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The Second World War’s Military Legacy

by David Wragg. Softcover (6.2×9.2 inches). 205 pages. 2022 reprint of 2014 book. Subtitle: The Atomic Bomb and Much More I went back and forth about this book’s content. It discusses technology primarily developed in WWII and applied to Cold

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Charles Frederick Ball

by Brian Willan. Softcover (6.2×9.2 inches). 188 pages. 2022. Subtitle: From Dublin’s Botanic Gardens to the Killing Fields of Gallipoli This bio of Charles Frederick Ball follows him from his childhood through botanical studies to Kew Gardens and Dublin’s Botanic

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German Marders of World War II: New Vanguard 350

by Steven J. Zaloga. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 48 pages. 2026. Subtitle: The Wehrmachts’s Prime Tank Destroyers This overview covers the design and development of the Marder series of tank destroyers, which were not officially designated “Marder” until Feb. 1, 1944

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Pirates and Privateers of the Atlantic and the Caribbean

by Hunt Janin and Nicole Sheehan. Hardback (6.4×9.5 inches). 211 pages. 2026. Despite the bibliography, I have suspicions that this broad-based survey of US privateering was slapped together out of internet parts. For example: During the American Revolution, Americans crewed

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The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life

by David Brooks. Hardback (6.4×9.5 inches). 347 pages. 2019. David Brooks was a New York Times columnist and is still a weekly PBS pundit, but this book has nothing to do with politics, per se, but is about philosophy. Inside,

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Military History of Byzantine Rome: 1204-1261

by Juho Wilskman. Hardback (6.5×9.5 inches). 265 pages. 2026. This first volume — of ultimately three volumes — covers Byzantium from 1204 to 1261, or, from when the Latin Catholic-European crusaders captured Constantinople until the year the Romans (as the

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Battle of the Atlantic 2: Campaign 432

by Mark Stille. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 96 pages. 2026. Subtitle: From Operation Drumbeat to the Defeat of the Wolfpacks 1942-43 The years 1942 and 1943 saw the Allied battle against the U-boats swing from unfavorable to favorable to triumphant as

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The Trayne of Artillery 1642-1646: Century of the Soldier 133

by Simon Marsh. Softcover (7.2×9.7 inches). 314 pages. 2026. Subtitle: Ordnance and Associated Capabilities of English Armies During the First Civil War This comprehensive examination of artillery trains during the English Civil War offers a detailed look at the composition

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The Second Day at Gettysburg: Casemate Illustrated

by Britt C. Isenberg. Softcover (6.8×9.3 inches). 128 pages. 2026. Subtitle: The Civil War Subtitle: July 2, 1863 This follow-up volume continues the overview of the ACW Battle of Gettysburg with the second day, consisting mostly of the battles for

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