Robert J Schneller: 3 books
by Robert J. Schneller
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2003
Dismissed from the U.S. Naval Academy in early 1861, William Barker Cushing nonetheless emerged from the Civil War as one of the NavyÆs greatest heroes. Cushing transformed his reputation from a rabblerouser into a living legend, because he embodied the special qualities that the Navy demands of the...
by Robert J. Schneller, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2002
ôDamn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!ö With those words, David Glasgow Farragut led a fleet of Union warships into Mobile Bay, where he achieved one of the most celebrated victories in American naval history. What separates the good officer from the great one, writes Robert J. Schneller, Jr., is the...
by Edward J. Marolda, Robert J. Schneller
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Though not so well known as the land and air campaigns, the campaign at sea in the 1991 Gulf War was vital in subduing Saddam Hussein's invasion forces and driving them out of Kuwait. U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines launched hundreds of cruise missile attacks against Iraqi targets throughout...