CK - Naval 1

"This book provides a strategic overview of the war that is interweaved with fascinating personal accounts, its campaigns and battles." - Professor Geoffrey Roberts. If the Second World War was Hitl……続きを見る

My Father's Story: The Navy 1940/50's is a powerful work of creative nonfiction honoring the life of Robert G. Deecki Sr., a United States Navy sailor who served from 1946 to 1956. Told by his son, ……続きを見る

Memories is Lord Fisher's unsparing account of the Royal Navy's leap from Victorian torpor to turbine modernity. In racy, polemical prose laced with letters and memoranda, he narrates the Dreadnough……続きを見る

The Peloponnesian War stands as one of the most defining conflicts of the ancient world, a brutal and complex struggle between two of Greece's greatest powers: Athens and Sparta. This book takes rea……続きを見る

The Taiping Rebellion stands as one of the deadliest and most fascinating conflicts in human history, reshaping China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty. This book explores the origins, rise……続きを見る

From the earliest human journeys guided by stars and landmarks to the precision of satellite-based systems, A Short History of Navigation charts the remarkable story of how humanity learned to find ……続きを見る

The key importance of naval success in Britain’s rise to being the leading power in the world was a hard-won process, one that linked fighting effectiveness to national support. Covering both these ……続きを見る

Reginald Bacon was no Drake, Hawke or Nelson, yet in a naval career that spanned four decades of critical change for the Royal Navy, he was a pivotal figure among Admiral ‘Jacky’ Fisher’s ‘five best……続きを見る

Ancient Egypt was one of the most extraordinary and long-lasting civilizations in human history. For more than three thousand years, the Egyptians built a powerful and sophisticated society along th……続きを見る

The Roman Empire was one of the most influential civilizations in human history. From a small city-state on the Italian peninsula, Rome grew into a vast empire that controlled much of Europe, North ……続きを見る

The Carthaginian Empire was one of the most powerful and fascinating civilizations of the ancient world. Rising from a Phoenician trading colony on the coast of North Africa, Carthage grew into a va……続きを見る

Fully revised, this volume serves as the definitive history of the United States Marines, from their inception in 1775 through all major engagements in the World Wars, the Cold War, and into the war……続きを見る

In both World Wars there arose a pressing need for merchant tonnage both to supplement existing ships but, more importantly, to replace ships that had been sunk by enemy action, and the key to the A……続きを見る

The Korean War (1950–1953) was one of the first major military confrontations of the Cold War and one of the most destructive conflicts of the twentieth century. Fought on the Korean Peninsula, the ……続きを見る

"[The] definitive history of the U.S. Navy SEALs and their forefathers" (Master Chief Bill Bruhmuller (USN, Ret.), founding member of SEAL Team two). Written with the unprecedented cooperation of th……続きを見る

The Persian Empire was one of the largest and most sophisticated civilizations of the ancient world, stretching from the Indus Valley to the shores of the Mediterranean. Built on vision, tolerance, ……続きを見る

This first biography of Adm. Raymond A. Spruance in over fifty years offers a compelling portrait of the quiet strategist behind key U.S. victories in the Pacific War. Drawing on rich archival mater……続きを見る

A conceptual framework for understanding the critical role of naval operations in deterrence strategies A future clash between the United States and China would occur across the seas, islands, and p……続きを見る

Yar! Pirates of the Gulf Coast Raise the Jolly Roger and set sail into a world of legendary buccaneers, buried gold, and untamed adventure along the storied waters of the Gulf Coast. Yar! Pirates of……続きを見る

Frederick T. Wilson was an engineer who carried the rank of first-class petty officer and served on one of the Navy’s first modern battleships, the USS Oregon, at the turn of the twentieth century. ……続きを見る

A new framework contextualizes crucial international security issues at sea in the Indo-Pacific Competition at sea is once again a central issue of international security. Nowhere is the urgency to ……続きを見る

"McKay's artful renderings provide a fitting tribute to this amazing vessel and those who participated in her planning and construction." ー Pirates and Privateers Sovereign of the Seas was the most……続きを見る

At the beginning of the last century it was possible to sail from London to Glasgow via the south coast ports and Belfast, returning along the east coast from either Dundee or Leith for as little as……続きを見る

This book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign during the Vietnam War between 1965 to 1975, where the US Seventh Fleet, stationed off the Vietnamese coast, was given the tongue-in-cheek……続きを見る

The wild and suspenseful story of one of the most crucial and least known campaigns of the Revolutionary War "Vividly written... In novelistic prose, Kelly conveys the starkness of close-quarter nav……続きを見る

This illustrated study explores the detail of the Royal Navy's huge operation on D-Day and in the weeks after, as the fleet went into action to support history's biggest amphibious landings. Althoug……続きを見る

"Extensively researched, this book is a real page-turner. It's written in a narrative style that puts the reader beside its protagonists on both sides, describing their probable thoughts and actions……続きを見る

The U.S. Navy was at war in the Atlantic long before 7 December 1941, but little is known about that conflict. Mr. Roosevelt's Navy is a vivid, thoroughly researched account of this undeclared war u……続きを見る

The modern age of naval warfare began with the combination of steam power, iron warships, and modern artillery, which launched an intense period of international competition. Tracing naval warfare f……続きを見る

A stern-to-bow look at the most powerful aircraft carrier design of World War Two from the author of Bismarck and Tirpitz in the ShipCraft series. The latest volume covers the hugely important Ameri……続きを見る