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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Last Missile Site: An Operational and Physical History of Nike Site SF-88 Fort Barry, California by Stephen A. Haller and John A. Martini Go inside a Nike missile site! View the inner workings and relive the day-to-day operations. Told through the eyes of the men and women who stood ready at Site SF-88, THE LAST MISSILE SITE paints a vivid picture of the around-the-clock military mission that protected our nation from aerial attack during the tensest years of the Cold War.
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
