Naval Institute Press: 579 books
Confronting the Chaos
A Rogue Historian Returns to Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2014
While there is a vast amount of literature available on Iraqi operations, until now little has been written about the counterinsurgency and stabilization operations in Afghanistan. With this book, a Canadian military historian, who has observed field operations in Afghanistan since 2003, offers a clear...
The Marines Take Anbar
The Four Year Fight Against al Qaeda
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
The Marines’ campaign to secure Anbar Province in Iraq will rank as one of the Corps’ historic battle achievements. Dick Shultz's brilliant account of that campaign is rich in lessons learned and examples of adaptability. The Marines Take Anbar will be a classic study in counter insurgency.""...
On War and Politics
The Battlefield Inside Washington's Beltway
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Major General Arnold Punaro, USMC (Ret.), served 35 years in uniform. He spent 24 years in the U.S. Senate, becoming Staff Director of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He was a top industry executive and is currently CEO of a small business. He serves on numerous boards and commissions related to national security.
Operation Alacrity
The Azores and the War in the Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
To win the war against German U-boats, the Allies had to protect their convoys in the vast black hole of the mid-Atlantic known as the Azores Gap. In 1943 they devised a plan to set up air bases on the Azores Islands, owned by neutral Portugal. It was essential for the operation to remain secret because...
Air Commandos Against Japan
Allied Special Operations in World War II Burma
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
In 1943 the U.S. Army Air Forces created what would become the Air Commandos, a unit that marked a milestone in tactical operations in support of British ground forces invading Burma. William T. Y'Blood tells the story of how these daring American aviators trained and went into combat using unconventional...
For Military Merit
Recipients of the Purple Heart
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
More than one million men and women have received the Purple Heart since its creation as an award "for military merit" in 1932. This book provides a brief history of the Purple Heart, with a focus on how the decoration's award criteria have evolved. The book then takes a representative look at Purple...
Assault from the Sea
Essays on the History of Amphibious Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2014
This collection of 51 essays provides a history of amphibious landings that include European, Asian, and American operations. It describes in detail some of history's most significant amphibious assaults, as well as planned attacks that were never carried out.
Scales on War
The Future of America's Military at Risk
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Scales on War is a collection of ideas, concepts and observations about contemporary war taken from over 30 years of research, writing and personal experience by retired Major General Bob Scales. The book melds Scales’ unique style of writing that includes contemporary military history, current...
Sidewinder
Creative Missile Development at China Lake
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
In the mid-1950s a small group of overworked, underpaid scientists and engineers, working on a remote base in the Mojave Desert, developed a weapon no one had asked for but that everyone was looking for. Sidewinder is the story of how that unorthodox team at China Lake, lead by the visionary Bill McLean,...
David Glasgow Farragut
Admiral in the Making
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
This biography covers David Glasgow Farragut’s long career in the navy before the Civil War. He was about sixty years old when that war began, and had accordingly lived through that long transitional period from sail to steam. As a lad he had served with Porter in the Essex on her glorious cruise which...
Trapped at Pearl Harbor
Escape from Battleship Oklahoma
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
Stephen Bower Young was a seaman first class assigned to gunnery duty in turret no. 4 on the Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Struck by torpedoes, the battleship started to sink, and Young and others became trapped when it overturned. Here, he recounts their terrifying experience...
NavCivGuide
A Handbook for Civilians in the United States Navy
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
Just as Thomas Cutler's The Bluejacket's Manual serves as the standard introduction and continuing reference guide for American sailors, this new handbook provides a basic reference guide for civilians working for the U.S. Navy. It will acquaint them with the Navy's world of acronyms, n-codes, uniforms,...
Steel and Blood
South Vietnamese Armor and the War for Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Col. Ha Mai Viet presents a historically accurate and detailed account of the Vietnam War from the perspective of the South Vietnamese armor forces. Highly decorated for his valor and leadership of the armored units, the author spent ten years documenting what went on so he could offer an analysis of...
by Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
On Tactics is intended to be the remedy to the chaotic and thus far unformed realm of tactical theory and to answer questions like the one above. Part One of the book will establish a tactical system meant to replace the Principles of War checklist. First, the contextual role of tactics with regards...