Schiffer Military Books

In this new historical investigation, German historian Jens Weste-meier portrays the rise and fall of an SS war criminal, and demolishes persistent myths of a Nazi icon. The picture revealed here is at odds with...

"The Officer Corps of Custer's Seventh Cavalry,1866-1876" includes colorful biographies of over a hundred officers who served under Lt. Colonel G.A. Custer from the early days at Ft. Riley to the debacle at the Little...

This volume in the series presents the Wehrmacht's heavy tank destroyers: Ferdinand, Jagdpanther and Jagdtiger with previously unpublished photos and action reports.[AuthorName]By Walter J. Spielberger[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 260 b/w photos, line schemes[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Development - Production - Operations[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 260...

Like its predecessors in the series, this book is an epic chronicle of previously unpublished topics, including the uniforms and equipment of the submarine force, PT boat squadrons, mine warfare men, gun crews, signalmen, and...

This volume in the series presents the light tank destroyers of the Wehrmacht with accurate scale drawings and previously unpublished photographs.[AuthorName]By Walter J. Spielberger[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 300 b/w photos, line schemes[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Development - Production - Operations[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 300 b/w...

Like its predecessors in the series, this book is an epic chronicle of previously unpublished topics, including the uniforms and equipment of the submarine force, PT boat squadrons, mine warfare men, gun crews, signalmen, and...

This volume in the series is a collection of lesser-known German armor developments including the Maus, Hummel, Wespe, Karl, Goliath and others.[AuthorName]By (author) Walter J. Spielberger[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 300 b/w photos, line schemes[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Development - Production - Operations[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over...

This book in the series described the technical and tactical development of these light tanks - from the Reichswehr years to the World War II campaigns in Poland, France and Russia.[AuthorName]By (author) Walter J. Spielberger[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over...

"Along the Tigris" tells the story of 16,000 soldiers in combat, from the training grounds of Fort Campbell, through the toughest battles in the blitz of Baghdad to the Nineveh province, where the 101st Airborne...

This book presents a detailed tabular review of U.S. carriers and squadrons between the end of Vietnam and the start of the new millennium. Over 200 separate at sea periods are covered in this work....

William Wolf brings his meticulous research to describe the little known Douglas B-18 Bolo which was America's most numerous front line bomber at the time of Pearl Harbor. Over the years the story of the...

The Boeing XF8B-1 "Five-in-One" fighter was the last piston engine fighter built by Boeing and very nearly the last fighter built by the company until its merger with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Conceived in 1943,...