Naval category: 2015 books
Zumwalt
The Life and Times of Admiral Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
“Painstakingly researched and crafted, Larry Berman’s Zumwalt is a compelling and rich portrait of one of the nation’s great patriots.”
—Walter Anderson, former editor and CEO of Parade
Zumwalt is a compelling portrait of the controversial military man who is widely regarded as the...
Knights of the Sea
The True Story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
On a September day in 1813, as citizens watched from the rocky shore of Pemaquid, Maine, two of the last and bravest military sailing commanders engaged in a battle that would change the course of the War of 1812...
Samuel Blyth was the youthful commander of His Britannic Majesty’s brig Boxer,...
by Benerson Little
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2007
In 1674, it is three years since Henry MorganÆs pirates sacked Panama. England is now at peace with Spain, and soon France, Holland, and Spain will briefly be at peace among themselves. But soon buccaneers and their French counterparts, the filibusters, will seize the opportunity of material gain presented...
Give Me a Fast Ship
The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
**WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE
“A meticulous, adrenaline-filled account of the earliest days of the Continental Navy.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Laurence Bergreen**
America in 1775 was on the verge of revolution—or, more likely, disastrous...
by Thomas B. Allen; Norman Polmar
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2007
Hyman G. Rickover was not long removed from his Jewish roots in Poland when he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922. After a respectable career spent mostly in unglamorous submarine and engineering billets, he took command of the U.S. NavyÆs nuclear propulsion program and revived his career,...
A Woman's War
The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy's First African American Female Intelligence Officer
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
When Gail Harris was assigned by the U.S. Navy to a combat intelligence job in 1973, she became the first African American female to hold such a position. Her 28-year career included hands on leadership in the intelligence community during every major conflict from the Cold War to Desert Storm to...
HMS London
Warships of the Royal Navy
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2002
Iain BallantyneÕs fascinating and lively account of the lives of British warships named London is illustrated throughout with photographs and paintings, many of them never published before. H.M.S. London looks at history from the perspective of the men who were there, and among the people Iain has...
Coronel and Falklands 1914
Duel in the South Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
Upon the outbreak of war, the British Royal Navy was deployed globally, whilst the Imperial German Navy was concentrated in two areas – Home Waters and Tsingtao, the home port of the crack East Asia Cruiser Squadron which, under the command of Admiral von Spee contained some of Germany's most modern...
The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759
Hawke and the Defeat of the French Invasion
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Revered naval theorist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, thought the Battle of Quiberon Bay (20 Nov 1759) was as significant as Nelson's victory in 1805, calling it 'the Trafalgar of this war [the Seven Years War]'. Arguably it was even more vital. Britain in 1759 was much less well-defended, with virtually no...
The Seabound Coast
The Official History of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1867–1939, Volume I
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2011
From its creation in 1910, the Royal Canadian Navy was marked by political debate over the countrys need for a naval service. The Seabound Coast, Volume I of a three-volume official history of the RCN, traces the story of the navys first three decades, from its beginnings as Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid...
Lewin Of Greenwich
The authorised biography of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin is perhaps best known for his role as Chief of the Defence Staff during the Falklands War. However, this was merely the culmination of a remarkable career that spanned four decades, that encompassed every Naval conflict since the Second World War, and saw some of the widest-reaching...
by T Heathcote
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
This is a biographical dictionary of the two flag officers and captains of 27 battleships, four frigates and two minor combatant vessels that were present under Nelson's command at the historic battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Each officer's family background and naval career will be covered...
Admiral of the Blue
The Life and Times of Admiral John Child Purvis (1747 – 1825)
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
Admiral John Child Purvis was a contemporary naval officer of Nelson, who never disobeyed an order and did his job well. His ability as a fighting commander was proved in a bloody duel between his sloop-of-war and a French corvette during the War of American Independence. As a battleship Captain,...
Nelson's Trafalgar
The Battle That Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
An explosive chronicle of history's greatest sea battle, from the co-author of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 2018)
In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous...