Being there . . . . with Yuletide on the horizon cascading toward us at record speed, best we
shop now lest we’re left with only socks and smiles to present as gifts on the joyous morning of
the year. Truly good reads are still available, but evaporating, nay, vanishing, quickly because
savvy-shrew buyers know which military publishers offer more in pages for fewer dollars. Proud
case 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, and
aficionado wouldn’t be pleasantly surprised and pleased with a few or the
titles listed below?
“THE V-1 FLYING BOMB CAMPAIGN, 1944 – 1945” by Jan Gore, Pen & Sword MILITARY, 199
pages, 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” by
Michael Digby, Casemate Publishers, 244 pages, softcover, $24.95 – – see
www.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 Martin
Sullivan, Pen & Sword MILITARY, 205 pages, hardcover, $49.95 – – see
www.penandswordbooks.com.
“CHE GUEVARA – – The Romantic Revolutionary” by Allan Todd, Pen & Sword HISTORY, 253
pages, hardcover, $39.95 – – see www.penandswordbooks.com.
All titles reviewed and highly, highly recommended by Don DeNevi as Christmas gifts for the
recipient, bibliophile or relaxed, casual reader.
And a few moments ago, on this reviewer’s doorstep, a special-delivery boxed copy of a
handsome 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 the
ARGunners’ book review limited space shared by a handful of the greatest reviewers in the
business, a thorough examination will be forthcoming of what appears to be the best book yet
written and published on American battleship design, engineering, construction, and top ship
battle records, 1939-1945. Tomorrow, buffs, tomorrow, full coverage is promised.
