Military - Naval
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Rescue Warriors: The U.S. Coast Guard, America’s Forgotten Heroes
$26.00 Add to cartThe Extraordinary Story Of The U.S. Coast Guard
Since its inception more than 200 years ago, the United States Coast Guard has rescued over 1.1 million people. Yet, despite having more than fifty thou- Author: Helvarg, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 11 2010
- ISBN10: 0312628145
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of United States Naval Academy
$42.99 Add to cartWith a proud tradition reaching back to its founding in 1845, the United States Naval Academy today pursues its role as the nation’s premier institution dedicated to teaching and molding the naval lea
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: Cheevers, James W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: May 23 2008
- ISBN10: 1683369955
- Language: English
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Stalking the Red Bear: The True Story of a U.S. Cold War Submarine’s Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union
$24.00 Add to cartThrilling submarine espionage and an inside look at the U.S. Navy’s “silent service”
Stalking the Red Bear, for the first time ever, describes the action principally from the perspective of a commandi- Author: Sasgen, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0312605536
- Language: English
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First Class: Women Join the Ranks at the Naval Academy
$25.95 Add to cartWhen 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 … [more below]
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Disher, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 362
- Publish Date: July 31 2013
- ISBN10: 1591142164
- Language: English
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Fair Winds, Following Seas, and a Few Bolters: My Navy Years
$27.95 Add to cartFrom rural Michigan through Georgia Tech, Aviation Officer Candidate School, flight training, two Western Pacific cruises, and as an instructor pilot, Lt. McKenna met and overcame multiple obstacles i
- Author: McKenna, Stephen C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: December 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1646638522
- Language: English
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Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles That Shaped American History
$21.99 Add to cartFrom thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping history… [more below]
- Author: Symonds, Craig L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 23 2006
- ISBN10: 0195312112
- Language: English
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The Sea Rover’s Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730
$21.95 Add to cart. . . .rich in colourful detail, and displays impressive knowledge of sailing and fighting skills. –Richard Hill, The Naval Review
Accessible to both the general and the more scholarly reader, it will
- Author: Little, Benerson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1574889117
- Language: English
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Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson’s Battle of Trafalgar
$17.99 Add to cart“Strikingly original. . . . Nicolson brings to life superbly the horror, devastation, and gore of Trafalgar.” —The Economist
Adam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Nicolson, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0060753625
- Language: English
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Life and Death at Cape Disappointment: Becoming a Surfman on the Columbia River Bar
$29.95 Add to cartThe ocean is one of the few untamed places on earth–unpredictable and unsympathetic to the lives lost there. For this reason, people remain fascinated by its tides, currents, and mysteries. Life and
- Author: D’Amelio, Christopher J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 149305872X
- Language: English
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Remembering United States Naval Academy
$19.99 Add to cartWith a proud tradition reaching back to its founding in 1845, the United States Naval Academy today pursues its role as the nation’s premier institution dedicated to teaching and molding the naval lea
- Series: Remembering
- Author: Cheevers, James W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: August 28 2010
- ISBN10: 1683368975
- Language: English
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Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines
$49.95 Add to cartSubmarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection operations, sought out and stood ready to destroy opposi… [more below]
- Author: Polmar, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1574885308
- Language: English
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USS Olympia: Herald of Empire
$26.95 Add to cartThe USS Olympia is the oldest extant steel-hulled warship in the world. Constructed as part of a congressionally mandated program to build a modern fleet prior to the turn of the 19th century, she bec… [more below]
- Author: Cooling, B. Franklin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1591141265
- Language: English
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Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941
$43.95 Add to cartOne 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… [more below]
- Author: Evans, David C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: September 15 2012
- ISBN10: 159114244X
- Language: English
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Black Cat Raiders of WWII
$25.95 Add to cartThanks 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… [more below]
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Knott, Richard C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1557504717
- Language: English
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American Naval History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis fast-paced narrative charts the history of the US Navy from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama p… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Symonds, Craig L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0199394768
- Language: English
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Breverton’s Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea
$30.95 Add to cartBreverton’s Nautical Curiosities is arranged into thematic chapters:
1) 1) The ocean environment – animals, geography, geology, weather, coasts, islands
2) 2) Ship types and parts – from the first boat
- Author: Breverton, Terry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1599219794
- Language: English
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In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Revised and Updated)
$19.99 Add to cart“Always a classic and now even better–a masterful account of one of history’s most poignant and tragic secrets.”–Lee Child
Now available in an updated trade paperback edition, In Harm’s Way is the b- Author: Stanton, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1250853494
- Language: English
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To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
$28.00 Read moreFrom one of the great naval leaders of our time, a master class in decision-making under pressure through the stories of nine famous acts of leadership in battle, drawn from the history of the United … [more below]
- Author: Stavridis, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 0593297741
- Language: English
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Seaforth World Naval Review 2024
$70.00 Read moreFor more than a decade this annual volume has provided an authoritative summary of all the developments in the world’s navies and their ships in the previous twelve months. It combines regional survey
- Author: Waters, Conrad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 1682474844
- Language: English
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Blind Man’s Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
$21.99 Add to cartDiscover the secret history of America’s submarine warfare in this fast-paced and deeply researched chronicle of adventure and intrigue during the Cold War that reads like a spy thriller.
Blind Man’s- Author: Sontag, Sherry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1610393589
- Language: English
