Naval category: 2015 books
Ironclads and Columbiads
The Coast
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Ironclads and Columbiads recounts the exciting battles and events that shook the coast of North Carolina during America's bloodiest war. Throughout the Civil War, North Carolina's coast was of great strategic importance to the Confederacy. Its well-protected coastline offered a perfect refuge for...
US Cold War Aircraft Carriers
Forrestal, Kitty Hawk and Enterprise Classes
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
The Forrestal class (Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence) was the first completed class of US Navy supercarriers, so-named for their 25 percent size increase over the World War II-era carriers such as the Midway class, and the strength of their air wings (80–100 aircraft, compared to 65–75...
Red Sky in the Morning
The Battle of the Barants Sea 1942
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2007
The Arctic convoys that sailed through the cold malevolent waters of the Barents Sea ran the gauntlet of German air and sea attacks as they struggled to transport vital supplies to Britains Russian allies. Convoy JW51B sailed in December 1942 with a small close escort of five destroyers, plus a reserve...
Blue-Water Empire
The British in the Mediterranean since 1800
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
Blue-Water Empire is Robert Holland's magnificent narrative of Britain's military and cultural ties with the Mediterranean Sea, in the style of the epic naval histories of N. A. M. Rodger.
Britain has been a major presence in the Mediterranean from the Battle of the Nile to the end of empire,...
by Angus Konstam
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
With war against Germany looming, Britain pushed forward its carrier program in the late 1930s. In 1938, the Royal Navy launched the HMS Ark Royal, its first-ever purpose-built aircraft carrier. This was quickly followed by others, including the highly-successful Illustrious class. Smaller and tougher...
The Last Big Gun
At War & At Sea with HMS Belfast
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler’s newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that lay ahead for the cruiser HMS Belfast. After three years of repairs to her broken keel, engine- and boiler-rooms,...
by Victoria Carolan
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Now in paperback, a history of a neglected yet vital aspect of World War I historyImages of World War I in the popular consciousness normally involve the bloody attrition of trench warfare, the miles of mud, the shattered earth, and the tangled miles of barbed wire. However there was another significant...
by Duncan Redford
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
The Royal Navy's operations in World War II started on 3 September 1939 and continued until the surrender of Japan in August 1945 - there was no 'phoney war' at sea. The navy played a central role in the evacuation of the retreating British army at Dunkirk, and later orchestrated the sinking of Germany's...
Nelson, Navy & Nation
The Royal Navy and the British people, 1688-1815
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Nelson, Navy & Nation explores the Royal Navy's relationship with Britain from the Glorious Revolution to the Napoleonic Wars. The book encompasses the realities of naval life in this period; the navy's connection to society; culture and national identity; and the story of Nelson's life and career....
Fishermen Against the Kaiser
Volume 1 Shockwaves of War 1914 -1915
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
British fishermen are among the unsung heroes of the First World War. The conflict with Germany had an immediate and enduring impact on their lives and livelihood. They were immediately caught up in the sea war against the Kaiser’s navy, confronting the threats presented by the submarines, minelayers,...
by Phil Carradice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
At the beginning of 1941, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy. The Battle of the Atlantic was in full swing. Hitler’s U-boats were operating in packs, descending on convoys and sinking many millions of tons of shipping. In May, the formidable German battleship Bismarck left port, heading...
The Sea and Civilization
A Maritime History of the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world’s waterways,...
Wicked River
The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
A riveting narrative look at one of the most colorful, dangerous, and peculiar places in America's historical landscape: the strange, wonderful, and mysterious Mississippi River of the 19th century.
Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, Wicked River...
The Safeguard of the Sea
A Naval History of Britain 660-1649
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2004
Throughout Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger's definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength - and weakness - of its sea power, from the desperate...