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Taylor & Francis Ltd AustroHungarian Naval Policy 19041914 Cass Series Naval Policy and History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Farflung Lines Studies in Imperial Defence in Honour of Donald Mackenzie Schurman Cass Series Naval Policy and History
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Taylor & Francis The Merchant Marine in International Affairs 18501950 Cass Series Naval Policy and History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd From East of Suez to the Eastern Atlantic British Naval Policy 196470 Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies Series
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Taylor & Francis Air Power in the Maritime Environment
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Cambridge University Press The Politics Naval of Supremacy The Wiles Lectures
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Cambridge University Press The Great Naval Game
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Cambridge University Press Mr Blighs Bad Language
Book SynopsisCaptain Bligh and the mutiny on the Bounty have become proverbial in their capacity to evoke the extravagant and violent abuse of power. But William Bligh was one of the least violent disciplinarians in the British navy. It is this paradox which inspired Greg Dening to ask why the mutiny took place. Part of the key lies in the curious puzzle of Mr Bligh's bad language.Trade Review'This is a marvellous magical mystery tour we are offered, written in an allusive and quicksilver prose - no bad language here.' The Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsList of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Act 1. The Ship; Entr'Acte: Sharks that walk on the land; Entr'Acte: Ralph Wewitzer: The First Captain Bligh; Act 2. The Beach; Act 3. The Island; Epilogue; Notes; Reference Bibliography; Index.
£21.99
Cambridge University Press Spanish Naval Power 1589 1665
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Cambridge University Press Spanish Naval Power 1589 1665
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Cambridge University Press The Making of the Modern Admiralty
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Cambridge University Press The Great Naval Game Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire 26 Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series Number 26
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Cambridge University Press The Modern Warship
Book SynopsisPart of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series, and printed in 1913, The Modern Warship by Edward L. Attwood offers a pre-First World War account of the design and construction of British warships, from a naval architect's perspective.Table of ContentsFrontispiece: model of the H. M. S. Queen Mary; Preface; 1. Design; 2. Hull construction; 3. Armour; 4. Armament; 5. Equipment; 6. Stability and rolling; 7. Engines, boilers, etc.; 8. Ventilation and pumping; 9. Watertight subdivision; 10. Steering and turning; 11. Power and speed; 12. The cost of warships; Bibliography; Index.
£23.99
Cambridge University Press Amphibious Warfare and Combined Operations
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1943, this book presents the content of the Lees Knowles Lectures for that year, which were delivered by Roger Keyes at Trinity College, Cambridge. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in naval history and military strategy.Table of ContentsForeword; 1. Combined operations in the St Lawrence River, 1759; 2. The China war, 1900; 3. The Dardanelles campaign; 4. Combined operations on the Belgian coast, 1918; 5. Combined operations in this war.
£19.99
Cambridge University Press Naval Warfare with Steam
Book SynopsisSir Howard Douglas (17761861) fought in the Napoleonic wars and taught at the Royal Military College. Published in 1858, this work addresses steamship design, steering and propeller engineering as well as tactics of breaking the line, fuel economy and fleet arrangement. This important work remains of interest to military historians.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. On the application of steam power to the propulsion of ships of war; 2. On the tactics of naval warfare with steam; Appendix; Index.
£22.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc In the Cockpit 2
Book SynopsisFeatures 32 important World War II aircraft over approximately 47 spreads (104 pages).
£19.91
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Navy Seals
Book Synopsis“Captures the essence of Naval Special Warfare from our storied beginnings to the current fight.” —Admiral WILLIAM H. McRAVENWritten with the unprecedented cooperation of the Naval Special Warfare community, this vivid and definitive history of the U.S. Navy SEALs reveals the inside story behind the greatest combat operations of America''s most celebrated warriors. Illustrated with forty pages of photographs and based on exclusive interviews with more than 100 U.S. frogmen (including multiple Medal of Honor recipients), here is the first comprehensive history of the special operations force (Military.com).New York Times bestselling authors Dick Couch—a former SEAL—and William Doyle chart the SEALs'' story, from their origins in the daring Naval Combat Demolition Teams, Underwater Demolition Teams, Scouts and Raiders commando units, and OSS Operational Swimmers of World War II to their coming of age in Vietnam
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WW Norton & Co The Struggle for Sea Power
Book SynopsisA fascinating naval perspective on one of the greatest of all historical conundrums: How did thirteen isolated colonies, which in 1775 began a war with Britain without a navy or an army, win their independence from the greatest naval and military power on earth?
