Naval forces and warfare

In the decades before the American Civil War various political, social, and religious groups agitated for reforms in American society that would be in keeping with its professed democratic and national principles.

This volume provides fresh perspectives on the international strategic environment between the two world wars.

Two high-achieving African-Americans in the U.

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In 2001, while vacationing on Panama's Pacific coast, maritime archaeologist James P.

Fighting the Fleet recognizes that fleets conduct four distinct but interlocking tasks at the operational level of war--striking, screening, scouting, and basing--and that successful operational art is achieved when they are brought to bear in a cohesive, competitive scheme.

Throughout the history of the U.

Admiral Stavridis, a leader in military, international affairs, and national security circles, shares his love of the sea and some of the sources of that affection.

The Marine Corps covered itself in glory in World War II with victories over the Japanese in hard-fought battles such as Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Iwo Jima.

The Fall and Rise of French Sea Power explores the renewal of French naval power from the fall of France in 1940 through the first two decades of the Cold War.

Although Theodore Roosevelt has been the subject of numerous books, there has not been a single volume that traces Roosevelt's interaction with the U.

The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare, 1898-1945 examines how the United States became a military superpower through the use of amphibious operations.

The revised edition of this indispensable work still covers battle tactics at sea from the age of fighting sail to the present, with emphasis on trends constants, and variables.

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For more than half of its existence, members of the Marine Corps largely self-identified as soldiers.

"e;We were certainly pioneers as the Trieste was one of only two such vehicles in the world-the French Navy's bathyscaphe FNRS-3 was the other.

Genesis of the Grand Fleet: The Admiralty, Germany, and the Home Fleet, 1896-1914 tells the story of the prewar predecessor to the Royal Navy's war-winning Grand Fleet: the Home Fleet.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Alfred Thayer Mahan and Julian Stafford Corbett emerged as foundational thinkers on naval strategy and maritime power.

Warship Builders is the first scholarly study of the U.

Drawing on extensive State Department files, declassified Navy policy papers, interviews with both former top officials and individuals who were involved in incidents, David F.

This book is a collective biography of the 318 men who joined the German Navy in 1934 to become officers.

After Jutland analyses the naval war in Northern European waters following the critical, but inconclusive Battle of Jutland.

American Amphibious Warfare offers analysis of the early amphibious landing operations from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War.

HMS Ramillies was the last battleship to join the Grand Fleet in 1917 and survived to fight in the Second World War.

Originally published in 1990, Sky Ships is easily the most comprehensive history of U.

As We Recall is the first book of its kind.

Since 1977 Nathan Miller's concise history of the U.

More a book about Coast Guard heritage than an academic history, this book focuses on a variety of relatively unknown Guardsmen who personify the service's core values.

All naval professionals-without exception-encounter, directly participate, or play a supporting role in naval cooperation.

From unpromising beginnings in March 1942, the Allied submarine base at Fremantle on the west coast of Australia became a vital part of the Allied offensive against Japan.

Since the 1980s, strategic sealift has been formally designated as a U.

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In the early nineteenth century, the United States of America was far from united.

Silent and Unseen is a memoir of a submariner's life on a U.

This book looks at an allegation of betrayal made against a young Foreign Office clerk, Victor Buckley, who, it was claimed, leaked privileged information to agents of the southern States during the American Civil War.

The Battle for Britain is a provocative reinterpretation of both British air and naval power from 1909 to 1940.

This book examines President Theodore Roosevelt's use of the United States naval services as supporting components of his diplomatic efforts to facilitate the emergence of the United States as a Great Power at the dawn of the 20th century.

For more than two decades William S.

Against the Tide is a leadership book that illustrates how Adm.

After he was selected to be NATO's sixteenth Supreme Allied Commander, The New York Times described Jim Stavridis as a "e;Renaissance admiral.

The Supercarriers is a comprehensive historical overview with extensive photos, maps, drawings, and operational detail, including all air-wing deployments.

Cultivated by the Allied press during the war and fostered by movies and novels ever since, the image of a U-boat skipper held by most Americans is the personification of evil: the wolf who stalks innocents.

Naval officers and enlisted personnel undergo extensive training to cope with the special demands of their duties at sea and ashore, but what about their spouses and children?

More than eight hundred sailors served aboard the Sterett during her hazardous and demanding duties in World War II.

The Military Advantage, 2014 Edition is the most complete annual reference guide to Military and Veteran's benefits.

Written by two World War II veterans who later became well-known war correspondents, this biography records the inspiring life of one of America's great naval heroes.

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Admittedly small and vulnerable, PT boats were, nevertheless, fast-the fastest craft on the water during World War II-and Dick Keresey's account of these tough little fighters throws new light on their contributions to the war effort.

When U-234 slipped out of a Norwegian harbor in March 1945 destined for Japan, it was loaded with some of the most technically advanced weaponry and electronic detection devices of the era, along with a select group of officials.

While America was preoccupied with the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, an even greater tragedy was unfolding across Southeast Asia.