September New Release - Stealth Fighter

Title: Stealth Fighter

Author/s: William B. O’Connor

RRP: $39.99

ISBN: 9780760341353

Format:  Hardback, 420 pages

Dimensions: 159mm x 235mm

Publisher: Zenith Press

Aust. Release Date:  Sept 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

The F-117 Stealth Nighthawk was a truly groundbreaking aircraft when introduced in the early 1980s. The strange shape of the jet, all flat panels and angles, rendered the aircraft nearly invisible to radar. This highly classified program wasn't acknowledged publicly by the U.S. Air Force until 1988. The Nighthawk was retired in 2008 after twenty-five years of service, including bombing missions over Afghanistan and Iraq. Brad O'Connor flew the Nighthawk during the NATO bombing campaign over Kosovo in 1999. His first-person experience puts the reader in the cockpit of this revolutionary combat aircraft. From his F-117 assignment through training, deployment, mission planning and combat flights, O'Connor relates the day-to-day life of a pilot in the world's first stealth fighter.

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March New Release - Survive the Bomb

Title: Survive the Bomb

             

Subtitle: The Radioactive Citizen’s Guide

 to Nuclear Survival

Author/s: Eric G. Swedin

RRP: $21.99

ISBN: 9780760340318

Format:  Hardback, 192 pages

Dimensions: 19.8cm x 13.5cm

Publisher: Zenith Press

Aust. Release Date:  March 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

The launch of Russia's Sputnik satellite in 1957 began an era where American citizens were haunted by fears of annihilation. Survive the Bomb documents U.S. government efforts to calm the collective psyche with nuclear survival handouts. These cheerful and naive representations unintentionally inspired countless schoolchildren to question authority at an early age. This strange era reached its peak in 1962 with the Cuban Missile Crisis, lasting at least until the fall of the Berlin Wall. The nightmare still lingers today with the terrorist threat of dirty bombs and efforts by countries like Iran and North Korea to build their own nuclear arsenals. Keep this book at the ready next to the emergency drinking water and vacuum-packed canned meats and vegetables for that moment when the sabre-rattling between the world’s superpowers turns Atomic.

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The Pacific War

Author/s: William B Hopkins

RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9780760339756

Format: Paperback, 400 pages

Dimensions: 22.9cm x 15.2cm

Publisher: Zenith Press

Aust. Release Date: March 2011

This book provides a fresh take on World War II in the Pacific that goes beyond the simple recounting of battles won and lost to synthesize the strategies, politics, and key players that shaped the conduct of the war. The author takes a regional approach to this multifaceted, often nonlinear war conducted on land, sea (and - significantly by America - undersea), and in the air across the immense reaches of the Pacific to effectively develop the major themes and causes of the battles.

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Eyewitness Pacific Theatre – RRP: $29.99 – ISBN: 9781402762154

Pacific War: Illustrated Edition– RRP: $29.99 – ISBN: 9781849083829

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The German Wars

Author/s: Michael A Palmer

RRP: $39.99

ISBN: 9780760337806

Format: Hardback, 160 pages

Dimensions: 22.4cm x 14.7cm

Publisher: Zenith Press

Aust. Release Date: March 2011

The German Wars: A Concise History, 1859-1945 outlines the history of European warfare from the Wars of German Unification to the end of the World War II. The title aside, the book is not another history of the German military; it takes a much broader approach looking at political, social, economic, and military developments across Europe, and the United States during the period. The 'German War' part of the title is there because Germany plays the central part in the story, but the key element threading its way through this volume is the Industrial Revolution.

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Hitler’s Master of the Dark Arts– RRP: $39.99 – ISBN: 9780760337783

Waffen – SS at War 1925-45– RRP: $39.99 – ISBN: 9780760320686

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