£26.59
WW Norton & Co In the Hour of Victory
Book SynopsisThe greatest victories from the British Navy’s golden age, told through never-before-seen letters from the officers themselves.Trade Review"Authoritative and insightful." -- Publishers Weekly"Willis skillfully weaves the newly discovered material along with his own insightful commentary… [he] takes chances with an unorthodox approach to a series of crucial naval battles of geostrategic importance, and his approach works." -- Joseph Callo, US Naval Institute
£26.59
WW Norton & Co Commander
Book Synopsis"Nobody describes a naval battle better than Taylor…a flawless demonstration of the biographer’s craft." —Jan Morris, The GuardianTrade Review"If Pellew’s life, fired in the kiln of O’Brian’s genius, gave us Jack Aubrey, both our interest and gratitude ought to be ongoing and deep." -- Charles Finch - USA Today"Taylor is clarity itself…he has also contributed handily to our appreciation of the workings and vagaries of the Royal Navy." -- Katherine A. Powers - Christian Science Monitor"An entertaining, swashbuckling adventure, filled to the brim with derring-do." -- Daily Telegraph"[Pellew] is skilfully conjured up in Stephen Taylor’s commendable biography. Fans of Forester and O’Brian will enjoy this tale of Pellew’s meteoric rise." -- Sunday Times"Meticulous archival research vividly presents a real-life hero whose deeds provided material for C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey." -- Publishers Weekly
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WW Norton & Co Commander Will Cushing
Book Synopsis“Superbly entertaining.”—S. C. Gwynne, best-selling author of Empire of the Summer MoonTrade Review"Jamie Malanowski has brought to life one of the great, little-known swashbucklers of the Civil War. A fun, exhilarating rush of a read, this is history told with the flair and panache of a great journalist." -- Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea"It’s astonishing to me that I’d never heard of such an astonishing and very American hero. Will Cushing is like a character out of fiction or the movies—charismatic trouble-maker, patriot, half-mad can-do leader of men—and Jamie Malanowski beautifully tells the ripping yarn that was his remarkable life." -- Kurt Anderson, host of Studio 360 on NPR"Commander Will Cushing is a happy combination of one of the Civil War’s best tales and a writer whose taut, smart prose is up to the task of writing it. So much Civil War writing loses its luster in an ocean of sheer data. In Malanowski’s hands the narrative just drives forward, carrying you with it. A superbly entertaining book on a subject that, somehow, everyone else overlooked." -- S. C. Gwynne, author of Empire of the Summer Moon"Jamie Malanowski restores Cushing to his proper place in the first rank of American naval heroes in this fast-paced, rousing biography that illuminates both Cushing the man and the hero. Gracefully written and admirably nuanced, Commander Will Cushing makes a significant contribution to the naval history of the Civil War." -- Peter Cozzens, author of Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign"Jamie Malanowski’s compelling history sheds new light on Will Cushing, a major naval hero of the Civil War who, but for a technicality, would have surely received the Medal of Honor. The Cushing name reverberates through those years, with four brothers serving the North, including Alonzo, a cannoneer who fell at Gettysburg. But this story is about Will, and it’s a corker." -- Larry Smith, author of Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Winners in Their Own Words"[G]ripping, accessible… Malanowski’s nimble prose serves the action scenes perfectly and gives Cushing’s battles the weight and presentation they deserve… [H]as the page-turning excitement of a thriller…" -- Publishers Weekly, Starred review
£13.29
Random House USA Inc The Philadelphia Experiment Project Invisibility
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Penguin Books Ltd Pacific Alamo American War Heroes
