Naval
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The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
$28.95 Add to cartIn January 1944 sixteen black enlisted men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to begin a cram course that would turn them into the U.S. Navy’s first African-American office
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Stillwell, Paul L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 14, 2003
- ISBN10: 1591148405
- Language: English
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Shōkaku-Class Aircraft Carriers: In the Imperial Japanese Navy During World War II
$24.99 Read moreThe aircraft carriers of the Shōkaku class are generally regarded as being the most-successful carriers designed by the Imperial Japanese Navy. They became operational just prior to the Pearl Har… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Naval #27
- Author: Lengerer, Hans
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764366513
- Language: English
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Cats in the Navy
$15.00 Add to cartCats were seen as omens in ancient times but eventually became trusted animal companions to those who sailed the seas. From catching rats at docks and on ships at sea, cats often became mascots to the… [more below]
- Author: Christenson, Scot
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1682478386
- Language: English
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Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World’s Largest Sea Battle
$30.00 Read moreA fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire Pacific War, and one that saw the Imperial Ja
- Author: Stille, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1472851757
- Language: English
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British Coastal Forces: Two World Wars and After
$100.00 Read moreBritish Coastal Forces: Two World Wars and After is the first comprehensive study on the subject. Using contemporary official material, much of which has not been used previously, and published memoir… [more below]
- Author: Friedman, Norman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: June 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1399018582
- Language: English
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Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960
$23.00 Read moreA close-up, action-filled narrative about the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years of the Cold War, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fleet at Flood Tide
“A lucid, fast- Author: Hornfischer, James D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 039917866X
- Language: English
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Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age of Piracy
$29.95 Add to cartA masterful narrative history of the dangerous lives of pirates during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, revealing their unique impact on colonialism and empire.
The pirates that exist in our- Author: Blakemore, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366334
- Language: English
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The Last Days of the Schooner America: A Lost Icon at the Annapolis Warship Factory
$34.95 Add to cartThe schooner America was a technological marvel and a child star. In the summer of 1851, just weeks after her launching at New York, she crossed the Atlantic and sailed to an upset victory against a f
- Author: Gendell, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1493084445
- Language: English
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All Hands on Deck: A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure to the Far Side of the World
$18.00 Read moreA maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired by Hollywood to sail an 18th-century warship 5,000 miles for the making of a beloved blockbuster film,
“An unbelievable ride . . . Wil- Author: Sofrin, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1419767070
- Language: English
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Super Destroyers: From the Torpedo Boat Era to the Dominant Surface Warship of Today
$71.00 Add to cartFrom the very beginnings of torpedo craft, all naval powers have seen the occasional need for larger, more powerful or in other respects special designs that stand outside the contemporary norms for f… [more below]
- Author: Stern, Robert C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1526777452
- Language: English
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Moy Bell
$34.99 Add to cart“A tugboat captain gave me the Navy brass ship’s bell and I kept it at my home on the back patio. Once the BUDS training command was newly dedicated, I was not letting any trainee bang on my freshly p
- Author: Ray, (H C) Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: August 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798989191895
- Language: English
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The Mighty Moo: The USS Cowpens and Her Epic World War II Journey from Jinx Ship to the Navy’s First Carrier Into Tokyo Bay
$35.00 Add to cartThe Mighty Moo is the tale of how a scrappy little World War II aircraft carrier and its untested crew earned a distinguished combat record and beat incredible odds to earn 12 battle stars in the Paci… [more below]
- Author: Canestaro, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1538742713
- Language: English
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Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II
$25.00 Add to cartA sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II
“When he is at his best, as he often is in these pages, Kennedy can be dazzling.”–Ian W. To- Author: Kennedy, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 644
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0300276788
- Language: English
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Blood in the Water: How the Us and Israel Conspired to Ambush the USS Liberty
$27.00 Add to cartPresents evidence suggesting collusion between US and Israeli intelligence in the attack on a US naval surveillance vessel during the Six-Day War and the more than fifty-year long cover-up. On June 8,… [more below]
- Author: Mellen, Joan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 446
- Publish Date: December 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1633884643
- Language: English
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Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
$18.98 Add to cartFrom America’s preeminent naval historian, the first full-length portrait in over fifty years of the man who won the war in the Pacific in World War Two–“destined,” says Andrew Roberts, “to be the de… [more below]
- Author: Symonds, Craig L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0197761321
- Language: English
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Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War
$40.99 Add to cart“The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril,” wrote Winston Churchill in his monumental history of World War Two. Churchill’s fears were well-placed-the casualty
- Author: Dimbleby, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0190495855
- Language: English
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Front Burner: Al Qaeda’s Attack on the USS Cole
$24.99 Add to cartOn October 12, 2000, eleven months before the 9/11 attacks, the USS Cole docked in the port of Aden in Yemen for a routine fueling stop. At 1118, on a hot, sunny morning, the 8,400-ton destroyer was r… [more below]
- Author: Lippold, Kirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: April 09 2013
- ISBN10: 1610392345
- Language: English
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Coast Guard Action in Vietnam
$17.95 Add to cartWell-crafted, this lively and engaging history will rejuvenate one’s pride in the American military with its little-known details of the Coast Guard’s involvement in Vietnam.
- Author: Scotti, Paul C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1555715281
- Language: English
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Attack on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel’s Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship
$16.00 Add to cart– Notorious incident: In 1967 the spy ship USS Liberty was attacked by Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats in international waters during the Six-Day War. Thirty-four sailors were killed and more … [more below]
- Author: Scott, James M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 06 2010
- ISBN10: 1416554831
- Language: English
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When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 (Revised)
$23.99 Add to cartA hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire’s fi… [more below]
- Author: Levathes, Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 09 1997
- ISBN10: 0195112075
- Language: English
