"A superb new history of America's twenty-year conflict with Iraq. John Ballard examines the entire scope of America's military effort from the U.S. response to Saddam's 1990 invasion of Kuwait all t
Ana Montes appeared to be a model employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), advancing quickly through the ranks to become its top analyst on Cuban affairs. But for sixteen years Montes sent C
While working as a United States Naval civilian intelligence analyst in the 1980s, Jonathan Pollard sold some one million pages of classified material to Israel, doing "irreparable damage to the natio
Maloney (history, Royal Military College of Canada) has observed counterinsurgency field operations in Afghanistan since 2003. Here, he offers in inside look at units unknown to most Americans--the pr
The purpose of this anthology is to serve as a ready resource of material that defines the Marine Corps as an institution and to capture the essence of what it means to be a Marine. Compiled from arti
The success of the U.S. Navy in its more than two centuries of existence is due not only to the essential contributions of Sailors on active duty and in the reserve, but to the civilians who have work
Just a day before it was to cross the Rhine into Germany, the Sixth Army Group, led by General Jacob Devers, was halted in its tracks by General Dwight Eisenhower. Standing with General George Patton
Upon becoming Ambassador to Iraq in June of 2004, John Negroponte tapped Robert Earle to assist him and General George Casey in formulating strategy towards the growing anti-occupation insurgency. Whi
The 14 essays presented here, written by military historians from the US and UK, describe the history, development, and role of the operational-level chief of staff from World War II to Korea and Viet
The crew of an old U.S. Navy destroyer steaming toward a deadly battle in the Java Sea is the focus of this famous novel set at the outbreak of World War II as the Allies attempted to defend the Phili
This handsome, large-format book takes the reader on an illustrated tour of the U.S. Army's hard-hitting airborne forces, from the original Parachute Test Platoon of 1940 to the multiple global commit
Col. Mike Snook draws on his professional expertise as a soldier and his lifelong study of military history to bring back to life the dramatic campaigns fought by the British Army between the Crimean
One of Britain's top historians takes on a previously unexplored area of Churchill's wartime efforts in this much anticipated follow on to a successful study last year of Churchill's navy. Entirely or
To be equally enjoyed by professional aviators and aviation buffs with limited technical knowledge, this biography brings to life the legendary aircraft that scored the highest kill ratio of any U.S.
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 w
This guide remains the only complete reference to the weapons currently in service in ships, submarines, and naval aircraft around the world. It is the only book of its type to explain the transforma
Few things are more terrifying to a seagoing captain than the specter of mutiny or more riveting to readers than a tale of mutinous deeds. In this fascinating book, Leonard Guttridge takes us on a tou
If the U.S. Marines gave birth to a legend in the halls of Montezuma in the nineteenth century, they added glorious luster to it with their heroism and victories against the Japanese in World War II.
Gaffney, founder of the Center for Security Policy, offers ten specific steps that American individuals and communities can take to ensure their way of life and safety, now and in the future, in the w
In this sequel to his The First Team, Lundstrom, a military researcher, concludes the history of US naval fighter combat during the first year of the Pacific War, December 1941 through November 1942.
With the Mexican-American War winding down, and after a painful divorce and the death of his daughter, Lieutenant William Lynch was given permission to lead the first and only US Navy expedition to th
"Military life offers special challenges to normal family life - the author presents the realities, offers some solutions, and discusses the set of skills that one can acquire."
This book (and its companion volume, Dictionary of Naval Terms) is written for Navy neophytes who want - indeed need - to be able to understand the language of their new profession. It is also writte
English lawyer and historian William James wrote this book in 1817 to counter what he considered the bombastic, patriotic, and false version of the war put forward by American authors. To free the war
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 t
In 1844 the USS Yorktown sailed from New York, as part of the U.S. Navy's newly established African Squadron, to interdict slave ships leaving the African coast. Aboard the sloop of war, Master's Mate
Last revised in 1985, the long-lived seafarers' reference adds 21st century technology to traditional techniques to cover all phases of surface navigation. Originally written for midshipmen at the US
Lovell (1788-1859) recounts his personal escapades and exploits as a naval officer under Nelson during the 16-year period from 1799 to 1815. First published in 1879 and again in 1971, the narrative de
The U.S. Navy's patrol of the Yangtze River began in 1854 when the USS Susquehanna was sent to China to safeguard increasing American commerce in the region. As Kemp Tolley explains in this entertaini
Britain's only hope of survival against Hitler's forces during WWII was to keep open vital supply lanes across the Atlantic. To do so, a group of retired senior naval officers were called on to take c
When this book originally appeared in 1990, it was hailed as an important new work because of the author's access to Adm. Richard E. Byrd's just-released private papers. Previous books on the legendar
No book will ever come closer than this to providing an inside overview of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover’s nuclear propulsion program. The author, an Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) historian assigned to t
A boatman's guide to the prediction of weather and water conditions, through an understanding of the fundamental principles of meteorology and oceanography
