Naval category: 2015 books
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique book examines the use of wargaming by the Navy during World War II.Wargames provide unbelievable opportunities for learning. They pique the interest and passion of the casual tactician or historian and...
The Long Road to Annapolis
The Founding of the Naval Academy and the Emerging American Republic
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
The United States established an academy for educating future army officers at West Point in 1802. Why, then, did it take this maritime nation forty-three more years to create a similar school for the navy? The Long Road to Annapolis examines the origins of the United States Naval Academy and the...
America's First General Staff
A Short History of the Rise and Fall of the General Board of the U.S. Navy, 1900-1950
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
The General Board of the Navy was a uniquely American strategic planning organization with few analogs at the time of its establishment, except perhaps the various components of the Admiralty in Great Britain. It existed from 1900 to 1950. Then, as now, confusion reigned over what sort of fleet to...
British Naval Weapons of World War Two
The John Lambert Collection, Volume I: Destroyer Weapons
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
John Lambert was a renowned naval draughtsman, whose plans were highly valued for their accuracy and detail by modelmakers and enthusiasts. By the time of his death in 2016 he had produced over 850 sheets of drawings, many of which have never been published. These have now been acquired by Seaforth...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
This is an authoritative and thorough history of U.S. Navy mine countermeasures. Mine warfare is by definition the strategic and tactical use of sea mines and their countermeasures, including all offensive and defensive mining and protection against mines. Mining and mine countermeasures (MCM) are,...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this study examines the traditional interpretation of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and the Navy's quarantine of the island. A bevy of political scientists, and even a few historians, have compiled an impressive literature...
Admirals of the New Steel Navy
Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1880-1930
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
This collection of essays examines the lives of thirteen naval officers whose careers had lasting effects on the evolution of American naval traditions.
Edward Preble
A Naval Biography 1761-1807
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Originally published in 1972, Christopher McKee's biography of Edward Preble remains the most authoritative source on this influential early shaper of the U.S. naval tradition. McKee (Grinnell College) documents Preble's rise from obscurity to become Thomas Jefferson's chief administrator, his relationship...
Choosing War
Presidential Decisions in the Maine, Lusitania, and Panay Incidents
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Throughout US history, presidents have had vastly different reactions to naval incidents. Though some incidents have been resolved diplomatically, others have escalated to outright war. What factors influence the outcome of a naval incident, especially when calls for retribution mingle with recommendations...
Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat
Naval slang and its everyday usage
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
As the crow flies'', ''chunder'', ''cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'', ''three sheets to the wind'' - many terms like these are used in everyday English language conversation and writing. But how many landlubbers know that they derive from naval slang or know what the phrase originally...
The U.S. Naval Institute on the U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Naval Institute Wheel Books
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
The United States Coast Guard might be the smallest branch of the U.S. military but it plays a vital role in our national security as detailed in the selections appearing in this wheel book. From protecting the homeland to providing coast guard forces to combatant commanders and every mission in between,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
Seaforth World Naval Review 2013
Launched in 2009, this annual has rapidly established a reputation as an authoritative but affordable summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months. It combines the standing features of regional surveys with one-off major articles...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
Now in its seventh year, this annual has established an international reputation as an authoritative but affordable summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months. It combines regional surveys with one-off major articles on noteworthy new ships and other important...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2009
The World Naval Review is designed to fill the need for an authoritative but affordable summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months. It combines the standing features of regional surveys with one-off major articles on noteworthy new ships and other important developments....