Naval Institute Press: 579 books
by Vincent P. OHara
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
The German Fleet at War relates the little-known history of the Kriegsmarine's surface fleet with a focus on the sixty-nine surface naval battles fought by Germany's major warships against the large warships of the British, French, American, Polish, Soviet, Norwegian and Greek navies. It emphasizes operational...
As We Recall
Reminiscences of the Naval Academy Class of 1952
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
As We Recall is the first book of its kind. A collection of reminiscences written by members of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 1952, it is a testament to the value of a Naval Academy education. Some stories are of combat in Korea, exploits in space, aerial combat over Vietnam, or development of major...
Sunburst
The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909-1941
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
This acclaimed sequel to the Peattie/Evans prizewinning work, Kaigun, illuminates the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its genesis in 1909 to its thunderbolt capability on the eve of the Pacific war. In the process of explaining the navy s essential strengths and weaknesses, the book provides the...
The Gathering Storm
The Naval War in Northern Europe, September 1939-April 1940
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
This is a superb survey of the fierce naval struggles, from 1939 up to the invasion of the Norway in April 1940. Beginning with the sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919, it then covers the rebuilding of the Kriegsmarine and parallel developments in the Royal Navy, and in the European navies....
by Thomas J. Cutler
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
From the days of oars and coal-fired engines to the computerized era of the 21st century, The Bluejacket’s Manual has been an essential part of the American Sailor’s sea bag for over one hundred years, serving as an introduction to the Navy for new recruits and as a reference book for Sailors...
Quarterdeck and Bridge
Two Centuries of American Naval Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
This superb collection of biographical essays tells the story of the U.S. Navy through the lives of the officers who forged its traditions. The essayists are leading naval historians who assess the careers of these men and their impact on the naval service, from the Continental Navy of the American Revolution to the nuclear Navy of the Cold War.
Reconstructing a Shattered Egyptian Army (1967 to 1971)
War Minister Gen. Mohamad Fawzi's Memoirs, 19671971
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
Central to CDR Youssef Aboul-Enein's career has been the mission to introduce America's military leaders to Arabic works of military significance. Just like American military leaders who had an obsession for all things Russian during the Cold War in order to understand the Soviets, the war on al-Qaida...
Stephen Decatur
A Life Most Bold and Daring
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
Brave, energetic, intensely patriotic, Stephen Decatur is America's first great naval hero after John Paul Jones. His short and dramatic life is a story of triumph and tragedy told by the noted historian and author of some twenty books, Spencer Tucker. Decatur's raid into Tripoli Harbor in 1804 to burn...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
This remarkable collection of works by some of the most authoritative naval historians in the United States draws on many formerly classified sources to shed new light on the U.S. Navy's role in the three-year struggle to preserve the independence of the Republic of Korea. Several of the essays concentrate...
America's First General Staff
A Short History of the Rise and Fall of the General Board of the U.S. Navy, 1900-1950
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
The General Board of the Navy was a uniquely American strategic planning organization with few analogs at the time of its establishment, except perhaps the various components of the Admiralty in Great Britain. It existed from 1900 to 1950. Then, as now, confusion reigned over what sort of fleet to...
Five Down, No Glory
Frank G. Tinker, Merenary Ace in the Spanish Civil
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Frank G. Tinker, Jr. was the top American ace flying under contract with the Spanish Republican Air Force in the Spanish Civil War. A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Class of 1933, he went into combat with Soviet airmen during the war. Through sheer perseverance, he rose from a teenage enlisted seaman,...
Admirals of the New Steel Navy
Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1880-1930
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
This collection of essays examines the lives of thirteen naval officers whose careers had lasting effects on the evolution of American naval traditions.
Edward Preble
A Naval Biography 1761-1807
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Originally published in 1972, Christopher McKee's biography of Edward Preble remains the most authoritative source on this influential early shaper of the U.S. naval tradition. McKee (Grinnell College) documents Preble's rise from obscurity to become Thomas Jefferson's chief administrator, his relationship...
First Class
Women Join the Ranks at the Naval Academy
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
When Sharon Hanley Disher entered the U.S. Naval Academy with eighty other young women in 1976, she helped end a 131-year all-male tradition at Annapolis. Her entertaining and shocking account of the women's four-year effort to join the academy's elite fraternity and become commissioned naval officers...