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The new year is starting off right with a variety of new books and magazines coming into the shoppe in the next couple weeks. Time to finish that old project and start a new one!
Wargaming Scenarios & Rules…
Refighting History – Volume 1: Seven Years War – Fighting Withdrawals Charles Grant 7YW scenarios plus sections on tactics, troop types, and the development of his own armies. Includes famous larger battles and smaller actions for modest wargame forces. $55.00 USD
5150: Life on the Edge Sci-Fi RPG Lite game includes Variety of Classes, Attributes, Professions, and Alien Races to make your characters unique; Man-to-man combat rules for when you're on a planet; Ship-to-ship combat rules for when you're out in space; Rules for character improvement that rewards you when you succeed and brings you down when you don't; Light bookkeeping campaign and economic systems that enhance the game instead of bogging it down; Color paper character and spaceship counters; And much more. $25.00 USD
Books on Ancient Warfare…
An Invincible Beast: Understanding the Hellenistic Pike Phalanx in Action Examines Hellenistic pike-phalanx for up-to-date study of what heavy infantry combat was like in the age of Alexander the Great and his Successors. Uses techniques such as physical re-creation, experimental archaeology, and ballistics testing, and then comparing the findings of this testing to the ancient literary, artistic and archaeological evidence, as well as modern theories. $50.00 USD
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Hellenistic and Roman Naval Wars 336BC – 31BC Analyses the developments in naval technology and tactics, the uses and limitations of sea power, and the differing strategies of the various powers. $40.00 USD
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The Fall of the Seleukid Empire 187-75 BC Concluding part of the history of the Seleukids traces the tumultuous last century of their empire. Riven by dynastic disputes, secessions, rebellions, religiously-inspired insurrection of the Jewish Maccabees, civil war, and the external invasion from Egypt in the West and the Parthians in the East. By the 80s BC, the empire was disintegrating, internally fractured, and squeezed by the converging expansionist powers of Rome and Parthia. A fitting, dramatic, and colorful conclusion to a masterful account of this once-mighty empire. $35.00 USD
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Military History of Late Rome 284-361 Detailed account of the changes in organization, equipment, strategy and tactics among both the Roman forces and her enemies in the relevant period, while also giving a detailed but accessible account of the campaigns and battles. This is the first volume of five planned, starting with recovery from the third-century crisis and the formation of the Tetrarchy. $45.00 USD
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Books on WWI…
The German Army in the Spring Offensives 1917 Reveals the methods the Germans used to smash the French attacks and Oberst Fritz von Lossberg's transformation of the defenses in the Arras front. Actions described in detail are the bitter battles around Monchy Le Preun, the Roeux Chemical works, and Bullecourt as well as the capture of Vimy Ridge. $45.00 USD
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Breaking Point of the French Army: The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 Describes how Nivelle, a highly intelligent and articulate officer, used his charm to win the support of French and British politicians, but also how he was vain and boastful and displayed no sense of operational security. By the opening of the campaign, his plan was an open secret and he had lost the ability to critically assess the operation as it developed. The result was disaster. $40.00 USD
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Books on WWII…
From Tobruk to Tunis: The Impact of Terrain on British Operations and Doctrine in North Africa, 1940-1943 Main theme of the work analyses the terrain from the operational and tactical perspective and argues that the landscape features heavily influenced British operations and should now be considered alongside other standard military factors. Secondary theme of the work argues that British forces began to improvise certain tactical doctrines, which altered the early practice of combined arms assaults into one of the Infantry and Armored formations fighting largely separated battles until the autumn of 1942. $80.00 USD
