Naval forces and warfare

Less than five years after naval aviation led the forces that defeated Imperial Japan that very organization was in serious trouble.

This volume focuses on naval leadership and ethics with respect to the individual leader and how his or her values and actions affect military cohesion, mission success, and the profession of arms.

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

China's shipbuilding industry has grown more rapidly than any other in modern history.

Awareness of the leadership traits exhibited by Admiral Farragut in his famous order: "e;Damn the torpedoes!

Clash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I.

Victory Without Peace is about the US Navy in European and Near Eastern waters in the post World War I era.

An inside look at the Confederacy's military science and technologyLoaded with previously unavailable information about the Confederate Navy's effort to supply its fledgling forces, the wartime diaries and letters of John M.

The best way for today's sailors to learn about a battle is from those who fought it.

Strategy and reality collide in Peter Fey’s gripping history of aircraft carrier USS Oriskany’s three deployments to Vietnam with Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16).

In 1944 Allied codebreakers learned the Imperial Japanese Navy had dispatched the cargo submarine I-52 to occupied France with tons of military supplies and payment—in gold—for German assistance.

In 1944 Allied codebreakers learned the Imperial Japanese Navy had dispatched the cargo submarine I-52 to occupied France with tons of military supplies and payment—in gold—for German assistance.

A heavily illustrated account of the evolution, design and deployment of dreadnought battleships.

A complete history of naval combat in the Mediterranean and North African campaigns throughout WWII.

Leadership under pressure: the personal account of the commander of the Royal Naval Task Group deployed to Libya in 2011.

A biography chronicling one man's service during World War II as a Royal Navy commander and his career before & after in the tea business.

Finalist for the Cundill History PrizeONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR "e;Superb .

See the excitement and danger of life on an aircraft carrier like never before.

A biography chronicling one man's service during World War II as a Royal Navy commander and his career before & after in the tea business.

One of the largest and most complex military efforts ever undertaken, the Leyte Operation was the Allies' first and most important major combined operation to liberate the Philippine archipelago.

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Manned almost entirely by reservists, the USS Abercrombie (DE343) and her sister ships did the dirty work of the Pacific War.

Focusing on the oceanic war rather than the war in the Great Lakes, this study charts the War of 1812 from the perspectives of the two opposing navies at seaone of the largest fleets in the world and a small, upstart navy just three decades old.

Agents of Innovation examines the influence of the General Board of the Navy as agents of innovation during the period between World Wars I and II.

Through dramatic incidents tells for the first time the full story of the development of Cold War naval intelligence from the end of WWII to the breakup the Soviet Union in 1991, from both sides, East and West.

Savor the story of the ultimate warship in Sovereigns of the Sea: The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship, which chronicles the history of Sovereign of the Seas, an immensely powerful floating fortress.

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The only comparative analysis available of the great navies of World War I, this work studies the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, the German Kaiserliche Marine, the United States Navy, the French Marine Nationale, the Italian Regia Marina, the Austro-Hungarian Kaiserliche und Knigliche Kriegsmarine, and the Imperial Russian Navy to demonstrate why the war was won, not in the trenches, but upon the waves.

With a proud tradition reaching back to its founding in 1845, the United States Naval Academy today pursues its role as the nations premier institution dedicated to teaching and molding the naval leaders of tomorrow.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Warfare Collection"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

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.

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?

Long before the overt war in Afghanistan and the covert war against al-Qaida, U.

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.

This collection of 51 essays provides a history of amphibious landings that include European, Asian, and American operations.

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

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.

The Battle of Tassafaronga, November 30, 1942, was the fifth and last major night surface action fought off Savo Island during World War II's Guadalcanal campaign.

Insights into significant events of the twentieth century are provided in this memoir by Paul Ignatius, a former secretary of the Navy and past president of The Washington Post who participated in many of the events described.

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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.

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.

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.