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Incredible Encounter on the Eve of War

By Peter J. Shepherd

As a young Royal Air Force technician stationed in Malaya in 1941, the author was ordered on a clandestine mission to Japanese-occupied Indo-China where he heard of the existence of a Japanese naval task force secretly on its way to Hawaii, intent on annihilating the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. He also learned of Japan's intentions to simultaneously decimate ...

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Clashes

Air Combat over North Vietnam, 1965-1972

By Marshall L. Michel III

This classic work—part of the Marine Corps reading list—makes full use of declassified U.S. documents to offer the first comprehensive study of fighter combat over North Vietnam. Marshall Michel's balanced, exhaustive coverage describes and analyzes both Air Force and Navy engagements with North Vietnamese MiGs but also includes discussions of the SAM threat and U.S. countermeasures, laser-guided bombs, and U.S ...

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A Most Fortunate Ship

A Narrative History of Old Ironsides, Revised Edition

By Tyrone G. Martin

Called a definitive account when first published in 1980 and the winner of several book awards, this revised and expanded edition is available now for the first time in paperback. Tyrone G. Martin, the author, was captain of the USS Constitution during the nation's bicentennial celebrations. After decades of research and study, Martin was able to confirm that the innovative ...

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Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class

Admiral Hipper, Blücher, Prinz Eugen, Seydlitz, Lützow

By Gerhard Koop and Klaus-Peter Schmolke

The warships of the World War II German Navy are among the most popular subjects in naval history, and one of the best collections is the concise but authoritative six volume series written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each book contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with ...

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Pocket Battleships of the Deutschland Class

Deutschland/Lutzow-Admiral Scheer-Admiral Graf Spee

By Gerhard Koop and Klaus-Peter Schmolke

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German Light Cruisers of World War II

Emden, Konigsberg, Karlsruhe, Koln, Leipzig, Nurnberg

By Gerhard Koop and Klaus-Peter Schmolke

The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subjects in naval history with many books devoted to the subject. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships, it is difficult to beat the six volumes in the Warships of the Kriegsmarine series. Now ...

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Going Back

A Navy Airman in the Pacific War

By Charles J. Furey

Like millions of other young Americans in the 1930s, Charles Furey grew up surrounded by the images and memories of World War I, not knowing that he was part of a generation bred for another war. Pearl Harbor changed all that. In 1942 he enlisted in the Navy and, during the next three years, fought in a war that transformed ...

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