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Fatal Cruise of the Argus
Two Captains in the War of 1812
By Ira Dye

This is history, vibrant and on a grand scale and rich in the details of seafaring life with a focus on an American and a British naval officer whose separate paths converge in 1813 during a fierce battle between the Argus and the Pelican.

Available Formats: Hardcover
Strategic Theories
By Admiral Raoul Castex, French Navy; Selections translated and edited, with an introduction by Eugenia C. Kiesling
Admiral Raoul Castex is France’s most important modern naval strategist. Military historian Eugenia Kiesling offers the essence of Castex’s original five volume study, Théories Stratégiques, in a useful one-volume abridgment and a very readable translation. It emphasizes the admiral’s method of strategic analysis while omitting most of the historical narrative. Included are chapters defining strategy and relating it to policy ...
Available Formats: Softcover
In the Devil's Shadow
U.N. Special Operations during the Korean War
By Michael E. Haas
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.
Available Formats: Softcover
Naval History of World War I
By Paul G. Halpern
There have been a number of studies published on the activities of British and German navies during World War I, but little on naval action in other arenas. This book offers for the first time a balanced history of the naval war as a whole, viewed from the perspective of all participants in all major theaters. The author's earlier examination ...
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In the Teeth of the Wind
Memoir of the Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War
By C. P. O. Bartlett; Edited by Nick Bartlett

The dawning of aerial warfare is fully recounted in this dramatic memoir of the first bomber squadron mission of the Royal Navy Air Service over the Western Front. The author recounts his own extraordinary 101 missions, including the operation that very nearly decided the war.

Available Formats: Hardcover
Sense of Honor
By James Webb
A fascinating portrayal of a gung-ho first classman's campaign to shepherd an unprepared plebe through the Academy's complex and unforgiving ethos.  It stands as a testament to those whose devotion to duty, honor, and country is only strengthened by their willingness to question it.
Available Formats: Softcover
Fields of Fire
By James Webb
Hailed as the most important novel to emerge from the Vietnam War when first published in 1978, this book launched a spectacular writing career for James Webb that now includes four bestselling novels. A much-decorated former Marine who fought and was wounded in Vietnam, Webb tells the story of a platoon of tough, young Marines enduring the tropical hell of ...
Available Formats: Softcover
A Country Such As This
By James Webb
The innocence the 1950s and turbulence of the 1960s and 70s--years when America reached out and touched the heavens, only to be torn apart by internal conflict and a war in Southeast Asia--provide a dramatic setting for this unforgettable story of three men and the women they love carving a place for themselves in a society where the rules keep ...
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The Royal Navy
An Illustrated History
By Anthony J. Watts

The Royal Navy's long and glorious tradition of service to Britain is covered in this fascinating, illustrated history—from the age of empire, when it was the most powerful navy in the world, through two world wars, to its present status as a vital part of the NATO alliance.

Available Formats: Hardcover
Back from the Deep
The Strange Story of the Sister Subs 'Squalus' and 'Sculpin'
By Carl LaVO
This epic World War II saga follows the USS Squalus and Sculpin as they play out their dramatic destinies in the Pacific. The author, a seasoned journalist, re-creates their entire perilous journey. The i>Squalus sank during a test dive in 1939, but thirty-three trapped crewmen were saved thanks to the revolutionary use of the McCann diving bell. The Sculpin's role ...
Available Formats: Softcover