In this military history of the American ground campaigns in Europe in 1944-1945, Miller (a retired Army logistics officer and Department of the Army-designated military historian) focuses attention o
This work features the fresh thinking of twenty-eight leading authors from a variety of military and national security disciplines. Following an introduction by Lt. Gen. James Dubik, Commander I Corps
Traces the enlistment, training, and selection of 10 of the 12 African Americans to be aboard the first ship during World War II whose entire crew of enlisted men were Black
The battlecruiser is perceived by many as the most glamorous of warships, remembered for its triumphs and tragedies in both world wars. Often forgotten are its lineal ancestors, the big cruisers that
In a few short years after 1914, the Royal Navy practically invented naval air warfare, not only producing the first effective aircraft carriers, but also pioneering most of the techniques and tactics
“In addition to the co-authors’ combined qualifications, including meticulous research and writing in a lucid, easy-to-grasp narrative style, Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton is a tome, the forerunner of
Less than five years after Naval Aviation led the forces that defeated Imperial Japan that very organization was in serious trouble. The force had been drastically reduced and, despite the Korean War,
"Award-winning author Alan Rems brilliantly tells of the campaigns in the South Pacific, a region long overlooked, offering both the big picture and the foxhole view" -- Military Officer"A fitting tri
The Clydebank shipyard built some of the most famous vessels in maritime history. Its heritage boasts of great transatlantic liners like Lusitania, Queen Mary, and QE2, as well as iconic warships like
Norman Friedman brings a new perspective to an ever-popular subject in The British Battleship: 1906-1946. With a unique ability to frame technologies within the context of politics, economics, and str
The Mediterranean is the maritime crossroads where Europe, Asia, and Africa meet. More major naval actions were fought there than in the Atlantic or Pacific yet remarkably little has been written abou
Cutty Sark was the greatest of the tea clippers and an iconic British institution. This new work describes the eventful history of this celebrated ship from her 1869 construction, her famous voyages,
The bloody, monthlong battle for the Citadel in Hue pitted U.S. Marines against an entrenched, numerically superior North Vietnamese army force. By official U.S. accounts it was a tactical and moral v
This collection of interpretive, biographical essays on the admirals of the new steel navy continues the story of the development of the American naval begun so successfully in Command Under Sail and
This biography completes a trilogy on the three Navy fighter pilots--Jimmie Thach, Butch O'Hare, and Jimmy Flatley--who developed sweeping changes in aerial combat tactics during World War II. While O
Boston-based independent scholar Rigby presents a detailed examination of the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) and their key role in the outcome of WWII. Coverage includes biographical sketches of CCS m
On 26 February 1991, cavalry troops of "Cougar Squadron," the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, charged out of a sandstorm during Operation Desert Storm and caught Iraq's Republican Gu
For general readers with an interest in the history of political violence, this volume on suicide bombing examines the tactic in a variety of historical contexts and explores the influence on psycholo
One of the best-known historic ships in the world, HMS Victory attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year to Portsmouth, England. This informative and heavily illustrated guide provides a conven
This biography of the brilliant yet troubled marine who is considered to be the father of amphibious warfare examines the long-accepted but unsubstantiated accounts of his life and death through famil
Miller, a former nuclear weapons delivery pilot and participant in the development of some of the nation's strategic nuclear plans, tells the story behind the US stockpile of about 10,000 strategic nu
A gunnery officer on one of the American destroyers involved in the Battle of Tassafaronga assesses the tactical U.S. failures of the battle and the discussions that followed, especially the fact that
Vietnam Memoirs: A Passage to Sorrow is the record of a military chaplain's experiences while sharing the hardships and dangers that made up the daily routine of a combat soldier. Eyewitness accounts
In this reissue of an award-winning contribution to naval literature, Buell USN ret. (now deceased) traces the career and probes the psychology of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (1886-1969), an American
The 14th symposium was scheduled for 12 September 2001. It was canceled, and uncertainty reigned in the Academy's history department until 2005, when it was decided to resume the annual scholarly gath
This volume explains network-centric warfare through its use by the US Navy and other navies in specific historical situations from before World War I through the 1970s. Using these tactical examples,
Gunn spent 22 years as an aerospace marketing executive at McDonnell Douglas. During that time, he developed a process for strategic selling and marketing that delivered $250 billion in sales of milit
Directed at the specific needs of the naval community, this writing manual covers all aspects of writing required by naval personnel, and is based on interviews with hundreds of practicing naval profe
Pope, author of the Ramage series, offers a narrative account of the actions of British motor torpedo boats in the Mediterranean during WWII, based on eyewitness accounts of the officers and enlisted
Thanks to the PBY's daring pilots and their effective tactics, the slow outdated Catalina patrol bombers became the scourge of Japanese shipping in the South Pacific during World War II. Painted black
Examines the process of determining the naval command structure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization during a tense period of the cold war. Describes the political and military issues that were f
The Trafalgar Chronicle, the yearbook of The 1805 Club, has established itself as a prime source of information and the publication of choice for new research about the Georgian navy, sometimes also l
When Ellsworth P. Bertholf was court-martialed and dismissed from the Naval Academy for a hazing incident, no one could have predicted his future greatness. But undaunted by his experience at the acad
Stephen Roskill's magnificent biography explains why Admiral David Beatty has come to be seen as Britain's last naval hero. His early promise led to fast promotion and he became the youngest admiral s
India’s armed forces play a key role in protecting the country and occupy a special place in the Indian people’s hearts, yet standard accounts of contemporary Indian history rarely have a military dim
In the dark days of World War II, merchant mariners made heroic contributions to the eventual Allied victory and suffered tremendous casualties in so doing. Among these were the engineers who toiled d
“The Leader’s Bookshelf” identifies the "Top 50" books that can help anyone become a better leader. The works selected were based on hundreds of interviews with the most senior active and retired four
Victory Without Peace concentrates on the U.S. Navy in European and Near Eastern waters during the post-World War I era. As participants in the Versailles peace negotiations, the Navy was charged with
The Trafalgar Chronicle, the yearbook of The 1805 Club, has established itself as a prime source of information and the publication of choice for new research about the Georgian navy, sometimes also l
After he was selected to be NATO's sixteenth Supreme Allied Commander, The New York Times described Jim Stavridis as a "Renaissance admiral." A U. S. Naval Academy graduate with a master's degree and
