Naval 63

From the Author of the Internationally Bestselling Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for My Salad, Shaggy Dogs, They Laughed at Galileo: Many times, during every s……続きを見る

Britain’s vast losses of men in the first world war produced a revulsion against conscription. Originally published in 1972, Peter Dennis here describes how conscription was introduced once more in ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1957, the original blurb reads: ‘From these studies of the secret diplomacy surrounding the entry of Turkey and Italy into the First World War, emerges a picture of the compl……続きを見る

Если зёрна лжи бросить на почву человеческой глупости, то взойдёт «тайна». Именно человеческая глупость, а вовсе не человеческий гений, является основой многообразия этого мира. 20 лет огромное коли……続きを見る

The Grand Strategy, the imaginative plan to divide the rebellious American colonies, ended in disaster. On October 17, 1777, General Sir John Burgoyne, alone, unaided and stranded in the American wi……続きを見る

For seventy years Douglas Haig had been portrayed on the one hand as the ‘Butcher of the Somme’ – inept, insensitive and archaic; and on the other as the ‘Saviour of Britain’ – noble, unselfish and ……続きを見る

The twentieth century was dominated by war and by preparations for war in a way that is unparalleled in history. Originally published in 1988, this textbook highlights key themes of warfare througho……続きを見る

**A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Three and a half millennia of British Maritime history, from the Middle Bronze Age to the early 20th century ... This book is written with passion and sympathy. It……続きを見る

Domenica 7 novembre 1915, al largo di capo Carbonara, Tirreno meridionale. Verso le ore 13, il sommergibile tedesco U-38, inalberando la bandiera austro-ungarica, affonda il piroscafo Ancona diretto……続きを見る

Crusades covers the seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from ……続きを見る

This United States Navy manual, Naval Doctrine Publication NDP 1 Naval Warfare April 2020, provides the doctrinal foundation governing our pursuit of excellence in the art and science of naval warfa……続きを見る

"...a valuable contribution both to the world of scholarship and to the larger public discourse"-JAIRAM RAMESH The Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan marks six decades, but carries the r……続きを見る

Key Moments in Espionage is a collection of brief histories of important espionage events, including the pivotal role of spy ships through the ages, an examination of critical intelligence failures,……続きを見る

But a few weeks ago the author of this little book was in Germany studying the land and its institutions and full of admiration for its achievements in every field. Two days after he had taken ship ……続きを見る

Il raid giapponese nell'Oceano Indiano fu eseguito solo pochi mesi dopo la grande vittoria di Pearl Harbor nella prima parte di Aprile1942 dalla 1ª Flotta aerea del viceammiraglio Chūichi Nagumo (re……続きを見る

The 'Yamato' and her sister ship the 'Musashi' represented the ultimate development in the battleship. Together, the two ships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructe……続きを見る

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A terrific book … It really is one of the most enjoyable histories I’ve read in many a year’ JAMES HOLLAND ‘Riveting … A brilliant account’ DAILY MAIL THE FIRST AUTHORIS……続きを見る

La Marina Militare Italiana deve molto alla flotta Duosiciliana e alla tradizione della marineria Napoletana. Nel 160° anniversario della sua nascita, questo libro ne celebra le origini presso la ci……続きを見る

After World War I, the U.S. Navy’s brief alliance with the British Royal Navy gave way to disagreements over disarmament, fleet size, interpretations of freedom of the seas, and general economic com……続きを見る

Vast Expanses is a cultural, environmental and geopolitical history that examines the relationship between humans and oceans, reaching back across geological and evolutionary time and exploring diff……続きを見る

Attack aircraft carriers, battleships, destroyers, frigates, light and heavy cruisers, and patrol crafts. 1,300 different ships and submarines from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War have their ……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. Unless I am allowed to tell the story of my life in my own way, I cannot tell it at all Mary Seacole – traveller, nurse, bu……続きを見る

The story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries to the myths and fabricatio……続きを見る

A Ceaseless Watch: Australia’s Third Party Naval Defense, 1919–1942 illustrates how Australia confronted the need to base its post–World War I defense planning around the security provided by a majo……続きを見る

The Fall and Rise of French Sea Power explores the renewal of French naval power from the fall of France in 1940 through the first two decades of the Cold War. The Marine nationale continued fightin……続きを見る

‘The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril,’ wrote Winston Churchill in his history of the Second World War. ‘I was even more anxious about this battle than I……続きを見る

With the thought of treasure, Isle of Wight islander, Derek Williams researched ancient local wreck records. Top of his extensive wreck list was the 40-gun frigate Assurance lost in 1753 while retur……続きを見る

What did it takeーlogistically and operationallyーfor the small and underfunded US Navy to face the battle-hardened Royal Navy in the War of 1812? Find out in this book, the magnum opus of one of th……続きを見る

Los barcos de vela nos transportan a la era de las exploraciones y a los viajes que unieron el Viejo Continente con las tierras del Lejano Oriente así como de buena parte de América. Aquellos barcos……続きを見る

Una mite giornata di aprile di cinquanta anni fa. Improvvisamente un forte vento di burrasca si abbattè sul porto di Genova, è quello che i marinai inglesi chiamano Genoa Cyclone. Alcune navi in rad……続きを見る