailors in the
Pacific theater endured.
FEBRUARY 2017 · 432 PAGES · 6 × 9
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Hitler’s Ostkrieg and the Indian Wars

Comparing Genocide and Conquest
By Edward B. Westermann
As he prepared to wage his war of annihilation on the Eastern
Front, Adolf Hitler repeatedly drew parallels between the Nazi
quest for Lebensraum, or living space, in Eastern Europe and the
United States’ westward expansion under the banner of Manifest
Destiny. Westermann evaluates the philosophies of Manifest
Destiny and Lebensraum that justified both conquests, the admin-
istrative policies that framed governmental involvement in these
efforts, the military strategies that supported these political goals,
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but also the application of policy and ideology.
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Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums

Horse-Mounted Bands of the U.S. Army, 1820-1940
By Bruce P. Gleason
Stemming from the tradition of rallying troops and frightening
enemies, mounted bands played a distinctive role in American mil-
itary history. Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums follows American
horse-mounted bands from the nation’s military infancy through
World War II and the corresponding shift from horse-powered to
mechanized cavalry.
“An army without a band was not a real army—at least that’s what
most nineteenth-century U.S. Army officers believed. The best
commanders expended enormous energy and capital to secure
musicians for their regimental and post bands. Bruce Gleason’s
superb history illuminates this little-known but highly significant
corner of military history.”—Durwood Ball, author of Army Regu-
lars on the Western Frontier, 1848–1861
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Guibert
Father of Napoleon’s Grande Armée
By Jonathan Abel
If there was one man, besides Napoleon, who determined the
course of the Napoleonic Wars, it was Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte,
comte de Guibert, the foremost military theorist in France from
1770 to 1790. Jonathan Abel’s Guibert is the first book in English to
tell the remarkable story of the man who, with his pen and politics,
earned the title of Father of the Grande Armée.
“This book shines new light on the theories of Guibert. His work
is essential reading, filling a critical gap in our understanding of
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Grande Armée.”—Mark T. Gerges, Department of Military
History, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas
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Slaughter at the Chapel

The Battle of Ezra Church, 1864
By Gary Ecelbarger
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stood engagements of the Civil War. In an account that improves
upon all other interpretations of the battle, Ecelbarger consults
personal accounts and reports to deliver a nuanced overview of
how the battle unfolded. With new revelations based on this docu-
mentation, Slaughter at Ezra Church is the most comprehensive
treatment of the battle yet written.
“In this account of Ezra Church, Ecelbarger leavens his detailed
analysis with characterizations of numerous participants—
Union and Confederate—and emphasizes the human element
too often lacking in Civil War battle and campaign studies.” —
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Run, 1861
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The Campaigns of Sargon II,

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By Sarah C. Melville
Backed by an unparalleled military force, Sargon II outwitted
and outfought powerful competitors to extend Assyrian territory.
Drawing extensively from original sources, including cuneiform
inscriptions, the letters of Sargon and his officials, and monumental
art, this book represents the first in-depth study of the great king.
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A Dragon’s Head and a Serpent’s Tail

Ming China and the First Great Asian War, 1592-1598
By Kenneth M. Swope
The Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592 was no ordinary military
expedition: it was one of the decisive events in Asian history, trig-
gering a six-year war involving thousands of soldiers and encom-
passing the whole region. In the first full-length study in English of
this account, Swope offers new insight into the history of warfare
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relations.
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Titan
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men and generals to master the art of power in a complex battle
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Somewhere Over There

