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Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000-1500
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 42.95How were medieval navies organised, and how did powerful rulers use them? Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000-1500 provides a wealth of information about the strategy and tactics of these early fleets and the extent to which the possibilities of sea power were understood and exploited. This fascinating account brings vividly to life the dangers and difficulties... more...
Decision at Sea
Oxford University Press, USA 2005; US$ 16.99From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping history of five key battles that defined the evolution of naval warfare--and the course of the American nation. Acclaimed military historian Craig Symonds offers... more...
Women with Disabilities
Temple University Press 2009; US$ 31.95The integration of gender studies with disability scholarship more...
Corsairs and Navies, 1600-1760
Continuum International Publishing 1987; US$ 180.00British and American Naval Power: Politics and Policy, 1900-1936
ABC-CLIO 1998; US$ 111.00U.S. and British naval power developed in quite different ways in the early 20th century before the Second World War. This study compares, contrasts, and evaluates both British and American naval power as well as the politics that led to the development of each. Naval power was the single greatest manifestation of national power for both countries.... more...
The Long Road to Annapolis
The University of North Carolina Press 2010; US$ 41.95The United States established an academy for educating future army officers at West Point in 1802. Why, then, did it take this maritime nation forty-three more years to create a similar school for the navy? The Long Road to Annapolis examines the origins of the United States Naval Academy and the national debate that led to its founding. Americans... more...
A Hanging Offense
Free Press 2007; US$ 21.95Mutiny on the Bounty is one of history's greatest naval stories -- yet few know the similar tale from America's own fledgling navy in the dying days of the Age of Sail, a tale of mutiny and death at sea on an American warship. In 1842, the brig-of-war Somers set out on a training cruise for apprentice seamen, commanded by rising star Alexander... more...
Perilous Fight
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 17.95In Perilous Fight, Stephen Budiansky tells the rousing story of the underdog coterie of American seamen and their visionary secretary of the navy, who combined bravery and strategic innovation to hold off the legendary Royal Navy. Budiansky vividly demonstrates that far from an indecisive and unnecessary conflict?as historians have long dismissed... more...







