Naval
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Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It
$20.99 Add to cartThe aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensue
- Author: Freeman, Gregory A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 06 2004
- ISBN10: 0060936908
- Language: English
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A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight
$25.99 Add to cartOne of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic efforts in helping an outmatched U.S. fleet win critical vic… [more below]
- Author: Mrazek, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 26 2009
- ISBN10: 0316056537
- Language: English
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Iron Maidens and the Devil’s Daughters: US Navy Gunboats versus Confederate Gunners and Cavalry on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, 1861-65
$24.95 Add to cartGunboats versus cavalry? Preposterous Not so fast. This unique form of Civil War combat is covered extensively for the first time in Iron Maidens and the Devil’s Daughters by Mark Zimmerman, author o
- Author: Zimmerman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: September 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0985869259
- Language: English
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The Sea Rover’s Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730
$21.95 Add to cart. . . .rich in colourful detail, and displays impressive knowledge of sailing and fighting skills. –Richard Hill, The Naval Review
Accessible to both the general and the more scholarly reader, it will
- Author: Little, Benerson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1574889117
- Language: English
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Between Land and Sea: A Cold Warrior’s Log
$37.50 Add to cartCareer advancement for naval officers is generally considered to lie in progressively more demanding assignments in ships and staffs while at sea and those supporting the fleet when ashore. In fact, b
- Author: Dur, Rear Admiral Philip a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 154452692X
- Language: English
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Between Land and Sea: A Cold Warrior’s Log
$19.99 Add to cartCareer advancement for naval officers is generally considered to lie in progressively more demanding assignments in ships and staffs while at sea and those supporting the fleet when ashore. In fact, b
- Author: Dur, Rear Admiral Philip a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1544526903
- Language: English
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Shipwrecks and Lost Treasures: Great Lakes: Legends And Lore, Pirates And More!
$14.95 Add to cartA collection of fascinating true stories about the mysteries of hidden shipwrecks and lost treasure in the Geat Lakes.
- Author: Varhola, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0762744928
- Language: English
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Sunburst
$41.95 Add to cartThis acclaimed sequel to the Peattie/Evans prizewinning work, Kaigun, illuminates the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its genesis in 1909 to its thunderbolt capability on the eve of the Pacific w… [more below]
- Author: Peattie, Estate Of Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 159114664X
- Language: English
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Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson’s Battle of Trafalgar
$17.99 Add to cart“Strikingly original. . . . Nicolson brings to life superbly the horror, devastation, and gore of Trafalgar.” —The Economist
Adam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Nicolson, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0060753625
- Language: English
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Life and Death at Cape Disappointment: Becoming a Surfman on the Columbia River Bar
$29.95 Add to cartThe ocean is one of the few untamed places on earth–unpredictable and unsympathetic to the lives lost there. For this reason, people remain fascinated by its tides, currents, and mysteries. Life and
- Author: D’Amelio, Christopher J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 149305872X
- Language: English
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Clash of Fleets: Naval Battles of the Great War 1914-18
$28.95 Add to cartClash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I. Much more than a catalog of combat facts, Clash of Fleets explor
- Author: O’Hara, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 15, 2020
- ISBN10: 1682476251
- Language: English
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Remembering United States Naval Academy
$19.99 Add to cartWith a proud tradition reaching back to its founding in 1845, the United States Naval Academy today pursues its role as the nation’s premier institution dedicated to teaching and molding the naval lea
- Series: Remembering
- Author: Cheevers, James W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: August 28 2010
- ISBN10: 1683368975
- Language: English
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A Man and His Ship: America’s Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS United States
$20.99 Add to cart“A fascinating historical account…A snapshot of the American Dream culminating with this country’s mid-century greatness” (The Wall Street Journal) as a man endeavors to build the finest, fastest, m… [more below]
- Author: Ujifusa, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 04 2013
- ISBN10: 1451645090
- Language: English
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The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway
$30.00 Read moreEighty years after the stunning and decisive battle, a revelatory new history of Midway
The Battle of Midway was, on paper, an improbable victory for the smaller, less experienced American navy and ai- Author: Simms, Brendan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1541701372
- Language: English
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Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines
$49.95 Add to cartSubmarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection operations, sought out and stood ready to destroy opposi… [more below]
- Author: Polmar, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1574885308
- Language: English
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Vectors: Heroes, Villains, and Heartbreak on the Bridge of the U.S. Navy
$36.00 Add to cartThomas Modly had an eclectic career in the military, academia, business, and government when he answered the call to service in 2017 and returned to the Navy where his career began. His experience, as… [more below]
- Author: Modly, Thomas B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1642257036
- Language: English
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U-Boats Off the Outer Banks: Shadows in the Moonlight
$23.99 Add to cartFrom January to July 1942, more than seventy-five ships sank to North Carolina’s “Graveyard of the Atlantic” off the coast of the Outer Banks. A Standard oil tanker sank just sixty miles from Cape Hat
- Series: Military
- Author: Bunch, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137677
- Language: English
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Tales from Monkey Mountain: Stories of the Vietnam War
$23.95 Add to cartBehind the scenes of America’s first TV war.
“With the proliferation of televisions, news networks strived to have the most exciting, dramatic, and attractive stories. They competed for the finest repo
- Author: Hoyt, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: February 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1977260454
- Language: English
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Halsey’s Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue
$22.00 Add to cartHalsey’s Typhoon is the story of World War II’s most unexpected disaster at sea. In the final days of 1944, Admiral William “Bull” Halsey is the Pacific theater’s most popular and colorful naval hero…. [more below]
- Author: Drury, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 10 2007
- ISBN10: 0802143377
- Language: English
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World War II at Sea: A Global History
$41.99 Add to cartAuthor of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book of the Year, Military History Quarterly), and Operation Neptune, (winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison A… [more below]
- Author: Symonds, Craig L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 792
- Publish Date: May 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0190243678
- Language: English
