Naval Institute Press: 579 books
Heroes in Dungarees
The Story of the American Merchant Marine in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
A World War II merchant seaman, John Bunker takes a thorough look at the American merchant marines' significant contributions to the war effort. There are plenty of fascinating facts about their extensive supply operations, but the focus of the book is on the men and their often-heroic actions. Bunker...
by Gregory F. Michno
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Though the Japanese treatment of prisoners of war during World War II has been written about before, only with this detailed chronicle will readers come to appreciate the true dimensions of the Allied POW experience at sea. It is a disturbing story; many believe the Bataan Death March pales by comparison....
by Bonadonna
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This book covers the history of the military profession in the Western World from the ancient Greeks to the present day. Drawing from military history, from sociology, and other disciplines, it goes beyond traditional insights to locate the military profession in the context of both literary and cultural...
No Forgotten Fronts
From Classrooms to Combat
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018
At the beginning of World War II, professor Lauren Post, San Diego State College, asked his students entering military service to write to him. Thousands of letters arrived from places like Pearl Harbor, North Africa, and Normandy, beginning with the salutation, “Dear Doc.” They described vivid...
Warships of the Great War Era
A History in Ship Models
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. Treated as historical evidence,...
We Will Stand by You
Serving in the Pawnee, 1942-1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
An enlisted radioman recalls his years of action in the Pacific with candor and humor.
by Reed
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Phillip Reed's latest building guide tackles what many regard as the ultimate expression of the ship model maker’s art, the Navy Board model. His step-by-step construction of a miniature 1/192 scale model of the Royal George of 1715 demonstrates all the conventions of Navy Board framing and planking....
From Storm to Freedom
America's Long War with Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Covering both Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom as two campaigns within a single, if discontinuous, conflict, this book analyzes the strategic interaction between Iraq and the United States from 1990 to 2010 and the key operational decisions that determined the course of the war....
by Glenn
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
No one escaped whole from the fall of Saigon. We Americans were all damaged. The Last of the Annamese is about the Vietnamese and Americans who escaped from Vietnam in April 1975, those who decided to stay, and those who chose death rather than life under the Communists. The protagonist, Chuck Griffin,...
The Captain Who Burned His Ships
Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750-1829
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, who was a key figure in the development of the early U.S. Navy. Having come to America after a short service in the Royal Navy, Tingey contributed importantly to the growth of the American Navy, but was then obliged to burn the Washington Navy Yard...
The Business of Martyrdom
A History of Suicide Bombing
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
The Business of Martyrdom is the only comprehensive history of suicide bombing from its origins in Imperial Russia to the present day. It makes use of a framework from the history and philosophy of technology to explain the diffusion and evolution of suicide bombing over the past several decades. It...
Confronting Al-Qaeda
New Strategies to Combat Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Blending academic objectivity with a clear agenda of devising a new strategic U.S. approach to Al Qaeda, McGrath proposes policy options for confronting terrorism. He asserts that Al Qaeda is primarily a political threat, rather than a military one that challenges the very nature of the U.S. political...
An Untaken Road
Strategy, Technology, and the Hidden History of America's Mobile ICBMs
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
The history of the American mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) reveals the interactions of strategy, technology, and context. Its tale began with nuclear strategists demanding second-strike weapons to ensure national survival. Many, including Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Reagan,...
Devil Dogs
Fighting Marines of World War I
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
In telling the story of the extraordinary contributions of the U.S. Marines in World War I, this now-classic history examines the Corps’ entire experience in France. Now available in paperback, the book is a valuable resource for data, especially details about each unit and how they functioned. Bolstered...