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In this revealing work, Dag Henriksen discloses the origins and content of NATO's strategic and conceptual thinking on how the use of force was to succeed politically in altering the behavior of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).

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.

Today only a select few know firsthand what it is like to feel their ship shudder from the blast of their own guns, watch enemy guns flash back, and see friendly ships erupt in flames.

In the early days of World War II, a young Marine named Charles Fenn was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) for undercover operations in the China-Burma-India theatre.

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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.

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Between 1942 and 1945, the U.

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.

American missionaries Henry Roy Bell and his wife Edna had been teaching in the Philippines at Silliman University for twenty years when the Japanese invaded the islands after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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.

Caught off Okinawa in the fiercest typhoon in history at the end of World War II.

An experienced reconnaissance Marine officer, Bruce Meyers paints a colorful and accurate picture of the special recon landings that preceded every major amphibious operation in the Pacific War.

Saying that no generation of Americans has produced a finer array of combat commanders than that of World War II, a thirty-year army veteran examines combat leadership throughout the war at every level of command in the 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.

"e;Award-winning author Alan Rems brilliantly tells of the campaigns in the South Pacific, a region long overlooked, offering both the big picture and the foxhole view"e; - Military Officer "e;A fitting tribute to the men who fought and died in an often overlooked theater of World War II.

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.

At the onset of World War II, the U.

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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.

Most people associate concentration camps with Nazi Germany.

This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific.

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.

Major General Johnson Hagood (1873-1948) was one of South Carolina's most distinguished army officers of the twentieth century.

Colonel Frank Kowalski served as the Chief of Staff of the American military advisory group that helped establish the National Police Reserve, the predecessor to the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and provided daily guidance to it during its first two years of existence.

With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II.

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.

The attack on Pearl Harbor is a topic of perennial interest to the American public, and a long line of popular books and movies have focused on the attack or events leading up to it.

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.