Naval category: 2015 books
The Real Hornblower
The Life and Times of Admiral Sir James Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
First published in 1997, The Real Hornblower offers a comprehensive and engaging account of the life and times of this great naval Admiral. Ever since C.S. Forester's fictional hero Horatio Hornblower began to delight and enthral readers, there has been speculation as to whether his adventures were...
by Norman Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
This book does for naval anti-aircraft defence what the author's Naval Firepower did for surface gunnery – it makes a highly complex but historically crucial subject accessible to the layman. It chronicles the growing aerial threat from its inception in the First World War and the response...
Gunsmoke Over the Atlantic
First Naval Actions of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began when shots were fired on an unfinished fort in Charleston Harbor. From that thunderous opening salvo, the naval battles to control the Atlantic coast that followed–daring, savage, and often deadly–were not only crucial in determining the outcome of the war...
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow
Volume V: Victory and Aftermath January 1918-June 1919
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
The five volumes that constitute Arthur Marder's From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow represented arguably the finest contribution to the literature of naval history since Alfred Mahan. A J P Taylor wrote that 'his naval history has a unique fascination. To unrivalled mastery of sources he adds a gift...
by John E. Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Technological changes are inevitable, often of great benefit, and they must be understood by all maritime leaders. Since the Navy’s beginnings, it has created, adapted, rejected, and sometimes grudgingly accepted new technologies. Technological changes in the maritime arena have ranged from the highly...
Naval Strategy (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Compared and Contrasted with the Principles and Practice of Military Operations on Land
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
This book gathers together various lectures that Mahan delivered between 1887 and 1911 at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. In this comprehensive work, Mahan provides a detailed review of the principles of naval strategy and explores a multitude of historical examples to illustrate...
Utmost Gallantry
The U.S. and Royal Navies at Sea in the War of 1812
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Focusing on the oceanic war rather than the war in the Great Lakes, this study charts the War of 1812 from the perspectives of the two opposing navies at sea-one of the largest fleets in the world and a small, upstart navy just three decades old. While American naval leadership searched for a means...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
Over the years a number of general officers and a few flag officers in positions of responsibility have written their own accounts of what went on during a major war. Quite understandably these have tended to focus mainly on the purely combat features of the war and on overall strategy. The result...
Torpedo
The Complete History of the World's Most Revolutionary Naval Weapon
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
The torpedo was the greatest single game-changer in the history of naval warfare. For the first time it allowed a small, cheap torpedo-firing vessel-and by extension a small, minor navy-to threaten the largest and most powerful warships afloat. The traditional concept of seapower, based on huge fleets...
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow
Volume IV: 1917, Year of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
The five volumes that constitute Arthur Marder's From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow represented arguably the finest contribution to the literature of naval history since Alfred Mahan. A J P Taylor wrote that 'his naval history has a unique fascination. To unrivalled mastery of sources he adds a gift...
Paullin's History of Naval Administration 1775-1911
A Collection of Articles from the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2012
The classic collection of articles from the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, now in ebook form.
by Nigel West
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
Naval intelligence is one of the most vital, and sometimes decisive, forms of intelligence. Over the centuries, and with particular velocity over recent decades, the techniques of detecting and destroying military (and commercial) shipping have improved, leapfrogging the equally frantic race to keep...
Theodore Roosevelt's Naval Diplomacy
The U.S. Navy and the Birth of the American Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This book examines President Theodore Roosevelt's use of the United States naval services as supporting components of his diplomatic efforts to facilitate the emergence of the United States as a Great Power at the dawn of the 20th century. After reviewing the development of Roosevelt's personal philosophy...
by Jeffrey G. Barlow
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Chronicles in compelling detail the historic showdown between the U.S. Air Force and the Navy over the role of carrier aviation in the national security framework of the United States.
The National Security Act of 1947, intended to unify the separate armed services under a single Defense...