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The Admirals
Dundurn 2006; US$ 12.99A biographical compendium of articles on the officers who led Canada?s navy from 1910 to 1968. more...
Aft and Fore
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95An examination of the US Navy's requirements and inventory of its officer corps. It analyses changes in authorizations and inventory, compares authorizations and inventory and potential gaps in costs related to them, and estimates personnel requirements for the years 2010 and 2017. more...
An Analysis of Sabbatical Leaves for Navy Surface Warfare Officers
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95Surface Warfare Officers (SWOs) spend long periods at sea, where they cannotattend to their families or to personal business. This reduces morale andaffects retention. The Navy has been exploring ways to allow SWOs more timein home port, and RAND compared the proposed programs? costs and benefits(though not the direct effects on retention). more...
Ask the Chief
Naval Institute Press 2012; US$ 18.95Whenever sailors are confronted with 'unsolvable' problems--be it a fouled anchor or paint that won't dry--they often throw up their hands and exclaim, 'We'd better ask the Chief.' That refrain, heard for generations throughout the Navy, is the theme for Jack Leahy's newest book. Written at sea, his book provides a compelling picture of the Chief... 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...
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...
Flash Point North Korea
Naval Institute Press 2013; US$ 16.96During a dark period of U.S. military history in the late 1960s, North Korean forces captured an American naval vessel and shot down an unarmed reconnaissance aircraft, taking the lives of thirty-one U.S. sailors and Marines and striking a damaging blow to American honor. This look back to that earlier time of crisis provides serious food for thought... more...
Get Your Ship Together
Penguin Group US 2004; US$ 25.95Former U.S. Navy Commander Michael Abrashoff attracted worldwide media attention for his success in turning around a struggling ship, the USS Benfold ?the subject of his acclaimed bestseller, It?s Your Ship . Since then, he?s been a fixture on the business lecture circuit, spreading an empowering message that any organization can be turned around... 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...
It's Our Ship
Grand Central Publishing 2008; US$ 12.99The story of Captain Abrashoff and his command of USS Benfold has become legendary inside and outside the Navy. By governing his ship with his unique management techniques, Abrashoff turned the Benfold into a model of naval efficiency, with amazing cost savings, the highest gunnery score in the Pacific Fleet, and a highly motivated and top performing... more...









