Naval forces & warfare books

"Endless debates have raged over the reasons the Japanese were able to execute their surprise attack on the U.S....  Read More >>

"At the beginning of World War II, in the midst of building the United States Navy into a ""two-ocean fleet,"" the...  Read More >>

"United States submarines compiled a tremendous record of achievement during World War II, but they paid heavily...  Read More >>

The AN/SQS-26 long-range, echo-ranging sonar surpassed predecessor production sonars by adding an over-the-horizon...  Read More >>

For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal...  Read More >>

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The British Navy's catastrophic attempt to pass through the Dardanelles to Constantinople was a turning point in...  Read More >>

Acclaimed naval military historian Dan van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles not only prolonged...  Read More >>

The Historian Who Changed the Way Naval Battles Were Fought In 1859 Alfred Thayer Mahan graduated second in his...  Read More >>

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His nickname was ""Terrible Turner."" He was, according to one ensign who served with him prior to World War II,...  Read More >>

His nickname was ""Terrible Turner."" He was, according to one ensign who served with him prior to World War II,...  Read More >>

The unsentimental education of an idealistic, brilliant American naval officer who comes of age in America's 21st-century...  Read More >>

Somali piracy has been linked repeatedly to the spectre of Barbary. This book aims to examine whether or not state...  Read More >>

His nickname was ""Terrible Turner."" He was, according to one ensign who served with him prior to World War II,...  Read More >>

His nickname was ""Terrible Turner."" He was, according to one ensign who served with him prior to World War II,...  Read More >>

The men of Britain's Merchant Navy, although unarmed civilians going about their lawful business were the first...  Read More >>

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The spectacle of Alan Cobham's Flying Circus and the Fleet at anchor in Weymouth inspired the author's lifelong...  Read More >>

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"Product Description: To Train the Fleet for War: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923-1940, by Professor Albert...  Read More >>

Germany's navy, the Kriegsmarine, played a critical role in the Third Reich's attempt to restrict the flow of supplies,...  Read More >>

On December 24, 1813, Robert Fulton invited a group of friends to his home in New York City. The War of 1812 was...  Read More >>