Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. This memoir tells the cruelty, bravery and deaths of the men he fought alongside, and of his own journey from...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682476642)
This book, framed in three parts to cover the contributions of these Naval Academy graduates in the Pacific Theater from the Sea, in the Air, and below the Surface – shares the experiences of a group of men who fought the full scope of the war agains...Loe edasi...
Britain carried out many amphibious operations during the long-eighteenth century, ranging from raids to the landing of whole armies. British Amphibious Warfare 1739-1815 provides case-studies of some of these operations, and explores why their outco...Loe edasi...
A feast of colorful artwork adorns the walls of a Second World War-era officers club in the North Atlantic city of St. Johns -- cartoons painted onto ship gun shields that convey stories of courage and cowardice, resolve and resilience, triumph...Loe edasi...
Illustrated with more than 100 submarine artworks, Technical Guide: Modern Submarines is an essential reference guide for modellers and naval warfare enthusiasts....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008644895)
A superb work of history JAMES HOLLAND A thrilling account from a master of Second World War history DAN SNOW A landmark history of the U-Boat war told through the experiences and recollectio...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682475850)
This book outlines the various threats that cyber warfare poses to operations in the maritime environment (defined broadly) and the abilities of modern navies to defend against those threats. It explains how navies are organized and equipped for cybe...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Mushroom Model Publications, ISBN-13: 9788366549678)
This series of books provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. Every class and individual ship has an entry providing details of the procurement, dimensions and characteristics, and a summary of each ships history and develo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Sep-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: State House Press / McWhiney Foundation Press, ISBN-13: 9781649670274)
Few topics have fascinated American readers more than the Civil War. Occurring as it did at the beginning of a new industrial age, it fostered a wide variety of strange and innovation contraptions that shaped the course of the conflict. Texans we...Loe edasi...
Hitler’s U-boats posed a severe threat to Britain during the Second World War, endangering both its survival and the possibility of defeating Germany. Britain needed over a million tons of imports weekly to support the war effort, but Allied shipping...Loe edasi...
Following the War of the Spanish Succession (1702–1713)—generally known in the Americas as Queen Anne’s War—a dramatic, decade-long wave of sea-robbery plagued the Atlantic rim. Often glamorized as the “Golden Age of Piracy,” that period saw such col...Loe edasi...
An illustrated history of the first Pacific War, which saw the United States transform itself into an outward-looking, expansionist great power. An illustrated history of the first Pacific War, which saw the United States tra...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682475775)
This book lays out in specific detail how to bring about a renaissance in American shipping that can restore the foundations of naval shipbuilding required for a fleet able to compete and fight China-- Provided by publisher. Since U.S. N...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682478578)
As enmity between China and Russia and the West deepens, and as the Chinese navy grows, the United States finds itself more and more in the situation it faced during the Cold War. Again, the United States depends on access to the world, and again a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682475676)
Battleship New Jersey offers the complete history of this long-storied ship from its keel laying in 1940, across all major naval conflicts of the 20th Century from WWII, Korea and Vietnam, and into the Persian Gulf-- Provided by publisher....Loe edasi...
A comprehensive history of the Sixth Fleet, detailing its role in the Mediterranean from post-World War II through the Cold War to recent conflicts and interventions.The Sixth Fleet has projected the naval power of the United States into the Mediterr...Loe edasi...
The Whiskey-class (Soviet Project 613) submarines were the most numerous submarine produced after 1945. The type is best Known in the West for the 1981 ‘Whiskey on the Rocks’ incident when an example became stranded in Swedish waters but had a long a...Loe edasi...
A detailed, highly illustrated history of the Kaman H-2, including more than 300 images. Kaman developed the Seasprite for the US Navy, specifically for shipborne operations. The type was adopted in 1962 and remained in se...Loe edasi...
For four days in early 1991, Royal Navy Lynx helicopters buzzed low around the Shatt-al-Arab marshlands of southern Iraq. They were searching for the Iraqi fleet, and whenever discovered their hulls became targets for cutting edge smart munitions. Th...Loe edasi...
From the beginning of the armour-led German blitzkrieg in September 1939 to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki in August 1945, World War II Encyclopedia of Aircraft, Tanks & Warships is an accessible reference guide to the most i...Loe edasi...
