OMM: "Cool Reprints"

The dog days of summer are here, perfect boosting of your wargaming knowledge with a variety of books and booklets: some discounted, some not. All coming to the shop in the next couple weeks or sooner.

WARGAMING…

WHEN OLYMPUS TREMBLED: Command Decision An overview history of Operations Marita, Merkur, and Herkules covering the invasions of Greece, Crete, and the proposed invasion of Malta. Ten historical battles for Command Decision rules presented as game battles – from the opening drive into Northern Greece to the air assault on Crete, to the fictional drive across Malta to the capital of Valletta. $26.00 USD

TURNING POINT SIMULATIONS: Saratoga 1777 Explore the two main battles of Saratoga, both Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights, as a growing storm of colonial militia and regulars, commanded by Gates but really led by Arnold, turned 'Gentleman Johnny' Burgoyne's adventure into a disaster. Includes: One 17x11-inch mounted map, 200 counters, rules booklet, two six-sided dice. $30.00 USD

TMP Special Offer: Save 15%. New price: $25.50 USD

AGAINST THE ODDS #39: These Brave Fellows The wargame covers Austerlitz and includes 22x34-inch full-color map, 216 9/16-inch full-color die-cut counters, charts, and only ten pages of rules. Other articles and columns, including a Wally Simon article on Napoleonic game design edited and enhanced by Russ 'Snappy Nappy' Lockwood, The Evolution of a Superior Warrant Officer in South American Military History, profile of The Incomparable Ninth Legere, and more. $35.00 USD

TMP Special Offer: Save 15%. New price: $29.75 USD

BOOKS…

ITALIAN WARS 1494-1559, The: War, State and Society in Early Modern Europe The Italian Wars of 1494-1559, in which France and Spain battled for control of the Italian peninsula, had a major impact on the whole of Renaissance Europe. This important text combines analysis of developments in military strategy and the tactical use of firearms, with consideration of the social and economic context, and the reactions of Italians of all social classes to the social and cultural changes wrought by the wars. $56 USD

BRITISH OFFICER, THE: Restoration to the Present Day The British Officer is an original, compelling and personal account of the role of regular officers of the British Army, from the Restoration to the present-day. Includes illustrations of British officers from the 17th Century to the present. Draws on entirely new and unseen sources. $30.00 USD

CONSOLIDATING CONQUEST: Ireland 1603-1727 Covers the crucial period of Irish history from the completion of the Tudor conquest of Ireland and the end of Gaelic resistance to the temporary achievement of political stability in the early 18th Century. This was a period of not entirely successful attempts to turn Ireland into a kingdom that was thoroughly English in terms of land settlement, law, and government. It was also a period of revolts, suppression, and the threat of invasion – of the Ulster plantations, Cromwell's campaigns, the massacres of Drogheda and Wexford, and the Battle of the Boyne – iconic events which laid the foundations for many centuries of trouble to come. $65.00 USD

AFFAIR AT CAPTINA CREEK Personal testimonies of those who survived the 1791 Battle of Captina Creek between Shawnee warriors and American rangers have been combined with second-hand accounts of other settlers, contemporary newspaper articles, excerpts from the biography of General Duncan McArthur and the Lyman Draper Manuscripts. Photographs, illustrations, detailed maps, and a full name index add to the value of this work. $22.00 USD

ACTION AT THE GALUDOGHSON: December 14, 1742 Colonel James Patton, Captain John McDowell, and the first battle with the Indians in the Valley of Virginia with an appendix containing early accounts of the battle. Reprint $16.00 USD

ARMIES OF THE SEVEN YEARS WAR: Commanders, Equipment, Uniforms and Strategies of the 'First World War' States covered include Austria, Bavaria, Britain, Brunswick, Denmark, Hanover, Hessen-Darmstadt, Hessen-Kassel, Holland, France, the Palatinate, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Wurttemberg, and the minor contingents of the Holy Roman Empire. The colonial struggle in North America is included. Coverage of the intricacies of the uniforms, colors and standards is in unprecedented depth, many details of which were previously unpublished. The tactics of the horse-and-musket era are examined, as are Frederick the Great's abilities as a war leader who led his armies against the rest of Europe. New paperback edition of the Digby Smith classic. $33.00 USD

AMHERST PAPERS 1756-1763: The Southern Sector Dispatches from South Carolina, Virginia and His Majesty's Superintendent of Indian Affairs – Edith Mays. Jeffrey Amherst was Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America during the French and Indian War. $35.00 USD

LIBERTY OR DEATH! – The Life and Campaigns of Richard L. Vowell: British Legionnaire and Commander – Hero and Patriot of the Americas This is the story of Richard Longfield Vowell, an audacious and intrepid young English adventurer who abandoned his studies at Oxford in 1817 to fight against the Spanish Empire in South America with 2,000 British troops. $20.00 USD

TMP Special Offer: Save 15%. New price: $17.00 USD

THINKING MAN'S SOLDIER, THE: The Life and Career of General Sir Henry Brackenbury 1837-1914 Bio of a now largely forgotten but extremely important soldier, writer, and administrator of the late Victorian era. He saw active service during the Indian Mutiny, but after that he settled down into a series of administrative and teaching appointments within the Royal Artillery and as Professor of Military History at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich. $60.00 USD

TMP Special Offer: Save 15%. New price: $51.00 USD

VIAZ'MA CATASTROPHE 1941, THE: The Red Army's Disastrous Stand Against Operation Typhoon The author was driven to write this book after his long years of fruitless search to learn what happened to his father, Colonel N.I. Lopukhovsky, the commander of the 120th Howitzer Artillery Regiment, who disappeared together with his unit in the maelstrom of Operation Typhoon, October 1941. Includes 69 b/w photos, tables, and 19 color maps. $80.00 USD

TMP Special Offer: Save 15%. New price: $68.00 USD

WITH THE RED DEVILS AT ARNHEM: Personal Experiences with the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade 1944 Reprint of a fascinating eyewitness account published shortly after the Battle of Arnhem itself. The author, a Pole himself, was attached to the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade, saw action at Arnhem, and managed to escape capture and return to Allied lines. He penned his account within weeks of returning, and as a result he offers a vivid insight into the experiences of the Poles at Arnhem, written in an exciting and lively manner. The reprint has been expanded with additional notes providing further information and context. $30.00 USD

TMP Special Offer: Save 15%. New price: $25.50 USD

MORE AT THE OMM WEBSITE…

Visit onmilitarymatters.com for more items. And don't forget to sign up for the OMM eFlyer that lists special, limited-quantity items.