Maritime history books

This, the follow-up to Naval Atrocities in World War 2, is an anthology of shameful incidents at sea, causing outrage...  Read More >>

The outbreak of the Second World War created a critical need for Britain to assemble her troops from all corners...  Read More >>

In this companion volume to Western Warfare, 1775-1882, Jeremy Black takes his analysis of modern warfare into the...  Read More >>

A collection of stories and songs of the men who sailed the schooners on the Great Lakes in the 19th century. The...  Read More >>

The first seagoing ironclad was the USS Monitor, first introduced during the American Civil War. Its profile has...  Read More >>

This is the first comprehensive study of the archaeology of rafts, boats, and ships from the Stone Age to Medieval...  Read More >>

Made eternally famous by the mutiny against Captain Bligh in 1789, Bounty was a small merchant ship purchased and...  Read More >>

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This book examines how the principal British maritime industries - shipping, shipbuilding and ports - adapted, or...  Read More >>

The age of maritime expansion and the Anglo-Spanish War have been analyzed by generations of historians, but nearly...  Read More >>

From ""The Odyssey"" to ""The Old Man and the Sea"", the long tradition of sea voyage narratives is comprehensively...  Read More >>

Subjects: Lifesaving -- Great BritainNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text....  Read More >>

The Sea Wolf charts the life of one of the most daring naval commanders in British maritime history. This biography...  Read More >>

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In this detailed book, Nicholas Leach covers all aspects of the lifeboat station at Caister, from its establishment...  Read More >>

The account of this Bristol-based company looks at its post-war history, and in particular the steamers it operated....  Read More >>

An exploration of the stirring land and sea battles that surrounded the capture of one of the Confederacy's most...  Read More >>

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This engaging history helps to separate fact from fiction while exploring the reasons the sea and sea life have...  Read More >>

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The celebrated author of the Hornblower series presents the biography of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, the victor...  Read More >>

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First time in paperback: A unique portrait of American military action through the stories of the seventy-one U.S....  Read More >>

In the 1890s, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt led a campaign to modernize the navy. With essays...  Read More >>