US Naval Institute Press
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Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947
$30.95 Add to cartTwo years before the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki helped bring a quick end to hostilities in the summer of 1945, U.S. planners began work on Operation Downfall, codename for the Allied inv… [more below]
- Author: Giangreco, D. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: November 15 2020
- ISBN10: 168247643X
- 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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Clash of Fleets: Naval Battles of the Great War 1914-18
$28.95 Add to cartClash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I. Much more than a catalog of combat facts, Clash of Fleets explor
- Author: O’Hara, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 15, 2020
- ISBN10: 1682476251
- Language: English
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Whaling Captains of Color: America’s First Meritocracy
$21.95 Add to cartThe history of whaling as an industry on this continent has been well-told in books, including some that have been bestsellers, but what hasn’t been told is the story of whaling’s leaders of color in … [more below]
- Author: Finley, Skip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1682478327
- Language: English
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America’s First Frogman
$28.95 Add to cartAlthough bad eyesight kept him from receiving a commission in the U.S. Navy when he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933, Draper Kauffman became a hero of underwater demolition in World War II and… [more below]
- Author: Bush, Estate Of Elizabeth Kauffman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: December 09 2012
- ISBN10: 1591140692
- Language: English
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The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown
$22.95 Add to cartJesse Leroy Brown was born in 1926 to sharecroppers in the segregated South. An outstanding student and top athlete, he set his sights on becoming a Navy pilot despite the resistance of his family and… [more below]
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Taylor, Theodore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1591148529
- 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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Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific
$39.95 Read moreMastering the Art of Command is a detailed examination of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz’s leadership during World War II. It describes how he used his talents to guide the Pacific Fleet following the atta
- Author: Hone, Trent
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 15, 2022
- ISBN10: 1682475956
- Language: English
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Battleship Commander: The Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr.
$39.95 Read moreThis is the first-ever biography of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr., who served a key role during World War II in the Pacific. Recognizing the achievements and legacy of one of the war’s top combat adm… [more below]
- Author: Stillwell, Paul L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 15 2021
- ISBN10: 168247593X
- 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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Practise to Deceive: Learning Curves of Military Deception Planners
$35.95 Add to cartWritten by the undisputed dean of U.S. denial and deception experts, Practise to Deceive is the most in-depth look at deception as a military strategy. Barton Whaley knew the history of denial and dec… [more below]
- Author: Whaley, Estate Of Barton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1682476421
- Language: English
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Descent Into Darkness: Pearl Harbor, 1941: A Navy Diver’s Memoir
$25.95 Add to cartOn December 7, 1941, as the great battleships Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah lie paralyzed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese ttack on Pearl Harbor, a crack team of U.S. Navy salvage divers hea… [more below]
- Author: Raymer, Estate Of Edward C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1591147247
- Language: English
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Six Essential Elements of Leadership: Marine Corps Wisdom of a Medal of Honor Recipient
$24.95 Read moreCol. Wesley Fox is a Medal of Honor recipient who wrote two widely-admired accounts of his wartime experiences in the Marine Corps. His Marine Rifleman: Forty-Three Years in the Corps and Courage and … [more below]
- Series: Leatherneck Classics
- Author: Fox, Estate Of Wesley L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1682478815
- Language: English
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Punk’s Fight
$26.95 Read moreOn a mission over central Afghanistan, Punk is hit-and taken captive by the Taliban. And after he escapes, the challenge is not over.
- Author: Carroll, Ward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 15 2021
- ISBN10: 168247786X
- Language: English
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A Signal Victory
$23.95 Add to cartThe Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 is considered by many to be the most important naval confrontation of the War of 1812. Made famous by the American fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry’s co… [more below]
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Skaggs, David C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1557508925
- Language: English
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Fields of Fire
$25.95 Add to cartHailed as the most important novel to emerge from the Vietnam War when first published in 1978, this book launched a spectacular writing career for James Webb that now includes four bestselling novels… [more below]
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Webb, James H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: May 10 2000
- ISBN10: 1557509638
- Language: English
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Mister Roberts
$22.95 Add to cartThe novel, Mister Roberts, was an instant hit after being published in 1946 and was quickly adapted for the stage and screen. The title character, a Lieutenant Junior Grade naval officer, defends his
- Series: Classics of Naval Literature
- Author: Heggen, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1591143659
- Language: English
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Requiem for Battleship Yamato
$22.95 Add to cartA young ensign on the bridge of the fabled battleship Yamato during her final battle, recounts his experience.
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Mitsuru, Yoshida
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 31 2013
- ISBN10: 1557505446
- Language: English
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Lost Battalion of TET: The Breakout of 2/12th Cavalry at Hue
$26.95 Add to cartPublished to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, this new paperback edition brings back into print a book that became an essential source for a 2006 study of the battle by the U.S. … [more below]
- Series: Association of the United States Army
- Author: Krohn, Charles A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: May 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1591144345
- Language: English
