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NAL CALIBER Hardcover June 2012 SePTemBer hoPe The American Side of a Bridge Too Far John C. McManus SEPTEMBER HOPE The American Side of a Bridge Too Far suggested order John C. McManus Author of GRUNTS 978-0-451-23706-4 • $27.95/$29.50 Can. Hardcover 512 pp./6” x 9”/Carton: 24/Military Nonfiction Rights: W00 First Serial, Audio, UK/ANZ Translation: NAL Signet Other: Chichak, Inc. 50 Hill Street, #516 Southampton, NY 11968 Publishing History: Original Previous Book: Grunts 978-0-451-22790-4 (Hardcover, 8/10) EAN: 9780451237064 52795 On sale June 5, 2012 Photo © A definitive account of American heroism and bravery during World War II’s biggest invasion. Acclaimed historian John C. McManus explores World War II’s most ambitious invasion, an immense, daring offensive to defeat Nazi Germany before the end of 1944. Operation Market-Garden is one of the war’s most famous, but least understood battles, and for the first time, using never-before-seen sources and countless personal interviews, September Hope reveals the American contribution to this crucial event of the war in Europe. Praise for McManus’s Grunts: Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II to Iraq: “A superb book—an American equivalent to John Keegan’s The Face of Battle.” —Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman, U.S. Army (Ret.), author of On Killing “Grunts is hypnotic history writing: honest, savage, heartbreaking and, ultimately, inspiring.” —Ralph Peters, author of The War After Armageddon MARKETING • St. Louis media and in-store author events • National television and radio interviews • Print features and reviews • Online reviews and author interviews SALES POINTS • The first time the American perspective on this famous battle has been chronicled • Author of Grunts (8/11) and Alamo in the Ardennes (10/08) • One of the most-respected American military historians writing today • McManus is a frequent contributor to World War II magazine and a member of the magazine’s advisory board • Includes photographs John C. McManus is an associate professor of U.S. military history at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he teaches courses on the Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, U.S. Military History, and Modern American Combat Experience. Visit his website at johncmcmanus.com. —28—

NAL CALIBER Trade Paperback June 2012 a SolDier’S Dream Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq William Doyle 978-0-451-23685-2 • $16.00/$17.00 Can. Trade Paperback 336 pp./6” x 9”/Carton: 36/Military Nonfi ction Rights: W00 First Serial, Audio, UK/ANZ, Translation: NAL Signet Other: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 1325 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Publishing History: NAL Caliber Hardcover 978-0-451-23000-3 (6/11) EAN: 9780451236852 51600 On sale June 5, 2012 suggested order Photo © “He was America’s Lawrence of Arabia.” —Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman (Ret.) This is the stirring account of U.S. Army captain and Arab linguist Travis Patriquin, who unleashed a diplomatic and cultural charm offensive upon the Sunni Arab sheiks of Anbar province, the heart of the Iraqi insurgency, galvanizing American support for the “Sunni Awakening,” the tribal revolt against Al Qaeda. This is the true story of a man who loved Iraq, and a soldier who helped engineer a turning point of the Iraq War. “Compelling...a carefully reported and briskly written account.” —Los Angeles Times “Impressive feats from an impressive soldier.” —Kirkus Reviews “He was an extraordinary young man.” —Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, Founder of the Iraqi Awakening Movement MARKETING • Radio interviews • Print features and reviews • “New in Paperback” mentions • Online reviews and author interviews SALES POINTS • The fi rst and only book to tell the incredible story of Captain Travis Patriquin • An important book in understanding where the U.S. fi nds itself both in Iraq and on the world stage • Patriquin was a veteran warrior who won a Bronze Star for his actions in combat in Afghanistan • The author has made more than 300 TV and radio appearances, including ABC World New Tonight, NBC Nightly News, and Fox & Friends William Doyle lives in New York with his wife and child. —29—

NAL CALIBER Hardcover June 2012<br />

SePTemBer hoPe<br />

The American Side of a Bridge Too Far<br />

John C. McManus<br />

SEPTEMBER<br />

HOPE<br />

The American Side of a Bridge Too Far<br />

suggested order<br />

John C. McManus<br />

Author of GRUNTS<br />

978-0-451-23706-4 • $27.95/$29.50 Can.<br />

Hardcover<br />

512 pp./6” x 9”/Carton: 24/Military Nonfiction<br />

Rights: W00<br />

First Serial, Audio, UK/ANZ<br />

Translation: NAL Signet<br />

Other: Chichak, Inc.<br />

50 Hill Street, #516<br />

Southampton, NY 11968<br />

Publishing History: Original<br />

Previous Book: Grunts<br />

978-0-451-22790-4 (Hardcover, 8/10)<br />

EAN: 9780451237064 52795<br />

On sale June 5, 2012<br />

Photo ©<br />

A definitive account of American heroism and<br />

bravery during World War II’s biggest invasion.<br />

Acclaimed historian John C. McManus explores World War II’s most<br />

ambitious invasion, an immense, daring offensive to defeat Nazi Germany<br />

before the end of 1944. Operation Market-Garden is one of the war’s<br />

most famous, but least understood battles, and for the first time, using<br />

never-before-seen sources and countless personal inter<strong>view</strong>s, September<br />

Hope reveals the American contribution to this crucial event of the war<br />

in Europe.<br />

Praise for McManus’s Grunts: Inside the<br />

American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II to Iraq:<br />

“A superb book—an American equivalent to John Keegan’s<br />

The Face of Battle.” —Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman,<br />

U.S. Army (Ret.), author of On Killing<br />

“Grunts is hypnotic history writing: honest, savage, heartbreaking and,<br />

ultimately, inspiring.”<br />

—Ralph Peters, author of The War After Armageddon<br />

MARKETING<br />

• St. Louis media and in-store author events<br />

• National television and radio inter<strong>view</strong>s<br />

• Print features and re<strong>view</strong>s<br />

• Online re<strong>view</strong>s and author inter<strong>view</strong>s<br />

SALES POINTS<br />

• The first time the American perspective on this famous battle has been<br />

chronicled<br />

• Author of Grunts (8/11) and Alamo in the Ardennes (10/08)<br />

• One of the most-respected American military historians writing today<br />

• McManus is a frequent contributor to World War II magazine and a member<br />

of the magazine’s advisory board<br />

• Includes photographs<br />

John C. McManus is an associate professor of U.S. military history at Missouri<br />

University of Science and Technology, where he teaches courses on the Civil<br />

War, World War II, Vietnam, U.S. Military History, and Modern American<br />

Combat Experience. Visit his website at johncmcmanus.com.<br />

—28—

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