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The Making of the Modern Admiralty
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 84.00An important new history of decision-making and policy-making in the British Admiralty from Trafalgar to the aftermath of Jutland. more...
The Challenges of Command
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 124.95This book explores the ways that the Edwardian naval arms race forced the Royal Navy to address deep-seated structural problems caused by rapidly changing technology. It charts how an institution organised for three hundred years around sailing ships, faced the challenge of steel and steam, and what that meant for an officer class recruited largely... more...
Joining the United States Army
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 25.00This book is for the teenager or young adult who is interested in enlisting in the United States Army. It will walk him or her through the enlistment and recruit training process: making the decision to join the military, talking to recruiters, getting qualified, preparing for and learning what to expect at basic recruit training. The goal of the McFarland... more...
Joining the United States Navy
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 25.00This book is for the teenager or young adult who is interested in enlisting in the United States Navy. It will walk him or her through the enlistment and recruit training process: making the decision to join, talking to recruiters, getting qualified, preparing for basic training, and learning what to expect at basic recruit training. The goal of the... more...
Developing Senior Navy Leaders
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Could U.S. Navy officers be better prepared to become flag officers? This study examines the kinds of expertise required for successful performance in Navy flag billets, and whether recent pools of officers possess this experience. The authors also examine Navy trends over the past decade to identify the types of expertise likely to become more important... more...
A Woman's War
Scarecrow Press 2009; US$ 36.99When Gail Harris was assigned by the U.S. Navy to a combat intelligence job in 1973, she became the first African American female to hold such a position. Harris's memoir, A Woman's War, follows her 28-year career as a naval intelligence officer, sharing her unique experience and perspective as she completed the complex task of providing intelligence... more...
Historical Dictionary of Naval Intelligence
Scarecrow Press 2010; US$ 99.99The Historical Dictionary of Naval Intelligence relates the long and fascinating history of naval intelligence through a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the organizations, operations, and events that made Naval intelligence what it is today. more...
NavCivGuide
Naval Institute Press 2011; US$ 34.95Just as Thomas Cutler's The Bluejacket's Manual serves as the standard introduction and continuing reference guide for American sailors, this new handbook provides a basic reference guide for civilians working for the U.S. Navy. It will acquaint them with the Navy's world of acronyms, n-codes, uniforms, and customs. The author explains that a big... more...









