Naval category: 2015 books
Command Under Sail
Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1775-1850
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
A collection of esssays on 12 officers who helped to build the foundation of the U.S. Naval tradition.
Khaki Jack
The Royal Naval Division in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Many thousands of Royal Naval seamen and Royal Marines fought in the trenches of the Great War alongside soldiers from across the Empire. Their graves may be found around Antwerp, on the Gallipoli peninsula, and all along the Western Front. The seamen and marines, supported by Army battalions, fought...
by Paul Silverstone
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
The Navy of World War II, 1922-1946 comprehensively covers the vessels that defined this momentous 24-year period in U.S. naval history. Beginning with the lean, pared-down navy created by the treaty at the Washington Naval Conference, and ending with the massive, awe-inspiring fleets that led the...
Nelson's Battles
The Triumph of British Seapower
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
From his first dramatic initiatives at the Battle of St. Vincent in 1797 to his last battle at Trafalgar in 1805, Horatio Nelson was a force to be reckoned with and a hero to his countrymen. This illuminating study of the battles that played such an important role in Napoleon's defeat also takes a close...
China's Rising Sea Power
The PLA Navy's Submarine Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
This is a fascinating insight into China’s strategic abilities and ambitions, probing the real depths of its plans for the twenty-first century.
China's Rising Sea Power explores similarities between China’s strategic outlook today and that of earlier continental powers whose submarine...
21st Century Knox
Innovation, Sea Power, and History for the Modern Era
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Leadership within the context of a given profession requires an informed understanding of a particular field of specialization. In maritime affairs, U.S. Navy Commodore Dudley Wright Knox provided a singular example of leadership in his chosen profession. Having graduated with the Naval Academy Class...
The Ablest Navigator
Lieutenant Paul N. Shulman USN, Israel's Volunteer Admiral
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
This action-packed biography focuses on a 1944 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who was one of only fifty Jewish midshipmen commissioned in his class during World War II. In the Pacific, Lt. Shulman s destroyer survived both a typhoon and a Japanese kamikaze aircraft attack. After leaving the U.S....
Captains of the Old Steam Navy
Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1840-1880
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2012
This collection of biographical essays delves into the careers of thirteen colorful naval leaders who guided the U.S. Navy through four turbulent decades of transition.
Britain's Naval Power, Volume 1 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
From the Earliest Times to Trafalgar
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
It was Alfred the Great who realized that the only real line of defense for an island is an efficient navy. Thus he began to build the first British fleet. This engaging history, the first of two volumes, traces Britain’s naval history from its inception to the Battle of Trafalgar, one of the pinnacles of England’s naval glory.
by Zisis Fotakis
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2005
A sharp analysis of Greek naval history in the 1910s, a time when the importance of its geographic position and its navy increased greatly. It explains the causes of these developments and their consequences for Greek national aims, the Mediterranean naval situation and the Balkan balance of power. Within this context,
El sistema naval del Imperio español
Armadas, flotas y galeones en el siglo XVI
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 13, 2015
En esta obra se estudian las armadas y flotas creadas por los Austrias Mayores para administrar y proteger aquel vasto imperio del que se dijera que el Sol no nacía ni se ponía. Trece armadas permanentes con sedes en distintos puertos españoles, italianos y americanos, que se agrupaban o a las...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Part of our value-added professional format series of U.S. military manuals, this U.S. Marine Corps publication MCRP contains definitions of Marine Corps terms and a listing of common abbreviations and acronyms not found in Joint Pub 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated...
by
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Since its launch 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 on noteworthy new ships...
by
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2011
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 on noteworthy new ships and other...