In almost two hundred archive photographs Leo Marriott traces the development of British and American jet fighters during the first pioneering decade of their production. In many ways, the period from 1944 to 1954 was one of the most exciting and innovative in the history of military aviation. Rare images show the first jet fighters flown by the RAF toward ...
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Early Jet Fighters
British and American 1944-1954
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The Free Sea
The American Fight for Freedom of Navigation
The Free Sea offers a unique, single-volume analysis of incidents in American history that affected U.S. freedom of navigation at sea. The book spans more than 200 years, beginning in the Colonial era with the Quasi-War with France in 1798 and extending to contemporary Freedom of Navigation operations in the South China Sea. Through wars and numerous crises with North ...
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After Jutland
"The Naval War in Northern European Waters, June 1916-November 1918"
Available for sale only in the U.S. and Canada. Exceptions made for USNI Members.
After Jutland analyses the naval war in Northern European waters following the critical, but inconclusive Battle of Jutland. A popular misconception is that Jutland marked the end of the operational career of the German High Sea Fleet and the beginning of a period of stagnation for ...
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In the Devil's Shadow
U.N. Special Operations during the Korean War
Published fifty years after America’s first clash with communism, this highly readable book presents the most authoritative and comprehensive recounting to date of the secret UN war fought deep behind communist lines.
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