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HONORABLE SURVIVOR

by Lynne Joiner

Winner of the American Academy of Diplomacy's 2010 Douglas Dillon Award For a Book of Distinction on the Practice of American Diplomacy...

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IN LOVE AND WAR, REVISED AND UPDATED

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A unique American chronicle of a Navy family's life during the Vietnam War years, this widely acclaimed memoir has been updated to include an...

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IN THE SHADOW OF GREATNESS

by Joshua Welle

Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by Proceedings Magazine Added to the Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List in the Nonfiction Category,...

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INTO THE TIGER'S JAW

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“Once I found out what being a United States Marine was all about, jumping into the tiger’s jaw was just something to do. We’...

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JAPANESE DESTROYER CAPTAIN

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This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for...

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JOE ROCHEFORT'S WAR

by Elliot Carlson

Elliot Carlson is the 2012 Naval Institute Press Author of the Year Elliot Carlson is the 2013 recipient of the "Farragut Book Award' as...

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JOHN PAUL JONES

by Samuel Eliot Morison

It vividly portrays the illustrious career of John Paul Jones, from his early training at sea in the British West Indian merchant trade to his...

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JOHN PAUL JONES

by Rear Admiral Joseph F. Callo, USNR (Ret.)

Winner of the Samuel Eliot Morrison Award for Excellence in Naval Literature. "Rash, charmed, passionate, ceaseless–John...

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JOHN PAUL JONES

by Rear Admiral Joseph F. Callo, USNR (Ret.)

This fresh look at America's first sea warrior avoids both the hero worship of past biographies and the inaccurate and denigrating views of more...

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LEJEUNE

by Merrill L. Bartlett

Bluejacket Paperback Book Series This well-documented and hard-hitting biography of the thirteenth commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps succeeds in...

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LIFE OF A SAILOR

by Frederick Chamier

Frederick Chamier went to sea in 1809 as an officer in the Royal Navy. Like his contemporary Captain Frederick Marryat, he enjoyed a successful...

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MAGNIFICENT MITSCHER

by Theodore Taylor

Air Admiral Marc Mitscher, who led the U.S. attack across the Pacific, is a legend in military circles for developing an entirely new concept of war...

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MAN OF WAR LIFE

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In 1844, when barely 14, Charles Nordhoff managed to talk his way into the U.S. Navy. He was better educated than most of his fellow seamen, and was...

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MASTER OF SEAPOWER

by CDR Thomas B. Buell, USN (Ret.)

This is the first time in paperback for this standard biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, who was the controversial architect of the American...

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