The Norman Friedman Illustrated Design History series of U.S. warships books has been an industry standard for three decades and has sold thousands of copies worldwide. To mark and celebrate this achievement, the Naval Institute Press is proud to make these books available once more. Digitally remastered for enhanced photo resolution and quality, corrected, and updated, this series will continue to ...
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U.S. Battleships
An Illustrated Design History
Available Formats: Hardcover
The Dust of Kandahar
A Diplomat Among Warriors in Afghanistan
The Dust of Kandahar provides a personal account of one diplomat’s year of service in America’s longest war. Ambassador Addleton movingly describes the everyday human drama of the American soldiers, local tribal dignitaries, government officials, and religious leaders he interacted and worked with in southern Afghanistan.
Addleton’s writing is at its most vivid in his firsthand account of the April ...
Available Formats: Softcover
Holocaust Heroes
Resistance to Hitler's Final Solution
Available for sale only in the U.S. and Canada. Exceptions made for USNI Members.
Holocaust Heroes is an inspiring book that examines the incredible—yet tragic—examples of Jewish resistance in ghettos and concentration camps during the days of the Nazis’ “Final Solution.” The Warsaw Uprising during the spring of 1944 is the most infamous rebellion, but there were other occasions of ...
Available Formats: Hardcover
Howard Hughes
Aviator
George J. Marrett, a former test pilot for aviator Howard Hughes, separates fact from fiction to tell the inside story of the genius who set flight speed records in the 1930s and went on to develop some of America’s most famous aircraft and weapons. The author draws on his wealth of experiences and those of other Hughes confidants to take ...
Available Formats: Softcover