Naval category: 2015 books
USS Monitor
A Historic Ship Completes Its Final Voyage
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
A hundred and fifty years ago, naval warfare entered a new phase with the introduction of ironclad vessels. On March 9, 1862, the USS Monitor, prototype of this new class of warships, fought the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads, Virginia, after the Virginia had ravaged the Union...
by Phillips Payson O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This work examines how the navies of Great Britain, the USA, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, France and Italy confronted the various technological changes posed during different periods in the 20th century.
Female Tars
Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
The wives and female guests of commissioned officers often went to sea in the sailing ships of the British Royal Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries, but there were other women on board as well, rarely mentioned in print. Suzanne Stark has written the story of the women who lived on the lower decks....
British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WWII
Destroyers, Frigates, Sloops, Escorts, Minesweepers, Submarines, Coastal Forces and Auxiliaries
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Progressively covers ships below cruisers, class by class, to provide a detailed guide to paint schemes.
Britain's War At Sea, 1914-1918
The war they thought and the war they fought
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
In Britain, memory of the First World War remains dominated by the trench warfare of the Western Front. Yet, in 1914 when the country declared war, the overwhelming expectation was that Britain’s efforts would be primarily focussed on the sea. As such, this volume is a welcome corrective to what...
21st Century Power
Strategic Superiority for the Modern Era
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018
This book uses the 21st Century Foundations series format to re-introduce to the military community the writings of General Thomas S. Power, the third Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Air Command (SAC). His unappreciated works contain many insights into military topics such as technology and the...
by Norman Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
The British battleship is one of the most intensely studied of all naval topics, but it is also among the most popular. Norman Friedman is one of the most highly regarded of all naval writers, with an avid following for his work. Therefore, a new book on British battleships by Friedman is a major...
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...
by Alfred Thayer Mahan
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Classic biography. 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 I. Several...
by Admiral Reinhard Scheer
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2013
Victors write history. German Admiral Reinhard Scheer knew this, and wrote his own anyway. In this memoir of World War One, he says, "We are victors and vanquished at one and the same time, and in depicting our success the difficult problem confronts us of not forgetting that our strength did...
Cochrane
The Real Master and Commander
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
In this fascinating account of Thomas Cochrane's extraordinary life, David Cordingly (Under the Black Flag and The Billy Ruffian) unearths startling new details about the real-life "Master and Commander"-from his heroic battles against the French navy to his role in the liberation of Chile,...
Nelson
The Sword of Albion
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
The most authoritative and intimate portrait written of Horatio Nelson
In this epic biography of British history's most celebrated naval commander, acclaimed historian John Sugden separates fact from myth to offer a powerful portrait of the military hero of Trafalgar.
As was true of...
Hellcats
The Epic Story of World War II's Most Daring Submarine Raid
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
A heart-stopping true tale of a submarine mission aimed at destroying Japan’s merchant marine lifeline and ending World War II.
By 1945, the U.S. Navy's submarine force in the Pacific had sunk over a thousand enemy cargo ships and tankers supplying the food, weapons, and oil Japan needed to continue...
Summary and Analysis of Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History
Based on the Book by Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger’s book.
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