Naval forces and warfare

A research analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses offers a rare historical account of the Royal and U.

From the Iraqi attack on the USS Stark to Iranian mine fields to Revolutionary Guard gunboats, the 1987-88 Persian Gulf was a place of shadowy danger for U.

The Office of Naval Research, known widely as ONR, was formed in 1946 largely to support the pursuit of basic science to help ensure future U.

Far China Station was the first work to put nineteenth century American naval and diplomatic affairs in the Far East into clear perspective.

In his groundbreaking work, In Defence of Naval Supremacy, Sumida presents a provocative and authoritative revisionist history of the origins, nature and consequences of the "e;Dreadnought Revolution"e; of 1906.

The geopolitical situation in the Mediterranean before the First World War has been generally ignored by historians.

This is the true life story of the Scottish gardener's son, John Paul, who became America's greatest naval hero, John Paul Jones.

merican seapower requires a robust constellation of bases to support global power projection.

When submarines failed to return to port from patrol, they were officially listed by the Navy as overdue and presumed lost.

Bill Lawrence served his country for thirty-seven years in a remarkable naval career filled with triumphs and adversities.

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When Sharon Hanley Disher entered the U.

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The popular conception of Hitler in the final years of World War II is that of a deranged Fuhrer stubbornly demanding the defense of every foot of ground on all fronts and ordering hopeless attacks with nonexistent divisions.

Despite its reputation as the most impressive naval force in the world, the U.

This book focuses on the role of Glenn H.

An exceptional figure in the history of the German Navy, Wolfgang Luth was one of only seven men in the Wehrmacht to win Germany's highest combat decoration, the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds.

A pioneer in the field of deep-sea diving, George F.

From 1928 to 1943, Erich Raeder led the German navy during the last turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler, and through World War II, yet until now there has not been a full-length biography written about him.

Culled from many never-before-published narratives and oral histories conducted under the auspices of the U.

Originally published in 1972, Christopher McKee's biography of Edward Preble remains the most authoritative source on this influential early shaper of the U.

Hastily built at the onset of World War II to stop German U-boats from taking their toll on Allied shipping, the 110-foot wooden subchasers were the smallest commissioned warships in the U.

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This classic study is considered essential reading for its analysis of fast aircraft carrier development in WWII.

A longtime military history professor at Virginia Military Institute and prolific author, Spencer Tucker examines the important roles played by the Union and Confederate navies during the Civil War.

Immortalized by David Farragut's apothegm, "e;Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead,"e; the Battle of Mobile Bay remains one of history's great naval engagements, a contest between two admirals trained in the same naval tradition who once fought under the same flag.

Stealth Boat is a memoir of Gannon McHale's years in the U.

Naval historian Vincent O Hara recounts here the dramatic story of the U.

With Commodore Perry to Japan offers a personable account of Commodore Perrys expedition to Japan through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old pursers clerk of the Mississippi.

A portrait in words and photographs of the interwar Navy, this book examines the twenty-year period that saw the U.

As the Vietnam War reached its tragic climax in the last days of April 1975, a task force of U.

This analytic and historical study provides a revealing look at naval operational intelligence by embracing the fundamental question of what OPINTEL is and how it answers the fundamental question "e;Where is the enemy, in what strength, and disposition, and what is he doing right now?

This is a story of adventure in the Hindu Kush Mountains, and of a previously untold Military and Naval Intelligence Mission along about 800 miles of the Durand Line in World War II.

Leadership is a most demanding undertaking.

In the years following WWI, the U.

The Captain from Connecticut is the definitive biography of the man who became a national hero as the commander of the USS Constitution in her dramatic victory over HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812.

In today's world of satellites and electronic spying it is hard to appreciate the difficulties involved two centuries ago in collecting and disseminatingsecret intelligence in a time of war.

In 1949, as the Chinese Civil War was about to enter its final, explosive stage, the small British frigate HMS Amethyst was sent on a dangerous mission up the Yangtze River to protect British citizens in Nanking.

Drawing on previously untapped sources, Robert Shenk offers a revealing portrait of America's small Black Sea fleet in the years following World War I.

The classic collection of articles from the U.

This book is concerned with both the national security concerns of Asian maritime nations and the security of the Asian maritime commons.

Although bad eyesight kept him from receiving a commission in the U.

A major work by one of Japan's leading naval historians, this book traces Alfred Thayer Mahan's influence on Japan's rise as a sea power after the publication of his classic study, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History.

Welcomed as the first book about American submarines in World War II to be written by a man who actually fought them, this compelling personal account of the war beneath the sea firmly established Edward L.

Combining vivid personal narrative with historical and operational analyses, this book takes a candid look at U.

In this rousing sequel to his classic Can Do!

A World War II adventure story of epic proportions, this book tells the heroic tale of a dedicated band of men who refused to let their crippled ship sink to the bottom of the Pacific in late 1944.

This richly detailed tribute to the legendary Yamato is now back in print by popular demand.

Like its World War II namesake of Leyte Gulf fame, USS Samuel B.

Many regard this work as the definitive account of a controversial conflict of the war in the Pacific, the June 1944 battle known as the "e;Great Marianas Turkey Shoot.