Being there . . . . with a few “high selects” from the ARGunners staff, and thousands uponthousands of readers of this column, to collectively bend our knees in genuine genuflection ofheartfelt respect and appreciation for all publishers of military history who continually provideus buffs, enthusiasts, and aficionados a sizeable chunk of the best researched literature ofWorld War II. Today’s column focuses upon two such publishers: noble, trustworthy McFarland& Company, Inc., Publishers, of Jefferson, North Carolina, and scholarly, resolute OspreyPublishing in Great Britain and New York. Readers of limited budgets are especially desirousand indulgent of their titles usually based on topics other publishing houses reject outrightfearing limited sales. Hence, many fledging home libraries, some begun with loose changefound in between car and couch cushions, relish their monthly, quarterly, and semiannual newtitle announcements. Who among readers about the Second World War can resist even one ofthe recommended titles listed below? Select any three, and you’ll be pleased to learn they canbe purchased for around, some even less, than $100. Unwrapped as one package, the wide-eyed, surprised recipient will unequivocally, unabashedly stand before YOU, Yule Day gift-giver,and genuflect.Five from McFarland & Company, Inc., Publisher:“JAPAN’S SPY AT PEARL HARBOR – – Memoir of an Imperial Navy Secret Agent”, by TakeoYoshikawa, translated by Andrew Mitchell. 299 pages, softcover, 5 7/8” x 8 ¾”, few illustrations,understandably, $29.95. See, www.mcfarlandpub.com.“NEW ZEALAND IN THE PACIFIC WAR – – Personal Accounts of World War II”, by Bruce M. Petty.233 pages, softcover, 5 7/8”x 8 ¾”, well-illustrated with maps, $29.95. See,www.mcfarlandpub.com.“ ‘DEVIL DOG’ DAN DALY – -America’s Fightin’est Marine”, by Charley Roberts. 232 pages,softcover, 5 7/8” x 8 ¾”, few illustrations, $35.00 See, www.mcfarland.com.“TATYANA’S WAR – – Escape and Survival on the Eastern Front in World War II”, by Helen Charovand Tatyana Artemyeff. 227 pages, softcover, 5 7/8” x 8 ¾”, very well-illustrated, $29.95. See,www.mcfarland.com.“YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, SERGEANT – – The World War II Combat Memoir of an ArmoredInfantryman in Patton’s Third Army”, by Paul S. Porter, edited by Colleen C. Porter with Don M.Fox. 195 pages, softcover, 5 7/8” x 8 ¾”, well-illustrated, $29.95. See, www.mcfarland.com.Five from Osprey Publishing:“US MARINE Versus JAPANESE SOLDIER – – Saipan, Guam, and Peleliu, 1944”, by Gregg Adams.(COMBAT SERIES). (COMBAT SERIES), 80 pages, softcover, 7 ¼” x 9 ¾ “, very well illustrated,
maps or photos, $23. See, www.ospreypublishing.com.
“EIGHTH ARMY SOLDIER Versus ITALIAN SOLDIER – – El Alamein, 1942”, by David Greentree.(COMBAT SERIES), 80 pages, softcover, 7 ¼” x 9 ¾”, very well illustrated, maps or photos, $23.See, www.ospreypublishing.com.“YUGOSLAVIA AND GREECE 1940 – 1941 – – The Axis’ aerial assault in the Balkans”, by Basilio DiMartino & Pier Paolo Battistelli, Illustrated by Graham Turner. (AIR CAMPAIGN), 96 pages,softcover, 7 ¼”” x 9 ¾”, exceptionally well-illustrated, maps or photos, $25. See,www.ospreypublishing.com.“ROMANIA 1944 The Turning of Arms against Nazi Germany”, by Grant T. Harward, Illustratedbrilliantly by Johnny Shumate. (CAMPAIGN 404), well-illustrated, maps and photos, often twophotos per page, 7 ¼” x 9 ¾”, $25. See, www.ospreypublishing.com.“WARSHIPS IN THE KOMANDORSKI ISLANDS 1943 – – The USN and IJN fight the last pure surfacebattle”, by Mark Lardas, Illustrated by Paul Wright. (NEW VANGUARD 333), 48 pages, softcover,well-illustrated, maps and photos, often three per page, 7 ¼” x 9 ¾”, $20. See,
www.ospreypublishing.com.
