"An historic landmark work, depicting war as it is and soon will be-the shape of war to come.Featuring: Stephen Coonts, who tells the tale of an unlikely partnership between an ex-Marine sniper and a female military pilot who team up to kill the terrorists who murdered her parents.Dean Ing, uniting a private investigator, a bounty hunter, and an FBI agent, who together uncover a shadow of terrorism that looms over America and threatens t ..."
"Saburo Sakai is Japan s greatest fighter pilot to survive World War II, and his powerful memoir has proven to be one of the most popular and enduring books ever written on the Pacific war. First published in English in 1957, it gave Americans new perspectives on the air war and on the Japanese pilots who, until then, had been perceived in the United States as mere caricatures. Today, the books remains a valuable eyewitness account of so ..."
""You see these three narrow islands up in the Bismarck Sea in a kind of a
wishbone pattern? New Britain ... of connecting these two groups, are these two
smaller island chains on either side of a strait formally christened New Georgia
Sound. However, we who are on intimate terms with the place call it 'the Slot.'
Choiseul and Santa Isabel make up the northern chain, Vella Lavella,
Kolombangara, and New Georgia, along with a few odd ..."
Heroes(1st Edition) U.S. Army Medal of Honor Recipients by BarrettTillman, Barry Tillman Hardcover, 273 Pages, Published 2006 by Berkley Caliber ISBN-13: 978-0-425-21017-8, ISBN: 0-425-21017-0
"The honored few...From the bloody fields of the Civil War to the global conflicts of the modern age, here are the stories of 100 Army Medal of Honor winners. Since its Revolution-era formation as the Continental Army, the United States Army has earned a hard-won reputation for duty, courage, and brotherhood. But there are those whose exploits in combat have set them apart from their fellow soldiers, earning them the most cherished and ..."
Dragon's Jaw An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam by Stephen Coonts, BarrettTillman 320 Pages, Published 2019 by Da Capo Press ISBN-13: 978-0-306-90346-5, ISBN: 0-306-90346-6
"... the Russian-built 12.7mm (.50 caliber) “Dishika,” here posed The single-barrel
14.5mm ZPU-1 had a low hit probability againstjet. with female crew for
propaganda purposes. (Istvan Toperczer) aircraft, so it was usually deployed in
multiples."
On Wave and Wing The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier by BarrettTillman 320 Pages, Published 2017 by Regnery Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-62157-616-7, ISBN: 1-62157-616-7
"As America had done with the unworkable multiservice F111, Britain fell prey to
the alluring shibboleth of developing a single aircraft for the RAF and RN. They
settled on Hawker's proposed P.1154 vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) jet,
which favored Air Force requirements over the Navy's. The project ended when
both services opted for the Phantom, but additional time was lost. Eventually the
vertical and short takeoff and landing ..."
Pushing the Envelope The Career of Fighter Ace and Test Pilot Marion Carl by BarrettTillman, Marion Carl 152 Pages, Published 2014 by Naval Institute Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61251-548-9, ISBN: 1-61251-548-7
"The Career of Fighter Ace and Test Pilot Marion Carl Marion Carl, Barrett Tillman
... I was thinking of Marion Carl, who had been killed defending his wife during a
robbery ten days before. At age eightytwo, he had died fighting on 28 June 1998
..."
World War II Collection D-Day Encyclopedia : Everything You Want to Know about the Normandy Invasion by BarrettTillman 391 Pages, Published 2014 by Regnery Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-62157-312-8, ISBN: 1-62157-312-5
"Glider Pilot Regiment: Brig. George Chatterton. • Third Parachute Brigade: Brig.
James Hill. • Fifth Parachute Brigade: Brig. Nigel Poett. • Sixth Airlanding Brigade:
Brig. the Hon. Hugh Kindersley. Fiftieth (Northumberland) Infantry Division Gold
Beach, Maj. Gen. D. A. H. Graham. During the Normandy campaign the 151st
Brigade (three battalions of the Durham Light Infantry) sustained particularly
notable casualties including two co ..."
General Military Ser. US Marine Corps Fighter Squadrons of World War II by BarrettTillman 336 Pages, Published 2014 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-78200-954-2, ISBN: 1-78200-954-X
"In a rare reversal, Galer's Navy Cross was rescinded in favor of the Medal of
Honor, President Roosevelt presenting him with the medal in March 1943. Galer
celebrated the US Marine Corps' birthday on November 10, 1943 with a
promotion to lieutenant colonel. Subsequently, he served as operations officer ...
