In 1844 the USS Yorktown sailed from New York, as part of the U.S. Navy's newly established African Squadron, to interdict slave ships leaving the African coast. Aboard the sloop of war, Master's Mate John C. Lawrence, an educated New Yorker in his early twenties, kept a private journal describing what happened during the extraordinary two-year voyage and his reactions ...
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Voyage to a Thousand Cares
"Master's Mate Lawrence with the African Squadron, 1844-1846"
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The Power and Glory
Royal Navy Fleet Reviews from Earliest Times to 2005
The Power and the Glory tells the story of royal fleet reviews from the fifteenth century to the 2005 International Fleet Review, commemorating the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar, which was the final exhibition of that pomp and ceremony that had been an essential if irregular expression of naval strength for more than 500 years. Whether to impress or deter a ...
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Submarine!
Welcomed as the first book about American submarines in World War II to be written by a man who actually fought them, this compelling personal account of the war beneath the sea firmly established Edward L. Beach's reputation as a writer in the early 1950s. Given the survival rate of those in the silent service, it is a story many ...
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The Two-Ocean War
A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War
Originally published in 1963, this classic, single-volume history draws on Morison's definitive 15-volume History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. More than a condensation, The Two-Ocean War highlights the major components of the larger work: the preparation for war, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the long war of attrition between submarines and convoys in the Atlantic ...
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"Leyte, June 1944-January 1945"
"History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 12"
The twelfth volume returns to the Pacific for a dramatic retelling of one of the greatest naval battles of all time. The determining factors in the Battle for Leyte Gulf were superb skill, heroism, and aggressiveness, but confusion, surprise, and faulty assumptions also played significant roles. The Allied victory at Leyte enabled the U.S. Navy to transport troops and base ...
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History Of U.S. Naval Operations In World War II
Series Bundle
This bundle includes all 14 books in Samuel Eliot Morison's The History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II Series.
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Bayly's War
The Battle for the Western Approaches in the First World War
Bayly’s War is the story of the Royal Navy’s Coast of Ireland Command (later named Western Approaches Command) during World War I. After the sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915 and the introduction of unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans, Britain found herself engaged in a fight for survival as U-boats targeted all incoming trade.
Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly ...
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Eleven Months to Freedom
A German POW's Unlikely Escape from Siberia in 1915
Eleven Months to Freedom recounts the daring World War I escape of German midshipman Erich Killinger. Falsely accused of bombing a railway station after crashing his plane at sea, he was sentenced to life in the Sakhalin coal mines.
Shipped by rail with several other POWs across Russia, Killinger was determined to return home. In order to do this, though ...
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"The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-1943"
"History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 1"
This first volume explores all U. S. naval operations in the Atlantic, including the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Barents Sea, and the defense of American shores and ships, with much attention given to the war against the German U-boats.
This edition will have a new Introduction by Robert W. Love, author of History of the U.S. Navy: Volume I, 1775-1941 ...
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"Operations in North African Waters, October 1942-June 1943"
"History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 2"
The second volume covers the naval aspects of Operation Torch, the North African campaign that carried out the plan favored by President Roosevelt for opening a second front to relieve the Russians.
This volume has a new introduction by Vincent P. O'Hara, author of Struggle for the Middle Sea
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