Naval category: 2015 books
Dive Palau
The Shipwrecks
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Recounted with his usual level of meticulous historical research, Rod weaves an easily readable account of the build-up to and implementation of Operation Desecrate 1 – the raid undertaken to destroy Japanese ships and aircraft in the lagoons of Palau. He uses his intimate knowledge of shipwrecks...
Empire of the Seas
How the navy forged the modern world
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
This new book, a tie-in to a major BBC TV series presented by Dan Snow, is written by one of the nation's foremost naval historians, and tells the story of how the Royal Navy shaped the politics, culture and economy of Britain, leaving its imprint on everything from our landscape, to our democracy and...
War on the Waters
The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and...
by Anthony P. Tully
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
“[Tully] paints Admiral Nishimura's high-speed run into history with an entirely fresh palette of detail.” —James D. Hornfischer, New York Times–bestselling author of Neptune’s Inferno
Surigao Strait in the Philippine Islands was the scene of a major battleship duel during the Battle...
by Norman Desmarais
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea chronicles more than 10,500 actions -- far more than other naval histories. Vol. 3 documents 1127 of them which occurred in 1778. It includes the actions of the Continental and state navies, the French and British navies, the actions of American and...
The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea
Vol. 1 1775-1776
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. 1 documents 1541 of them. It begins with the outbreak of hostilities in April 1775 and goes through the end of 1776. It includes the actions of the Continental...
by Norman Desmarais
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea chronicles more than 10,500 actions -- far more than other naval histories. Vol. 4 documents 1714 of them which occurred in 1779. It includes the actions of the Continental and state navies, the French and British navies, the actions of American and...
by Norman Desmarais
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea chronicles more than 10,500 actions -- far more than other naval histories. Vol. 5 documents 1155 of them which occurred in 1780. It includes the actions of the Continental and state navies, the French and British navies, the actions of American and...
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.
by Capt (Ret) Willy F.Sumakul, Capt (Ret) Gatot Soedarto
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Buku ini menjelaskan secara gamblang potensi konflik di Laut China Selatan disebabkan adanya 7 negara di kawasan itu yang mengklaim sebagian atau seluruh kawasan sebagai teritorial negaranya, dan menjadikan sebagai kepentingan nasionalnya. Dari adanya potensi konflik di kawasan Laut China Selatan...
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...
German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II
Volume I: From Graf Spee to Bismarck, 1939-1941
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
This is a comnpendium volume of three Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories produced soon after the war by the Naval Historical Branch of the Admiralty. Originally classified and designed for internal use only, these histories are published here for the first time. The documents in this book cover...
Before the Ironclad
Warship Design and Development 1815-1860
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
In the massive revolution that affected warship design between Waterloo and the Warrior, the Royal Navy was traditionally depicted as fiercely resisting every change until it was almost too late, but these old assumptions were first challenged in this authoritative history of the transition from sail...
Between the Tides
Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
There have been millions of shipwrecks, but just a few have been remembered. A ship can disappear suddenly without a trace. Or a loss may involve a fascinating web of intrigue and drama. Exploration, the aftermath of wrecking in remote regions of the world and the interaction of survivors with local...