Naval Institute Press: 579 books
Pushing the Limits
The Remarkable Life and Times of Vice Adm. Allan Rockwell McCann, USN
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
His family says he was a great story teller. Yet Vice Admiral Allan Rockwell McCann left no reminisces that might reveal a deeper sense of his extraordinary service to the nation. In his four-decade military career spanning two world wars, he rarely discussed for the record the many historic circumstances...
Manila And Santiago
The New Steel Navy in the Spanish-American War
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
The U.S. Navy's first two-ocean war was the Spanish-American War of 1898. A war that was global in scope, with the decisive naval battles of war at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba separated by two months and over ten thousand miles. During these battles in this quick, modern war, America s New Steel...
Battleship Ramillies
A Last Salvo
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
HMS Ramillies was the last battleship to join the Grand Fleet in 1917 and survived to fight in the Second World War. Although the ship did not make headlines, she was actively employed from start to finish, and even survived being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. In this respect she was typical rather...
In the Shadow of the Alabama
The British Foreign Office and the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
This book looks at an allegation of betrayal made against a young Foreign Office clerk, Victor Buckley, who, it was claimed, leaked privileged information to agents of the Southern States during the American Civil War. As a consequence, the CSS Alabama narrowly escaped seizure by the British Government...
Hero of the Air
Glenn Curtiss and the Birth of Naval Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
In this biography, William F. Trimble examines the pioneering work of Glenn Curtiss and his role in the originsof aviation in the U.S. Navy in the years up to and through World War I. A self-taught mechanic and inventor, Curtiss was a key figure in the development of the airplane during the early part...
Pirate Nation
Elizabeth I and Her Royal Sea Rovers
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
For all the romantic mythology surrounding the court of Queen Elizabeth I, the financial underpinning of the reign of Gloriana’ was decidedly sordid. Elizabeth’s policy of seizing foreign assets made her popular at home but drew her into a partnership with pirates who preyed on the state’s foes...
Carrier Battles
Command Decision in Harm's Way
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
A longtime professor at the Naval War College who once directed strategic and long-range planning for the Navy and Marine Corps in Europe considers the transformation of the U.S. Navy from a defensive-minded coastal defense force into an offensive risk-taking navy in the very early stages of World War...
The Elusive Enemy
U.S. Naval Intelligence and the Imperial Japanese Fleet
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
In this exploration of U.S. naval operations and intelligence-gathering efforts, Douglas Ford introduces a new perspective on the clash between the United States and Japan in the Pacific. At the outset of the war, the U.S. Navy could not accurately determine the fighting efficiency of Japan’s Imperial...
by Ross H. MacKenzie
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013
The Naval Academy's culture is a unique and sometimes baffling phenomenon to the outside world, but with this newly updated guide in hand relatives and friends of midshipmen will find answers to all the questions they might have about Academy life. Since it was first published more than a decade ago,...
by Wayne P. Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
This major revision updates Wayne Hughes's 1986 landmark study that is credited with providing decision makers a sound foundation for battle planning and tactical thinking. The book integrates the historical evolution of tactics, analysis, and fleet operations, and today it can serve as a primer for...
The Admirals' Advantage
U.S. Navy Operational Intelligence in World War II and the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
This analytic and historical study provides a revealing look at naval operational intelligence by embracing the fundamental question of what OPINTEL is and how it answers the fundamental question "Where is the enemy, in what strength, and disposition, and what is he doing right now?" It is primarily...
Victory without Peace
The United States Navy in European Waters, 1919-1924
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Victory Without Peace is about the US Navy in European and Near Eastern waters in the post World War I era. It is the third book in the author’s study of the US Navy in European waters. The author discusses the Navy’s participation in the peace negotiations at Versailles. The Navy was involved...
Sea Power
A Naval History, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
A classic work widely acknowledged over the past 20 years as the definitive text on its subject. All aspects of over 2,000 years of naval history are covered, from Greek and Roman galley warfare to Vietnam and beyond, with emphasis on the evolution of strategy, tactics, and weapons development.With 14...
Command Under Sail
Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1775-1850
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
A collection of esssays on 12 officers who helped to build the foundation of the U.S. Naval tradition.