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World War II at Sea offers a global perspective, focusing on the major engagements and personalities and revealing both their scale and their interconnection: the U-boat attack on Scapa Flow and the Battle of the Atlantic; the miracle evacuation from \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell-written and often original narrative... a very accessible operational and strategic history. * Eric Grove, The Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eAny reader, whether general or specialist, can pick it up, become immersed in its flowing narrative and energetic prose, and come away with a good general understanding of the war at sea, and the central importance of the maritime dimension to the Anglo-American victory in the West. * Nick Hewitt, Military History *\u003cbr\u003eThis truly monumental work really does what it says on the label ... A military work of the first order. * Steve Craggs, Northern Echo *\u003cbr\u003eCraig L. Symonds has produced a magisterial volume covering the conflict at sea... The multi-award winning Professor Symonds has shown why he is one of the world's leading naval historians in this book... Highly recommended for those who want to know why the sea was so important from 1939 to 1945 and to undertstand the mechanics behind naval operations. * Paul Donnelley *\u003cbr\u003eIn World War II at Sea, Mr. Symonds does for the naval struggle what Martin Gilbert did for the conflict on land in his The Second World War. A thoroughly enjoyable read, World War II at Sea sweeps its glass across the worlds oceans and deftly recounts battles that shaped the course of history's greatest war. * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eCraig Symonds is a seaman and historian of the first order. His telling of this Navy Saga is as vast as the oceans themselves and as gloriously detailed as were the battles for them. * Tom Hanks *\u003cbr\u003eA scholarly yet extremely accessible work that will be of value to anyone interested in World War II; this will likely be a new standard on the topic. * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eSweeping, majestic, and brilliant are the words that come to mind reading World War II at Sea by distinguished naval historian Craig Symonds. This will be the definitive single volume treatment of the enormously critical naval contributions to winning World War II. * Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret), Supreme Allied Commander at NATO 2009-2013, Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University *\u003cbr\u003eWorld War II at Sea somehow manages to distill this entire naval history into a single volume without missing a beat. How Craig Symonds accomplished this while keeping the story interesting and the narrative engaging is a fine feat. This book is a treat! * John Prados, author of Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun *\u003cbr\u003eCraig L. Symonds's World War at Sea is a wonderfully ample and invaluable single-volume naval history of the all-hands-on-deck 1939 to 1945 global conflict. All major naval engagements are concisely and brilliantly recounted here. And there are fine assessments of military leaders like Ernest King and Isoroku Yamamoto. My admiration for this book is boundless! * Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History, Rice University, co-author of Driven Patriot: The Life and Times of James Forrestal *\u003cbr\u003eReaders will welcome this fine account from a highly qualified guide... A solid storyteller and naval scholar, Symonds mixes politics, strategy, sea battle fireworks, technical details, and personal anecdotes to deliver one of the better single-volume histories of the naval portion of WWII. * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eWorld War II at Sea is an effective, well-written account of the war above, on, and below the oceans that draws on both classic and very recent writing to synthesize a single narrative of the entire conflictno small feat. Even experienced readers will find valuable insights about participants, such as Finland and Italy, that are generally neglected. For anyone seeking a one-stop-shop, up-to-date naval history of the period, World War II at Sea is the book to read. * America in WWII *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue:  London, 1930  PART I.  THE EUROPEAN WAR     1.  Unterseeboote     2.  Panzerschiffe    3.  Norway    4.  France Falls    5.  The Regia Marina    6.  The War on Trade, I     7.  The Bismarck  PART II.  THE WAR WIDENS     8.  The Rising Sun     9.  A Two Ocean Navy    10.  Infamy     11.  Rampage     12.  The War on Trade, II      PART III.  WATERSHED      13.  Stemming the Tide     14.  Two Beleaguered Islands     15.  A Two Ocean War     16.  The Tipping Point  17.  The War on Trade, III      PART IV.  ALLIED COUNTERATTACK    18.  Airplanes and Convoys     19.  Husky    20.  Twilight of Two Navies     21.  Breaking the Shield     22.  Large Slow Target  PART V.  RECKONING     23.  D-Day      24.  Seeking the Decisive Battle      25.  Leyte Gulf     26.  The Noose Tightens    27.  