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A fascinating naval perspective on one of the greatest of all historical conundrums: How did thirteen isolated colonies, which in 1775 began a war with Britain without a navy or an army, win their i……続きを見る

Fra juni 2002 til juni 2003 var ubåden SÆLEN på togt først til Middelhavet for at deltage i operation Active Endavour afstedkommet af terrorangrebet på USA den 11. september 2001 og senere til den P……続きを見る

The Zheng family of merchants and militarists emerged from the tumultuous seventeenth century amid a severe economic depression, a harrowing dynastic transition from the ethnic Chinese Ming to the M……続きを見る

How are China's ongoing sovereignty disputes in the East and South China Seas likely to evolve? Are relations across the Taiwan Strait poised to enter a new period of relaxation or tension? How are ……続きを見る

Anyone could swear like a sailor! Within the larger culture, sailors had pride of place in swearing. But how they swore and the reasons for their bad language were not strictly wedded to maritime th……続きを見る

Most World War II submarine stories are glorifications of war written by submarine captains about their own boats. But the USS Pampanito was not a typical submarine. The sub and its crew caused plen……続きを見る

At one time British ships carried half of the world's trade, transporting every conceivable type of freight from and to all four corners of the globe – and in times of crisis the merchant fleet has ……続きを見る

This book tells the dramatic story of how the Royal Navy transformed ordinary citizens into first-rate sailors and navy personnel during the Second World War. It covers how they were recruited and t……続きを見る

Der Flugzeugträger Graf Zeppelin war ein Schiff der deutschen Kriegsmarine, das unvollendet blieb. Als Typschiff der Graf Zeppelin-Klasse war es der bis heute einzige deutsche Flugzeugträger. Der St……続きを見る

Das Seegefecht bei Helgoland fand zu Beginn des Ersten Weltkrieges am 28. August 1914 zwischen Kriegsschiffen der britischen Royal Navy und deutschen Kaiserlichen Marine in den Gewässern vor der Ins……続きを見る

Im Jahr 1906 sorgte die Indienststellung der HMS Dreadnought dafür, dass alle bisher gebauten Schlachtschiffe zum alten Eisen gehörten. Drei dieser unmittelbar vor der HMS Dreadnought geba……続きを見る

Dieser Bildband beschreibt die Entwicklungsgeschichte der deutschen U-Bootwaffe von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des ersten Weltkriegs. Mit umfangreichem Bildmaterial wird jede U-Bootklasse vorgestellt……続きを見る

Das Seegefecht bei den Falklandinseln war eine Seeschlacht zwischen britischen und deutschen Kriegsschiffen während des Ersten Weltkrieges. Sie fand am 8. Dezember 1914 statt und endete mit einer ve……続きを見る

Die Kaiser Wilhelm der Große läutete eine neue Ära im Passagierschiffbau ein. Dieses Schiff war der erste deutsche Schnelldampfer, der der britischen Konkurrenz so richtig das Fürchten lehrte und zw……続きを見る

In der Deutschen Marine waren Schiffe, die nach dem Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher keine Seltenheit. Seiner offensiven Truppenführung verdankte er den populären Be……続きを見る

Am 1. November 1914 kam es bei Coronel zu einer ersten größeren Seeschlacht des ersten Weltkriegs. Dabei traf das Deutsche Ostasiengeschwader unter dem Kommando von Vizeadmiral Graf von Spee auf ein……続きを見る

Dies ist die Geschichte des deutschen Schlachtkreuzers Goeben und des leichten Kreuzers Breslau. Es ist eine spannende Geschichte von Jagd und Verfolgung und einem Entkommen in die mit dem deutschen……続きを見る

Die Brandenburg-Klasse war eine Klasse von vier Schlachtschiffen der deutschen Kaiserlichen Marine, die den Höhepunkt des deutschen Panzerschiffbaus darstellte. Entgegen der sonst üblichen……続きを見る

On 22 January 2013, the Republic of the Philippines instituted arbitral proceedings against the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) wi……続きを見る

Originally published in 1930, this is a wonderfully detailed look at the history of the Sailing Ship in the nineteenth century. Packed with photos and anecdotes, every major ship and Captain of the ……続きを見る

Governing Europe's Marine Environment is a coherent up-to-date multidisciplinary analysis of current approaches and challenges to the sustainable governance of Europe's marine environment. Structure……続きを見る

The Indian Navy has gradually emerged as an indispensable tool of Indian diplomacy in recent years, making it imperative for Indian policy-makers and naval thinkers to think anew the role of the nat……続きを見る

The intense rivalry in battleship building that took place between Britain and Germany in the run up to the First World War is seen by many as the most totemic of all armaments races. Blamed by nume……続きを見る

From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping histo……続きを見る

This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlight……続きを見る

While we know a great deal about naval strategies in the classical Greek and later Roman periods, our understanding of the period in between--the Hellenistic Age--has never been as complete. However……続きを見る

How did the Victorian fixation on the disastrous John Franklin expedition transform our understanding of the Northwest Passage and the Arctic? Today we still tend to see the Arctic and the Northwest……続きを見る

With the coming of the naval arms race with Germany, in 1903 the Admiralty decided to establish a naval base and dockyard at Rosyth, taking advantage of deep tidal water there. Construction work sta……続きを見る

Leading academics from around the world, who specialize in analysing maritime strategic issues, deliberate the impact of the American 'pivot' or 're-balance' strategy, and the 'Air-Sea Battle' opera……続きを見る

Research on The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is a valuable addition to understanding the political situation in the potentially volatile South China Sea region. This book……続きを見る