Naval category: 2015 books
A History of the Royal Navy
Napoleonic Wars
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars were the first truly global conflicts. The Royal Navy was a key player in the wars and the key enabler of British success - at the cessation of hostilities Britain emerged as the only power capable of sustained global hegemony based on maritime and naval...
Nelson's Refuge
Gibraltar in the Age of Napoleon
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Since its capture from Spain in 1704, Gibraltar has been one of Great Britain’s most legendary citadels. As the gatekeeper of the Mediterranean Sea, its commanding position has shaped the history of the region and surrounding nations, including modern Britain. The fortress, its garrison, and its leaders...
British Warships 1860-1906
A Photographic Record
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
Illustrated with 200 official admiralty photographs, many of them previously unpublished, this book traces the development of Royal Naval ship design in a period of immense change. Opening with the Crimean War, this period saw the gradual transition from sail to steam and screw propulsion; from wood...
by Stephen Howarth
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2003
The official volume marking the centenary of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, known as the 'Wavy Navy' because of the distinctive wavy gold stripes on the reservists' uniforms, from its formation in 1903 through its unification with the mercantile Royal Reserve in 1958, and on to its present complete...
Most Secret and Confidential
Intelligence in the Age of Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
In today's world of satellites and electronic spying it is hard to appreciate the difficulties involved two centuries ago in collecting and disseminatingsecret intelligence in a time of war. This book provides a close-up look at the ingenious methods used to obtain and analyze secret material and deliver...
Decision at Sea
Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2006
From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping history of five key battles that defined the evolution of naval warfare--and the course of the American nation....
Nelson
Britannia's God of War
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
'Fascinating . . . Shot through with fresh insights . . . No previous biography has attempted anything so comprehensive.' Observer
Nelson is a thrilling new appraisal of Horatio Nelson, the greatest practitioner of naval command the world has ever seen. It explores the professional, personal,...
by Osamu Tagaya
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
The fateful attack on Pearl Harbor forced the Western world to revise its opinion of Japan's airmen. Before the war, Japanese aviators had been seen as figures of ridicule and disdain; yet the ruthless skill and efficiency of their performance in December 1941 and the months that followed won them...
First Blue
The Story of World War II Ace Butch Voris and the Creation of the Blue Angels
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The Remarkable Story of a True Hero of American Aviation
The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels are the most famous flight demonstration team in the world. While millions of aviation enthusiasts see their shows every year, the story of the man who formed the squadron has never been told. He is Roy Marlin...
by Norman Polmar; Christopher Cavas
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2009
From historys earliest days men have gone down to seaon logs, then boats, and, subsequently, ships. Norman Polmar and Christopher Cavas maneuver in Most Wanted™ style to find the best and worst of the admirals, ships, inventions, submarines, torpedoes, and aircraft that have fought on, over, and under...
Grace Hopper
Admiral of the Cyber Sea
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2012
When grace Hooper retired as a rear admiral from the U.S. Navy in 1986, she was the first woman restricted line officer to reach flag rank and, at the age of seventy-nine, the oldest serving officer in the Navy. A mathematician by training who became a computer scientist, the eccentric and outspoken...
Intrepid Aviators
The American Flyers Who Sank Japan's Greatest Battleship
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
The true story of the World War II Pacific naval battle that pitted the USS Intrepid’s naval aviators against Japan’s superbattleship Musashi during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
October 24, 1944: As World War II raged, six young American bombers from Torpedo Squadron 18 were sent on a search-and-destroy...
A Rage for Glory
The Life of Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Stephen Decatur was one of the most awe-inspiring officers of the entire Age of Fighting Sail. A real-life American naval hero in the early nineteenth century, he led an astonishing life, and his remarkable acts of courage in combat made him one of the most celebrated figures of his era.
Decatur's...
by Geoffrey Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2003
Captain Bennett discusses the traumatic effects of the Washington and London Naval Treaties on the fleets of the principal powers between the wars, and their astonishing growth and technical progress between 1939 and 1945. He then deals with the war in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The Battle...