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Chinese Naval Strategy in the 21st Century
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95Alfred Thayer Mahan has been called America?s nineteenth-century ?evangelist of sea power? and the intellectual father of the modern US Navy. His theories have a timeless appeal, and Chinese analysts now routinely invoke Mahan?s writings, exhorting their nation to build a powerful navy. Economics is the prime motivation for maritime reorientation,... more...
The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 183.00The Navy of World War II, 1922-1946 comprehensively covers the vessels that defined this momentous 24-year period in U.S. naval history. Beginning with the lean, pared-down navy created by the treaty at the Washington Naval Conference, and ending with the massive, awe-inspiring fleets that led the Allies to victory in the Second World War, the fourth... more...
The Rise of the Indian Navy
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 114.95The Indian Navy is gradually emerging as an indispensable tool of Indian diplomacy in recent years, making it imperative for Indian policy-makers and naval thinkers to think anew the role of nations naval forces in Indian strategy. There's a long tradition in India of viewing the maritime dimension of security as central to the nations... more...
Scapa
Birlinn 2012; US$ 8.74a fascinating book, in which every reader will find something she/he never knew' ? Scots Magazine 'an interesting insight into life in a naval base during two world wars' ? Broadly Boats Scapa Flow, one of the greatest naval bases in history, resonates through the annals of the Royal Navy during the two great wars of the twentieth century. It was... more...
The Grand Scuttle
Birlinn 2012; US$ 8.44At Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919, there occurred an event unique in naval history. The German High Seas Fleet, one of the most formidable ever built, was deliberately sent to the bottom of the British Grand Fleet's principal anchorage at Orkney by its own officers and men. This book presents the story of the scuttling of this fleet in Scapa Flow. more...
Stalin's Ocean-going Fleet
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 168.00A study of the development of strategic concepts in Stalin's Navy, in the context of his foreign/defence policy, using original archival documents translated from the Russian. more...
Du littoral à la mer
Dundurn 2011; US$ 34.99La cration de la Marine royale du Canada (MRC) en 1910 et ses premires annes dexistence ont t marques par un dbat politique quant la ncessit dun service naval au Canada. Du littoral la mer, le premier dune srie de trois volumes relatant lhistoire officielle de la MRC, retrace les trois premires dcennies de la Marine, de ses dbuts comme marine de... more...
Le marin-citoyen
Dundurn 2010; US$ 39.95Ce livre commratif, produit occasion du Centenaire de la Marine canadienne 19102010, traite dune double citoyennetarticuli : celle des Canadiens exert le mer de la mer au service du Canada, tout en rndant aux devoirs de leurs activitciviles, chez eux, dans leur communautLes points de vue de ces citoyens marins emps partiel, qui ont constitua Rrve... more...
From East of Suez to the Eastern Atlantic
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 124.95The book explores British naval policy during the first two governments of Harold Wilson (1964-70), analysing how the Navy Department of the Ministry of Defence and the Navy's professional leadership dealt with six years of defence reviews, retrenchment and strategic re-orientation. Focusing primarily on policy and strategic matters, the book incorporates... more...
Maritime Challenges and Priorities in Asia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 170.00Maritime issues are particularly important for Asian countries, where there is a high reliance on shipping routes for international trade, many difficult disputes over maritime boundaries, and the prospect of increasing tensions where maritime power might play a significant role. This book uses contributions by 17 experts to build a comprehensive... more...









