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  • Nomonhan, 1939by Stuart D. Goldman

    Naval Institute Press 2012; US$ 31.95

    This is the story of a little-known Soviet-Japanese conflict that influenced the outbreak and shaped the course of the Second World War. In the summers of 1937, 1938, and 1939, Japan and the Soviet Union fought a series of border conflicts. The first was on the Amur River days before the outbreak of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War. In 1938, division-strength... more...

  • DK Eyewitness Books: Boatby Eric Kentley

    Dorling Kindersley 2000; US$ 15.99

    This superb collection of specially commissioned photographs tells the fascinating story of how and why boats, rafts, and ships have changed over the years. See how a plank boat is constructed, and look at sails from around the world, from the elegant junks and dhows of Asia to the many-masted clippers that sailed the seven seas during the nineteeth... more...

  • Admiral von Hipperby Tobias R. Philbin

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1982; US$ 102.00

    This work aims to constitute an objective analysis of a German World War I naval combat commander within his proper context, by closely defining both the military-technical and military-political milieux in which Franz Hipper operated. The description of Hipper?s actions in the battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland and his handling of communications,... more...

  • Ubi sumus? Quo vademus?by Stephan Conermann

    Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2013; US$ 54.34

    Hauptbeschreibung Dieser Band nimmt Quellen in den Blick, die bisher häufig genug im Schatten der Chroniken und der normativen Literatur standen. Kostbare Informationen liefern uns etwa Schriften gegen unzulässige Neuerungen oder unstatthafte Sitten und Gebräuche, Pilgerführer, Reiseberichte, prosopographische und biographische... more...

  • The Ablest Navigatorby J. Wandres

    Naval Institute Press 2013; US$ 32.95

    This action-packed biography focuses on a 1944 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who was one of only fifty Jewish midshipmen commissioned in his class during World War II. In the Pacific, Lt. Shulman s destroyer survived both a typhoon and a Japanese kamikaze aircraft attack. After leaving the U.S. Navy and returning to civilian life, he volunteered... more...

  • DK Eyewitness Books: Submarineby Neil Mallard

    Dorling Kindersley 2003; US$ 15.99

    Discover the fascinating history of submarines and submersibles, from the first workable designs of the 16th century to Cold War vesselsarmed with nuclear missiles. Find out how these stealthy watercraft work and what it?s like to live below the waves in this unique and exciting guide that was created in association with the U.S. Navy Submarine Force... more...

  • Navy List January 1919 - Volume 1by H.M. Stationary Office

    Andrews UK 2012; US$ 23.49

    Volume 1 of 5This is a significant work of reference in that it provides the personnel state of the Royal Navy as at the end of the Great War; the list is corrected to 18th December 1918. And not just the personnel are featured, for here are listed HM ships of all types including merchant vessels commissioned as HM Ships. With most of the ships listed... more...

  • Saltwater Leadershipby Robert O. Jr. Wray

    Naval Institute Press 2013; US$ 22.95

    Designed for busy junior officers in the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine, this primer teaches the basics of leadership in five sequential steps. It begins with a useful overview of major leadership studies, followed by an informative summary of the wisdom of 380 senior sea-going officers regarding those leadership attributes required of... more...

  • The Silent Warby John Pina Craven

    Simon & Schuster 2002; US$ 20.95

    The Cold War was the first major conflict between superpowers in which victory and defeat were unambiguously determined without the firing of a shot. Without the shield of a strong, silent deterrent or the intellectual sword of espionage beneath the sea, that war could not have been won. John P. Craven was a key figure in the Cold War beneath the... more...

  • Battleshipsby Stanley Sandler

    ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 85.00

    From ancient times to World War II and the postwar period, this book charts the evolution of the vessel that ruled the seas - a vessel that, until the arrival of the aircraft carrier, would be the most expensive and complex human-made moving object in history. more...