Casemate Publishers

Casemate Publishers is a global publisher in the fields of military history, aviation and intelligence studies, covering all aspects of military history, and all periods of conflict – from ancient civilisations to modern warfare.
Their diverse list includes military autobiographies and memoirs, histories of specific events, and a growing list of leadership titles. Casemate Publishers is also the home of the renowned Casemate Illustrated series – loved by general readers, modellers and specialists alike, these books bring visual detail to key elements of military history, from campaigns, units and battles, to aircraft, ships and weapons. Their global team is passionate about the subject and the authors and experts they work with, and in bringing readers the best of military history.

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Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781932033991
Pub Date: 25 Sep 2009
Illustrations: 16 pages b/w photos
Description:
Ira Jones' biography of Britain's top scoring ace of World War I has become the subject of some controversy over the last few years, most notably as it is the source of the claim of 73 "kills" for Mannock, thereby making him the number one scoring Allied Ace of the war. Later research has thrown serious doubt on this claim and indeed Mannock himself only claimed 51 kills. Jones' biography is nevertheless an important account, especially when seen in the context of the time in which it was first written.
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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781935149095
Pub Date: 19 Jul 2009
Illustrations: 16-page photo section
Description:
Nam Sense is the memoir of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Arthur Wiknik was drafted by the army in 1969 at the age of nineteen, promoted to sergeant ‘without ever setting foot in a combat zone’, and sent to Vietnam. He was flown north to Camp Evans, a mixed-unit outpost near Phong Dien, only a few miles from Laos.
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Format: Hardback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781935149057
Pub Date: 19 Jul 2009
Illustrations: 16-page photo section
Description:
This book is built around two recently discovered war diaries—one by a member of the 23rd Panzer Division which served under Manstein in Russia, and the other by a member of Rommel’s AfrikaKorps. Together, along with detailed timelines and brief overviews, they comprise a fascinating “ground level” look at the German side of World War II. The assignment of keeping the first diary was given to a soldier in the 2nd Battalion, 201st Panzer Regiment by a commanding officers and the author never saw fit to include his own name.
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Format: 
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781935149040
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2009
Illustrations: 8-page photo section
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781612000756
Pub Date: 19 Nov 2011
Illustrations: 8-page photo section
Description:
The sinking of the German battleship Bismarck—a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a main artillery of eight 15-inch guns—was one of the most dramatic events of World War II. She left the port of Gotenhafen for her first operation on the night of 18 May 1941, yet was almost immediately discovered by Norwegian resistance and Allied air reconnaissance. British battlecruiser Hood was quickly dispatched from Scapa Flow to intercept the Bismarck, together with new battleship Prince of Wales.
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Format: 
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781932033915
Pub Date: 14 Dec 2008
Illustrations: 16 pages illustrations
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781612000909
Pub Date: 19 Mar 2012
Illustrations: 16 pages illustrations
Description:
A rarely frank account of the U.S. infantry experience in northern Europe, A Foot Soldier for Patton takes the reader from the beaches of Normandy through the giddy drive across France, to the brutal battles on the Westwall, in the Ardennes, and finally to the conquest of Germany itself.
Through Blue Skies To Hell Cover Through Blue Skies To Hell Cover
Format: 
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781932033670
Pub Date: 19 May 2008
Illustrations: 16 pages b/w photos
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781935149873
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2011
Illustrations: 16 pages b/w photos
Description:
This book provides a comprehensive look at the air war over Europe during the climactic year of World War II, combining firsthand experience with expert analysis. The centerpiece of the work is a mission-by-mission diary of 1st Lieutenant Richard R. Ayesh, bombadier on a B-17 Flying Fortress, who flew with the 100th Bombardment Group, 13th Combat Wing of the 8th Air Force—the legendary “Bloody 100th.
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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9781932033748
Pub Date: 15 May 2008
Illustrations: 69 b/w photos, 21 illustrations
Description:
Diving vertically at the target, in the same direction the bombs will take, was an incredible bombing technique developed by the British and put into action in World War II. Bombers would dive and release the bombs very close to the target at high speed, with high risk, to accurately bomb relatively small and/or moving targets with ease.This riveting and highly detailed account of high speed aerial combat is the result of 40 years of intensive research and provides a complete history of the formidable dive bombers from World War 2.
