“History offers no example where so much was accomplished in so short a time, or where so many events were crowded into the space of four years, in which the Navy was employed subduing a coast over ……続きを見る
In the early 1820s, Thomas Harvie, a newly rich, arrogant Glasgow distiller, bought Westthorn estate on the eastern edge of the city close to the north bank of the River Clyde. To establish the boun……続きを見る
In "Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates," E. Keble Chatterton masterfully weaves together historical narratives and vivid character sketches to bring to life the exhilarating world of piracy in the Golde……続きを見る
An extensive guide to Japan's Naval Air Force Fighter Units and their ace pilots during conflicts in the 1930s and '40s, now in English.
The book begins by looking at the land- and aircraft carrier-……続きを見る
This thorough account of the South's efforts to hold the Mississippi River is "fast-paced, easy to read, and well supported by archival research" ( The Civil War Monitor).
Most studies of the Missis……続きを見る
This companion for fans of the Napoleonic sea sagas offers maps of the novels' streets, seas, and coasts, and much more.
The tall-masted sailing ships of the early nineteenth century were the techno……続きを見る
Napoleonic-era accounts of life aboard Royal Navy warships: "Readers of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will enjoy this collection" ( Library Journal ).
At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the……続きを見る
This book recounts the World War II journeys of a soldier, a ship, and a bottle of spirits through, and around, five great turning-point battles. Those battles were influenced more by geography and ……続きを見る
During the year between July 1588, when the Spanish Armada set sail from Spain and July 1589, when the survivors of the English counterpart of this fleet, the little-known English Armada, reached po……続きを見る
“No more risky enterprise day after day, week after week, can be conceived than that of hovering about on the sea-lanes, usually within wireless range of the British cruisers; and the narrow escapes……続きを見る
Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface att……続きを見る
The definitive inside account of the Falklands War, written by Margaret Thatcher herself.
On 21 May 1982, the British people watched with a mixture of pride and fear as their troops landed under hea……続きを見る
