Naval category: 2015 books
The Dynamics of Coalition Naval Warfare
The Special Relationship at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
This book examines the dynamics of coalition naval operations.
Since the end of the Second World War, few nations possess the capacity for large scale, sustained and independent naval operations; and even those that do, such as the USA, often find it economically, militarily and politically...
Digesting History: The U.S. Naval War College, The Lessons of World War Two, and Future Naval Warfare, 1945-1947
The U.S. Naval War College, The Lessons of World War Two, and Future Naval Warfare, 1945-1947
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2010
Product Description: Digesting History: The U.S. Naval War College, the Lessons of World War II, and Future Naval Warfare, 1945–1947, by Professor Hal M. Friedman, studies the contribution of the Naval War College, especially in the presidency of Admiral Raymond Spruance, to strategic thought during...
The Development of British Naval Thinking
Essays in Memory of Bryan Ranft
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2006
This new book brings together Britain’s leading naval historians and analysts to present a comprehensive investigation of British naval thinking and what has made it so distinctive over the last three centuries, from the sailing ship era to the current day.
This new volume describes in depth...
World War II at Sea
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book of the Year, Military History Quarterly), and Operation Neptune, (winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature), Craig L. Symonds has established himself as one of the finest naval historians...
Beachhead Assault
The Combat History of the Royal Naval Commandos in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
The amphibious operations of the now-disbanded “Beach Commandos.” “Every page of Beachhead Assault has a tale of almost suicidal courage” (Tony Parsons).
The Royal Naval Commandos had one of the most dangerous and the most important tasks of any in World War II—they were first on...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
This informative history of early Naval aviation was prepared in 1930, when memories of the beginning of aviation were still fresh. CONTENTS * CHAPTER I * The Beginning of Aviation * CHAPTER II * History of Pre-War Naval Aviation * CHAPTER III * World War Organization and Personnel * CHAPTER IV *...
by Jay A. Stout
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2005
For anyone with the will to become a U.S. naval aviator, the future begins now. Marine fighter pilot and combat veteran Jay Stout shows us just what it takes to be a U.S. naval aviator in the twenty-first century, conducting us through every step of training as these dedicated, everyday heroes prepare...
Twenty-First Century Seapower
Cooperation and Conflict at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
This book offers an assessment of the naval policies of emerging naval powers, and the implications for maritime security relations and the global maritime order.
Since the end of the Cold War, China, Japan, India and Russia have begun to challenge the status quo with the acquisition of advanced...
Hitler's U-Boat War
The Hunters, 1939-1942
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
Clay Blair's best-selling naval classic Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan, is regarded as the definitive account of that decisive phase of the war in the Pacific. Nine years in the making, Hitler's U-boat War is destined to become the definitive account of the German submarine war...
Australia's Argonauts
The remarkable story of the First Class to enter the Royal Australian Naval College
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
The story of the first cadet-midshipmen to join the Royal Australian Naval College is without parallel.
In 1913 twenty-eight thirteen-year-old boys joined the new Navy at a time when Australia was both idealistic and ambitious. The boys were drawn from every State and became known as the...
by Sam Willis
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
A fascinating naval perspective on one of the greatest of all historical conundrums: How did thirteen isolated colonies, which in 1775 began a war with Britain without a navy or an army, win their independence from the greatest naval and military power on earth?
The American Revolution involved...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Seven unique U.S. Navy documents provide a thorough guide to naval mine warfare, with information on modern mine countermeasures (MCM), marine mammal systems, the use of dolphins and sea lions, organic MCM, Avenger class, SQQ-32 Sonar, SLQ-37, SLQ-38, SLQ-48(V), MH-53E Sea Dragon Helicopters, explosive...
Naval Air
Celebrating a Century of Naval Flying
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Naval aviation arrived early in the last century in the form of balloons and airships employed by the British Royal Navy for reconnaissance, and interest was stirring in naval circles in a greater aeronautical capacity for the service. Britain's tradition of projecting a global reach through her sea...
Naval Power and Expeditionary Wars
Peripheral Campaigns and New Theatres of Naval Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
This book examines the nature and character of naval expeditionary warfare, in particular in peripheral campaigns, and the contribution of such campaigns to the achievement of strategic victory.
Naval powers, which can lack the massive ground forces to win in the main theatre, often choose...