Stephen Harding Books in Order

This illustrated history follows the RMS Queen Mary's service during the Second World War. Beginning with the liner at sea as war breaks out, it examines the famous passenger ship's wartime role through historical narrative and photographs.

Harding surveys the aircraft involved in the military intervention in Grenada. Photographs, a map and tables accompany a historical outline of the operation, with particular attention to the roles played by combat aircraft and supporting aviation.

This illustrated reference surveys the aircraft and experimental flying machines used by the United States Army since 1947. Covering 124 types, it provides a guide to the service's aviation equipment across the period following the Second World War.

Passenger liners take on military roles in this history of civilian ships at war. Harding explores their service as transports, hospitals and armed vessels, as well as wartime losses, across conflicts from the First World War to the Falklands.

The American cargo ship Cynthia Olson reports a submarine attack as Japanese aircraft approach Pearl Harbor, then vanishes with its crew. Harding investigates the ship's fate and the unanswered questions surrounding its place in the opening of the Pacific War.

In May 1945, American tankers and German soldiers form an unlikely alliance to defend Castle Itter from SS troops. Harding reconstructs their battle to protect prominent prisoners in the closing days of the war in Europe.

Harding examines the death of aerial gunner Anthony Marchione above Tokyo after Japan had announced its surrender. His account connects the final American combat death of the war with the B-32 bomber's troubled history and Japanese resistance to defeat.

After his destroyer sinks, injured naval lieutenant Hugh Barr Miller reaches a Japanese-occupied Pacific island. Left behind when he appears unlikely to survive, he recovers enough to find food and wage a solitary campaign against the enemy patrols.

During the Second World War, FBI agents operate overseas to track Americans suspected of treason, collaboration, and espionage. Stephen Harding follows their investigations in Europe through declassified records and interviews, including their pursuit of evidence for postwar prosecutions.