Naval forces & warfare books

The earthquake that struck the Messina Straits on December 28, 1908, was Europe's most powerful catastrophe in modern...  Read More >>

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1918 Original Publisher: Little, Brown Subjects:...  Read More >>

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1918 Original Publisher: Little, Brown Subjects:...  Read More >>

During the Second World War, Royal Navy motor torpedo boats, motor gunboats and motor launches performed a multitude...  Read More >>

The US Navy is looking for ways to reduce the annual operating costs of the fleet. One expensive driver of those...  Read More >>

This books is the story of the air war in the Pacific through the eyes of the last surviving Imperial Japanese Naval...  Read More >>

Pulitzer prize-winning historian Garrett Mattingly's bestselling classic is now, on the 400th anniversary of the...  Read More >>

This book charts the dramatic course of the European battle for maritime supremacy, from the first marriage of guns...  Read More >>

Historians tell us that the United States Navy was founded on October 13, 1775. But was it? In the Revolutionary...  Read More >>

From the very outset of war Nazi Germany demonstrated its determination and ability to lay siege to the British...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Vice Admiral Cuthbert (Cuddy) Collingwood may have been 10 years older than Horatio Nelson but he was Nelson's close...  Read More >>

"Thomas Cochrane was one of the most daring and successful naval heroes of all time. In this fascinating account...  Read More >>

Endgame  Read More >>

Tom Chaffin dispels the legends and offers the fullest account ever of the fate of the Confederacys H. L. Hunley,...  Read More >>

Tom Chaffin dispels the legends and offers the fullest account ever of the fate of the Confederacys H. L. Hunley,...  Read More >>

The USS Intrepid has served during some of the most dramatic moments of U.S. history, from the largest naval battle...  Read More >>

In the annals of military history, a certain breed of warrior stands out above all others. These are warriors who,...  Read More >>

The USS Intrepid has served during some of the most dramatic moments of U.S. history, from the largest naval battle...  Read More >>

The 'Original Six' frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of $688,888.82. Designed...  Read More >>

In a tour-de-force of document-sleuthing and insights gleaned from the excavation of this remarkable vessel, distinguished...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>