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Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation

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  • The Men of the Mary Roseby Ann Stirland

    The History Press 2013; US$ 24.78

    A J Stirland uses archaeological and skeletal evidence to give the reader a welcome insight into the lives and soldiers of the Mary Rose, from their ages and height to their health, diet and physical condition. more...

  • The New Navy, 1883-1922by Paul Silverstone

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 183.00

    The third volume of The U.S. Navy Warship Series covers the fifty-year period from 1883-1922. In 1883, Congress authorized the first ships of the "New Navy" and ordered removal of all obsolete ships. All US Navy ships since that time have stemmed from these first three cruisers. The numbering system in effect since 1920 was effectively begun in... more...

  • Asian Maritime Power in the 21st Centuryby Vijay Sakhuja

    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2011; US$ 59.90

    Maritime power has been a key defining parameter of economic vitality and geostrategic power of nations. The first decade of the twenty-first century has witnessed the rise of China and India as confident economic powers pivoting on high growth rates, exponential expansion of science, technology and industrial growth. Sequel to their steadily growing... more...

  • Streitkräfte im Nachkriegsdeutschland.by Hans-Jörg Bücking; Günther Heydemann

    Duncker & Humblot 2011; US$ 75.48

    Hauptbeschreibung Die Beiträge des Bandes spannen einen Bogen von der Entstehung der beiden deutschen Armeen nach 1945 bis hin zur Bundeswehr der Gegenwart. Auf einen einleitenden umfassenden Überblick zum gravierenden Wandel der Militärgeschichte bzw. Militärgeschichtsschreibung seit Kriegsende folgt ein erster Themenblock, der sich mit aktuellen... more...

  • Twenty-First Century Seapowerby Peter Dutton; Robert Ross; Øystein Tunsjø

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00

    This book offers an assessment of the naval policies of emerging naval powers, and the implications for maritime security relations and the global maritime order. Since the end of the Cold War, China, Japan, India and Russia have begun to challenge the status quo with the acquisition of advanced naval capabilities. The emergence of rising naval... more...

  • Transitioning NAVSEA to the Futureby Michael V. Hynes; Harry J. Thie; John E. Peters; Elwyn D. Harris; Robert M. Emmerichs

    RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95

    This text presents an analytic approach for the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for making business-planning decisions involving its activities, products, markets, technologies, people and facilities with a view towards organizational realignment within the context of the Navy in 2007. more...

  • Ashore and Afloatby Julian Gwyn

    University of Ottawa Press 2004; US$ 29.99

    Ashore and Afloat tells the early history of the Halifax Naval Yard. From the building of the yard and its expansion, to the people involved in the enterprise, to the nuts and bolts of buying the masts and paying the bills, Julian Gwyn's history of the Halifax Naval Yard leaves no stone unturned. Dozens of illustrations and copious appendices, including... more...

  • Praxishandbuch Schiffsregisterby Norbert Krause

    De Gruyter 2012; US$ 140.00

    This practical handbook deals with all questions regarding the German register of vessels. It explains the organization and management of the vessel register, including the register for seagoing and inland waterway vessels. Certificates relating to the ship, the shipbuilding register, a change of register, certificates, legal remedies and the cost... more...

  • Tragedy at Hondaby Charles Lockwood

    Naval Institute Press 2012; US$ 18.95

    Known to seafarers as the Devil's Jaw, Point Honda has lured ships to its dangerous rocks on the coast of California for centuries, but its worst disaster occurred on 8 September 1923. That night nine U.S. Navy destroyers ran into Honda's fog-wrapped reefs. Part of Destroyer Squadron 11, the ships were making a fast run from San Francisco to their... more...

  • Shield of Empireby Brian Lavery

    Birlinn 2012; US$ 13.52

    The Royal Navy has always been seen as an English institution, despite a large Scottish contribution, from Admiral Duncan at Camperdown in 1797 to Andrew Cunningham in the Second World War. The Royal Navy's most dramatic effect on Scotland, aside from its role in the British Empire and European wars, was in suppressing the Jacobite campaigns from... more...