NON-FICTION
The Military Wedding. By Maj. Vanessa L. Baldwin, USAF-Ret.
There are military unique planning concerns and situations that face the bride or groom marrying a military person that a civilian couple does not always have to face, such as access to the wedding venue and complying with military rules and restrictions. Most wedding planning and etiquette books briefly address military weddings but not with enough guidance and detail to satisfy many military brides. Baldwin’s book is a guide to planning, traditions, and unexpected situations. This book is a handy supplement to your main wedding planning and etiquette books.
Author House Inc., 1663 Liberty Drive Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403. (800) 839-8640. www.authorhouse.com. ISBN 978-1-4343-1795-7. 56 pp. $9.95 plus postage.
My Heroes Have Always Been Dogs. By Lt. Col. Richard A. Dixon, USA-Ret.
For those who love dogs, this story will draw a tear. It will also make them proud to love their dogs. These are the stories of five extraordinary dogs. Two of them accomplished heroic deeds in Vietnam and died for a country they never knew. The others were more than merely pets. They loved their human companions with a love that transcended ordinary human love. These dogs asked for nothing more in return than that their human companions love them and cherish them for what they were.
PublishAmerica, P.O. Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705. (301) 695-1707. www.publishamerica.com. ISBN 1-60563-167-1. 140 pp. $ 19.95 plus postage.
Rumsfeld’s Wars: The Arrogance of Power. By Capt. Dale Herspring, USNR-Ret.
Herspring, a political conservative and lifelong Republican, offers an assessment of Rumsfeld’s impact on the U.S. military establishment from 2001 to 2006, focusing especially on the Iraq War.
University Press of Kansas. Lawrence, KS 66045. www.kansaspress.ku.edu. ISBN 978-1-57488-746-4. 247 pp. $34.95 plus postage.
Genghis Khan: History’s Greatest Empire Builder. By Lt. Col. Paul Lococo, AUS-Ret.
Genghis Khan addresses how the teenaged son of a minor Mongol chieftain created a military machine of extraordinary striking power and wielded it to conquer such lands as China, Central Asia, and Persia. It’s a great starting point for those who wish to pursue an advanced study of the subject.
Potomac Books Inc. 22841 Quicksilver Dr., Dulles, VA 20166. (703) 661-1548. ISBN 978-1-57488-746-4. 144 pp. $13.95 plus postage.
Random Access: Some Poems and Small Prose by an Old Soldier. By Col. William F. Long Jr., USA-Ret.
This book is a collection of words — poetry and prose —collected for more than half a century. They spring from experiences, observations, apprehensions, aspirations an inspirations, and are bits and pieces from times gone by. This book is an attempt to make something unified of the accumulations of a lifetime of thoughts and impressions. It can be likened to an archeologist piecing together random shards and bones in an effort to establish the culture of an ancient society.
Author House Inc., 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403. (800) 839-8640. www.authorhouse.com. ISBN 978-1-4343-2792-5. 185 pp. $22.70 postpaid.
Spiritual Warfare: A Personal Journey. By Col. James B. Motley, USA-Ret.
This book is a compelling, unique, creative, and insightful look into spiritual warfare — a war with God and Satan as the primary combatants. Motley allows the reader a highly personal look into his past. Using language associated with the military profession, and scripture, he reveals his battles with Satan. Beginning with his rebellious teenage years, the author takes the reader on a reflective journey, to include his wartime experiences in Vietnam and a family crisis of recent years to show the power of Jesus Christ in changing his life.
Xulon Press Inc., 2180 W. State Road 434, Suite 2140, Longwood, FL 32779. (866) 381-2665. www.xulonpress.com. ISBN 978-1-60477-618-8. 221 pp. $14.99 plus postage.
American Heroes: In the Fight Against Radical Islam. By Lt. Col. Oliver North, USMC-Ret.
In American Heroes, North addresses issues of defense against global terrorism, jihad, and radical Islam from his firsthand perspective as a decorated military officer and national security advisor and current Middle East war correspondent. This patriotic book also pulls in new reports and exclusive full-color photographs from War Stories, the award-winning FOX News Channel series hosted by North. Ambitious in scope, American Heroes details the earliest terrorism faced by the United States in the 1800s at the hands of the Barbary Pirates, the major terrorist group developments of the 1970s and 80s, and, most vividly, the post-9/11 Iraq War era. Most inspiringly, North's up-close field notes highlight the core values of today's American soldier in relation to the fight at hand: courage, commitment, compassion, and faith.