Denouement   Epilogue:  Tokyo Bay, 1945  Afterword","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732535128407,"sku":"9780190243678","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-vikings-9780192801340","title":"A History of the Vikings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced, and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language.'' Scandinavian StudiesThe subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, their civilization and culture, and their many sided achievements at home and abroad. A highly readable narrative follows the development of these Northern peoples - the Nordmenn - from their origins and the legendary pre-history to the military triumphs of Canute and the defeat of Harald Hardrádi at Stamford Bridge in 1066, which symbolically ended the Viking age. The book recounts the Vikings'' exploits in war, trade, and colonization: the assault on Western Christendom; the trading and military ventures to the Slav and Muslim worlds and to Byzantium; and the western voyages of discovery and settlement to Greenland, Iceland, and America. Numerous photographs, maps, and drawings contribute to Gwyn Jones''s rounded portrait of Viking civilization and vividly evoke the importance in their culture of religion, art, and seafaring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat a superb book this is! Wise, well-informed, judicious and infinitely readable. * Magnus Magnusson, Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003ean utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or...in any language. * Erik Wahlgren, Scandinavian Studies *\u003cbr\u003eA highly readable history. * Oxford Time *\u003cbr\u003eno better book on the Vikings has ever been written, and it is one which every educated person with any interest in history should know about ... Readers will be delighted to discover the eloquent and sparkling prose of a natural Welsh bard and storyteller who was one of the shining lights of University College, Cardiff. The man writes beautifully. 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He argues that salvaging goods from wrecked ships formed part of the 'moral economy' of maritime communities, borrowing E.P. Thompson's famous explanation for early modern food riots. * Tom Johnson, London Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eThere are already a number of scientific writings from various disciplines that deal with shipwrecking. Few, however, address the social and legal implications of such events, further activities they prompted, and the interactions among the groups involved. Cressy shows more clearly than previous studies, a transition to a different phase, with new actors and conditions on the coast than those at sea. * Michael W. Jung, H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eShipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a welcome addition to a growing field within maritime studies. For those interested in the subject, this is a very enjoyable read. While Cressy covers a wide range of topics, the target audience is more for specialists in maritime history or studies, especially those of the Elizabethan and Stuart periods. Those with an interest in Wreccum Maris, or the intersections between culture and the sea in the early modern period, will find this work of great interest. * Patrick Klinger, Virginia Military Institute, H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eIt's never too late to learn new stuff, even about shipwrecks. Like, for instance, I knew that things floating were flotsam; things deliberately thrown overboard were jetsam. * Dennis Simanaitis, Simanaitis Says *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Cressy is to be congratulated on producing an empirical and very well-illustrated study of a subject too often consigned to the realms of myth, legend and exaggeration. * The Local Historian *\u003cbr\u003eShipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a book of learning and erudition, and it succeeds ably in highlighting the scale of shipwrecks and salvage and their importance to the very fabric of early modern Britain. 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Kowner's monograph is a solid and fundamental study with a good literary style. It will certainly stir up controversy [in Russia], which is also the hallmark of a quality historical work. * Dmitrii V. Likharev, Rossiya i ATR *\u003cbr\u003eNot only does this excellent book provide a good treatment of the battle itself...but a great deal of consideration is also given to its long-term effect in naval, political, and cultural spheres. * Andrew Choong Han Lin, The Mariner's Mirror *\u003cbr\u003eVery readable and informative, and gives an excellent insight into how naval tactics changed and developed after the battle. A must-read for anyone interested in early-twentieth century naval warfare. * Chris May *\u003cbr\u003eRotem Kowner's Tsushima constitutes a tour de force treatment of this epic battle and its multiple legacies. He establishes remote and immediate contexts, provides accurate description and informed analysis, and delves deeply into aftermath. * Bruce W. Menning, Professor of Strategy (ret.), U. S. Army Command and General Staff College *\u003cbr\u003eA book of remarkable originality, daring, and openness of mind. Professor Kowner presents a skilful account of Tsushima which for the first time equally embraces Japanese and Russian sides of the battle and its consequences. * Dmitrii V. Likharev, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia *\u003cbr\u003eA penetrating and comprehensive study of the most consequential naval battle fought between Trafalgar (1805) and Pearl Harbor (1941). Where Kowner's work shines brightest is his insightful analysis of this battle's military, political, and cultural legacy for both participants and the wider world. Tsushima is masterful. * J. Charles Schencking, Author of Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, and the Emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1969-1922 *\u003cbr\u003eRotem Kowner's Tsushima presents a comprehensive account of the Battle of Tsushima Strait in 1905. It skilfully describes how and why it occurred and ended with a decisive and one-sided victory by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Among other things, this book is about the big battleships and guns. Well prepared and trained, the IJN made the best use of them against the Baltic Fleet and earned well-deserving glory and acclaim. However, the memory of decisive victory at Tsushima also planted in the minds of generations of IJN's leaders hubris, arrogance, and inflexibility to adjust and change IJN's naval doctrine until its last days in 1945. Kowner, as a true historian, re-enacts the days of the big battleships and guns, and beckons us all to return to the seas again. * Naoyuki Agawa, Author of Friendship Across the Seas: The US Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Background 2: Analysis of the battle and its unique points 3: The battle's immediate consequences and how it was seen at the time 4: The Japanese legacy of Tsushima as a model decisive battle 5: Tsushima and the destruction of the Imperial Russian Navy 6: Tsushima's impact on naval warfare in the 20th century Further Reading Notes Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732801433943,"sku":"9780198831075","price":22.