著者:Mike Carlton
出版社: Penguin Random House Australia
発売日: 2013年10月01日
HMAS Sydney's hunt for the German raider, Emden.
When the ships of the new Royal Australian Navy made their grand entry into Sydney Harbour in October 1913, a young nation was at peace.
Under a year……続きを見る
Between 1942 and 1945, 1,051 amphibious tank-landing ships were rapidly produced. These were anonymous vessels, slow and unwieldy, and in the words of one crewmember, they looked like bathtubs. At f……続きを見る
著者:Benjamin Armstrong
出版社: University of Oklahoma Press
発売日: 2019年04月18日
Two centuries before the daring exploits of Navy SEALs and Marine Raiders captured the public imagination, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were already engaged in similarly perilous missions: raiding……続きを見る
Hampered by lack of materials, shipyards and experienced shipbuilders, even so the South managed to construct 34 iron-armored warships during the Civil War, of which the Confederate Navy put 25 into……続きを見る
著者:Kris Alexanderson
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2019年04月25日
This revealing portrait of the Dutch Empire repositions our understanding of modern empires from the terrestrial to the oceanic. It highlights the importance of shipping, port cities, and maritime c……続きを見る
The first book to capture and preserve the inside story of the exclusive brotherhood that manned the front lines of the Cold War
Featuring interviews from seventeen veteran submariners, Standing Wat……続きを見る
Acclaimed naval military expert Dan van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles prolonged the war by two years, led to the Russian Revolution, forced Britain to the brink of starvation, ……続きを見る
The doctrine of modern law of the sea is commonly believed to have developed from Renaissance Europe. Often ignored though is the role of Islamic law of the sea and customary practices at that time.……続きを見る
出版社: The University Press of Kentucky
発売日: 2019年04月09日
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest campaign of the Second World War. This volume highlights the scale and complexity of this bitterly contested campaign, one that encompassed far more than j……続きを見る
Known to seafarers as 'The Devil's Jaw,' Point Honda has lured ships to its jagged rocks off the coast of California for centuries, but its worst calamity occurred on 8 September 1923, the night nin……続きを見る
An accessible survey of the history of European overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries based on new scholarship
In this thematic survey, Gabriel Paquette focuses on the evoluti……続きを見る
Submarine commanders in WWII dealt with both enormous risk and responsibility; charged with sinking enemy shipping while avoiding detection, they had to correctly locate and identify enemy craft, ge……続きを見る
It all started after what was called the new world but, other issues came along. We had to run away from a predictable situations and as a military family with 4 children it wasn’t that easy. I was ……続きを見る
Not many ships' cats have even one memorial statue, let alone six. But Trim does, including one outside Euston Station in London, proudly unveiled by Prince William on the bicentenary of Matthew Fli……続きを見る
著者:Simon Parkin
出版社: Little, Brown and Company
発売日: 2020年01月28日
As heard on the New Yorker Radio Hour: The triumphant and "engaging history" (The New Yorker) of the young women who devised a winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive vi……続きを見る
Best Nonfiction of 2020 -- Kirkus Reviews
One of the most lauded historians of our time returns to the Second World War in this magnificent retelling of the awe-inspiring raid on German dams conduct……続きを見る
著者:Robert Macklin
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2019年11月07日
'Macklin recounts, with beautiful detail, the following years of Narcisse's life and his transformation . . . a great read for anyone interested in Australia and its overlooked history'
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著者:Donald Wigal
出版社: Parkstone International
発売日: 2025年09月16日
In the Middle Ages, navigation relied upon a delicate balance between art and science. Whilst respecting the customs and the precautions of their forbearers, sailors had to count on their knowledge ……続きを見る
Samuel Leech (1798–1848) was a young sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He became notable as one of very few who wrote an account of his experiences, titled,……続きを見る
In this book, Magnus Nordenman explores the emerging competition between the United States and its NATO allies and the resurgent Russian navy in the North Atlantic. This maritime region played a key……続きを見る
著者:Pierre Loti
出版社: Paris : Calmann Lévy, 1879
発売日: 2019年05月15日
Dans tout roman bien conduit, une description du héros est de rigueur. Mais ce livre n’est point un roman, ou, du moins, c’en est un qui n’a pas été plus conduit que la vie de son héros. Et puis déc……続きを見る
The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Pe……続きを見る
**Fly with the best in Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiorityーthe definitive, highly illustrated, in-depth look at the Navy's famous fighter unit, including its history, technology, and culture……続きを見る
著者:Pier Horensma
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2003年09月02日
The Soviet Arctic is the first book to consider Soviet policy in this area from an historian's point of view. Horensma assesses the importance of historic legacies to current Soviet Arctic policy an……続きを見る
著者:Gary Carter
出版社: Booklocker, Inc.
発売日: 2019年05月25日
Retired naval officer Frank Warren, now an airline pilot, is on the final day of a routine, four-day trip. On board is William "Will Call" Stimson, U.S. Navy (ret) who now works on Capitol……続きを見る
The Deadly Trade takes readers on an epic and enthralling voyage through submarine warfare, including how U-boats in two world wars tried to achieve victory, first for the Kaiser and then 20 years l……続きを見る
著者:Ian W. Shaw
出版社: Hachette Australia
発売日: 2017年06月27日
The unknown story of how a fleet of Australian fishing boats, trawlers and schooners supplied US and Australian forces in the Pacific - and helped turn the course of World War II.
Mid-1942: from Chi……続きを見る
From July 1862 until June 1864 the C.S.S. Alabama was the terror of the Atlantic Ocean.
Built in secrecy in Liverpool, England, through the arrangement of Confederate agent Commander James Bulloch, ……続きを見る
Le roman historique 'Surcouf - Roi des corsaires' d'Arthur Bernède transporte les lecteurs dans l'univers fascinant des corsaires du XIXe siècle. Avec une écriture captivante et une attention méticu……続きを見る
The true story of Bronze Star recipient Allen Weseleskey and his high-risk rescue mission, carried out under heavy fire in Vietnam. Includes photos.
When the going is fast and rough, I will not falt……続きを見る