Naval Institute Press: 579 books
Allah's Angels
Chechen Women in War
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
In this comprehensive portrait of the women of Chechnya in modern war, Paul Murphy argues that they are the principal victims of the 1994 and 1999 wars with Russia and the present conflict with Islamic jihadists. War forced Chechen women to venture far beyond their traditional roles and advance their...
War Footing
10 Steps America Must Take to Prevail in the War for the Free World
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
America has been at war for years, but until now, it's not been clear with whom. We have been fighting without being clear for what. We have been waging war without using the full resources we need to win. With the publication of "War Footing", Frank Gaffney and his colleagues make it clear not only...
The Spearheaders
A Personal History of Darby's Rangers
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
The outlook for a victory of the Allied Powers was dim in the spring of 1942. Britain was being unmercifully bombed and threatened with invasion. Rommel's forces were rampaging across North Africa toward Alexandria. Only two American divisions had arrived in the European theatre. Stationed in Ireland,...
Descent into Darkness
Pearl Harbor, 1941-A Navy Diver's Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
On December 7, 1941, as the great battleships Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah lie paralyzed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a crack team of U.S. Navy salvage divers headed by Edward C. Raymer are hurriedly flown to Oahu from the mainland. The divers have been given a...
How Dark the Night
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
How Dark the Night profiles the years 1805 to 1810, picking up where the fourth volume, A Call to Arms, ends. These years leading up to the War of 1812 are devastating ones for the young republic and for the Cutler family. The life-and-death struggle between the forces of Great Britain and France continue...
by Roger Hall
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story follows...
Warriors and Wizards
The Development and Defeat of Radio-Controlled Glide Bombs of the Third Reich
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
In August 1943 the Luftwaffe began using radio-controlled anti-ship glide bombs, and within weeks they had sunk one battleship, crippled another, wrecked two cruisers, and destroyed numerous merchant ships. Yet a year later the Germans abandoned their use, defeated in part by electronic systems to jam...
by Tameichi Hara, Fred Saito, Roger Pineau
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific. The author was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and...
Nomonhan, 1939
The Red Army's Victory That Shaped World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
This is the story of a little-known Soviet-Japanese conflict that influenced the outbreak and shaped the course of the Second World War. In the summers of 1937, 1938, and 1939, Japan and the Soviet Union fought a series of border conflicts. The first was on the Amur River days before the outbreak...
Strategy
Context and Adaptation from Archidamus to Airpower
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
How does one engage in the study of strategy? Strategy: The Study of Strategy from Archidamus to Airpower, argues that strategy is not just concerned with amassing knowledge; it is also about recognizing our imperfect understanding of the environment, and respecting the complex nature of adaptation to...
The Military Advantage, 2016 Edition
The Military.com Guide to Military and Veterans Benefits
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Revised and updated every year, The Military Advantage, 2016 Edition is the most reliable benefits guide for Americans who have answered the call to serve in the military. These benefits amount to billions in scholarships, educational benefits, home loan guarantees, and military discounts. The 2015 edition...
The Pentagon Wars
Reformers Challenge the Old Guard
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
From the late 1960s through the mid-1980s, a small band of military activists waged war against corruption in the Pentagon, challenging a system they believed squandered the public’s money and trust. The book examines the movement and its proponents and describes how the system responded to the...
Feet to the Fire
CIA Covert Operations in Indonesia, 1957–1958
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Today the vast archipelago of Southeast Asia islands known as Indonesia is in the headlines because of political instability, religious tension, and violence in the streets. Forty years ago similar conditions led the Central Intelligence Agency to mount a top-secret covert action campaign designed...
The Battle for Leyte, 1944
Allied and Japanese Plans, Preparations, and Execution
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
One of the largest and most complex military efforts ever undertaken, the Leyte Operation was the Allies' first and most important major combined operation to liberate the Philippine archipelago. The stakes were high: a successful landing at Leyte was critical to a subsequent assault on Luzon and total...