Book SynopsisIt happened in the shadow of Pearl Harbor—mere hours after the first attack on the day that would “live in infamy.” But few know the full story of Wake Island.Now a prominent military historian, breaking new ground on the assault, relates the compelling events of that day and the heroic struggle that followed. Thanks to the brave Marines stationed there-and the civilian construction workers who selflessly put their lives on the line to defend the island-what was supposed to be an easy victory became a protracted and costly battle for Imperial Japan. This is the story of that battle, from survivors on both sides, and with a gallery of historic photos.Trade Review“John Wukovits has given this epic drama new meaning for a challenging time…. Pacific Alamo is an engaging, fascinating account of bravery in a desperate situation.”—WWII History “A remarkable chronology of a nearly forgotten episode in the early days of World War II… celebrates the heroism of the Marine defenders and the civilian construction crew that elected to stay and fight alongside the military.”—The Virginian–Pilot “[A] skillful blending of highly detailed research and a host of first-person accounts.”—Flint Whitlock, Author of The Fighting First: The Untold Story of the Big Red One on D-Day
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Presidio Press NeptuneS Inferno
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Penguin Young Readers One Square Mile of Hell
Book SynopsisFor Dutton Caliber's American War Heroes series, the riveting true account of the Battle of Tarawa, an epic World War II clash in which the U.S. Marines fought the Japanese nearly to the last man. In November 1943, the men of the 2d Marine Division were instructed to clear out Japanese resistance on the Pacific island of Betio, a speck at the end of the Tarawa Atoll. When the Marines landed, the Japanese poured out of their underground bunkers—and launched one of the most brutal and bloody battles of World War II. For three straight days, attackers and defenders fought over every square inch of sand in a battle with no defined frontlines, and where there was no possibility of retreat—because there was nowhere to retreat to. It was a struggle that would leave both sides stunned and exhausted, and prove both the fighting mettle of the Americans and the fanatical devotion of the Japanese. Drawn from new sources, including participants’ letters and diaries and exclusive firsthand interviews with survivors, One Square Mile of Hell is the true story of a battle between two determined foes, neither of whom would ever look at the other in the same way again.
£12.34
Penguin Putnam Inc Sea Power
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Arcadia Publishing Inc. The Military History of the Cape Cod Canal Images
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd AMERICAS NAVY MARINE CORPS AIRPLANES PostWorld
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Spindrift Sea Stories from the Naval Services
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd The U S Naval Academy In Postcards In Postcards
Book SynopsisOne hundred years ago, the United States Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland, the cradle of Navy and Marine Corps leadership, was in the midst of the most remarkable period of growth and change in its history. Its campus, known simply as The Yard, was expanded and the patchwork of old and dilapidated buildings housing it was replaced with magnificent new buildings befitting an institution of its caliber. This amazing renaissance fostered a golden age at the school in academics, training, athletics, and the advent of traditions that still exist today. Through images on over 475 postcards produced between 1900 and 1930, also the golden age of picture postcards, this book lets you see what the Academy and life there were like when midshipmen with names like Nimitz, Halsey, King, Spruance, Mitscher and Burke were among its residents.
£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States Navy and Marine Corps Aviation
Book SynopsisThis is the only work covering the history and lineage of Marine Attack squadrons, from the date of their activation forward, until their deactivation, or the present. Thoroughly researched, it has a complete, extensive bibliography, and the illustrations of the insignia are almost entirely from originals. Many of the photographs have never been published, and many are from the extensive photo archives of Northrup-Grumman. Historically accurate, yet lacking the dry recitation of names, dates, and facts found in other historical works, this very readable book is written to be enjoyed from cover to cover.
