Naval Institute Press: 579 books
Silent and Unseen
On Patrol in Three Cold War Attack Submarines
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
In Silent and Unseen, veteran submarine commander Captain Alfred S. McLaren describes in riveting detail the more significant events that occurred early in the Cold War during his seven years, 1958-1965, onboard three attack submarines: the USS Greenfish (SS-351), USS Seadragon (SSN-584), and USS Skipjack...
On Board
My Life in the Navy, Government, Business
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Insights into important events of the twentieth century are provided in this memoir by a former secretary of the Navy and participant in many of the events he describes. The Great Depression of the 1930s, World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, and Vietnam are recalled from the author's perspectives,...
China's Energy Strategy
The Impact on Bejing's Maritime Policies
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
A variety of viewpoints is offered in this timely analysis of China's economy and the future shape of Beijing's energy consumption. The authors, all noted authorities in the fields of economics, diplomacy, energy, and defense, consider an unprecedented range of influences and factors to avoid the limitations...
The Sovereignty Solution
A Common Sense Approach to Global Security
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The Sovereignty Solution is not an Establishment national security strategy. Instead, it describes what the U.S. could actually do to restore order to the world without having to engage in either global policing or nation-building. Currently there is no coherent plan that addresses questions like: If...
by Thomas J. Cutler
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Most Americans know little about their Navy and learning about it can be daunting. But this informative yet highly accessible guide explains the sometimes strange ways of the U.S. Navy in terms civilians can understand. It addresses such things as the many titles military people have, the alphanumeric...
by Norman Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Gradually evolving from sailing frigates, the first modern cruiser is not easy to define, but this book starts with the earliest steam paddle warships, covers the evolution of screw-driven frigates, corvettes and sloops, and then the succeeding iron, composite and steel-hulled classes down to the last armoured cruisers.
Dangerous Games
Faces, Incidents, and Casualties of the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Reminding readers that the Cold War was actually a time of hot wars, spying, murders, defections, shoot downs of reconnaissance aircraft, and a space race, the authors uncover some unknown or long-forgotten incidents of the period. Among them, the murder of a U.S. naval attache on the Orient Express,...
Mr. Roosevelt's Navy
The Private War of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1939-1942
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
The U.S. Navy was at war in the Atlantic long before 7 December 1941, but little is known about that conflict. Mr. Roosevelt’s Navy is a vivid, thoroughly researched account of this undeclared war upon which Mr. Roosevelt embarked in order to sway the desperate Battle of the Atlantic in favor of Britain’s...
by Malcolm F. Willoughby
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
The intimate view of the U.S. Coast Guard’s dramatic World War II record has long been considered a classic. First published in 1957 and out of print for years, it is now available in paperback. Handsomely illustrated with more than 200 photographs, the book serves as a unique memento of one of...
Fremantle's Submarines
How Allied Submariners and Western Australians Helped Win the War in the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
From unpromising beginnings in March 1942, the submarine base at Fremantle became a vital part of the Allied offensive against Japan. Pushed back from the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies, American submariners, accompanied by small numbers of Dutch, retreated to Fremantle on the remote west...
by Barbara Brooks Tomblin
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
"The Civil War is often considered a “soldiers’ war,” but Life in Jefferson Davis’ Navy acknowledges the legacy of service of the officers and sailors of the Confederate States Navy. In this full-length study, Barbara Brooks Tomblin addresses every aspect of a Confederate seaman’s life,...
Honor, Courage, Commitment
Navy Boot Camp
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
J. F. Leahy chronicles the transition of eighty-one men and women from civilians to sailors at the U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois. Granted unlimited and unprecedented access to the recruits during the fall of 2000, his examination of the unique American institution - popularly...
At War in Distant Waters
British Colonial Defense in the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
A Great and Urgent Imperial Service investigates the reasons behind Great Britain’s combined military and naval offensive expeditions of Europe during the Great War. These campaigns have been branded by various historians as unnecessary sideshows to the conflict waged on the European continent. Pattee...
by Robert J. Cressman
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Ten years after the close of World War II, the U.S. Navy published a chronology of its operations in the war. Long out of print, the work focused on what were then defined as critical and decisive events. It ignored a multitude of combat actions as well as the loss or damage of many types of U.S. ships...