The conception and evolutionーthrough inter-war tensions, global war, and years of Cold War hostilityーof the Royal Navy's large fleet destroyers.
The Tribal class destroyers are heroes of the Altma……続きを見る
The true story of the Royal Navy's sixty-year campaign to stop slavery across the British Empire, decades before the American Civil War.
Long before recorded history, men, women and children had bee……続きを見る
From a Vietnam wartime veteran and US Marine officer, an insider's account of the final military strategies of the Vietnam war.
Perhaps more vexing than any part of the Vietnam WarーAmericas longest……続きを見る
A "well-written, superbly researched" account of a WWII aircraft carrier's demise in the Pacificーand the legacy left by the "Lady Lex" (CPL Vincent L. Anderson, USMC, Marine Detachment, USS Lexingt……続きを見る
"[An] enthralling account of one of the least told important stories of WWII": the role of the Department of Torpedoes and Mines Investigation Section ( Firetrench).
In the lead-up to the Second Wor……続きを見る
The Royal Naval Patrol Service, or Harry Tates Navy as it was commonly known, was a unique service with its own rules and regulations. The officers and seamen were mainly ex-fishermen who had manned……続きを見る
著者:H. P. Willmott
出版社: Indiana University Press
発売日: 2009年06月09日
"In this first of three volumes on sea power, the author reviews the story of political, economic, and military oceanic control from the 1890s through WWI." ー Choice
The transition to modern war at……続きを見る
著者:Peter Lehr
出版社: Yale University Press
発売日: 2019年07月16日
"In his lively, vivid history of pirates, Lehr finds some striking continuities from ancient to modern times." ー Foreign Affairs
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
In the twenty-first……続きを見る
This is a must-buy for the Royal Navy and Submarine enthusiast, being a complete directory of RN submarines from the outset to the present day. There is a wealth of detail on each class. Every entry……続きを見る
Keeping the Atlantic sea-lanes open was a vital factor in the fight against Nazi Germany. In the battle to protect merchant shipping from the menace of surface raiders and U-boats, Allied resolve an……続きを見る
Admiral Schofields accounts of the Taranto and Bismarck battles make for unforgettable reading.The author traces the development of British naval aviation from its early beginnings in 1912, through ……続きを見る
The strategic importance of Malta sitting astride both the Axis and Allied supply routes in the Mediterranean was obvious to both sides during WW2. As a result the Island became the focal point in a……続きを見る
One of WWII's pivotal events was the capture of U-505 on June 4, 1944. The top secret seizure of this massive Type IX submarine provided the Allies with priceless information on German technology an……続きを見る
In January 1916 Vizeadmiral Scheer took command of the High Sea Fleet. This aggressive and pugnacious leader embarked upon a vigorous offensive program which culminated in the greatest clash between……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
This is the untold story of the Falklands War as experienced by a below-decks seaman on one of the most important ships to be despatched to the South Atlantic. It is a no-holds-barred account as see……続きを見る
The 200 years that separate the navy of Drake's day from that of Nelson were critical for the development of Britain's sea power, and the decade of the Commonwealth, of Cromwell's rule, is one of th……続きを見る
" A range of naval experts . . . build[s] a diverse and deeply-thought out picture of where maritime warfare is now and where it is likely to go."ー Army Rumour Service
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A Royal Navy submariner and hero of the Cold War reveals his incredible true story of covert ops against the Soviets in this military memoir.
Tony Beasley was just a teenager when he joined the Roya……続きを見る
"An intensely detailed historical account and counterfactual analysis of the strategic dilemmas faced by German and Allied forces at Narvik." ー Naval Historical Foundation
Published for the first t……続きを見る
"Simultaneously sweeping and intimate . . . an eminently readable and engrossing account of the actions that pulled America into the Second World War." ーParks Stephenson, producer, The Fight for Ow……続きを見る
This remarkable memoir tells of the miseries of Jean Marteilhe of Bergerac, a Protestant condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion, who, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685……続きを見る
To the US Navy they were CVEs! To the Royal Navy auxiliary carriers! To crews of endangered merchantmen in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans they were heaven-sent protection! To their crews they were C……続きを見る
Illustrated with 200 official admiralty photographs, many of them previously unpublished, this book traces the development of Royal Naval ship design in a period of immense change. Opening with the ……続きを見る
A deep dive into the tactics and technology used to defend against submarinesーfrom the opening of the First World War through World War II and beyond.
The submarine was undoubtedly the most potent ……続きを見る
著者:Les Brown
出版社: Seaforth Publishing
発売日: 2011年12月05日
"A detailed look at British 10,000-ton Treaty Cruisers. "A gem of research by the author, covering the design and progressive improvements to each ship."ーMalcolm Wright, author of British and Commo……続きを見る
著者:Philip Kaplan
出版社: Pen & Sword Military
発売日: 2014年05月31日
The Merchant Seaman never faltered. To him we owe our preservation and our very lives - The Right Hon. Alfred Barnes, Minister of War Transport.During the first stages of the Second World War, all f……続きを見る
著者:Ole Feldbaek
出版社: Pen & Sword Military
発売日: 2002年01月22日
A leading Danish historian presents a detailed account of the epic naval conflict between Denmark and a British fleet led by Vice Admiral Nelson.
Fearing an alliance between Denmark and France, Brit……続きを見る
"An absorbing and thoroughly well documented account" of WWII naval intelligence and the Allied hunt for the Nazi code machine known as the Enigma ( Warship).
From the start of World War II to mid-1……続きを見る