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American Infantry Weapons of the Second World War: Images of War Text completes the wide range of photographic images. Puts the full range of small arms – including rifles, submachineguns, shotguns, pistols, machineguns, mortars, anti-tank weapons, and close infantry support artillery – under the microscope. $25.00 USD
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Special Forces in South-East Asia 1942 – 1945 Describes actions at Minerva, Baldhead, and Longshanks/Creek. $40.00 USD
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015 U.S. Infantryman vs. German Infantry: European Theater of Operations 1944 Another in the Osprey series. Featuring full-color artwork, specially drawn maps, and archive photographs, this study offers key insights into the tactics, leadership, combat performance, and subsequent reputations of six representative U.S. and German infantry battalions. $19.00 USD
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Books on Modern Era…
M1 Abrams Tank: Images of War Text completes the wide range of photographic images. $25.00 USD
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Other Books…
The War of Spanish Succession 1701 – 1714 Analyses the complex political maneuvers and a series of military campaigns which also involved the threat posed by Ottoman Turks in the east and Sweden and Russia in the north. $50.00 USD
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Entre Nordlingen Y Honnecourt (I): Los Tercios Espanoles del Cardenal Infante 1634-1641 First volume of the Spanish campaign led by Fernando de Austria, brother of Felipe IV, governor of the Spanish Netherlands and known as the Cardinal Infante, in Flanders during the 30 Years War. [Spanish text] $28.00 USD
El Desastre De Ucles 1809 January 13, 1809 battle of Ucles pitted a Spanish army lacking equipment, instruction, discipline, and, especially, morale against a French army that represented the polar opposite: veterans, disciplined, competent commanders, and determined soldiers. [Spanish text] $28.00 USD
Magazines Covering Ancients…
Ancient Warfare: Volume 9.6 Theme: The Aftermath of Battle – War Booty in Ancient Greece – The Spoils of War; Germanic Post-Battle Human Sacrifice – Bog Bodies and Broken Blades; Celebrating Victory the Augustan way – A Trophy Proud to Thee; The Gates of Janus – Geminae Belli Portae; Rout and Surrender in Ancient Greece – Running Away; War Dead in Ancient Greece – Ancestral Custom; Unspoken Homecomings in Ancient Greece – The Lost Nostoi. Also: Praetorians During the Roman Republic – Roman General's Personal Bodyguard; and Roman Wedge Formation – Cuneus. $10.00 USD
Ancient History Magazine #2 Theme: The Reign of Caracalla – Tyrant, Traveler, Administrator – Caracalla; Britain Under Caracalla – Peace in His Time; Caracalla Erases the Past – Unperson; Grant, Grab, Process, or Something Else – The Constitution Antoniniana; Caracalla's Visit to Raetia – In Search of a Cure; The Advice of Severus as reflected in Coinage – Caracalla's Coins; Imperial Self-Promotion and the Baths – A Palace for the People. Also Roman Persecution of Christians – The Scillitan Martyrs; How Do We Know – How to Pronounce Latin; and The Uluburun Shipwreck – Trove Beneath the Waves. $11.00 USD
Pretorien #37 Articles include: Rome vs Pyrrhus, Pretorian's equipment, La Vie de Cesar: Trojan dece, La Wartburg a eisenach, L'armee Carolingenne, Le Siege de Chatteau Gaillard, and more. [French text] $18.00 USD
Magazines Covering Napoleonics…
Gloire & Empire #64 Articles include: Napoleon on St. Helena, Waterloo a Rochefort, Napoleon a l'ile d'Aix, and more. [French text] $28.00 USD
Traditions #5 Articles include: British 52nd at Waterloo, Quebec 1690: France Triumphant, Le Aerostier de la Revolution, La Battaille Oubliee de la Gohrde, and more. [French text] $18.00 USD
Traditions #6 Articles include: Les Gardes d'Honneur Italian, Gardes d'Honneur on Campaign, La Releve de la Garde, Des Uniformes Prestigieux, and more. [French text] $18.00 USD
Wargame Magazines…
Strategy & Tactics #297: 1863 ACW 1863 is a two-player wargame of a pivotal year in the American Civil War, with Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga-Chickamauga. Each player commands one of the two Theater of Operations: East and West. Includes one 22 x 34-inch map and 176 counters. Other Articles: Area Denial: the strategies and mechanisms used to prevent a stronger foe, currently the U.S. military, from imposing its will on a region; Operation C3: the Italian contribution to the planned Axis invasion of Malta in 1942 was to have included the best troops left to the Italian army; An Lushan's Rebellion: General An Lushan rebellion against China's Tang Dynasty in 755 led to the costliest civil war in history. $35.00 USD
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