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Shadow Diversby Robert Kurson
Random House Publishing Group 2004; US$ 7.99In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves. For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. Testing themselves against treacherous currents, braving depths that induced hallucinatory effects, navigating through wreckage as perilous as a minefield, they pushed themselves to their limits and beyond, brushing against death more than once in the rusting hulks of sunken ships. But in the fall of 1991, not even these courageous divers were prepared for what they found 230 feet below the surface,... more...
Maritime Heritage of Great Britainby Linda Lee; Laurie Jonas
Heritage Trail Publications Ltd 2004; US$ 11.99Historical tour of the Maritime Heritage sites in Great Britain more...
The Depths of Courageby Flint Whitlock; Ron Smith
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 13.99Chosen by WWII History magazine as one of the Best Books of the Year. In the dark days after Pearl Harbor, the small, illequipped arm of the Navy known as Submarine Force would stand between the shattered U.S. Pacific Fleet and the might of the Japanese Navy. Unfortunately, the spirit and courage of the Submarine Force is being forgotten as the veterans of that force pass into history. To preserve their heroic tales of war beneath the sea, critically acclaimed author and military historian Flint Whitlock, in collaboration with decorated World War II submarine veteran Ron Smith, set out on a journey of more than two years to interview submariners and to record their accounts before the memories of their endeavors are lost forever. These... more...
Oceans Governance and Maritime Strategyby David Wilson; Dick Sherwood
Allen & Unwin 2000; US$ 39.95Australia is part of a region that contains some of the busiest shipping lanes and some of the richest marine resources in the world. This work analyzes the diverse and sometimes conflicting interests, including security, economic, scientific and legal issues, the country faces. more...
Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumterby Commander R. Semmes; et al.
Digital Scanning, Inc. 2001; US$ 4.95As commander in the Confederate Navy, Raphael Semmes decimated his Yankee opponents. As commander of the Sumter, he destroyed eighteen ships in six months (in 1861). In the next year, after taking command of the Alabama, he began the famous cruise during which he captured sixty-nine vessels and inflicted a devastating blow on the sea-carrying trade of the North. His destruction of the mercantile marine during his cruise in the privateer Alabama so embittered northern public opinion against him that, although he was pardoned with other prominent Confederate leaders under the amnesty proclamation of President Johnson, his political disabilities were never removed. more...
Naval Warfare, 1815-1914by Lawrence Sondhaus
Routledge 2000; US$ 39.95This important new book examines the slow transition from the timber fleets of Napoleonic times to the might of pre-World War One German and British navies. more...
Man of the Peopleby Paul Alexander
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 24.95A captivating look at one of America's most prominent and fascinating public figures Bestselling author, war hero, presidential candidate, champion of the most politically sticky issue to rock Washington since Watergate-campaign finance reform- there may be no better known senator than John McCain. From Democrats to Republicans, many Americans relate to John McCain's straight-talking form of politics. In Man of the People: The Life of John McCain, political journalist Paul Alexander offers the only objective, in-depth account of this remarkable politician's journey-from Naval Academy student to Presidential hopeful. Readers will follow McCain from his rich Navy roots through his twenty-one year tour in the Navy, and then behold as he evolves... more...
The Blockade and the Cruisersby James Russell Soley
Digital Scanning, Inc. 2001; US$ 4.95This volume in The Navy in the Civil War series covers material relating to blockades and blockaders within the Capes of Virginia area. James Russell Soley was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1 October, 1850. He was graduated at Harvard in 1870, became assistant professor of English in the United States naval academy in 1871, and in 1873 was placed at the head of the department of English studies, history, and law, where he remained nine years. In 1876 he was commissioned a professor in the United States navy. He examined the systems of education in European naval colleges, and on his return made an extensive report. In 1882 he was transferred to Washington, where he collected and arranged the navy department library, and from 1883 superintended... more...
The Atlantic Coastby Daniel Ammen
Digital Scanning, Inc. 2001; US$ 4.95In 1861, at the outbreak of the civil war, the author was executive officer of the North Atlantic blockading squadron. He participated in the two attacks on Fort Fisher in the winter of 1864-65, was commissioned captain in July 1866, and was on special and sea service until 11 December 1877, when he was made rear-admiral and was placed on the retired list after 49 years and 6 months of service. more...
The Gulf and Inland Watersby A.T. Mahan
Digital Scanning, Inc. 2001; US$ 4.95Mahan was born at West Point, N.Y. He studied at Columbia University and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1859. During the Civil War (1861-1865), he served on blockade duty in the South Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. His first book, The Gulf and Inland Waters (1883), was a naval history of the war. more...