The Letters, Diary, and Artwork of a World War I Corporal
By Francis H. Webster
Edited By Darrek D. Orwig
Decades before Americans became familiar with the term “embed-
ded journalist,” a cartoonist named Francis Webster embodied that
role while serving as an infantryman during World War I. Using his
skills as an illustrator, he documented the harsh realities of combat
life and submitted visual dispatches back to an Iowa newspaper.
Webster’s illustrations for the Des Moines Capital helped readers
of the time learn what American soldiers were experiencing “over
there” by bringing news from the western front to the home front.
The first published collection of Webster’s wartime chronicles,
Somewhere Over There, presents a view of World War I through a
rare compilation of personal memorabilia.
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Of Uncommon Birth
Dakota Sons in Vietnam
By Mark St. Pierre
Inspired by the true story of two South Dakota teenagers, Of
Uncommon Birth draws upon extensive interviews and exhaustive
research in military archives to present a story of two young men—
one white, one Indian—caught in the vortex of the Vietnam War.
Each in his own way struggles with issues of loyalty, responsibility,
sacrifice, and personal identity through his experiences in Vietnam.
“St. Pierre offers a story so compelling in its humanity that it leaves
the reader with a composite of emotions--anger, remorse, sorrow,
awe. It is at once an easy and a difficult read.” —Robert Sanderson
(Micmac), American Native Press Archives, University of Arkansas
at Little Rock
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Rediscovering Irregular Warfare

Colin Gubbins and the Origins of Britain’s
Special Operations Executive
By A. R. B. Linderman
Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE), which conducted
sabotage campaigns and supported resistance movements in Axis-
occupied Europe and in Asia, is often described as Churchill’s
brainchild. However, the real genius behind this was Colin Gub-
bins, a British officer who forged the SOE by drawing on lessons
learned in irregular conflicts around the world.
“Linderman draws from an array of sources to trace the develop-
ment of irregular warfare. Linderman shows the central role Gub-
bins played in the development of modern intelligence gathering
and special operations.”—William H. Kautt, author of Ground
Truths: British Army Operations in the Irish War of Independence
and Ambushes and Armour: The Irish Rebellion, 1919–1921
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The Man Who Captured Washington

Major General Robert Ross and the War of 1812
By John McCavitt and Christopher T. George
British Army officer, Major General Robert Ross was a charismatic
leader but despite a distinguished military career, Ross is better
known for his actions than his name: his 1814 campaign in the
Chesapeake Bay resulted in the burning of the White House and
Capitol. This is the first in-depth biography of this important but
largely forgotten figure.
“This superbly researched book will become the definitive history
of the life of Ross - the only former subordinate of Wellington
to succeed in independent command against the Americans.”—
Charles P. Neimeyer, author of War in the Chesapeake: The British
Campaigns to Control the Bay, 1813–1814
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Kill Jeff Davis

The Union Raid on Richmond, 1864
By Bruce M. Venter
The goal of the controversial Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Rich-
mond was to free some 13,000 Union prisoners of war. But orders
found on Dahlgren’s body point instead to a plot to capture or kill
Confederate president Jefferson Davis. In this detailed and deeply
researched account of the most famous cavalry raid of the Civil
War, Venter describes an expedition that was carefully planned but
poorly executed.
“Using every scrap of evidence that he has uncovered, including
many previously overlooked by historians, Venter has painstakingly
reconstructed the ill-fated Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid to free Union
POWs in Richmond.”—James M. McPherson, author of The War
That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters
FEBRUARY 2016 · 384 PAGES · 6 × 9
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The Last Cavalryman

The Life of General subLucian K. Truscott, Jr.
By Harvey Ferguson
In this biography of Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., Ferguson tells the story
of how Truscott—despite his hardscrabble beginnings, patchy edu-
cation, and questionable luck—made the rank of army lieutenant
general, earning a reputation as one of World War II’s most effective
officers along the way. The Last Cavalryman, drawing on personal
papers only recently made available, gives the first full picture of
this singular man’s extraordinary life and career. Ferguson takes us
through Truscott’s service in World War II, from creating the U.S.
Army Rangers, to leading the invasion of southern France. This
biography of Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. fills out an important chapter
in American military history.
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All for the King’s Shilling