“I thought that this was going to another of those books puffing up the American side of WWII. It most certainly isn’t. K A Nelson tells an interesting story, illuminating a theatre of the North Atlantic campaign that has been comparatively neglected...Loe edasi...
After two years at the Britannia Naval College at Dartmouth, Bryan Godfrey Faussett joined his first ship, HMS Dido in June 1879. From the day he joined her he wrote long letters home to his family and friends. The Dido went to West Africa, South and...Loe edasi...
Naval dominance was crucial to the defence of South Korea, and this illustrated study explains how the US Navy brought its war-winning fleet to bear in a complex campaign. Naval dominance was crucial to the defence of Sout...Loe edasi...
The course of American naval history has not been set only by the relatively few famous ships whose stories have been told and retold. This volume spotlights 50 less recognized vessels, each significant in its own way, from the Continental Navy...Loe edasi...
The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised Selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the Best Books of 2023 “Will surely become the definitive account.”—Stephen Brumwell, Wa...Loe edasi...
Jonas Flynt sets sails for the Caribbean, in pursuit of slavers who have abducted his stepmother. While there he comes face to face with legendary pirate, Blackbeard....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Simon & Schuster, ISBN-13: 9781668017784)
Out of nothing but the government’s behest, a few bold men conjured a giant ship-building industry in 1940 and launched the ships that took America to war and to victory.In 1940, the shadow of war loomed large over American life. Presi...Loe edasi...
Some of the most daring naval raids undertaken during World War II involved the use of midget submarines — craft of under 150 tons and crewed by just a handful of men — including Japanese midget submarines deployed at Pearl Harbor, the British X-craf...Loe edasi...
Though generally underestimated in the West, the Soviet export of destroyers played a vital role in buildup of the navies of Moscow’s allies and satellites. Soviet and Russian-built Destroyers in service with foreign Navies 1904-2023, Volume 1 examin...Loe edasi...
In the aftermath of the Second World War relations between the Soviet Union and their former allies in the West quickly soured and developed into the Cold War. The USSR was at a huge disadvantage at sea and sought to redress this balance through the...Loe edasi...
Very occasionally a tragedy turns into a triumph. This wonderful, searing book is such a moment. Rush to read it & be thankful. Miriam Margolyes...Loe edasi...
Sir Julian Corbetts Some Principles of Maritime Strategy represents the most refined general statement of the uses of naval power in wartime as the subject was understood at the beginning of the twentieth century. Corbett, inspired by rea...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jul-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Mushroom Model Publications, ISBN-13: 9788366549661)
This series of books provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. This series of books provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. Every class and individual ship has an entry providing details of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jul-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Mushroom Model Publications, ISBN-13: 9788366549654)
This series of books provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. This series of books provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. Every class and individual ship has an entry providing details of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jul-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The University of Alabama Press, ISBN-13: 9780817362287)
Conveys in dramatic detail the high-risk, covert operations of a nuclear attack submarine during the zenith of the Cold War Conveys in dramatic detail the high-risk, covert operations of a nuclear attack submarine duri...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jul-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682478783)
This book will look at the War in the Pacific from August 1942 through January 1945 and demonstrate that one units example was indicative of the wider whole. CVG-11 was composed of three to four squadrons of aircraft, most memorably fighter squadro...Loe edasi...
Toward a New Maritime Strategy examines the evolution of American naval thinking in the post-Cold War era. It recounts the development of the U.S. Navys key strategic documents from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the release in 2007 of the...Loe edasi...
The definitive study of the battle that launched Hitlers conquest of Western Europe. Andrew Lambert A lesser-known event during World War II, the sinking of the Blücher is key part of naval history that marked the beginning of the Nor...Loe edasi...
William Bligh That Bounty Bastard tells the story of a man whose reputation has been permanently ruined by his portrayal in films as a cruel and vindictive tyrant. The facts prove otherwise. This book looks at the life of a much-maligned man who wa...Loe edasi...
A detailed account of the civil engineering work done to assist US forces during the Vietnam War by the New York Times–bestselling author of Vietnam Diary. To fuel their efforts in the Vietnam War, the US armed forces nee...Loe edasi...
This book discusses the key role of the transfer of naval technology from the United States to China in building up the Chinese Navy during the Cold War. This book discusses the key role of the transfer of naval technology from the...Loe edasi...
