Military forces and sectors

The Liberty Incident Revealed is the complete and final story about the Israeli Air Force and Navy attack on the USS Liberty during the Six Day War in June 1967.

Predators is a riveting introduction to the murky world of Predator and Reaper drones, the CIA's and U.

Named a "e;Notable Naval Book of 2012"e; by Proceedings magazine, Pirate Alley is now available in paperback.

A compilation of information presented in United States Army World War II training manuals and tactical documents.

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

Largely responsible for crushing Japanese airpower wherever the American fast carrier force sailed, the Grumman F6F Hellcat was considered the most important Allied aircraft in the Pacific during 1943 and 1944.

In early August 1974, despite incredible risks and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean.

In this easy-to-use reference, Naval Academy English professor Nancy Prothro Arbuthnot tells the stories behind sixty of the Academy's monuments and memorials.

Detailed analysis of WWII operations undertaken by Germany's armed forces on the Eastern Front, with illustrative case studies, maps, and diagrams.

This collection of biographical essays delves into the careers of thirteen colorful naval leaders who guided the U.

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

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Great friendship existed between the United States and Imperial Russia during the nineteenth century.

Gradually evolving from sailing frigates, the first modern cruiser is not easy to define, but this book starts with the earliest steam paddle warships, covers the evolution of screw-driven frigates, corvettes and sloops, and then the succeeding iron, composite and steel-hulled classes down to the last armoured cruisers.

This is the most comprehensive, English-language study of the German Imperial Navy's battlecruisers that served in the First World War.

Their stories needed to be told.

This is a superb survey of the fierce naval struggles, from 1939 up to the invasion of the Norway in April 1940.

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A detailed and fully illustrated account of the development of American aircraft carriers up to and during World War II.

From his first dramatic initiatives at the Battle of St.

"e;The authors do a good job using the diaries, interviews, and books written by group members to convey a vivid-sometimes too vivid-picture of war at its most elemental.

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The Free Sea offers a unique, single-volume analysis of incidents in American history that affected U.

Rise of the War Machines: The Birth of Precision Bombing in World War II examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight through the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War II.

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The untold story of US Special Forces in Laos, one of the longest secret wars of the Cold War-by a military historian and Special Forces veteran.

"e;The Civil War is often considered a "e;soldiers' war,"e; but Life in Jefferson Davis' Navy acknowledges the legacy of service of the officers and sailors of the Confederate States Navy.

The Arctics growing strategic importance in world affairs and the increasing attention it receives from states inside and outside the region warrants greater cooperation and understanding of practical measures for maintaining regional security and stability.

Learning War examines the U.

Foundations of Russian Military Flight focuses on the early use of balloons and aircraft by the Russian military.

The Herndon Climb is an important and meaningful ritual in Naval Academy culture.

Few American presidents have exercised their constitutional authority as commander in chief with more determination than Franklin D.

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

During the 1920s and 1930s Adm.

When it was first published in 1953, opinions were sharply divided between those who deplored the apparent extolling of a vicious form of warfare, and this who found in Heinz Schaeffer’s account a revealing picture of the German Navy’s training and methods.

This book documents the case that World War II happened in such a different world that it has little relevance to todays foreign policy, as well as the case that U.

The Luftwaffe and the War at Sea is a collection of fascinating accounts written by German military officers – both Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe – about the naval war in the air in the North Atlantic and around Great Britain.

By the summer of 1940, Great Britain watched as France succumbed to the might of Adolf Hitler's forces.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

A US Army historian chronicles a vital zone of conflict within The Battle of the Bulge in this authoritative and detailed account of WWII combat.

This history of the Royal Flying Corps during the Battle of Somme offers a comprehensive firsthand look at WWI military aviation.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

The Special Air Service (The SAS) are perhaps the Special Forces Regiment.

Frederic Manning was born on 22nd July 1882 in Sydney, Australia, one of eight children to local politician Sir William Patrick Manning.

The Special Boat Squadron, or SBS, is one of the most admired, respected and feared Special Forces units in the world.

Since he was a child in the 1950s watching Vampires and Meteors operating from RAF Turnhouse, Jim Walls wanted to fly aircraft, he just never envisaged that his flying career would be spent in the back seat as opposed to the front.

Featuring the art and images from World of Tanks, plus additional illustrations, the story of the SU-152 is told in graphic form along with tips on how to play with the SU-152 in the multi-player online game World of Tanks.

"Rikugun: Guide to Japanese Ground Forces 1937-1945" is the first nuts-and-bolts handbook to utilize both the voluminous raw allied intelligence documents and postwar Japanese documentation as primary sources.

Portuguese paratroopers or “paras” began as a stepchild of the army and found a home in the Portuguese Air Force in 1955.

In December of 1914, veteran Boer commander General Louis Botha landed his forces on the coast of German South West Africa to finish off the colony’s Schutztruppe defenders.