Naval category: 2015 books
by Craig L. Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
This fast-paced narrative charts the history of the US Navy from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks on the British during the Revolution, the...
by Theodore Roosevelt
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
Published when Theodore Roosevelt was only twenty-three years old, The Naval War of 1812 was immediately hailed as a literary and scholarly triumph, and it is still considered the definitive book on the subject. It caused considerable controversy for its bold refutation of earlier accounts of the...
Nelson
The Essential Hero
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
A gripping biography of Admiral Nelson, Napoleonic War hero and one of Britain’s greatest naval tacticians.
In the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson sent the signal from his flagship HMS Victory, “England expects that every man will do his duty.” His defeat of the French...
Indianapolis
The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “GRIPPING…THIS YARN HAS IT ALL.” —USA TODAY * “A WONDERFUL BOOK.” —Christian Science Monitor * “ENTHRALLING.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * “A MUST-READ.” —Booklist (starred review)
A human drama unlike any other—the riveting and...
by Tom Wareham
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2004
Frigate Commander is based on the private journal of Lieutenant - and then Captain - Graham Moore, a naval officer serving during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Moore’s journal gives a unique and detailed account of what life was like for a serving naval officer. In particular it reveals...
Neptune's Inferno
The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
“A literary tour de force that is destined to become one of the . . . definitive works about the battle for Guadalcanal . . . [James D.] Hornfischer deftly captures the essence of the most pivotal naval campaign of the Pacific war.”—San Antonio Express-News
The Battle of Guadalcanal has...
An American Adventure
From Early Aviation through Three Wars to the White House
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
A memoir of extraordinary scope, William Lloyd Stearman's reminiscences will attract those interested in early aviation, World War II in the Pacific, life as a diplomat behind the Iron Curtain, the Vietnam War, and the ins and outs of national security decision making in the White House. Stearman begins...
by Robert Hay
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
In 1803, at the age of fourteen, Robert Hay joined the Royal Navy and spent the next eight years at sea. His colorful memoir describes a sailor s hard life during the period and includes actions off the French coast and in the East Indies, where he was badly wounded. When his ship ran aground off Plymouth,...
The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea
Vol. 7 1782, 1783 and Overseas
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea and Overseas chronicles more than 10,500 actions -- far more than other naval histories. Vol. 7 documents 1430 naval actions which occurred in 1782, 263 actions which occurred in 1783 and 116 actions which occurred overseas. It ends in June 1783 after...
USN Carriers vs IJN Carriers
The Pacific 1942
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2012
The IJN was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first carrier, which was used against the US fleet at Pearl Harbor. The Americans followed suit, initiating a huge aircraft carrier development program. As the War in the Pacific escalated into the largest naval conflict in history,...
Leader Born
The Life of Admiral John Sidney McCain, Pacific Carrier Commander
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2006
John S. ‘Slew’ McCain was an old–school sailor. Wiry, profane, a cusser and a gambler, he reminded more than one observer of ‘Popeye.’ He was also a pioneer in the hard–hitting naval tactics that brought Imperial Japan to its knees.
McCain graduated from Annapolis in 1906 and served...
The Naval War of 1812, Volume 1 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Or the History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Published in 1882, when he was just twenty-four years old, this lively and at times pugnacious history established Roosevelt as somewhat of an iconoclast among historians, as he set out to disprove the prevailing idea that America's naval victories in the War of 1812 were due more to luck than to skill....
The Naval War of 1812, Volume 2 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Or the History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Published in 1882, when he was just twenty-four years old, this lively and at times pugnacious history established Roosevelt as somewhat of an iconoclast among historians, as he set out to disprove the prevailing idea that America's naval victories in the War of 1812 were due more to luck than to skill....
Against the Tide
Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Admiral Hyman Rickover personally revolutionized naval warfare and altered the outcome of the Cold War. Concurrently he drove innovation into American industry -- which in the decades since has proven to be a wellspring of power for American technology. As a touchstone of his success, during Rickover’s...