Naval
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Super Destroyers: From the Torpedo Boat Era to the Dominant Surface Warship of Today
$71.00 Add to cartFrom the very beginnings of torpedo craft, all naval powers have seen the occasional need for larger, more powerful or in other respects special designs that stand outside the contemporary norms for f… [more below]
- Author: Stern, Robert C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1526777452
- Language: English
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The Mighty Moo: The USS Cowpens and Her Epic World War II Journey from Jinx Ship to the Navy’s First Carrier Into Tokyo Bay
$35.00 Add to cartThe Mighty Moo is the tale of how a scrappy little World War II aircraft carrier and its untested crew earned a distinguished combat record and beat incredible odds to earn 12 battle stars in the Paci… [more below]
- Author: Canestaro, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1538742713
- Language: English
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Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II
$25.00 Add to cartA sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II
“When he is at his best, as he often is in these pages, Kennedy can be dazzling.”–Ian W. To- Author: Kennedy, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 644
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0300276788
- Language: English
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Blood in the Water: How the Us and Israel Conspired to Ambush the USS Liberty
$32.95 Add to cartPresents evidence suggesting collusion between US and Israeli intelligence in the attack on a US naval surveillance vessel during the Six-Day War and the more than fifty-year long cover-up. On June 8,… [more below]
- Author: Mellen, Joan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 446
- Publish Date: December 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1633884643
- Language: English
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Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
$19.98 Add to cartFrom America’s preeminent naval historian, the first full-length portrait in over fifty years of the man who won the war in the Pacific in World War Two–“destined,” says Andrew Roberts, “to be the de… [more below]
- Author: Symonds, Craig L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0197761321
- Language: English
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Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War
$42.99 Add to cart“The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril,” wrote Winston Churchill in his monumental history of World War Two. Churchill’s fears were well-placed-the casualty
- Author: Dimbleby, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0190495855
- Language: English
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Front Burner: Al Qaeda’s Attack on the USS Cole
$24.99 Add to cartOn October 12, 2000, eleven months before the 9/11 attacks, the USS Cole docked in the port of Aden in Yemen for a routine fueling stop. At 1118, on a hot, sunny morning, the 8,400-ton destroyer was r… [more below]
- Author: Lippold, Kirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: April 09 2013
- ISBN10: 1610392345
- Language: English
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Coast Guard Action in Vietnam
$17.95 Add to cartWell-crafted, this lively and engaging history will rejuvenate one’s pride in the American military with its little-known details of the Coast Guard’s involvement in Vietnam.
- Author: Scotti, Paul C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1555715281
- Language: English
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Attack on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel’s Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship
$23.99 Add to cart– Notorious incident: In 1967 the spy ship USS Liberty was attacked by Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats in international waters during the Six-Day War. Thirty-four sailors were killed and more … [more below]
- Author: Scott, James M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 06 2010
- ISBN10: 1416554831
- Language: English
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When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 (Revised)
$24.99 Add to cartA hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire’s fi… [more below]
- Author: Levathes, Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 09 1997
- ISBN10: 0195112075
- Language: English
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Miracle at Midway
$20.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestseller: The true story of the WWII naval battle portrayed in the Roland Emmerich film is “something special among war histories” (Chicago Sun-Times).
Six months after Pearl Harbor,- Author: Prange, Gordon W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 581
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1504049268
- Language: English
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Sea Pay
$19.95 Add to cartEducated at Valley Forge Military Academy, Dorgan is well prepared for life in the US Navy when he is forward deployed halfway around the world to the USS Midway. But he soon learns life aboard an air
- Author: Dorgan, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: July 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1646637097
- Language: English
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Give Me a Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America’s Revolution at Sea
$27.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE – “A meticulous, adrenaline-filled account of the earliest days of the Continental Navy.”–New York Times bestselling author Laurence Berg… [more below]
- Author: McGrath, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: July 07 2015
- ISBN10: 0451416112
- Language: English
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The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy
$29.99 Add to cartMeticulously researched, Rodger’s portrait draws the reader into this fascinatingly complex world with vivid, entertaining characters and full details of life below the decks. The Wooden World provide… [more below]
- Author: Rodger, N. A. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: July 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0393314693
- Language: English
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Rescue Warriors: The U.S. Coast Guard, America’s Forgotten Heroes
$26.00 Add to cartThe Extraordinary Story Of The U.S. Coast Guard
Since its inception more than 200 years ago, the United States Coast Guard has rescued over 1.1 million people. Yet, despite having more than fifty thou- Author: Helvarg, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 11 2010
- ISBN10: 0312628145
- Language: English
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The Curse of the Somers: The Secret History Behind the U.S. Navy’s Most Infamous Mutiny
$29.99 Add to cartA detailed and riveting account of the U.S. Navy’s greatest mutiny and its wide-ranging cultural and historical impact
The greatest controversy in the history of the U.S. Navy of the early American Re- Author: Delgado, James P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0197575226
- Language: English
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21st Century Ellis: Operational Art and Strategic Prophecy for the Modern Era
$25.95 Add to cartFor years, the Marine Corps has touted the prescience of Lt. Col. “Pete” Ellis, USMC, who predicted in 1921 that the United States would fight Japan and how the Pacific Theater would be won. Now the w… [more below]
- Series: 21st Century Foundations
- Author: Friedman, Brett A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1612518079
- Language: English
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Alone on Guadalcanal: A Coastwatcher’s Story
$29.95 Add to cartThis remarkable memoir tells the compelling story of the near-mythic British district officer who helped shape the first great Allied counteroffensive. Scottish-born and Cambridge-educated, Martin Cle… [more below]
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Clemens, Estate Of Alexandra C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 343
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1591141249
- Language: English
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Eyes on Target: Inside Stories from the Brotherhood of the U.S. Navy Seals
$17.99 Add to cartTold through the eyes of current and former Navy SEALs, EYES ON TARGET is an inside account of some of the most harrowing missions in American history-including the mission to kill Osama bin Laden and… [more below]
- Author: McEwen, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 31 2015
- ISBN10: 1455575674
- Language: English
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The Rickover Effect: How One Man Made A Difference
$27.95 Add to cartAs Technical Director, Rockwell worked alongside the legendary Admiral Rickover for the first 15 years, creating the nuclear navy, then the world s first commercial atomic power station. Rickover was … [more below]
- Author: Rockwell, Theodore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: October 28 2002
- ISBN10: 0595252702
- Language: English
