WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2020
A SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR
For most of human history, the seas and oceans have been the main means ……続きを見る
A new framework contextualizes crucial international security issues at sea in the Indo-Pacific
Competition at sea is once again a central issue of international security. Nowhere is the urgency to ……続きを見る
At the end of the 1870-1 Franco-Prussian war, the French Navy began to reconstruct its fleet, replacing old generation warships with steam-powered and iron-hulled men-of-war. However, the process wa……続きを見る
Xi Jinping has made his ambitions for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) perfectly clear, there is no mystery what he wants, first, that China should become a "great maritime power" and secondly, th……続きを見る
This handbook offers a critical and substantial analysis of maritime security and documents the most pressing strategic, economic, socio-cultural and legal questions surrounding it.
Written by leadi……続きを見る
An illustrated history of the long Cold War careers of the US Navy's last gun destroyers, from the modernized World War II-era Fletcher-class to the Forrest Sherman-class.
The finest American destro……続きを見る
著者:Aidan Dodson
出版社: Pen and Sword
発売日: 2023年11月30日
This new book explores for the first time the full story of how two Turkish and two Chilean battleships became British capital ships after the outbreak of the First World War. Under construction by ……続きを見る
The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the ……続きを見る
The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the……続きを見る
In the hundreds of books written about battleships, the authors tend to draw down the curtain on the careers of these great vessels in September 1945, with the surrender of Japan. Yet, on that day s……続きを見る
The revised edition of this indispensable work still covers battle tactics at sea from the age of fighting sail to the present, with emphasis on trends constants, and variables. Fleet Tactics and Na……続きを見る
Dressing Global Bodies addresses the complex politics of dress and fashion from a global perspective spanning four centuries, tying the early global to more contemporary times, to reveal clothing pr……続きを見る
From one of the most admired admirals of his generation -- and the only admiral to serve as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO -- comes a remarkable voyage through all of the world’s most important bo……続きを見る
During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage for their ships, on both the vertical and horizontal surfaces, in order reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confu……続きを見る
This book presents intimate, engaging, and largely untold portraits of Western lives and livelihoods in Japanese and Chinese treaty ports, as well as in the British colonies of Hong Kong, Australia ……続きを見る
Combining a close knowledge of Asia and an ability to tap Chinese-language sources with naval combat experience and expertise in sea-power theory, the authors assess how the rise of Chinese sea powe……続きを見る
During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage for their ships, on both vertical and horizontal surfaces, in order reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confuse t……続きを見る
The Convoy represents a fresh approach to the story of the Battle of the Atlantic. It is also the first to deal with the more spectacular story of HG-76, a major turning point in the naval war.
HG-7……続きを見る
An illustrated history of the wartime career of the USS Missouri from World War II to the Gulf War.
On September 2, 1945, surrender ceremonies officially ending World War II were broadcast worldwide……続きを見る
It is now almost exactly a hundred years since a heavier-than-air craft first took off and landed on a warship, and from the very beginning flying at sea made unique demands on men and machines. As ……続きを見る
The Seventh ship to bear the name, the Assault Ship and Commando Carrier HMS Fearless was first commissioned in 1965. Over the next 37 years she was seldom far from the actions in which British forc……続きを見る
An illustrated study of the design, development and eventual fates of the uncompleted super-battleships intended to be built before and during World War II.
Before the start of World War II, the bat……続きを見る
This is the thrilling story of USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Her story spans 51 years (1961-2012) of active service from the brink of nuclear war durin……続きを見る
In this oral history, Vietnam veterans recount their stories of patrol and combat on the coast and in the Mekong Delta.
Developed specifically for the Vietnam War, Swift Boats were versatile craft “……続きを見る
During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage for their ships, on both the vertical and horizontal surfaces, in order reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confu……続きを見る
著者:David K. Brown
出版社: Pen & Sword Books
発売日: 2020年01月24日
“Altogether, a very detailed year-by-year account of escort development for anti-submarine work from the period between the wars to post World War II.” ーThe Nautical Magazine
Winston Churchill famo……続きを見る
Everything the ship modeller needs to know about building a famous warship Numerous detailed plans and colour illustrations Focuses on very popular modelling subjects which are represented by a wide……続きを見る
2.20PM Directly in front of us I sighted four funnels and the masts of a passenger steamer at right angles to our course coming from the SW and going towards Galley Head. 3:10 PM Torpedo shot at a d……続きを見る
“A definitive introduction by a highly recognized authority who writes beautifully and clearly.” ーNaval Historical Foundation
The fact that German submarines almost managed to cut off Britain’s vit……続きを見る
“A comprehensive study of the bittersweet post WWII history of British naval aviation . . . will become a standard reference for its subject.”ーFiretrench
In 1945 the most powerful fleet in the Roya……続きを見る