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** Back in Stock!** American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide Third Edition, edited by Mark Berhow (2015), CDSG Press reference manual for the interpretation of the historical remains and documents of US harbor defenses. -
This heavily illustrated and detailed history of the Harbor Defenses of San Diego on the west coast of the United States tells the story of the extensive fortifications for this important naval harbor, which reached their apex during World War II -
The Endicott and Taft Board Reports, 2007 CDSG reprint of the 1886, 1906, and 1915 Fortification Board reports, CDSG Press reprint hardcover, with the Endicott Report plates included as a separate bound paperback. -
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Notes on Seacoast Fortification Construction by Col. Eben E. Winslow (1920) CDSG Press hard cover reprint of text with 29 plates included as a separate paperback volume Winslow’s book is the most comprehensive reference work on the construction techniques and gun emplacement details of Endicott and Taft period seacoast fortifications. The 29 drawings that accompanied the original monograph have been slightly reduced and are bound together as a separate soft cover volume. -
Service of the Coast Artillery by F. Hinds and F.W. Ward (1910) CDSG Press hard cover reprint of a manual prepared for new officers joining the Coast Artillery Corps -
Permanent Fortifications and Sea-Coast Defenses, Congressional Report No. 62, U.S. House of Rep. (1862), CDSG hard cover reprint of the summary report on the Third System forts of the US -
American Coast Artillery Matérial, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, ODD #2042 (1922), CDSG Press hardcover reprint This reference work on coast artillery ordnance material was originally published by the Office of the Chief of Ordnance in June 1922 as Ordnance Department Document No. 2042. -
To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program by John C. Lonnquest and David F. Winkler The Department of Defense’s official history of the United States Cold War missile program―completely reformatted with all-new color illustrations and photographs not used in the original edition. -
Rings of Supersonic Steel: An Introduction & Site Guide to the Air Defenses of the United States Army 1950-1979 by Mark Morgan and Mark A. Berhow The 3rd Edition of Rings of Supersonic Steel is a completely revised and expanded history of the air defenses of the United States Army from the post-WWII Era to the end of the NIKE era. -
Seacoast Artillery Weapons (Technical Manual 9-210, 13 Oct. 1944) by the War Department CDSG Press hard cover reprint of technical manual on the principal types of US Army coast artillery used in WWII. Paperback. -
Back in stock! Artillerists and Engineers: The Beginnings of American Seacoast Fortifications, 1794-1815, by Colonel Arthur P. Wade, U.S. Army. Paperback, 226 pages. CDSG Original Publication. This work covers a much-neglected subject in American seacoast defense references, the First and Second Systems. Col. Wade’s work is the only detailed reference-work in publication on the subject. -
Artillery at the Golden Gate: The Harbor defenses of San Francisco in World War II. By Brian B. Chin Artillery at the Golden Gate tells the story of the “concrete soldiers,” the US Army coast artillery men who manned the huge seacoast rifles and underwater minefields, guarding the San Francisco harbor during World War II.
