Naval forces & warfare books

Today the twenty-gun sloop USS Constellation is a floating museum in Baltimore Harbor; in 1859 it was an emblem...  Read More >>

The Greatest Players is a dynamic new series that introduces readers to the greatest players and most memorable...  Read More >>

Most Americans know little about their Navy and learning about it can be daunting. But this informative yet highly...  Read More >>

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A portrait in words and photographs of the interwar Navy, this book examines the twenty-year period that saw the...  Read More >>

This is the dramatic history of the HAL-3 Seawolves, the U.S. Navy's first and only helicopter gunship squadron...  Read More >>

Winston Churchill claimed that the U-boat peril was the only thing that ever frightened him during World War II....  Read More >>

Barnes was born in 1850 into a shipowning family in St Johns, Newfoundland, and first went to sea while still a...  Read More >>

The term 'the phony war' is often applied to the first months of the Second World War, a term suggesting inaction...  Read More >>

Captain Broke's victory in 1813 over Captain Lawrence of USS Chesapeake, which was to have far reaching influence...  Read More >>

A new edition of the remarkable wartime experiences of Graeme Ogden, father of Alan Ogden, seasoned Bene Factum...  Read More >>

Published to coincide with the centennial celebration of U.S. Navy aviation, this book details the history of U.S....  Read More >>

The U.S. Navy's first two-ocean war was the Spanish-American War of 1898. A war that was global in scope, with the...  Read More >>

A longtime professor at the Naval War College who once directed strategic and long-range planning for the Navy and...  Read More >>

Bill Lawrence served his country for thirty-seven years in a remarkable naval career filled with triumphs and adversities....  Read More >>

Lauded for his ability to tell compelling, true adventure stories, award-winning author Andrew C.A. Jampoler has...  Read More >>

With Commodore Perry to Japan offers a personable account of Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan through the eyes...  Read More >>

The remarkable World War II story of PC 1264's crew of fifty African-American enlisted men as recounted by the ship's...  Read More >>

As World War II was nearing its end Hitler desperately tried to land a decisive blow against the Allies. He ordered...  Read More >>

Now, for the first time, comes a long-overdue book that presents all of the U.S. Navy's rich cargo of paranormal...  Read More >>

The only comparative analysis available of the great navies of World War I, this work studies the Royal Navy of...  Read More >>

In 1976 eighty-one young women entered the U.S. Naval Academy, ending a 131-year all-male tradition. Now, one of...  Read More >>

The Office of Naval Research, known widely as ONR, was formed in 1946 largely to support the pursuit of basic science...  Read More >>

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