Naval forces & warfare books

This rarely seen National Security Agency document describes the signals intelligence secrets behind the sinking...  Read More >>

A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the...  Read More >>

U.S. interest in the Far East dates from the earliest years of the republic, when American merchant ships sailed...  Read More >>

Los Corsarios de Bayonne son figuras hist ricas. Los valientes marinos, de quienes cuento las haza as, est n todos...  Read More >>

Naval aircraft have played an ever-increasing role in wartime conflicts, and this illustrated directory includes...  Read More >>

This is a story about a secret mission to find a lost Soviet submarine in the great depths of the Pacific Ocean,...  Read More >>

For more than two decades at the beginning of the 20th century William S. Sims was at the forefront of naval affairs....  Read More >>

This engaging study pits the the Byzantine dromōn against the Arabic shalandī in the prolonged struggle...  Read More >>

The history of the U.S. Coast Guard and its predecessor agencies dates from 1790, with missions in both domestic...  Read More >>

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Bentham influenced the technology and administrative...  Read More >>

By the summer of 1915, Germany was faced with two related, but somewhat dissimilar problems; how to break the British...  Read More >>

From acclaimed historian John Wukovits, the untold story of the USS Laffey and her crew, who heroically withstood...  Read More >>

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This event provides a clear lens through which to examine racial identity, violence, masculinity, citizenship, modernity,...  Read More >>

Mud, Muscle, and Miracles is neither a technical history nor a detailed account of the salvage work undertaken by...  Read More >>

A strong Navy is crucial to the security of the United States, a nation with worldwide interests which conducts...  Read More >>

During much of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Washington Navy Yard was the most recognizable symbol of the United...  Read More >>

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The Ice Diaries takes readers on a dangerous journey beneath the vast, unexplored Arctic ice cap during the height...  Read More >>

Further extracts from the personal journal of Captain Graham Moore, one of the Royal Navy's Star frigate commanders...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the development of the Asia-Pacific rebalance and its possible effects on United States naval...  Read More >>

The Navy's undersea warfighters bring a set of tools and capabilities to U.S. national security that are unique...  Read More >>

Ahead I could see the storm clouds growing as the wind continued to increase. We were close to Sicily where this...  Read More >>

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Examines the legacy of submarine warfare in the American imagination. Combining nautical adventure, military history,...  Read More >>