Naval Institute Press: 579 books
German Battlecruisers of World War One
Their Design, Construction and Operations
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
This is the most comprehensive, English-language study of the German Imperial Navy’s battlecruisers that served in the First World War. Known as Panzerkreuzer, literally armored cruiser,” the eight ships of the class were to be involved in several early North Sea skirmishes before the great pitched...
by Andrew C. Jampoler
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
On August 25, 1833, the British convict transport Amphitrite, filled with more than one hundred women prisoners and their children, together with a crew of sixteen, left London for the convict colony in New South Wales. Less than a week later, all but three died when a savage storm battered their ship...
The King Bee
A Biography of Admiral Ben Moreell
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2011
Ben Moreell was the first non-Naval Academy graduate to be awarded the four stars of an Admiral. He is still the only staff corps officer to be promoted to Admiral. The history of the U.S. Navy Seabees and the biography of Admiral Ben Moreell are inseparable. Immediately after the Japanese attack on...
MiG Master
The Story of the F-8 Crusader
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
To be equally enjoyed by professional aviators and aviation buffs with limited technical knowledge, this biography brings to life the legendary aircraft that scored the highest kill ratio of any U.S. fighter aircraft in the Vietnam War. The book is filled with authentic re-creations of Crusader-MiG fights...
Neither Sharks Nor Wolves
The Men of Nazi Germany's U-boat Army, 1939-1945
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
A character study of the German submarine force that challenges traditional and revisionist views of the service.
The Ship that Held the Line
The U.S.S. Hornet and the First Year of the Pacific War
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
The American fleet aircraft carrier Hornet is widely acknowledged for the contributions she made to the war effort. The Doolittle Raid, launched from the Hornet's deck, inaugurated America's Pacific counteroffensive and transformed the aircraft carrier into one of the world's prime strategic weapon systems....
Spy Sub
A Top-Secret Mission to the Bottom of the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015
This is a story about a secret mission to find a lost Soviet submarine in the great depths of the Pacific Ocean, a mission never acknowledged by the U.S. Department of Defense. Deeply beneath the searching navy of the Soviet Union, the nuclear submarine hunt was so secret that even the men on the vessel...
Bull Halsey
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
Applauded by the public and revered by the men who served under him, Adm. William F. Halsey was one of the leading American personalities of World War II. His reputation as a no-holds-barred fighter and his tough-guy expression earned him the nickname "Bull," yet he was also known for showing genuine...
Yangtze Patrol
The U.S. Navy in China
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
In this entertaining history of the Yangtze Patrol, Tolley gives a lively presentation of the Chinese political situation over the past century and describes the bombing of the Panay, the siege of Shanghai, the battle of Wanhsien, and the Nanking incident. He also offers a liberal serving of colorful anecdotes and numerous period photographs.
Anti-Access Warfare
Countering Anti-Access and Area-Denial Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
The book is the definitive conceptual and historical introduction to the concept of anti-access strategies. Unlike current studies, it is not simply technology focused. Nor is it primarily intended as critique of the current Air-Sea Battle concept. It combines conceptual thinking with historical examples...
No Higher Honor
Saving the USS Samuel Roberts in the Persian Gulf
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Like its World War II namesake of Leyte Gulf fame, USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) was a small combatant built for escort duty. But its skipper imbued his brand-new crew with a fighting spirit to match their forebears, and in 1988 when the guided missile frigate was thrust into the Persian Gulf at the...
Around the World Submerged
The Voyage of the Triton
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
When the nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton was commissioned in November 1959, its commanding officer, Captain Edward L. Beach, planned a routine shakedown cruise in the North Atlantic. Two weeks before the scheduled cruise, however, Beach was summoned to Washington and told of the immediate necessity...
Resurrection
Salvaging the Battle Fleet at Pearl Harbor
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
The attack on Pearl Harbor is a topic of perennial interest to the American public, and a long line of popular books and movies have focused on the attack or events leading up to it. This work takes an entirely new perspective. Aimed at the general reader with an interest in World War II and the U.S....
The First Team
Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Hailed as one of the finest examples of aviation research, this comprehensive 1984 study presents a detailed and scrupulously accurate operational history of carrier-based air warfare. From the earliest operations in the Pacific through the decisive Battle of Midway, it offers a narrative account...