February Member Books

NON-FICTION

Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods. By Lt. Col. H. John Poole, USMC-Ret.
This book comes none too soon for deployed U.S. service personnel. Most of their battlefield intelligence has been strategically or technologically interpreted. U.S. analysts generally lack the infantry and historical background to evaluate it from the standpoint of the “state-of-the-art” small-unit tactical technique. This book fills the void.
Posterity Press, P.O. Box 5360, Emerald Isle, NC 28594. (252) 354-5493. www.posteritypress.org. ISBN 0-9638695-7-4. 370 pp. $18.95 postpaid.

American Princess: Dancing Among the Stars. By Col. Don Kipfer, USAF-Ret.
Edna Mae Gentry Kipfer rose from the humble beginning of America’s Great Depression to literally dance among the stars! She has been a leader in the forefront of the greatest generation, traveling worldwide, demonstrating her God-given gifts at the international government level as well as at the humble citizen’s level.
MaeDon Publishing, 825 Via Formia, Punta Gorda, FL 33950. (941) 639-8075. ISBN 0-9614549-2-X. 361 pp. $24.00 postpaid.

The Lake Atitlan Reference Guide: The Definitive Eco-Cultural Guidebook on Lake Atitlan. By Col. Richard Morgan Szybist, USA-Ret.
This is an eclectic book that is, in effect, the first (and thus definitive) eco-cultural guidebook on Lake Atitlan, a world-class lake located in the Mayan highlands of Guatemala. The book contains more than 100 quality photos and an assortment of other illustrations. It addresses the natural and cultural history of the lake, its geography, climate, flora, fauna, and describes the contemporary culture and art produced in the lake basin by the predominantly Mayan population.
Adventures in Education Inc. www.adventurestudy.com. ISBN 0-9648706-1-4. 100 pp. $15.00 postpaid.

Beans, Bullets and Canapes: Feeding a Fighter Pilot and a Few Other Boys and Girls. By Col. Marti Giacobe, USAF-Ret.
A 200-page cookbook with 200 recipes chronicling a 26-year Air Force career from the front burner of a kitchen range with the view point of a military wife. The book includes 16 pages of color photographs and is also available on CD Rom.
Available from the author, 2779 Achillea Way, Marietta, GA 30064. (770) 425-6725. marti@giacobe.net. ISBN 0-9758936-0-2. 200 pp. 19.95 postpaid.

Green Ghosts. By Lt. Col. W.C. Floyd, USMC-Ret.
This book is a compilation of personal accounts of the Marines and Navy Corpsmen who served as members of reconnaissance teams and daily bet their lives with valor and sacrifice, in the face of overwhelming odds. They provided an economy of force resource that was essential to the defeat of from five to seven North Vietnamese Divisions by the Third Marine Division in 1967 and 1968. Their perseverance earned them the name Green Ghosts by their adversaries.
iUniverse Inc., 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln, NE 68512. (877) 823-9235. www.iuniverse.com. ISBN 0-595-32919-5. 242 pp. $19.95 plus postage.

Your Neighbor Went to War: Reality and the War on Terror. By Capt. B. Diggs Brown Jr., ARNG.
This is the moving account of a member of the U.S. Army Specials Forces. A green Beret in the Colorado National Guard, Diggs takes us through his remarkable seven-month tour in war-torn Afghanistan – facing challenges in the oppressive atmosphere of terrorism, winning the hearts and minds of the impoverished people in a Afghan village, organizing school children to help rebuild a bombed-our school, and more.
Clifton House USA, 903 Rule Drive, Suite 6, Fort Collins, CO 80525. (970) 420-9097. www.diggs.us. ISBN 0-9754158-0-8. 216 pp. $14.95 plus postage.

War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific. By Lt. Col. Oliver North, USMC-Ret.
When it comes to sheer savagery endured by the American fighting man, few combat theaters could match the pacific in World War II: The sodden malarial and Japanese-infested jungles of New Guinea and Guadalcanal, the kamikaze pilots for whom death was no deterrent, and the blood-soaked beaches taken by island-hopping Marines. Here, in their own words, as told to decorated combat veteran Lt. Colonel Oliver North, are the compelling, personal stories of American veterans – soldiers, airmen and Marines – about what it was really like to fight in the Pacific.
Regnery Publishing Inc., One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. (202) 216-0612. www.regnery.com. ISBN 0-89526-109-X. 471 pp. 29.95 plus postage.

Sailing into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas. By CWO William R. Benedetto, USCG-Ret.
Benedetto records the odyssey of the SS Badger State, a US Merchant Marine ship chartered by the Navy to carry bombs to Vietnam in 1969. Strange events not previously recorded in maritime history dog the ship: blockbuster bombs break out of their pallets and roam loose in the ship’s hold; a 2,000-pound bomb sinks the ship’s lifeboat used by the crew in abandoning ship; and survivors in the water are attacked by albatrosses.
Kensington Publishing Corporation, 850 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10022. (800) 221-2647. www.kensingtonbooks.com. ISBN 0-8065-2634-3. 250 pp. $23.95 plus postage.

FICTION

The Iran Contradictions. By Lt. Col. James A. Scott, USA-Ret.
Recommended by Senator William S. Cohen, this book is a mystery-action thriller that provides an alternative explanation of the Reagan Administration’s Iran-Contra scandal. It involves a Vietnam War secret worth millions, dead witnesses, Swiss bankers, French Riviera fugitives, and a plot to frame the U.S. President.
AAFTON Research and Media Inc., 73 Greentree Drive, #47, Dover, DE 19904. (859) 442-8961. AFFTON4201@yahoo.com. ISBN 0-9639250-9-1. 335 pp. $26.95 postpaid.

MEMOIRS

The Unexpected Guest: A Surprising Journey. By Col. Jan Guest, USAF-Ret.
From childhood through seven decades, Guest tells the story of her life. She recounts with empathy, love, and reconciliation the struggles of a young girl growing up in the South during the depression, to become a woman who, although widowed three times, has the resiliency to love again. Through the struggles of life Guest finds hope and faith.
Living Legacy Press, 603 Louis Henna Blvd., S B-107 #122, Round Rock,TX 78664. (512) 907-1821. www.living.legacy-press.com. ISBN 0-9729552-2-4. 131 pp. $17.45 postpaid.

Highpocket’s War Stories and Other Tall Tales. By Col. Pete Hilgartner, USMC-Ret., and Sam Ginder.
Pete Hilgartner describes his days at the Naval Acadmey, in the Korean War, and later as a skilled combat infrantry leader in the Vietnam conflict. He writes of his combat experiences and of leadership fundamentals.
Xlibris Corp., www.xlibris.com, (888) 795-4274, ext. 479. ISBN 1-4134-5266-3. 310 pp. $20 plus shipping.

Soldier to Ambassador: From the D-Day Normandy Landing to the Persian Gulf War. By Col. Charles W. Hostler, USAF-Ret.
This fascinating memoir charts Hostler’s remarkable life that lead from his family’s early difficult status through the hard times of the Great Depression to peak in an ambassadorship to the Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain. Recipient of many decorations (from nine countries), awards, honors, and titles, Hostler reviews a life rich in military and diplomatic service, travel, knowledge of cultures, and relationships that span the gamut from soldiers in many wars to kings, religious dignitaries, presidents, prime ministers, and scholars.
San Diego State University Press, 720 Heber Avenue, Colexico, CA 92231. (619) 594-6220. hostler@san.rr.com. ISBN 1-879691-71-X. 340 pp. $25.00 plus postage.