CATALOGUE JANUARY – JUNE 2020 Greetings from Osprey! 2020 is set to be a very exciting year for Osprey, with a host of fantastic titles publishing throughout the year. Our new military fitness title Be Para Fit (p.1) and its accompanying app are set to inspire beginners and aspiring Paras alike to journey towards elite fitness alongside former leader of Paratrooper selection Major Sam McGrath. In the gripping Blood, Metal and Dust (p.2), Brigadier Ben Barry offers an explosive insight into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, providing a detailed account of events on the ground during the conflicts. Given the ongoing scrutiny of the role of female soldiers in these and other conflicts, Julie Wheelwright’s Sisters in Arms (p.2) is a timely and relevant exploration of the history of female soldiers across the centuries which challenges the contemporary relationship between masculinity and combat. Tapping into the desire for alternative perspectives in military history, both The Devil’s Bridge (p.4) and To Defeat the Few (p.4) explore key aspects of World War II through the eyes of German forces. In the former, Anthony Tucker-Jones examines the battle for Arnhem, the result of the disastrous Allied Operation Market Garden, whilst the latter, by Paul Crickmore and Doug Dildy is a fascinating analysis of the Battle of Britain from the perspective of the Luftwaffe. Osprey Games also has a selection of exciting new releases this year, including Oathmark (p.26), a mass-battle fantasy wargame, and Letterpress (p.24). a clever card game for witty wordsmiths. Fans of Frostgrave (p.27) are set to enter the Frozen City once again with a revised and expanded edition of the multi-award-winning wargame, whilst Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter players will be able to adventure solo with the new Dark Judges expansion (p.25). Enjoy! Marcus Cowper, Publisher CONTENTS New General Military 1-6 New Vanguard 18-19 New in Paperback 7 Combat Aircraft & Raid 20 Gift Books 8-9 Weapon 21 Under Fire 10 Also Available 22 Air Campaign 11 Board Games 23-26 Campaign 12-13 War Games 27-29 Combat 14 Contact & Sales Information 30-31 Duel 15 Stocklist 32 Elite 16 Spinners 33 Men-at-Arms 17 SPRING HIGHLIGHTS Be Para Fit The 4-Week Formula for Elite Physical Fitness Sam McGrath SUPPORTED BY A FULLY INTEGRATED APP Are you ready to Be PARA Fit? Transform your lifestyle and fitness with the powerful new programme from Major Sam McGrath, former commander of the legendary PARAs’ P Company selection process. Whatever your fitness level this 4-week formula evolves with you, equipping you to take on your most ambitious goals, maximize your potential and achieve transformational results. CHALLENGE yourself and your body with the same endurance training and functional movement patterns used during PARA selection. BUILD a lifestyle that complements your training with Major McGrath’s pyramid approach, aligning firm foundations of sleep, nutrition and SEARCH FOR mobility with a structured exercise regime. 'BE PARA FIT' CONQUER your fears and unlock a ‘Paratrooper Mindset’, with a focus on WHEREVER APPS ARE SOLD Available: January 2020 progress, not perfection, and the confidence to embody the PARA maxim ISBN: 9781472839701 ‘Ready for Anything’. Price: £14.99 / US $20 / CAN $26.99 Format: Paperback, 176pp Sam McGrath was the youngest soldier since World War II to achieve Fully illustrated in colour and b&w the rank of major and ran the selection course for the crack Parachute Regiment for three years. He left the military to enter the world of business and is now Managing Director of a FTSE 100 company in Singapore, a dedicated father of four, and an elite endurance athlete. In Good Faith A history of the Vietnam War Volume 1: 1945–65 Sergio Miller RELATED TITLES The first of a two-volume history of America’s involvement in Indochina, from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon in 1975. This volume tells the story from the Japanese surrender in 1945 through America’s involvement in the French Indochina War and the initial advisory missions that followed. It describes how these missions gradually grew in both scope and scale, and how America became ever more committed to the region, especially following the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964, which led to the first bombing missions over North Vietnam. It finishes at the climax of OperationRolling Thunder, just prior ISBN: 9781472803337 to the first commitment of US ground forces to the war in Vietnam in the spring of 1965. Examining in depth both the events and the key figures of the conflict, this is a definitive new narrative of American engagement in Vietnam. Sergio Miller is a former British Army Intelligence Corps officer who served in Special Forces. He was deployed to Northern Ireland and Available: February 2020 undertook assignments in South America and East Asia. In the first Gulf ISBN: 9781472838469 War he served as an intelligence briefer to the UK Joint Commander. Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $47.50 Since leaving the armed forces he has worked in the defence industry. Period: Vietnam War He continues to support the Reserves and writes regularly on defence ISBN: 9781472819369 Format: Hardback, 416pp subjects. 32pp plate section in colour and b&w 1 SPRING HIGHLIGHTS Sisters in Arms Female warriors from antiquity to the new millennium Julie Wheelwright RELATED TITLES A timely study that illuminates the neglected history of female soldiers from the ancient warriors of antiquity to the present day. Beginning with the founding myth of the Amazons, Julie Wheelwright explores the history of women in arms. She traces our fascination with these figures, many of whom successfully disguised themselves as men, using primary sources and their own words to bring their experiences vividly to light. Among these forgotten heroines are Christian Davies, Ireland’s most famous 18th-century soldier, who received poems from ISBN: 9781472827463 adoring women claiming that she represented a resurgence of ‘the Amazonian race’; Sarah Edmonds, who left her native Canada and was among hundreds of women to enlisted on both sides during the American Civil War; Maria Bochkareva, a private in the Tsar’s army and leader of the Women’s Battalion of Death in 1917; and Captain Flora Sandes, hero of the Serbian Army who toured Australia, thrilling her audiences with tales of bravery and patriotism. Available: February 2020 Dr Julie Wheelwright is the programme director of the MA Creative Writing ISBN: 9781472838001 (non-fiction) which she founded in 2007 at City, University of London. She Price: £18.99 / US $24 / CAN $32.50 is a prolific author and, as a former print and broadcast journalist whose ISBN: 9781472835444 Period: Multi-period career included producing and contributing to documentaries for BBC Format: Hardback, 288pp radio and television, Channel 4, and the History Channel, she has written 16pp plate section in b&w widely on women in the intelligence services and in the military. Blood, Metal and Dust The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 2001–14 Ben Barry RELATED TITLES The first authoritative military history of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to tell the detailed story of what happened on the ground. Inextricably linked to the ongoing ‘War on Terror’, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan dominated more than a decade of international politics, and their influence is felt to this day. Blood, Metal and Dust is the first military history to offer a comprehensive overview of both wars, providing in-depth accounts of the operations undertaken by both US and UK forces. Brigadier Ben Barry explores the wars which shaped the modern Middle East, providing a detailed narrative of operations as ISBN: 9781472824257 they unfolded. With unparalleled access to official military accounts and extensive contacts in both the UK and the US militaries, Brigadier Barry is uniquely placed to tell the story of these controversial conflicts, and offers a rounded account of the international campaigns which irrevocably changed the global geopolitical landscape. Available: April 2020 Ben Barry led the British Army’s analysis of the lessons of the Iraq ISBN: 9781472831019 campaign, which, though classified, informsBlood, Metal and Dust. Price: £20 / US $28 / CAN $37 Before leaving the Army in October 2010, he wrote A Cold War: Front- Period: Modern Warfare line Operations in Bosnia 1995–1996, which was shortlisted for the Format: Hardback, 352pp British Army Book of the Year award. He has written extensively for IISS ISBN: 9781472827067 64pp plate section in colour publications, and is one of the authors of the annual Military Balance. 2 SPRING HIGHLIGHTS In Cold War Skies Michael Napier A highly illustrated survey of the air power deployed by NATO and RELATED TITLES Warsaw Pact countries throughout the Cold War. In Cold War Skies examines the air power of the major powers both at a strategic and at a tactical level throughout the 40 years of the Cold War. In this fascinating book, acclaimed historian Michael Napier looks at each decade of the war in turn, examining the deployment of strategic offensive and defensive forces in North America and Northern Russia as well as the situation in Europe. He details the strategic forces and land- ISBN: 9781472823007 based tactical aircraft used by the air forces of the USA, USSR, NATO, Warsaw Pact countries and the European non-aligned nations. He also describes the aircraft types in the context of the units that operated them and the roles in which they were used. The text is supported by a wide range of first-hand accounts of operational flying during the Cold War, as well as numerous high-quality images.