Military forces and sectors

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.

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

It can be argued that the Middle East during the World War II has been regarded as that conflict's most overlooked theater of operations.

Leadership is a most demanding undertaking.

In the years following WWI, the U.

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.

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 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.

For better or worse, Navy captain William S.

Air Force navigators and bombardiers have long labored under the shadow of pilots--their contributions undervalued, misunderstood, or simply unknown to the general public.

In the summer of 1942 Jim Vernon, a nineteen-year-old student in Butte, Montana, joined the U.

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.

Recounting the last stand of the heavy cruiser Houston, this tale of survival brings to life the 1942 battle at Sunda Strait.

The classic collection of articles from the U.

A classic account of the 40-year Naval career of Benjamin Franklin Isherwood, whose contributions to Naval engineering helped usher in the development of the modern American Navy.

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.

The first special service forces of World War II were known as the Devil's Brigade.

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

A masterpiece of World War II heroism, this book catches the spirit and tone of an incredible fighting ship, the USS Aaron Ward, a destroyer-turned-minelayer on the radar picket lines in the Pacific.

The remarkable World War II story of PC 1264's crew of fifty African-American enlisted men as recounted by the ship's captain

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.

The authors were with the Japanese Naval Special Attack Force (Kamikaze Corps) from its inception in late 1944.

Lauded for his ability to tell compelling, true adventure stories, award-winning author Andrew C.

The Pacific War changed abruptly in November 1943 when Admiral Chester Nimitz unleashed a relentless 18-month, 4,000-mile offensive across the Central Pacific, spearheaded by fast carrier task forces and U.

This entertaining collection of essays takes a biographical approach to early American naval history.

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

This biography completes a trilogy on the three Navy fighter pilots--Jimmie Thach, Butch O'Hare, and Jimmy Flatley--who developed sweeping changes in aerial combat tactics during World War II.

This collection of essays examines the lives of thirteen naval officers whose careers had lasting effects on the evolution of American naval traditions.

In the summer of 1814 a squadron of Royal Navy ships attacked the tiny Connecticut seaport of Stonington, and declared its intention of destroying the town.

Glen Williford lends new insight into the reasons for America s relatively quick comeback from the attack on Pearl Harbor.

In the foreword to this book, first published in 1978, Sen.

Author Stephen Young was a seaman first class assigned to gunnery duty in turret no.

This well-documented and hard-hitting biography of the thirteenth commandant of the U.

The substantial accomplishments of the U.

The pursuit of German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic has long been considered one of the most exciting stories of World War II.

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.

Thanks to the PBY's daring pilots and their effective tactics, the slow outdated Catalina patrol bombers became the scourge of Japanese shipping in the South Pacific during World War II.

This book recounts how the Wake Island garrison survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first Japanese attempt to take the atoll.

In a wartime Navy of giant carriers and battleships, tiny wooden subchasers did not command much attention.

The Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 is considered by many to be the most important naval confrontation of the War of 1812.

Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War II, first published in 1976 and now available in paperback for the first time, continues to be considered the best book ever written about Adm.

In early December 1941 in the Philippines, a young Navy ensign named Kemp Tolley was given his first ship command, an old 76-foot schooner that had once served as a movie prop in John Ford's "e;The Hurricane.

Fighter pilot Butch O'Hare became one of America's heroes in 1942 when he saved the carrier Lexington in what has been called the most daring single action in the history of combat aviation.

A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.

In telling the story of the extraordinary contributions of the U.

In this remarkable oral history collection, thirty-three participants in the turbulent epic that began with the day of infamy at Pearl Harbor and ended with the signing of the surrender documents in Tokyo Harbor tell their stories.

Designed for busy junior officers in the U.

Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm.

The American fleet aircraft carrier Hornet is widely acknowledged for the contributions she made to the war effort.

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