Naval Institute Press: 579 books
Proudly We Served
The Men of the USS Mason
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015
Few Americans know the history-changing story of the USS Mason, a World War II warship manned by an African-American crew that served as a role model for the integration of U.S. Navy ships. At a time when most blacks in the Navy were relegated to mess duties, the crew of the USS Mason escorted six convoys...
Good to Go
The Rescue of Capt. Scott O'Grady, USAF, from Bosnia
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
So perfectly executed was the mission to rescue Capt. Scott O'Grady that it amazed even the men responsible. Just five hours after radio contact was first made with Basher 52 - O'Grady's call sign the Air Force captain was safely on board the USS Kearsarge. The downed F-16 fighter pilot's rescue from...
The Divine Wind
Japan's Kamikaze Force in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
The authors were with the Japanese Naval Special Attack Force (Kamikaze Corps) from its inception in late 1944.
by Edward L. Beach
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
This is a story of the silent service-the submarine crews which destroyed the Japanese merchant marine. A narrative taut with drama, told with the intimacy of a confession, it deals with two strong-headed men: their loves, their jealousies, and their destinies in the lonely and desperate struggle between...
Little Ship, Big War
The Saga of DE343
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Manned almost entirely by reservists, the USS Abercrombie (DE343) and her sister ships did the dirty work of the Pacific War. They escorted convoys, chased submarines, picked up downed pilots, and led the landing craft to the invasion beaches, yet they received little credit and less glory. This book...
by William C. Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
For Love of Country is the second novel of the early American republic in the nautical series from William Hammond. Set in the early 1780s in the years following the American Revolution, it features the adventures of the seafaring Cutler family of Hingham, Massachusetts, and the supporting cast from...
Philip Nolan
The Man Without a Country
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Philip Nolan is Chuck Pfarrer’s captivating adaptation of The Man Without a Country,” the short story originally published in The Atlantic in 1863. Masterfully blending history and fiction, Pfarrer transforms an allegory promoting the Union cause into the story of a young artillery officer, Phillip...
by Dick Couch
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
This now-classic tale of SEAL combat action in Vietnam marked Dick Couch's debut as a novelist in 1990 and sold more than 100,000 copies. Hailed for its authenticity, it was the first novel about Navy SEALs to be written by one of their own. Couch, a SEAL platoon leader in the Mekong Delta from 1970...
The Last Sentry
The True Story that Inspired The Hunt for Red October
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Providing inspiration for Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October, the 1975 mutiny aboard the Soviet destroyer Storozhevoy (translated Sentry) aimed at nothing less than the overthrow of Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet government. Valery Sablin, a brilliant young political officer, seized control of the...
Ship of Gold
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
Ship of Gold is an exciting, fast-paced tale of action, intrigue, and adventure on the high seas-told with the ringing authenticity only firsthand knowledge can impart.
In 1945, the U.S. submarine Tigerfish mistakenly torpedoed and sunk a Japanese cargo ship. The ship, allegedly carrying supplies...
For Self and Country
For the Wounded in Vietnam the Journey Home Took More Courage Than Going into Battle
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Just a few months after enlisting in the Marine Corps and being sent to Vietnam, nineteen-year-old Rick Eilert was seriously injured in combat and transferred to Great Lakes Naval Hospital in Illinois for a long and painful recovery. Eilert tells not only his own story but the stories of the men around...
At Close Quarters
PT Boats in the United States Navy
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Small though they were, PT boats played a key role in World War II, carrying out an astonishing variety of missions where fast, versatile, and strongly armed vessels were needed. Called "weapons of opportunity," they met the enemy at closer quarters and with greater frequency than any other type of surface...
Fighting for MacArthur
The Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Phillipines
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Fighting for MacArthur is the only book that focuses on the role of the Navy and Marine Corps during the 1941-42 defense of the Philippines. The book includes the most detailed account ever published of the Japanese bombing of the Cavite Navy Yard outside Manila on 10 December 1941, the worst destruction...
Great Powers, Grand Strategies
The New Game in the South China Sea
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
This book focuses on grand strategic approaches to the South China Sea dispute by major powers in the region -- those capable of projecting force to the South China Sea and abroad. It explores international dimensions of the South China Sea dispute, and how military, diplomatic, and economic strategies...