At retirement Brig Gen Galer held the Medal of Honor, two DFCs, five Air Medals,
the Legion of Merit, the Purple Heart and the ..."
"Barrett Tillman. preface. The year 1942 changed forever the traditional concepts
of naval warfare, and the rise of the aircraft carrier coincided with the decline of
the battleship. Before that critical year was out, there was no longer room for
doubt as to the relative effectiveness of capital ships and aircraft. Exclusive of
destroyers and submarines, the U.S. Navy sank only one Japanese battleship
and one cruiser in 1942 without ..."
Forgotten Fifteenth The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine by BarrettTillman 338 Pages, Published 2014 by Regnery Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-62157-235-0, ISBN: 1-62157-235-8
"Arranged in pairs (one gun tower and a firecontrol platform), they were tall,
brooding gray monoliths bristling with light and ... A Messerschmitt 110 unit was
positioned to cut off the box as the wing arrived at the turning point for the final
run to ... One Zerstörer group (I/ZG76) met a wall of .50 caliber fire, losing eight Bf
110s to bomber guns. ... 24 The defenders included thirty Hungarians and eight
Slovaks, their 109s pre ..."
Combat Aircraft Ser. TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy by BarrettTillman 98 Pages, Published 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-78200-656-5, ISBN: 1-78200-656-7
"The attack was pressed home in the face of intense light and heavy calibre AA
fire and fighter aircraft opposition of the Japanese 'Zero' type. The Japanese
fighter planes were not only superior in manoeuvrability and firepower but
outnumbered our 14 TBD1 aircraft in the ratio of twotoone. It is not the desire of
the writer to call attention to the action of any one individual, but it is paid with
their lives for a magnificent vict ..."
Whirlwind The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945 by BarrettTillman Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2010 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8502-2, ISBN: 1-4165-8502-8
"The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945 Barrett Tillman. Preface. D. uring the last
year of the war in the Pacific, the U.S. Army Air Forces, Navy and Marine Corps,
and British Royal Navy conducted a relentless air assault against the Japanese
home islands. The attacks came from around the compass: from the west out of
China, southwest from okinawa, due south from the Marianas, northeast from the
Aleutians, and from almost anywhere th ..."
Prometheus's Child(Reprint) Harold Coyle's Strategic Solutions, Inc. by Harold Coyle, BarrettTillman Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2009 by Forge Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-5236-1, ISBN: 0-7653-5236-2
"In this explosive series from New York Times bestselling author Harold Coyle and noted military author Barrett Tillman, a new type of war is being fought by private paramilitary companies at the beck and call of the highest bidder. With its military and intelligence agencies spread thin, the United States constantly calls upon these organizations--and Strategic Solutions, Inc., is among the best. An SSI team, led by former Rea ..."
Brassey's D-Day Encyclopedia(1st Edition) The Normandy Invasion A-Z by BarrettTillman Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2004 by Potomac Books Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-57488-760-0, ISBN: 1-57488-760-2
"This unique encyclopedia provides detailed entries for everything you ever wanted to know about D-Day, the invasion of Normandy. Organized alpha-betically, the entries give detailed descriptions of weapons, equipment, divisions, air and naval units, geography, terminology, personalities, and more. Every Allied division that crossed the English Channel on June 6, 1944 has its own listing as do the major Axis divisions that fought them. B ..."
The Sixth Battle by BarrettTillman Paperback, 562 Pages, Published 1991 by Bantam Books ISBN-13: 978-0-553-35349-5, ISBN: 0-553-35349-7
When the Shooting Stopped - August 1945 The Month That Changed the World (Hardcover) by BarrettTillman Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2022 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-4728-4898-7, ISBN: 1-4728-4898-5
"This fascinating new history tells the dramatic story of the final weeks of the war, detailing the last brutal battles on air, land and sea with evocative first-hand accounts from pilots and sailors caught up in these extraordinary events."
Dragon's Jaw An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam (Paperback) by Stephen Coonts, BarrettTillman Paperback, Published 2021 by Hachette Books ISBN-13: 978-0-306-90345-8, ISBN: 0-306-90345-8
MiG Master The Story of the F-8 Crusader by BarrettTillman ISBN-13: 978-0-405-18915-9, ISBN: 0-405-18915-X