£46.74
Schiffer Publishing Ltd German UBoat Ace Adalbert Schnee
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Johns Hopkins University Press Flotilla The Patuxent Naval Campaign in the War
Book SynopsisThe thoroughly updated and enlarged edition of Flotilla is the result of impressive research on a forgotten chapter in the development of the young nation's naval and maritime tradition.Trade ReviewAs the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 approaches, Donald Shomette's book, updated from a similar work published by him in 1981, is a most appropriate addition to the literature. -- Robert F. Dunn Washington Times 2009 Flotilla is valuable both to those interested in naval history, and to those focusing on small boat and irregular warfare strategies. I highly recommend it. -- Robert Farley Information Dissemination 2009 A rare look at the complex nature of the naval war and its impact on the inhabitants of Tidewater Maryland and the nation's capitol at Washington, D.C... Shomette details all of this with meticulous research in archives on both sides of the Atlantic. Past In Review 2009 Flotilla is a colorful, detailed history of Barney and his Sailors and the amphibiious war waged in the Chesapeake By in the summers of 1813 and 1814... Shomette makes clear, they provided the only light in one of the darkest periods in American military history. -- Frederick C. Leiner Proceedings 2010 Flotilla offers considered treatment of both the British and American sides of the Patuxtent campaign... an invaluable resource: a mine of information for scholars of the war, and more-than-penetrable for the casual reader. -- Samuel Negus Northern Mariner 2010 It is well written, and filled with details and facts that bring the story of this campaign to life. -- James Greathouse Nautical Research Journal 2010 Shomette is a scholar and a gifted writer, and his work is eminently readable as human drama... I heartily recommend Flotilla as essential to students of this war and to general readers of fine military history. -- Richard Barbuto Journal of America's Military Past 2010 The scholarship and breadth of understanding demonstrated in the new edition of Flotilla shine a bright light on this important part of our history, and make this an indispensable resource for students of the era. -- Dennis Knepper Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society 2010 Flotilla is a delight to read, carefully crafted and nicely paced, mixing telling human interventions from key players with analysis of the unfolding drama. The illustrations, contemporary drawings, portraits and modern maps are ideally placed... This will be an essential text for students of war, and of maritime strategy. -- Andrew Lambert International Journal of Naval History 2010Table of ContentsForeword, by Fred W. Hopkins, Jr.Preface1. Depredations of the Usual Character2. No Other Mode of Defense3. A Commander of Capacity and Influence4. Miserable Tools5. Sails and Oars6. Pen the Flotilla Within7. They Opened All the Feather Beds8. By the Light of the Blaze9. An Act of Madness10. Old Barney in Hell11. Leviathan Awakened12. Frightened Out of Their Senses13. Our Polar Star14. Jonathan Confounded15. The Buccaneers Spared Nothing16. The Sweets of Plunder17. Gathered Like a Snow-ball18. Blown to Atoms19. Not a Bridge Was Broken20. Came Up at a Trot21. I Told You It Was the Flotillamen22. A Great Fire23. The Ounce of British InfluenceEpilogue: All Eyes Will Be upon YouAppendix A: Muster of the U.S. Chesapeake Flotilla from Its Inception to Its DissolutionAppendix B: Cost and Type of Materials and Workmanship for Building and Equipping the Row Galley Black SnakeAppendix C: Fleet Maneuver Exercises for the U.S. Chesapeake FlotillaAppendix D: African Americans from the Patuxent Valley Enlisted in the Royal Colonial Marine CorpsNotesBibliographyIndex
£43.32
The University Press of Kentucky Surface and Destroy The Submarine Gun War in the
Book SynopsisExplores the nature of submarine warfare in the Pacific Ocean during World War II and investigates the challenges of facing the enemy on the surface. This is a thorough analysis of the submariner experience and the effects of surface attacks on the war in the Pacific, offering a compelling study of the battles that became “intolerably personal”.
£34.20
The University Press of Kentucky Surface and Destroy The Submarine Gun War in the
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The University Press of Kentucky Jutland World War Is Greatest Naval Battle
Book SynopsisDuring the first two years of World War I, Germany struggled to overcome a crippling British blockade of its mercantile shipping lanes. With only sixteen dreadnought-class battleships compared to the renowned British Royal Navy's twenty-eight, the German High Seas Fleet stood little chance of winning a direct fight. The Germans staged raids in the North Sea and bombarded English coasts in an attempt to lure small British squadrons into open water where they could be destroyed by submarines and surface boats. After months of skirmishes, conflict erupted on May 31, 1916, in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark, in what would become the most formidable battle in the history of the Royal Navy. In Jutland, international scholars reassess the strategies and tactics employed by the combatants as well as the political and military consequences of their actions. Most previous English-language military analysis has focused on British admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who was widely criticized for exc
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The University Press of Kentucky Bluejackets and Contrabands
Book SynopsisThe only in-depth study of the relationship between the Union Navy and African Americans during the Civil War.Table of ContentsIntroduction Union Navy Policy toward Contrabands Going to Freedom Contraband Camps Informants Contributing to Victory Contraband Pilots Contraband Sailors Joint Army-Navy Operations The Final Months
£27.00
The University Press of Kentucky A Strange Whim of the Sea
Book SynopsisHighlighting the underreported role auxiliary vessels played in the war, A Strange Whim of the Sea: The Wreck of the USS Macaw should engage the military historian and lay reader alike with the previously untold story it tells of struggle, sacrifice, death and survival in the Pacific in World War II.Table of ContentsRough Start On the Rocks Troubled Waters Off to War Perilous Passage South Pacific The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner Midway Emergency Exit Business on Great Waters Aftermath
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Navigators Notebook A Workbook for Marine
Book SynopsisThis guide is intended for professional mariners and for those studying for the US Coast Guard license examinations. The result of the author''s experience teaching these subjects for many years, it addresses every major navigation problem with a short, accurate description, definitions of terms, and worked out examples. To help the reader the author has implemented real handouts from his classes, intended for students, as references, including worksheets for celestial and tide calculations. Vital information of all types is provided here, including a crash course in celestial and terrestrial navigation, magnetic deviation tables for calculating compass error, formulas for determining leeway, and tips for navigating close to home and across the oceans. Professor Palmiotti''s expertise, earned through his vast experience as mate and captain, is now available, here, in compact form, for both veteran seamen and officers in training.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Pocket Battleship The Admiral Graf Spree
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Formac Publishing Company Limited Bold Privateers Terror Plunder and Profit on
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Naval Eyewitnesses
Book SynopsisLife at sea as it was experienced by naval and merchant seamen during the Second World War.
