著者:Dr Jon Wise
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2014年01月30日
This book demonstrates the importance of the presence of the Royal Navy in South America. Historically there have been no treaty obligations and few strategic considerations in the region, yet it is……続きを見る
著者:Richard Dillon
出版社: The Write Thought
発売日: 2014年12月18日
“We have met the enemy, and they are ours.”
ーOliver Hazard Perry to General William Henry Harrison, September 10, 1813
Oliver Hazard Perry fought perhaps the most perfect single battle in America……続きを見る
The year 1917 was dominated by the Russian Revolution and America entering the war. On 3 February, America cut diplomatic ties with Germany following the announcement on 31 January that Germany woul……続きを見る
According to Wikipedia: "Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840 - December 1, 1914) was a United States Navy officer, geostrategist, and educator. His ideas on the importance of sea power influence……続きを見る
著者:Frances Wilson
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2011年08月15日
**WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 2012**
The strange and fascinating story of the owner of the Titanic, J. Bruce Ismay, the man who jumped ship
'Beautifully written, ……続きを見る
"… ICH STERBE MIT EINEM FLUCH AUF DEN DEUTSCHEN MILITÄRSTAAT." In den sich seit Kriegsbeginn ständig verschlimmernden und schließlich unhaltbaren Zuständen auf den Schiffen der Kaiserlichen Marine w……続きを見る
Seen through the eyes of Section Commander George Thomsen, this inspiring first-hand account, tells of the tension-packed lead up, and the heroic stand, by a tiny band of brothers on one of the most……続きを見る
Royal Air Force Coastal Command was the organisation charged with keeping the sea lanes clear around the coasts of Britain for the best part of half a century, from immediately after the First World……続きを見る
This is a fascinating new insight into the British army and its evolution through both large and small scale conflicts.
To prepare for future wars, armies derive lessons from past wars. However, som……続きを見る
著者:Joseph Moretz
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2012年12月06日
Joseph Moretz's innovative work focuses on what battleships actually did in the inter-war years and what its designed war role in fact was. In doing so, the book tells us much about British naval po……続きを見る
著者:Edward George
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2004年11月23日
A new examination of why Cuba, a Caribbean country, sent half a million of its citizens to fight in Angola in Africa, and how a short-term intervention escalated into a lengthy war of intervention.
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This A-Z guide covers the life and careers of over 600 key figures in naval history, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Featuring influential figures from the UK, US and around the world……続きを見る
A study of the development of strategic concepts in Stalin's Navy, in the context of his foreign/defence policy, using original archival documents translated from the Russian.
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著者:B L Crumley
出版社: Amber Books Ltd
発売日: 2009年12月15日
The United States Marine Corps is one of the most famous military units in the world. The Marine Corps: Three Centuries of Glory tells the story behind one of the most famous military units in the w……続きを見る
Landing on a hostile beach is one of the most ancient forms and still most difficult forms of warfare. It requires unparalleled levels of planning, organisation, coordination and cooperation between……続きを見る
著者:Hugh Boscawen
出版社: University of Oklahoma Press
発売日: 2013年08月15日
Louisbourg, France's impressive fortress on Cape Breton Island's foggy Atlantic coast, dominated access to the St. Lawrence and colonial New France for forty years in the mid-eighteenth century. In ……続きを見る
著者:Andrew Field
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 1999年05月20日
Between the ending of the Great War and the start of the Second World War in 1939, the Royal Navy remained the largest in the world. But with the League of Nations seeming to offer a solution to all……続きを見る
In any military operation throughout history, few 24-hour periods have been as crucial as that of 6th June 1944. With the aid of specially commissioned maps, D-Day: The First 24 Hours series gives t……続きを見る
The Admiral Graf Spee was one of three pocket battleships built by Nazi Germany in the years before the outbreak of World War II. It came into Montevideo harbor in Uruguay seeking repairs in Decembe……続きを見る
In Taiwan Straits: Crisis in Asia and the Role of the U.S. Navy, historian Bruce Elleman surveys the situation that has led to the current tensions between China and Taiwan. Starting in 1949, the fi……続きを見る
The 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted a new urgency in efforts to deal with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear proliferati on. The potential acquisition and use by terrorist groups of such……続きを見る
With the fall of France, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These 'secr……続きを見る
This edited volume analyses the naval arms race in South-East Asia, and reviews the content, purposes and consequences of the naval policies and development of the main countries of the region.
The ……続きを見る
Published here for the first time, this volume presents a superb range of insights into this crucial effort of the Second World War.
This Naval Staff History describes the vital role of the Arctic C……続きを見る
This is the first scholarly book examining naval coalition warfare over the past two centuries from a multi-national perspective. Containing case studies by some of the foremost naval historians fro……続きを見る
Book describes technical aspects of the Russo-Japanese Naval War. Contains descriptions of all involved ships, Russian and Japanese ones. Maps, photos.
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Jerry Grayson is an ordinary man who chose an extraordinary career. At age 17 he became the youngest helicopter pilot to ever serve in the Royal Navy. By age 25 he was the most decorated peacetime n……続きを見る
Fascinating, lesser-known facts about the Titanic and details on the ship, the passengers, and the sinking. The book also explores aspects of the wreck today and salvage operations. Although the mai……続きを見る
IL me serait aussi difficile de décrire minutieusement ce qui se passa lorsque le canot rejoignit le Wallingford que de dépeindre tous les incidents terribles de la lutte entre Drewett……続きを見る
These books are the illustrated versions of the original Howard Pyle's Books and include colour and Black & White images.
When we think of pirates, a few names immediately come to mind, among t……続きを見る