Naval Institute Press: 579 books
True Believer
Inside the Investigation and Capture of Ana Montes, Cuba's Master Spy
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Ana Montes appeared to be a model employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Known to her coworkers as the Queen of Cuba, she was an overachiever who advanced quickly through the ranks of Latin American specialists to become the intelligence community's top analyst on Cuban affairs. But throughout...
Sherman Invades Georgia
Planning the North Georgia Campaign Using a Modern Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
A longtime Special Forces officer with a Ph.D. in systems engineering presents a new perspective on one of the legendary campaigns of the Civil War, General William T. Sherman's invasion of Georgia. Unlike most Civil War books that either treat individual battles and campaigns in a historical sense and...
by Edward P. Stafford
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
In a wartime Navy of giant carriers and battleships, tiny wooden subchasers did not command much attention. Yet these 110-foot warships, manned mostly by inexperienced reservists, performed vital chores for the fleet everywhere there was action in World War II. They led landing craft right up to the...
Where Youth and Laughter Go
With "The Cutting Edge" in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Where Youth and Laughter Go: With The Cutting Edge” in Afghanistan completes LtCol Seth Folsom’s recounting of his personal experiences in command over a decade of war. It is the culminating chapter of a trilogy that began with The Highway War: A Marine Company Commander in Iraq in 2006 and continued...
Exploiting Africa
The Influence of Maoist China in Algeria, Ghana, and Tanzania
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
The purpose of this book is to provide an historical examination of China’s activities in Africa, an important yet overlooked aspect of the broader subject of China in Africa today. There is a tendency of observers of China in Africa to always look forward; however, there is a need to look backward....
Making War, Thinking History
Munich, Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force from Korea to Kosovo
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
In examining the influence of historical analogies on decisions to use--or not use--force, military strategist Jeffrey Record assesses every major application of U.S. force from the Korean War to the NATO war on Serbia. Specifically, he looks at the influence of two analogies: the democracies? appeasement...
The Wastrels of Defense
How Congress Sabotages U.S. Security
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
In this damning expose, a veteran senate defense advisor argues that since Sept 11, 2001, the conduct of the U.S. Congress has sunk to new depths and endangered the nation's security. Winslow Wheeler draws on three decades of work with four prominent senators to tell in lively detail how members of Congress...
Vietnam Memoirs
A Passage to Sorrow
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
A U.S. Army chaplain for the 25th Infantry Division recounts his experiences sharing the hardships and dangers that made up the daily routine of a combat soldier in Vietnam. Chaplain Falabella, decorated for his bravery under fire, offers eyewitness accounts of search-and-destroy missions, night ambushes,...
The Other Space Race
Eisenhower and the Quest for Aerospace Security
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
The Other Space Race is a unique look at the early U.S. space program and how it both shaped and was shaped by politics during the Cold War. Eisenhower’s New Look” expanded the role of the Air Force in national security, and ultimately allowed ambitious aerospace projects, namely the Dyna-Soar,”...
Blowtorch
Robert Komer, Vietnam, and American Cold War Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
History has not been kind to Robert Komer, a casualty of bad historical analysis and inaccurate information. A Cold War national security policy and strategy adviser to three presidents, Komer was one of the most influential national security professionals of the era. The book begins with a review of...
Nights in the Pink Motel
An American Strategist's Pursuit of Peace in Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Nights in the Pink Motel is the first historical account of the strategic process that sought to reverse the negative consequences of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. It offers details and insights into the Iraqi insurgency and Coalition counterinsurgency available nowhere else. This book is a sustained,...
by Howell
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Revised and updated every year, The Military Advantage, 2017 Edition is the most reliable benefits guide for Americans who have answered the call to serve in the military. These benefits amount to billions in scholarships, educational benefits, home loan guarantees, and military discounts. The 2017 edition...
Lobbying For Defense
An Insider's View
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
This one-of-a-kind user's guide to successful lobbying for defense appropriation draws on Matthew R. Kambrod's forty-plus years of experience both in the Pentagon as a military officer and on Capitol Hill as a lobbyist. The book presents step-by-step instructions for the lobbyist along with detailed...
by Martin Libicki
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
This book is written to be a comprehensive guide to cybersecurity and cyberwar policy and strategy, developed for a one- or two-semester class for students of public policy (including political science, law, business, etc.). Although written from a U.S. perspective, most of its contents are globally...