Books from Presidio Press
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Wings of Gold: The U.S. Naval Air Campaign in World War II
By Gerald AstorFrom critically acclaimed military historian Gerald Astor comes Wings of Gold, the first account of how the airplane transformed the U.S. Navy and paved the way to victory in the Pacific in World War II. Astor tracks that fateful journey ...
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The Hill Fights: The First Battle of Khe Sanh
By Edward F. MurphyThe story of the Marines at Khe Sanh in early 1967 is a microcosm of the Corps’s entire Vietnam War and goes a long way toward explaining why their casualties in Vietnam exceeded, on a Marine-in-combat basis, even the tremendous losses ...
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A Perfect Hell: The True Story of the Black Devils, the Forefathers of the Special Forces
By John NadlerGermany is winning on every front. This is the story of how one of the world’s first commando units, put together for the invasion of Norway, helped turn the tide in Italy. 1942.
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Forward into Battle: Fighting Tactics from Waterloo to the Near Future
By Paddy GriffithThe first edition (1981) took a critical look at the accepted wisdom of historians who interpreted battlefield events primarily by reference to firepower.
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Phantom Warriors: Book 2: More Extraordinary True Combat Stories from LRRPS, LRPS, and Rangers in Vietnam
By Gary Linderer25TH INFANTRY DIVISION SP/4 Ervin Leonard Laird SP/4 Larry Paul Blackman SSG Joseph Edward Fitzgerald SP/4 Carl David Flower SSG John Andrew Jakovac SSG Brian Kent McGar CPL Charles Roland Rogerson SGT Todd R. Jackson SP/4 John Herbert ...
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Moltke on the Art of War: Selected Writings
By Daniel HughesThis volume, in addition to its appeal to scholars, serves as an introduction to the theory of the German army, as well as a summary of Moltke’s enduring theoretical legacy.
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Line Doggie: Foot Soldier in Vietnam
By Charles GaddThis memoir is a vivid and accurate description of the Vietnam War. “I must explain that this story is written in the first person in order to depict more clearly the horror, fear, joy, and sorrow that practically every line doggie ...
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The Black Sheep
By Bruce GambleA leggy black lamb named Midnite became a fixture around the base, making appearances at intrasquadron softball games and other activities. It was good for publicity. A photograph of Stan Bailey kneeling in front of a Corsair while ...
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Rangers in World War II
By Robert W. BlackInformation culled from first-person interviews and in-depth research provide a look at the Ranger Battalions that fought during World War II, describing their experiences from the shores of Africa and Italy to Omaha Beach at Normandy.
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Behind Hitler's Lines: The True Story of the Only Soldier to Fight for both America and the Soviet Union in...
By Thomas H. TaylorFortunately, D-Day paratrooper Joseph Beyrle met author Thomas H. Taylor in time to record Behind Hitler's Lines, the true story of the first American paratrooper to land in Normandy and the only soldier to fight for both the United States ...
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His Time in Hell: A Texas Marine in France : the World War I Memoir of Warren R. Jackson
By Warren R. JacksonChronicles the experiences Warren Jackson had while serving as a marine in France during World War I.
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Military Uniforms in America: The Civil War Period, 1852-1867. long endure
By Company of Military HistoriansMilitary Uniforms in America: The Civil War Period, 1852-1867. long endure
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Common Sense Training: A Working Philosophy for Leaders
By Jr., Lt. Gen. Arthur S. CollinsAll else should be eliminated.”—Air University Review “A utilitarian book that talks intelligently of leadership, management and common sense.”—ARMOR magazine “A hardhitting and unvarnished . . . authoritative work that should ...
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Dumb but Lucky!: Confessions of a P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War II
By Richard CurtisSecond lieutenant Dick Curtis arrived in Italy in May 1944–twenty years old and part of a shipment of P-51 Mustang fighter pilots so desperately needed that they were rushed into combat with less than thirty hours of flight time in their ...
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The First Battle: Operation Starlite And the Beginning of the Blood Debt in Vietnam
By Otto J. LehrackA Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War brings together interviews with fellow Marines and with men who fought with the 1st Viet Cong Regiment to provide a firsthand chronicle of Operation Starlite, which, in 1965, became the first major ...
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Semper Fi in the Sky: The Marine Air Battles of World War II
By Gerald AstorHere, one of America’s most popular military historians re-creates, using their own moving and powerful voices, the true stories of the U.S. Marine pilots who flew the Allies to victory in World War II. These riveting accounts recreate ...
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Military Uniforms in America: The Modern Era from 1868
By Michael J. McAfee, Company of Military HistoriansMilitary Uniforms in America: The Modern Era from 1868
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War Pilot: True Tales of Combat and Adventure
By Richard C. KirklandA decorated fighter pilot during World War II and one of America's first military helicopter pilots describes his action-packed experiences, from the first primitive Sikorsky, through flying medevac missions in Korea, to the sophisticated ...
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Covert Warrior: Fighting the CIA's Secret War in Southeast Asia and China, 1965-1967 : the Vietnam War Memoir of Warner...
By Warner SmithCovert Warrior relates some of the most daring feats of combat ever described in print, from secret missions in North Vietnam and Laos to parachuting alone into southern China. Photos, maps.
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The Path to Victory: America's Army and the Revolution in Human Affairs
By Donald E. VandergriffRevised and with a new foreword from leading reform advocate COL (ret) Douglas MacGregor, PhD, Don Vandergriff revisits his 2002 manifesto for the evolution of the U.S. Army. From the...