RRP: £11.99
The Wars Against Napoleon Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 264
ISBN: 9781932033731
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2008
Illustrations: 32 colour photos & illus
Description:
Popular and scholarly history presents a one-dimensional image of Napoleon as an inveterate instigator of war who repeatedly sought large-scale military conquests. General Franceschi and Ben Weider dismantle this false conclusion in The Wars Against Napoleon, a brilliantly written and researched study that turns our understanding of the French emperor on its head.Avoiding the simplistic clichés and rudimentary caricatures many historians use when discussing Napoleon, Franceschi and Weider argue persuasively that the caricature of the megalomaniac conqueror who bled Europe white to satisfy his delirious ambitions and insatiable love for war is groundless.
RRP: £18.99
L.B.J’s Hired Gun Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9781932033656
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2007
Illustrations: 32 b/w photos
Description:
Many Vietnam memoirs have appeared in recent years, but not a single one has the humour, pathos, poignancy, and often sheer hilarity of John J. Gebhart’s riveting LBJ’S Hired Gun. As Gebhart tells it, he was a ‘smart-mouthed college boy’ who joined the Marines to see the world and ‘dust a few black pajamas for Uncle Sam.
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Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781932033588
Pub Date: 01 Oct 2007
Illustrations: 16 pages of b/w photos
Description:
When the author was inducted into the US Army in 1942 he had no idea that typists and draftsmen were in short supply and that he would be quickly snatched up by the G-3 (Operations) Section of the 82nd Airborne. The author thus gained a ringside seat for some of the greatest campaigns of World War II.The 82nd fought from the invasions of North Africa, Sicily and France, to the Battle of the Bulge and the drive on Berlin.
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Format: 
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781932033540
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2007
Illustrations: 16 pages of b/w illustrations
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781612005935
Pub Date: 28 Feb 2018
Illustrations: 16 pages of b/w illustrations
Description:
The First Jihad tells the story of Muhammad Ahmad, a Muslim religious leader in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and the uprising he led against British and Egyptian forces in the late nineteenth century. In 1881, Ahmad declared himself the Mahdi – the ‘Expected One’ – and travelled through Sudan, gathering support for his jihad. Initially, the Egyptian-Ottoman authorities did not take the rebellion seriously.
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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781932033595
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2006
Illustrations: 16 pp. of b/w photographs
Description:
‘In a fascinating way, Chuck Alling recalls his days as a pilot flying B-17’s over Germany. He is truly a member of ‘The Greatest Generation’ and from his book, written from the heart, people can learn a lot about the laughs and the tears of World War II.’ – Former President George H.
Iran's Nuclear Option Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781932033335
Pub Date: 01 Feb 2005
Illustrations: 32 b/w & 16 pages colour
Description:
Non-proliferation Treaty •Questions why and how the Islamic Republic of Iran eluded the West in its quest for the atom bomb•Exposes the extraordinary amount of trafficking in illegal nuclear materials which involves dozens of countriesThe United States remains convinced that Tehran has been pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons program. As one observer noted, “following some pretty intrusive detective work by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in late 2003 and early 2004, everything points to Iran acquiring nuclear weapons parity within the next few years.” The consensus within the nuclear club is that that target is likely to be reached sooner rather than later.
RRP: £18.99
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Format: Hardback
Pages: 312
ISBN: 9781932033328
Pub Date: 01 Feb 2005
Illustrations: 16 pages of plates
Description:
The Wars of the Bushes is a fascinating study of the United States’ foreign policy and the military engagements waged during the two Bush presidencies. Historian Stephen Tanner deftly argues that the current president's foreign policy is seriously at odds with the first President Bush's successful recipe of broad-based global alliances, clear-cut political goals, and quick, decisive wars. Tanner's study begins with an examination of George H.
The First Battle Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781932033274
Pub Date: 01 May 2004
Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations
Description:
On August 18, 1965, regiment fought regiment on the Van Tuong Peninsula near the new Marine base at Chu Lai. On the American side were three battalions of Marines under the command of Colonel Oscar Peatross, a hero of two previous wars. His opponent was the 1st Viet Cong Regiment commanded by Nguyen Dinh Trong, a veteran of many fights against the French and the South Vietnamese.
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Format: 
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781932033199
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2003
Illustrations: b/w photos
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781935149866
Pub Date: 01 Feb 2011
Illustrations: 16pp photo section
Description:
During his first tour in Vietnam – 1967-68 – Dick Taylor was a well trained and highly motivated amateur assigned to advise a hard-bitten ARVN infantry battalion working in the mud and streams of IV Corps. He became savvy in a hurry and found that he was both brave and resourceful. He barely survived Tet 1968, then served on an advisory team staff.
RRP: £14.99