£31.97
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Disasters of the Deep
Book SynopsisAn authoritative yet dramatic account of the world's great submarine disasters.
£21.01
Johns Hopkins University Press Information at Sea
Book SynopsisHe argues that the human-machine systems used to coordinate forces were as critical to naval successes in World War II as the ships and commanders more familiar to historians.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent and important book. The author, a U.S. Navy Reserve officer, is well qualified to point to the distinction between the visible side of sea power, as reflected in ships and in naval weapons, and the much less visible but absolutely essential side involving the use of information. -- Norman Friedman Proceedings Wolter's familiarity with naval minutiae and procedures leads to a lively and procedures leads to a lively, highly readable narrative that also maintains scholarly depth and thoroughness. Choice Information at Sea is a wonderful book, contributing to our understanding of the evolution of human-machine integration... a 'must read'! -- Mark Hagerott International Journal of Maritime History Both author and publisher have made this an appealing book. Illustrations of key personalities and equipment not only bring the subject to life, but are all the more helpful in understanding the core issues... This book is a must for any serious student of naval operations, platform design and in particular of the USN. Despite its specialised subject matter it will be valuable to military historians in general, especially those looking at the development and problems associated with command in the twentieth century. -- Dr. Marcus Faulkner British Journal of Military History This book will appeal to a broad cross-section of readers with an interest in naval matters and in particular those officers and sailors of the war-fighting community... Wolters has done a fine job in researching and writing this book and the astute reader will recognise that there are important lessons to be learned in it. -- John Perryman Great Circle The reader interested in a broad history of command and control design and innovation aboard US warships from the Civil War to World War II will be well rewarded. Wolters has mastered the sources surrounding this topic and writes in an easy style... This book is most highly recommended. -- John T. Kuehn International Journal of Naval History An outstanding history of the US Navy from the Civil War through the Second World War... Information at Sea has four particular strengths. First, it reveals the connective tissues and nervous system of shipboard command and control across an eighty-year period through extensive pioneering archival research. Second, its well written chronicle of technological investigation, adaptation, innovation, and combat applications will appeal to experts and general readers alike. Third, it seamlessly interweaves bureaucratic decision-making with matters of laboratory research and development, field experimentation, adjustments in training and education, and the new command and control systems; Wolters explains how, why, and to what effect the Navy made changes to improve its combat efficiency. Fourth, the book challenges the longstanding notion that entrenched naval conservatism time and again retarded innovation. Wolters makes abundantly clear that, on the contrary, the Navy regularly listened, learned, and made intelligent decisions about integrating new communications and detection systems... For all these reasons, Information at Sea should stand as a landmark work of military history. -- Branden Little Michigan War Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Flags, Flares, and Lights: A World before Wireless2. Sparks and Arcs: The Navy Adopts Radio3. War and Peace: Coordinating Naval Forces4. A Most Complex Problem: Demanding Information5. Creating the Brain of a Warship: Radar and the CICConclusionAbbreviationsNotesEssay on SourcesArchives and Manuscript CollectionsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Privateering