The British Soldier under Wellington, 1818-1814
By Edward J. Coss
The troops who fought so successfully under the Duke of Welling-
ton during his Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon have long
been branded by the duke’s own words—“scum of the earth”—and
assumed to have been society’s ne’er-do-wells who enlisted to
escape justice. However, Edward J. Coss shows that most of these
redcoats were respectable laborers and tradesmen and that it was
their social status that prompted the duke’s derision.
“Possibly the most important book ever to have been written about
the British army of the Napoleonic Wars.”—Charles Esdaile,
author of The Peninsular War: A New History
AUGUST 2015 · 392 PAGES · 6 × 9
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Three Days in the Shenandoah

Stonewall Jackson at the Front Royal and Winchester
By Gary Ecelbarger
The battles of Front Royal and Winchester are the stuff of Civil
War legend. Bypassing long-overused sources that have shrouded
the Valley Campaign in myth, Ecelbarger draws instead on newly
uncovered primary sources—including soldiers’ accounts and offi-
cers’ reports—to refute much of the anecdotal lore that for too long
was regarded as fact. Written with the flair of a seasoned military
historian and enlivened with maps and illustrations, Three Days
in the Shenandoah reinterprets this important episode. Ecelbarger
sets a new standard for envisioning the Shenandoah Campaign that
will both fascinate Civil War buffs and engage historians.
JULY 2015 · 296 PAGES · 6 × 9
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Bracketing the Enemy

Forward Observers in World War II
By John R. Walker
After the end of World War II, General Patton declared that artil-
lery had won the war. Crucial to the success of these big guns were
forward observers, artillerymen on the front lines who directed
the artillery fire. Until now, the vital role of forward observers in
ground combat has received little scholarly attention. In Bracket-
ing the Enemy, Walker remedies this oversight by offering the first
full-length history of forward observer teams during World War
II. Using the 37th Division in the Pacific Theater and the 87th in
Europe as case studies, Walker presents a vivid picture that shows
how vitally important forward observers were to the success of
ground operations in a variety of scenarios.
JUNE 2015 · 296 PAGES · 6 × 9
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The Battle of Lake Champlain

A “Brilliant and Extraordinary Victory”
By John H. Schroeder
In 1814, an American naval squadron defeated a British force on
Lake Champlain, effectively ending the British invasion of the
Champlain Valley during the War of 1812. Examining the campaign
in strategic, political, and military terms, The Battle of Lake Cham-
plain offers the most thorough account of this pivotal moment in
American history.
“Placing the campaign in its strategic and diplomatic context,
Schroeder makes a persuasive case that this victory was the
pivotal event of the War of 1812. Clearly written, this study
should appeal to general readers and academic specialists alike.”
—William B. Skelton, author of An American Profession of Arms:
The Army Officer Corps, 1784–1861
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Invasion of Laos, 1971

Lam Son 719
By Robert D. Sander
In 1971, while U.S. ground forces were prohibited from crossing
the Laotian border, a South Vietnamese Army corps, with U.S.
air support, launched the largest airmobile operation in the his-
tory of warfare, Lam Son 719. Author Robert Sander explores
why an operation of such importance failed. Drawing on archives
and interviews, Sander chronicles the maneuvers of the bastions
of political and military power during the ten-year effort to end
Communist infiltration of South Vietnam.
“With the keen eye for detail that comes from having served in
combat, Bob Sander’s Invasion of Laos deserves to be a part of any
Vietnam War library or collection.”—Andrew Wiest, author of
Vietnam’s Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN
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A Generous and Merciful Enemy

Life for German Prisoners of War during
the American Revolution
By Daniel Krebs
Some 37,000 soldiers, collectively remembered as Hessians, entered
service as British auxiliaries in the American War of Independence.
Despite the importance of Germans in the British war effort, histo-
rians have largely overlooked these men. A Generous and Merciful
Enemy, places these prisoners on center stage, portraying them as
individuals rather than numbers in casualty lists. Setting his account
in the context of British and European politics and warfare, Krebs
explains the motivations of the German states that provided con-
tract soldiers for the British army. Krebs further describes how the
Germans were made prisoners, either through capture or surrender,
and brings to life their experiences in captivity.
FEBRUARY 2015 · 396 PAGES · 6 × 9
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