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Potomac Books Anniversary Sale

Potomac Books has a long and distinguished pedigree. Founded in 1983 as the U.S. imprint of Brassey’s, a renowned British publishing house established in the nineteenth century, Brassey’s-U.S. was acquired by Books International in 1999 and renamed Potomac Books in 2004.

Since 2013, the University of Nebraska Press has continued to build on Potomac Books’ strong roots in military history, politics, current events, international affairs, terrorism, intelligence, and national security—keeping readers informed about the critical issues and challenges of today’s world.

In honor of the imprint’s tenth anniversary, save 50% on all titles from Potomac Books!

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Browse our more recent titles below or browse by subject:

Biography & Memoir

Civil War History

Military History

Military Studies

World & National Affairs

Quagmire

Quagmire

Personal Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan

The Mysteries of Haditha

The Mysteries of Haditha

A Memoir

Unprecedented

Unprecedented

A Simple Guide to the Crimes of the Trump Campaign and Presidency

Ours to Explore

Ours to Explore

Privilege, Power, and the Paradox of Voluntourism

Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin

Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin

A Story of the U.S. Military's Commitment to Leave No One Behind

Galvanized

Galvanized

The Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate

Strategy Strikes Back

Strategy Strikes Back

How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict

Winning Westeros

Winning Westeros

How Game of Thrones Explains Modern Military Conflict

Terrorism, Betrayal, and Resilience

Terrorism, Betrayal, and Resilience

My Story of the 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings

Exiled

Exiled

From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back

From Chernobyl with Love

From Chernobyl with Love

Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union

Disaster on the Spanish Main

Disaster on the Spanish Main

The Tragic British-American Expedition to the West Indies during the War of Jenkins' Ear

Dervish Dust

Dervish Dust

The Life and Words of James Coburn

The Snatch Racket

The Snatch Racket

The Kidnapping Epidemic That Terrorized 1930s America

The Time Left between Us

The Time Left between Us

War at the Speed of Light

War at the Speed of Light

Directed-Energy Weapons and the Future of Twenty-First-Century Warfare

Spymaster's Prism

Spymaster's Prism

The Fight against Russian Aggression

An Unladylike Profession

An Unladylike Profession

American Women War Correspondents in World War I

In the Trenches

In the Trenches

A Russian Woman Soldier's Story of World War I

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory

Religion and the Politics of Race in the Civil War Era and Beyond

A Woman of Adventure

A Woman of Adventure

The Life and Times of First Lady Lou Henry Hoover

GPS Declassified

GPS Declassified

From Smart Bombs to Smartphones

After Combat

After Combat

True War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan

Rage

Rage

Narcissism, Patriarchy, and the Culture of Terrorism

Fidelis

Fidelis

A Memoir

Bloody Sixteen

Bloody Sixteen

The USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 during the Vietnam War

The Devil's Toy Box

The Devil's Toy Box

Exposing and Defusing Promethean Terrorists

The Global Spread of Islamism and the Consequences for Terrorism

The Global Spread of Islamism and the Consequences for Terrorism

A Raid on the Red Sea

A Raid on the Red Sea

The Israeli Capture of the Karine A

Speed

Speed

The Life of a Test Pilot and Birth of an American Icon

Why Globalization Works for America

Why Globalization Works for America

How Nationalist Trade Policies Are Destroying Our Country

Operation Pedro Pan

Operation Pedro Pan

The Migration of Unaccompanied Children from Castro's Cuba

9/12

9/12

The Epic Battle of the Ground Zero Responders

Bourbon Justice

Bourbon Justice

How Whiskey Law Shaped America

The Kennedys in the World

The Kennedys in the World

How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America's Empire

Harry and Arthur

Harry and Arthur

Truman, Vandenberg, and the Partnership That Created the Free World

Political Godmother

Political Godmother

Nackey Scripps Loeb and the Newspaper That Shook the Republican Party

Delivered Under Fire

Delivered Under Fire

Absalom Markland and Freedom's Mail

Murder, Inc.

Murder, Inc.

