Naval forces and warfare

This “impeccable, myth-busting study” of WWII maritime operations sheds new light on the conflict with sharp analysis and an international perspective (The Sunday Times, UK).

Struggle for Empireprovides the first comprehensive modern biography in English of the late Qing dynasty statesman, strategist, and military commander, Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885).

"e;What sort of combination of hypocrite and paradox is John Kerry?

On July 4, 1991, the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers, the most powerful surface combatants in naval history, was commissioned.

This book completes an authoritative two-part study on the Standard-type US battleships of World War II ships that were designed to fight a different type of war than the one that unfolded.

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day.

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

"e;This microhistory of the birth, life, and death of an American cruiser offers valuable insight into the early years of World War II, including the procedures, processes, and personnel of the Navy, naval life, and naval warfare.

By piecing together diaries, letters, scrapbooks, and rare privately printed memoirs, the author has created a story which tells how America's ragtag navy-composed mainly of converted yachts, steamers and tugboats-was able to fight and win against the more powerful Spanish gunboats.

Motor Gun Boats were the Spitfires of the Seas of the Royal Navy.

If one single weapon in Germany's arsenal can be said to have come closest to winning the war for the Third Reich, it was without doubt the U-Boat.

From the lone, stealth attack to the fearsome potential of the legendary 'wolf packs', this book provides crucial insight into how U-boats operated in the war.

A World War II tabletop miniatures naval wargame set in the Pacific.

This book discusses the role of the U.

It is now almost exactly a hundred years since a heavier-than-air craft first took off and landed on a warship, and from the very beginning flying at sea made unique demands on men and machines.

Designed and produced under the regulations of the Washington Naval Treaty, the heavy cruisers of the Pensacola, Northampton, Portland, New Orleans and Wichita classes were exercises in compromise.

In this comprehensive account, renowned naval historian Dr Edward Hampshire takes advantage of new sources to examine the naval campaign that saw Britain eventually retake the Falkland islands from Argentina.

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The Seven Years War (1756-1763) was the first global conflict and became the key factor in creating the British Empire.

With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps--the last all-white branch of the U.

This book offers a new edition of Henry Maydman's work Naval Speculations with a detailed commentary by two leading experts on its importance to the naval issues of the 21st century.

For more than two decades William S.

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The Admirals: Canada's Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century fills an important void in the history of Canada's navy.

Readers of this book will gain a fascinating insight into Naval discipline and social conditions.

The quotations in this unique dictionary cover all aspects of the military art-war, personalities, traditions and customs, weapons and equipment, as well as virtues and failings.

New and expanded information on Loch Eriboll's pivotal role in the surrender of German U-boats to northern Scotland in May, 1945

Strategic Survey 2021: The Annual Assessment of Geopolitics provides objective, in-depth analysis by leading experts of the events, actors and forces driving international relations.

Provides deep insights into the roles and responsibilities of men, women and children within naval families.

The United States established an academy for educating future army officers at West Point in 1802.

Striking the Hornets' Nest provides the first extensive analysis of the Northern Bombing Group (NBG), the Navy's most innovative aviation initiative of World War I and one of the world's first dedicated strategic bombing programs.

An examination of the 'small boat' war between the Germans and the British in the English Channel.

This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II.

One of the great spectacles of modern naval history is the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's rise from an isolationist feudal kingdom to a potent military empire stridently confronting, in 1941, the world's most powerful nation.

Despite the many celebrated victories of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars, the role of the Royal Navy should never be overlooked.

This book provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Columbia-class program, the Gerald R.

In General Naval Tactics, Naval War College professor and renowned tactical expert Milan Vego describes and explains those aspects of naval tactics most closely related to the human factor.

This title follows on from a companion book covering the US heavy cruisers that were built prior to the war, together forming the definitive guide to the US's heavy cruiser classes.

In November of 1942, the five Sullivan brothers from Waterloo, Iowa, were killed when a Japanese torpedo sank their ship during the most ferocious naval engagement fought in the South Pacific.

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Maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia was first recognised as a global concern in 2008 after the hijackings of World Food Programme vessels.

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Within hours of the outbreak of the Second World War, Winston Churchill took up office as First Lord of the Admiralty.

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The Mediterranean is the maritime crossroads where Europe, Asia, and Africa meet.

In June 1944, U.

World War II from a Leader Who Saw the War from Both the White House and the Bridge of a BattleshipVice Admiral John L.

Over the centuries, naval relations between Japan and Korea appear to have alternated between peaceful trade and outright hostility.

"e;Rick Kaiser was a legend in the SEAL Teams for his courage, his leadership and his unparalleled professionalism.