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Phase Line Green
"The Battle for Hue, 1968"
The bloody, month-long battle for the Citadel in Hue during 1968 pitted U.S. Marines against an entrenched, numerically superior North Vietnamese Army force. By official U.S. accounts it was a tactical and moral victory for the Marines and the United States. But a survivor's compulsion to square official accounts with his contrasting experience has produced an entirely different perspective of ...
Available Formats: Softcover
Securing Command of the Sea
"NATO Naval Planning, 1948-1954"
This book presents a detailed picture of the complex and difficult process the U.S. Navy and its NATO allies faced in devising the NATO naval command structure, and explores NATO's place today in the realignment of nations.
Available Formats: Hardcover
Life in Mr. Lincoln's Navy
Every aspect of the common sailor's life in the Union navy—from recruiting, clothing, training, shipboard routine, entertainment, and wages to diet, health, and combat experience—is addressed in this study, the first to examine the subject in rich detail. The wealth of new facts it provides allows the reader to take a fresh look at nineteenth-century social history, including issues like ...
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