B & H Publishing Group, 127 Ninth Avenue, North, Nashville, TN 37234. (615) 251-2000. www.BHPublishingGroup.com. ISBN 978-0-8054-4711-8. 288 pp. $15.63 plus postage.
Puff. By Capt. William Pool, USA-Ret.
Here are eight vividly written snapshots involving combat in Vietnam. The first six chapters cover the 1971 time frame when as, the war was winding down, big unit operations had ended. It had become a small unit engagement war — a platoon leader’s war. As a result, Vietnam had become a very up-close and personal war. You got to know your people and you opponents better that you will ever know anyone else for the remainder of your life. The last two snapshots cover Special Forces, and their involvement in the early years of the war. It gives you a brief insight into their mind-set, attitude, and the stark reality of when the war just sort of got out of hand.
Luthers, 1009 North Dixie Freeway, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168-6221. (386) 423-6000. www.lutherspublishing.com. ISBN 1-877633-73-9. 116 pp. $7.00 postpaid.
FICTION
Day Of Reckoning: A 2025 Science Fiction Novel. By Capt. Jarrel Newberry, AUS-Ret.
A formula is discovered which, when injected along earth faults, controls earthquakes. This formula falls into the hands of a quake insurance-oil corporation, which secretly uses it to eliminate quake damage claims. The quake control leads to espionage, theft, fraud and murder. Later the process goes public by securing federal funding. This corporation also secures a contract to pump crude oil from the Alaskan Arctic Wildlife Refuge. After billions of tons of crude oil are removed it unbalances the planet which affects its rotation and survival. Eventually sea water is used to regain the lost balance and planet earth is saved.
Infinity Publishing.com., 1094 New DeHaven Streeet, Suite 100, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2713. (877) BUY BOOK. www.buybooksontheweb.com. ISBN 0-7414-45483-2. 203 pp. $13.95 plus postage.
Black Gold Gray. By Col. George Crall, USMC-Ret., and Richard Rosenblatt.
A suspense novel about the lives of eight members of the West Point class of 1949 from World War II to 2004, this book examines how the men reacted to a plot to abduct a U.S. army general and a company of the Marine Corps. The book opens in the Royal Palace of Saudi Arabia and spans the globe, including action in Europe Morocco, and the U.S.
1140 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 702, Washington, D.C. 20036. (949) 760-9368. ISBN 976-1-4327-1920-3. 268 pp. $29.95 plus postage,
MEMOIRS
The Historic Northwest Passage and the CGC STORIS: The Story of a young man growing up in the Coast Guard in the 1950’s. By Rear Adm. Dick Juge, USCG-Ret.
You will learn or recall much about America in the 1950s, as seen through the eyes of a young serviceman. You will feel like a member of the crew aboard an icebreaker as it crosses the Arctic from Alaska to Nova Scotia to become the first US ship to circumnavigate the North American continent and find a deep water route through the Northwest Passage. In 1955 Juge dropped out of his final senior semester of high school to join the U.S. Coast Guard in time to qualify for the Korean Conflict GI Bill, which was phased out at the end of January 1955. This book takes you on his journey though the Coast Guard enlistment and training processes and then on to voyages aboard three Coast Guard Cutters: SEBAGO out of Mobile, Alabama, STORIS in Alaska, and DUANE from Boston, Massachusetts.
Author House Inc., 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403. (800) 839-8640. www.authorhouse.com. ISBN 978-1-4343-1060-6. 298 pp. $23.99 plus postage.
Memoirs of a B-29 Pilot. By Maj. Charles R. Reyher, USAF-Ret.
This memoir is of the author’s wartime experiences as a B-29 Superfortress Aircraft Commander during World War II. In addition to covering his wartime service, the author concludes the book with several chapters detailing various aspects of the air war against Japan.
Merriam Press. 133 Elm St., Apt. 3R, Bennington, VT 05201. (802) 447-0313. www.merriam-press.com. ISBN 978-1-4357-1509-7. $34.95 plus postage.