Naval
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Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign, 1941-1945
$25.99 Add to cartSea of Thunder is a taut, fast-paced, suspenseful narrative of the Pacific War that culminates in the battle of Leyte Gulf, the greatest naval battle ever fought.Told from both the American and Japane
- Author: Thomas, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 01, 2007
- ISBN10: 0743252225
- 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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Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast
$18.95 Add to cartThey were bold, arrogant, brutal. They strode the rolling deck of a ship more easily than the tame streets of a town. They were wealthy–some beyond the wildest dreams of the governors and kings who f
- Author: Roberts, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: January 21 1993
- ISBN10: 194946718X
- 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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Commanding Lincoln’s Navy: Union Naval Leadership During the Civil War
$24.95 Add to cartThe Union Navy played a vital role in winning the Civil War by blockading Confederate ports, cooperating with the Union Army in amphibious assaults, and operating on the Mississippi River and its trib
- Author: Taaffe, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 364
- Publish Date: October 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1682479277
- Language: English
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Danger’s Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her
$30.99 Add to cartIn the closing months of World War II, Americans found themselves facing a new and terrifying weapon: kamikazes — the first men to use airplanes as suicide weapons.
By the beginning of 1945, America- Author: Kennedy, Maxwell Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0743260813
- Language: English
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Lake Michigan’s Aircraft Carriers
$24.99 Add to cartThis is the story of the USS Wolverine and the USS Sable, two Great Lakes excursion ships converted for aircraft carrier training during WWII.
Through the duration of the war, the United States Navy qu
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Somers, Paul M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 05 2003
- ISBN10: 0738532088
- Language: English
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Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, Fdr’s Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors
$22.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend.
“Son, we’re going to Hell.”- Author: Hornfischer, James D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: August 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0553384503
- 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 United States Naval Academy
$24.99 Add to cartFor 178 years, the United States Naval Academy has trained and educated young men and women to be commissioned officers in the US Navy and US Marine Corps. The Naval Academy is the second oldest of th… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Miller, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160245
- Language: English
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Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It
$20.99 Add to cartThe aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensue
- Author: Freeman, Gregory A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 06 2004
- ISBN10: 0060936908
- Language: English
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A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight
$25.99 Add to cartOne of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic efforts in helping an outmatched U.S. fleet win critical vic… [more below]
- Author: Mrazek, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 26 2009
- ISBN10: 0316056537
- Language: English
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Iron Maidens and the Devil’s Daughters: US Navy Gunboats versus Confederate Gunners and Cavalry on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, 1861-65
$24.95 Add to cartGunboats versus cavalry? Preposterous Not so fast. This unique form of Civil War combat is covered extensively for the first time in Iron Maidens and the Devil’s Daughters by Mark Zimmerman, author o
- Author: Zimmerman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: September 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0985869259
- 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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Between Land and Sea: A Cold Warrior’s Log
$37.50 Add to cartCareer advancement for naval officers is generally considered to lie in progressively more demanding assignments in ships and staffs while at sea and those supporting the fleet when ashore. In fact, b
- Author: Dur, Rear Admiral Philip a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 154452692X
- Language: English
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Between Land and Sea: A Cold Warrior’s Log
$19.99 Add to cartCareer advancement for naval officers is generally considered to lie in progressively more demanding assignments in ships and staffs while at sea and those supporting the fleet when ashore. In fact, b
- Author: Dur, Rear Admiral Philip a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1544526903
- Language: English
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Shipwrecks and Lost Treasures: Great Lakes: Legends And Lore, Pirates And More!
$14.95 Add to cartA collection of fascinating true stories about the mysteries of hidden shipwrecks and lost treasure in the Geat Lakes.
- Author: Varhola, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0762744928
- Language: English
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Sunburst
$41.95 Add to cartThis 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… [more below]
- Author: Peattie, Estate Of Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 159114664X
- 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
