Being there . . . . with Yuletide on the horizon cascading toward us at record speed, best weshop now lest we’re left with only socks and smiles to present as gifts on the joyous morning ofthe year. Truly good reads are still available, but evaporating, nay, vanishing, quickly becausesavvy-shrew buyers know which military publishers offer more in pages for fewer dollars. Proudcase in point: Casemate, Pen & Sword, books always trigger smiles of glad feelings, happiness,delight. Who among the most serious, or even relaxed casual war buff, enthusiast, andaficionado wouldn’t be pleasantly surprised and pleased with a few or thetitles listed below?“THE V-1 FLYING BOMB CAMPAIGN, 1944 – 1945” by Jan Gore, Pen & Sword MILITARY, 199pages, hardcover, $34.95 – – see www.pen-and-swordbooks.com.“PEARL: December 7, 1941” by Daniel Allen Butler, Casemate Publishers, 354 pages, softcover,$24.95 – – see www.casematepublishers.com.“BURN, BOMB, DESTROY – – The German Sabotage Campaign in North America 1914 – 1917” byMichael Digby, Casemate Publishers, 244 pages, softcover, $24.95 – – seewww.casematepublishers.com.“THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR – – Myths, Legend & Popular Memory” by Charles J. Esdaile, Pen &Sword MILITARY, 293 pages, hardcover, $49.95 – – see www.penandswordbooks.com.“NAPOLEON’S UNDEFEATED MARSHAL – – Louis Davout and the Art of Leadership” by MartinSullivan, Pen & Sword MILITARY, 205 pages, hardcover, $49.95 – – seewww.penandswordbooks.com.“CHE GUEVARA – – The Romantic Revolutionary” by Allan Todd, Pen & Sword HISTORY, 253pages, hardcover, $39.95 – – see www.penandswordbooks.com.All titles reviewed and highly, highly recommended by Don DeNevi as Christmas gifts for therecipient, bibliophile or relaxed, casual reader.And a few moments ago, on this reviewer’s doorstep, a special-delivery boxed copy of ahandsome oversized hardcover arrived, “U.S. BATTLESHIPS 1939-45”, 8”x 10 ¼”, from, who else,but CASEMATE PUBLISHERS’ ILLUSTRATED SPECIAL SERIES for immediate review. With theARGunners’ book review limited space shared by a handful of the greatest reviewers in thebusiness, a thorough examination will be forthcoming of what appears to be the best book yetwritten and published on American battleship design, engineering, construction, and top ship
battle records, 1939-1945. Tomorrow, buffs, tomorrow, full coverage is promised.
