Naval category: 2015 books
Empire of the Seas
How the navy forged the modern world
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
The year 1588 marked a turning point in our national story. Victory over the Spanish Armada transformed us into a seafaring nation and it sparked a myth that one day would become a reality – that the nation's new destiny, the source of her future wealth and power lay out on the oceans. This book...
by Peter P. Hill
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2005
Shortly before the United States declared war on Great Britain in June 1812, Congress came within two votes of declaring war on Napoleon BonaparteÆs French empire. For six years, France and Britain had both seized American shipping. While common wisdom says that America was virtually an innocent in...
De Broglie's Armada
A Plan for the Invasion of England, 1765-1777
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
This study represents the first published translation and analysis of an intriguing scheme of invasion of the British Isles that formed the foundation of all later invasion plans drawn up in the ivory towers of French diplomacy. References to invasion plans—made by Spain in the Spanish Armada (1585-98),...
Lords of the Sea
The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2009
The epic true story of Themistocles and the Battle of Salamis, and a rousing history of the world's first dominant navy and the towering empire it built
The Athenian Navy was one of the finest fighting forces in the history of the world. It engineered a civilization, empowered the world's...
Pirates of Barbary
Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2010
The stirring story of the seventeenth-century pirates of the Mediterranean-the forerunners of today's bandits of the seas-and how their conquests shaped the clash between Christianity and Islam.
It's easy to think of piracy as a romantic way of life long gone-if not for today's frightening...
The Barbary Wars
American Independence in the Atlantic World
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
The history of America's conflict with the piratical states of the Mediterranean runs through the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison; the adoption of the Constitution; the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812; the construction of a full-time professional navy; and, most...
Ship 16
The Story of a German Surface Raider
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
The story of Nazi Germany's most successful commerce raider of World War Two, sinking over 160,000 tons of Allied shipping. Ship 16 sank twenty-two British and Allied ships during its 110,000 miles and 602 days continuously - at sea until she was sunk by HMS Devonshire. Her exploits in the Atlantic...
Summary of Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Summary of Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger | Includes Analysis Preview: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger is an historical account of...
Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany
A Ditty Bag of Wonders from the Golden Age of Sail
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Lt Cdr Julian Stockwin shares his love and knowledge of the sea in this entertaining collection of maritime stories and little-known trivia. Featuring nautical facts and feats, including superstitions at sea, the history of animals on the waves - until 1975 when all animals were banned from Royal...
by JOAN DRUETT
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
It was 1799, and French privateers lurked in the Atlantic and the Bay of Bengal. Yet Eleanor Reid, newly married and just twenty-one years old, made up her mind to sail with her husband, Captain Hugh Reid, to the Pacific, the Spice Islands and India. Danger threatened not just from the barely charted...
Descent
The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, Brad Matsen brings to vivid life the famous deep-sea expeditions of Otis Barton and William Beebe. Beebe was a very well-connected and internationally acclaimed naturalist, with the power to generate media attention. Barton was an engineer and heir to...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Part of our value-added professional format series of U.S. military manuals, this U.S. Marine Corps manual provides the tactics, techniques, and procedures of Marine Corps close combat.
Today's Marines operate within a continuum of force where conflict may change from low intensity to high...
by Mr. Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Reading the stories of a Navy SEAL is very powerful. It’s even more powerful in the form of a journal or diary. Earl and Irene Jenkins discovered such writings while cleaning their attic one day of their son’s writings about this time serving as a SEAL overseas. They are tales of difficulty,...
by Captain William Bligh
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
William Bligh (1754-1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator eventually rising in rank to Vice Admiral. During his command of the "Bounty" in 1789, a notorious mutiny occurred. William Bligh and eighteen of his loyal seamen were expelled from the "Bounty" onto a small...