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780198831075.jpg?v=1719998459"},{"product_id":"norse-america-9780198861553","title":"Norse America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries to the myths and fabrications about their presence there that have developed in recent centuries.Tracking the saga of the Norse across the North Atlantic to America, Norse America sets the record straight about the idea that the Vikings ''discovered'' America. The journey described is a continuum, with evidence-based history and archaeology at one end, and fake history and outright fraud at the other. In between there lies a huge expanse of uncertainty: sagas that may contain shards of truth, characters that may be partly historical, real archaeology that may be interpreted through the fictions of saga, and fragmentary evidence open to responsible and irresponsible interpretation. Norse America is a book that tells two stories. The first is the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries, settling in Greenland and establishing a shore station at L''Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland (to which a chapter of the book is devoted) and ending (but not culminating) in a fleeting and ill-documented presence on the shores of the North American mainland. The second is the appropriation and enhancement of the westward narrative by Canadians and Americans who want America to have had white North European origins, who therefore want the Vikings to have ''discovered'' America, and who in the advancement of that thesis have been willing to twist and manufacture evidence in support of claims grounded in an ideology of racial superiority.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt has the potential to shift the debate on the Vinland journeys and the Norse discovery of North America in new and welcome directions. * Sverrir Jakobsson, History: Reviews of New Books *\u003cbr\u003eGordon Campbell's fascinating book explains how this questionable theory evolved into an argument for the cultural supremacy of people of northern European Protestant descent over Americans of different ancestry. * Tony Barber, Financial Times, Best History Books of 2021 *\u003cbr\u003eCampbell excels in deconstructing the \"fantasy archaeology\" that has been used to bolster claims to Norse heritage, from genuine Viking-Age weapons deliberately buried and then \"discovered\", to outright fakes. [...] Norse America is a welcome deconstruction of a founding myth that remains dangerously politicized. * Jane Kershaw, Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eNorse America is an important book that equips the reader to interrogate the stories we think we know, and asks how - and why - we arrived where we are today. This highly readable volume is particularly suited to those who want to understand how the past is shaped in the present - often for explicit political aims. * Cat Jarman, BBC History Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e[An] engaging and illuminating account ... this breadth, this willingness to see the Norse voyages to Greenland and Canada as part of a much bigger story, is the great strength of this book. * Judith Jesch, History Today *\u003cbr\u003eThis breezy, well-researched, and frequently hilarious book is one of the best recent take-downs of ethnic chauvinism I've seen in years... Campbell, a Scotsman with a sense of humor as dry as a finely-aged single malt, is merciless in dissecting every single alleged Norse artifact, archaeological site, and inscription, up to and including the Norse sagas themselves... [R]ead this book post-haste.You will not be disappointed. * Daily Kos *\u003cbr\u003eNorse America provides an impressively complex overview of the pre-modern movements of northern Europeans and discusses a large array of forged objects and theories, thereby successfully addressing common misconceptions and conspiracy theories related to the medieval Norse presence in America. * Verena Höfig, Speculum 99\/1 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Discovering America 2: Sagas and Chronicles 3: Maps 4: Iceland and the Discovery of Greenland 5: Norse Greenland 6: L'Anse aux Meadows 7: The Limits of the Norse Presence in North America 8: American Runestones 9: The Kensington Runestone 10: Understanding Norse America Glossary Further Reading","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732818080087,"sku":"9780198861553","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"american-naval-history-9780199394760","title":"American Naval History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation''s fortunes: John Paul Jones'' attacks on the British during the Revolution, the Barbary Wars, and the arduous conquest of Iwo Jima.The book illuminates the changes--technological, institutional, and functional--of the U.S. Navy from its days as a small frigate navy through the age of steam and steel to the modern era of electronics and missiles. Historian Craig L. Symonds captures the evolving culture of the navy and debates between policymakers about what role the institution should play in world affairs. Internal and external challenges dramatically altered the size and character of the navy, with long periods of quiet inertia alternating with rapid expansion emerging out of crises. 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