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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Navy in the Baltic 19211941 Cass Series Naval Policy and History
Book SynopsisThis book, based on extensive work in Russian archives, investigates how strategy, organisational rivalry and cultural factors came to shape naval developments in the Soviet Union, up to the invasion of 1941. Focussing on the Baltic Fleet, the author shows how the perceived balance of power in northern Europe came to have a major influence on Soviet naval policy during the 1920s and 1930s. The operational environment of a narrow inland-sea like the Baltic would have required a joint approach to military planning, but the Soviet navy''s weak position among the armed services made such an approach hard to attain. The Soviet regime also struggled against the cultural heritage of the tsarist navy and the book describes how this was overcome. In a special Appendix dedicated to the purges of 1937-38, surviving party records from the Baltic Fleet Intelligence Section are used to illustrate the mechanisms of the Great Terror at local level.Table of Contents1. Preparing for War in the Baltic 2. Strategy 3. Organisational Rivalry 4. Culture 5. 'Mare Clausem' and the Prospects of War 6. The Meaning of 'Small Wars' 7. The Navy of the Military Specialists 8. The Era of Collective Security - and of Coastal Defence 9. Support for the Red Army 10. The Navy of the Red Commanders 11. Towards the Great Oceanic Navy 12. Ready for Offensive Operations? 13. The Navy of the Soviet Admirals 14. The Lessons of War and Peace 15. Appendix: The Great Terror in the Baltic Fleet
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Taylor & Francis Maritime Challenges and Priorities in Asia
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Taylor & Francis Sea Power and the AsiaPacific
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Taylor & Francis Britain France and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic 1919 1939
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Taylor & Francis German Naval Strategy 18561888
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Taylor & Francis TwentyFirst Century Seapower
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Taylor & Francis Sea Power and the AsiaPacific
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Naval Power and Expeditionary Wars Peripheral Campaigns and New Theatres of Naval Warfare Cass Series Naval Policy and History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The End of Gender
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The End of Gender
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Taylor & Francis 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 2 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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Down to the Sea
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc In the Cockpit 2
Book SynopsisFeatures 32 important World War II aircraft over approximately 47 spreads (104 pages).
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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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Penguin Putnam Inc In the Hurricanes Eye
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNathaniel Philbrick is a masterly storyteller. Here he seeks to elevate the naval battles between the French and British to a central place in the history of the American Revolution. He succeeds, marvelously.--The New York Times Book ReviewThe thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War from the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower. In the concluding volume of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick tells the thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War. In the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French navy. But coordinating his army''s movements with those of a fleet of warships based thousands of miles away was next to impossible. And then, on September 5, 1
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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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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