One of the great spectacles of modern naval history is the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's rise from an isolationist feudal kingdom to a potent military empire stridently confron
Explores the development of the tactics of carrier air power from 1925 and argues that it was U.S. naval personnel who developed the practice of dive bombing, a successful tactic used against the Japa
"The years of the Eisenhower presidency (1953-1961) saw the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union at its most dangerous....I was a witness to the climax of the 1958-1960 confrontati
Novelist and former Navy SEAL Couch chronicles the role of SEALs in the political and military battle to win back the Sunni tribal lands of al-Anbar and defeat insurgents in Ramadi from October 2005 t
Armchair Warriors is a history of the interplay between the popular media's coverage of the nation's wars and the perception of ordinary Americans regarding military issues, from Spanish-American war
Giallourakis, a legal consultant on military procurement and lecturer on federal contracting, untangles the red tape and complexities of contracting with the federal government. Written for federal co
This is the first installment of a three-volume study of the strategic policies of the countries involved in the Pacific War and the range of political, economic, military, and navy activity in the Pa
For his 2006 Ph.D. at the University of Glasgow, Henriksen (airpower, Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy) wrote a dissertation on NATO's use of airpower in Kosovo. This study presumably draws from that
Originally published in 1967, this respected reference work describes how the Victorian Royal Navy's fleet of small warships enforced the Pax Brittanica for fifty years. Coverage spans the period from
It seems an unlikely friendship, but for nearly the past six decades the US has enjoyed Bahrain as a steadfast ally through the Cold War and turbulence in the Mid East. Naval historian Winkler describ
Perry is best known for his post-Battle of Lake Erie proclamation: "We have met the enemy and they are ours." Drawing on Perry's correspondence with the Department of the Navy in the Oliver Hazard Per
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
In a high-tempo series of operations throughout the Black Sea, Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean, a small American fleet of destroyers and other naval vessels responded ably to several major intern
Fighting for MacArthur is the only book that focuses on the role of the Navy and Marine Corps during the 1941-42 defense of the Philippines. The book includes the most detailed account ever published
Steven A. Pomeroy has authored the first history of the American mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a technology the United States spent four decades and billions of dollars creating bu
No Room for Mistakes is a thoroughly researched account of British and Allied submarine warfare in north European waters at the beginning of World War II. Haarr has compiled research from a wide range
The five volumes that constitute Arthur Marder's From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow represented arguably the finest contribution to the literature of naval history since Alfred Mahan. A J P Taylor wro
In his groundbreaking work, In Defence of Naval Supremacy, Sumida presents a provocative and authoritative revisionist history of the origins, nature and consequences of the "Dreadnought Revolution" o
"This volume provides fresh perspectives on the international strategic environment between the two world wars. At London in 1930, the United States, Great Britain, and Japan concluded an important a
In the summer of 1814 a squadron of Royal Navy ships attacked the tiny Connecticut seaport of Stonington, and declared its intention of destroying the town. Over the next four days the British barrage
Finch, a former high school teacher who currently directs a history museum in Illinois, offers a biography of Navy submarine commander and novelist Edward L. 'Ned' Beach Jr. (1918-2002) that illustrat
US diplomat Service (1909-99) negotiated Chinese aid against the Japanese during World War II, predicted the triumph of the Communist revolution, was the first victim of anti-communist crusader Joseph
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
At the outbreak of war in 1939 the 6,000-plus merchant ships spread across the world's oceans became pawns in the global conflict that permeated the operations of every shipping line on every continen
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
No mythic journey, this tale of adventure on the high seas is completely true, told by a writer who spent World War II in warships of the Royal Navy. The story is based on the real-life adventures of
The sixth volume of the series covers all submarines up to 1939, the diverse types of gunboat (from masted gun vessels through coastal "flat-irons" to river patrol craft), and sloops of various descri