Book SynopsisFascinating, unfamiliar, and full of surprises, this book will appeal to historians and general readers alike.Trade ReviewKert has accomplished a great deal in a short space. Her notes, tables, and charts are jewels in themselves...[her] book points the way forward, providing a wealth of information that will guide future scholars navigating privateer waters. H-Net Reviews ...a fine study... Journal of America's Military Past A prodigious body of empirical research is distilled into a concise and pointed account that will appeal to scholars, military professionals, and educated laymen alike. Canadian Military History Kert noted that there hasve been more than 400 books published on the maritime War of 1812. Do we need yet another?... The answer is yes. Kert's work, Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1912, capably fills the gap and adds a valuable chapter to the literature of the war. Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society News Kert's work has opened an invaluable window into the lives of the entrepreneurial warriors who played a critical, yet poorly understood, role during the War of 1812. Solidifying the importance of her work, Kert added a valuable essay on the archival and secondary sources of privateering during the War of 1812 and has published her database of ships and individuals involved in privateering on the website of her publisher, allowing future scholars to build upon her scholarship. New England QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. "A Ruinous and Unnecessary War"1. In Flagrante BelloAn Unwelcome WarManaging Private Armed WarfareAnnoying the EnemyUnderwriting the Cost of WarStratagems of WarKeeping the PrizeStrict and Rigorous BlockadeLong-range PrivateeringThe "Mud-Clipper" TradeCompulsory ConvoyWin, Lose, or Draw?2. "True, Publick and Notorious"The Origins of PrivateeringThe Rise of Prize LawInternational Law and Neutral RightsColonial Vice-Admiralty CourtsThe Marquis de SomeruelesA Southern Prize CourtThe Admiralty Court Process3. No Prey, No PayThe Cost of WarCommercial WarfareEconomic OptionsAtlantic Canada's PrivateersAmerican PrivateersEyes on the PrizePrivateering out of New YorkThe Balance Sheet4. The Misfortunes of WarTaking the RiskThe Perils of PrivateeringDrink, Discipline, and DutyCombat, Capture, and RecapturePrisoners of WarDeath and DestructionConclusion5. The PrizewinnersLiverpool PacketYankeeCometAmericaSaucy JackTrue Blooded YankeeSurpriseFoxRetaliationSir John SherbrookeGeneral ArmstrongConclusion. The Final TallyAppendix. Prize Makers and PrizesNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press From Captives to Consuls
Book SynopsisHow three white, non-elite American sailors turned their experiences of captivity into diverse career opportunitiesand influenced America's physical, commercial, ideological, and diplomatic development. Winner of the John Lyman Book Award by the North American Society for Oceanic HistoryFrom 1784 to 1815, hundreds of American sailors were held as white slaves in the North African Barbary States. In From Captives to Consuls, Brett Goodin vividly traces the lives of three of these menRichard O'Brien, James Cathcart, and James Rileyfrom the Atlantic coast during the American Revolution to North Africa, from Philadelphia to the Louisiana Territories, and finally to the western frontier. This first scholarly biography of American captives in Barbary sifts through their highly curated writings to reveal how ordinary individuals in extraordinary circumstances could maneuver through and contribute to nation building in early America, all the while advancing their own interests. The three subTrade ReviewGoodin's book is a contribution to American cultural history, especially of the dynamic and fluid period of the early republic, more than about cultural interchange between North Africa and the United States. His subjects are idiosyncratic, making it hard to draw too many conclusions about their lives and importance to America history.—History AustraliaTable of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Victims of American Independence?Chapter One. Farmers, Privateers, and Prisoners of the RevolutionChapter Two. Diaries of Barbary Orientalism and American Masculinity in AlgiersChapter Three. Captivity by CorrespondenceChapter Four. From Captives to Consuls and Coup-MakersChapter Five. Accidentally Useful and Interesting to the WorldChapter Six. Sailing the Inland SeaConclusion. Opportunities of Empire EpilogueNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
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Amberley Publishing 1917 The First World War at Sea in Photographs
Book Synopsis1917, the fourth year of the war to end all wars, is documented in archive photographs in this series covering the naval war in detail.
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Amberley Publishing HMS Li Wo
Book SynopsisThe almost unbelievable story of the most decorated small ship in the Navy.
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