Naval category: 2015 books
by Edward J. Marolda, Robert J. Schneller
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Though not so well known as the land and air campaigns, the campaign at sea in the 1991 Gulf War was vital in subduing Saddam Hussein's invasion forces and driving them out of Kuwait. U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines launched hundreds of cruise missile attacks against Iraqi targets throughout...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Navy officials announced in April 2013 that a solid-state laser would be deployed onboard the U.S.S. Ponce, providing the first at-sea demonstration of a revolutionary directed energy weapon. The demonstration is part of a wider portfolio of near-term Navy directed energy programs that promise rapid...
Naval Air War: The Rolling Thunder Campaign
The Rolling Thunder Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
This is the sixth monograph in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. It covers aircraft carrier activity during Operation Rolling Thunder in the war. Operation Rolling Thunder was one of the longest sustained aerial bombing campaigns in history. And it would be a failure. The U.S. Navy proved...
The Gathering Storm
The Naval War in Northern Europe September 1939 - April 1940
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
The term 'the phony war' is often applied to the first months of the Second World War, a term suggesting inaction or passivity. That may have been the perception of the war on land, but at sea it was very different. This new book is a superb survey of the fierce naval struggles, from 1939 up to the...
Naval Coalition Warfare
From the Napoleonic War to Operation Iraqi Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2007
This is the first scholarly book examining naval coalition warfare over the past two centuries from a multi-national perspective. Containing case studies by some of the foremost naval historians from the US, Great Britain, and Australia, it also examines the impact of international law on coalitions. Together these collected essays comprise a compr
Mapping Naval Warfare
A visual history of conflict at sea
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Naval operations and warfare were, and remain, a key element for mapping. Maps were vital for commanders in drawing up plans of attack, and their detail and usefulness have increased over the centuries as the science of mapping has developed.
This beautiful book examines stunning original maps...
Pushing the Limits
The Remarkable Life and Times of Vice Adm. Allan Rockwell McCann, USN
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
His family says he was a great story teller. Yet Vice Admiral Allan Rockwell McCann left no reminisces that might reveal a deeper sense of his extraordinary service to the nation. In his four-decade military career spanning two world wars, he rarely discussed for the record the many historic circumstances...
Manila And Santiago
The New Steel Navy in the Spanish-American War
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
The U.S. Navy's first two-ocean war was the Spanish-American War of 1898. A war that was global in scope, with the decisive naval battles of war at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba separated by two months and over ten thousand miles. During these battles in this quick, modern war, America s New Steel...
Battleship Ramillies
A Last Salvo
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
HMS Ramillies was the last battleship to join the Grand Fleet in 1917 and survived to fight in the Second World War. Although the ship did not make headlines, she was actively employed from start to finish, and even survived being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. In this respect she was typical rather...
The Admirals
Canada's Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2006
The Admirals: Canada's Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century fills an important void in the history of Canada's navy. Those who carry the burden of high command have a critical niche in not only guiding the day-to-day concerns of running an armed service but in ensuring that it is ready...
Pirate Nation
Elizabeth I and Her Royal Sea Rovers
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
For all the romantic mythology surrounding the court of Queen Elizabeth I, the financial underpinning of the reign of Gloriana’ was decidedly sordid. Elizabeth’s policy of seizing foreign assets made her popular at home but drew her into a partnership with pirates who preyed on the state’s foes...
The Naval Service of Canada, 1910-2010
The Centennial Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Commended for the 2009 Keith Matthews Award
This lavishly illustrated commemorative volume chronicles the full century, 1910-2010, of the Canadian Navy as a proud national institution. Known Officially until 1968 as the Royal Canadian navy and since then as the Maritime Command of the Canadian...
Citizen Sailors
Chronicles of Canada's Naval Reserve, 1910-2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
This commemorative volume produced on the occasion of the centennial of the Canadian Navy, 1910-2010, records a special kind of dual citizenship: Canadians exercising the profession of the sea in their nation’s service, while also living out the demands of their civilian occupations in their home...
by Alfred Thayer Mahan
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Classic work of history. According to Wikipedia: "Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840 - December 1, 1914) was a United States Navy officer, geostrategist, and educator. His ideas on the importance of sea power influenced navies around the world, and helped prompt naval buildups before World War...