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Pirate State
Chicago Review Press 2010; US$ 19.95Providing a timely and never-before-seen perspective on the ever-increasing menace of Somali pirates, this account shows how the cargo ship and oil tanker hijackings and ransoms in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean have turned one of the world?s busiest shipping lanes into one of the most dangerous. By way of one-on-one interviews with pirates,... more...
The Armada of Flanders
Cambridge University Press 1992; US$ 38.00The armada's contribution to the tenacious survival of Spanish hegemony. more...
Swedish Naval Administration, 1521-1721
BRILL 2009; US$ 293.00This is a book about how a peasant society created a large navy which was used to conquer and defend a Baltic mpire. It emphasises organisational capabilities rather than maritime skills as essential for early modern navies. more...
Warships of the Bay of Quinte
Dundurn 2011; US$ 13.99This is the story of six of Canadas Warships HMCS NAPANEE, HMCS BELLEVILLE, HMCS HALLOWELL, HMCS TRENTONIAN, HMCS QUINTE (I), and the HMCS QUINTE (II). These histories give a unique account of the small ships that have been the backbone of the Canadian Navy during the Second World War and the Cold War. more...
Island of Shame
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 23.95The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the remote center of the Indian Ocean and accessible only by military transport, the little-known base has been instrumental in American military operations from the Cold... more...
The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947?2007
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 183.00The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947-2007 , the fifth volume in the monumental U.S. Navy Warship series, presents an all-inclusive compendium of the ships that served in the U.S. Navy from the Cold War up through the present day. Featuring radical new developments in warships such as nuclear-powered submarines and carriers equipped with ballistic missiles,... more...
Red Star Over the Pacific
Naval Institute Press 2011; US$ 36.95Combining a close knowledge of Asia and an ability to tap Chinese-language sources with naval combat experience and expertise in sea-power theory, the authors assess how the rise of Chinese sea power will affect U.S. maritime strategy in Asia. They argue that China is laying the groundwork for a sustained challenge to American primacy in maritime... more...
The Mediterranean Fleet, 19191929
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 134.95Post-First World War, the Mediterranean Fleet found in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea and the Adriatic. The collapse of the Ottoman, Russian and Habsburg empires created a vacuum of power in which different factions struggled for control. In the Black Sea this involved the Royal Navy in intervention in 1919 and 1920 on... more...
Sea Power and the Asia-Pacific
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 130.00With particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the rise and fall of sea powers. In the Asia-Pacific region there has been significant expansion of sea-based economies together with burgeoning naval power. Many claim that these processes will transform the world?s future economic and security relationships. The book addresses... more...
Front Burner
PublicAffairs 2012; US$ 16.99The former Commander of the USS Cole tells the full story of the deadly terrorist attack on his ship and its frustrating, fateful aftermath more...