The CIA under John F. Kennedy

Operation Rising Sun

Operation Rising Sun

The Sinking of Japan's Secret Submarine I-52

Before Chappaquiddick

Before Chappaquiddick

The Untold Story of Mary Jo Kopechne and the Kennedy Brothers

War Flower

War Flower

My Life after Iraq

Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie

The Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne

Changing the Rules of Engagement

Changing the Rules of Engagement

Inspiring Stories of Courage and Leadership from Women in the Military

Cold War Resistance

Cold War Resistance

The International Struggle over Antibiotics

From Hope to Horror

From Hope to Horror

Diplomacy and the Making of the Rwanda Genocide

Winnie Davis

Winnie Davis

Daughter of the Lost Cause

The Journey of Liu Xiaobo

The Journey of Liu Xiaobo

From Dark Horse to Nobel Laureate

The Turtle and the Dreamboat

The Turtle and the Dreamboat

The Cold War Flights That Forever Changed the Course of Global Aviation

A State of Secrecy

A State of Secrecy

Stasi Informers and the Culture of Surveillance

Following the Drum

Following the Drum

Women at the Valley Forge Encampment

Power and Complacency

Power and Complacency

American Survival in an Age of International Competition

Unsung Hero of Gettysburg

Unsung Hero of Gettysburg

The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg

Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove

Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove

The Secret History of Nuclear War Films

Emergency War Plan

Emergency War Plan

The American Doomsday Machine, 1945–1960

101 Pat-Downs

101 Pat-Downs

An Undercover Look at Airport Security and the TSA

A Professional Foreigner

A Professional Foreigner

Life in Diplomacy

Clash

Clash

Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis

Citizen Justice

Citizen Justice

The Environmental Legacy of William O. Douglas—Public Advocate and Conservation Champion

Time in the Wilderness

Time in the Wilderness

The Formative Years of John “Black Jack” Pershing in the American West

More Stories from Langley

More Stories from Langley

Another Glimpse inside the CIA

The Estrada Plot

The Estrada Plot

How the FBI Captured a Secret Army and Stopped the Invasion of Mexico

Why Nation-Building Matters

Why Nation-Building Matters

Political Consolidation, Building Security Forces, and Economic Development in Failed and Fragile States

Whiskey Women

Whiskey Women

The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey

After the Bounty

After the Bounty

A Sailor's Account of the Mutiny, and Life in the South Seas

Death of the Senate

Death of the Senate

My Front Row Seat to the Demise of the World's Greatest Deliberative Body

Who Invented Oscar Wilde?

Who Invented Oscar Wilde?

The Photograph at the Center of Modern American Copyright

Small but Important Riots

Small but Important Riots

The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville

Advocating Overlord

Advocating Overlord

The D-Day Strategy and the Atomic Bomb

At the Base of the Giant's Throat

At the Base of the Giant's Throat

The Past and Future of America's Great Dams

All Souls Day

All Souls Day

The World War II Battle and the Search for a Lost U.S. Battalion

Disruption

Disruption

Inside the Largest Counterterrorism Investigation in History

The Better Angels

The Better Angels

Five Women Who Changed Civil War America

New Principles of War

New Principles of War

Enduring Truths with Timeless Examples

Cold War Radio

Cold War Radio

The Russian Broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Eye on the World

Eye on the World

A Life in International Service

I Held Lincoln

I Held Lincoln

A Union Sailor's Journey Home

Quest for the Presidency

Quest for the Presidency

The Storied and Surprising History of Presidential Campaigns in America

A Glorious Liberty

A Glorious Liberty

Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution

The Winning Ticket

The Winning Ticket

Uncovering America’s Biggest Lottery Scam

Drunk in China

Drunk in China

Baijiu and the World's Oldest Drinking Culture

Cartography

Cartography

Navigating a Year in Iraq

Troubling the Water

Troubling the Water

A Dying Lake and a Vanishing World in Cambodia

The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902

The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902

Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City

A Second Reckoning

A Second Reckoning

Race, Injustice, and the Last Hanging in Annapolis

Monumental Controversies

Monumental Controversies

Mount Rushmore, Four Presidents, and the Quest for National Unity

Union General

Union General

Samuel Ryan Curtis and Victory in the West

Empire of Terror

Empire of Terror

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

America's Forgotten Terrorists

America's Forgotten Terrorists

The Rise and Fall of the Galleanists

The Challenge to NATO

The Challenge to NATO

Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance

Assignment: Pentagon

Assignment: Pentagon

How to Excel in a Bureaucracy

Connected Soldiers

Connected Soldiers

Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War

Glenn Miller Declassified

Glenn Miller Declassified

Gifted Greek

Gifted Greek

The Enigma of Andreas Papandreou

On Distant Service

On Distant Service

The Life of the First U.S. Foreign Service Officer to Be Assassinated

Call Me Commander

Call Me Commander

A Former Intelligence Officer and the Journalists Who Uncovered His Scheme to Fleece America

Bourbon and Bullets

Bourbon and Bullets

True Stories of Whiskey, War, and Military Service

Warrior Diplomat

Warrior Diplomat

A Green Beret's Battles from Washington to Afghanistan

A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time

A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time

Julia Wilbur's Struggle for Purpose

Cold

Cold

Three Winters at the South Pole

Forbidden Memory

Forbidden Memory

Tibet during the Cultural Revolution

Look

Look

How a Highly Influential Magazine Helped Define Mid-Twentieth-Century America

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