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One Perfect Opby Dennis Chalker; Kevin Dockery
HarperCollins US 2009; US$ 7.99No elite military commando unit since the darkest days of Korea and Vietnam has a more storied history than the U.S. Navy SEALs, a stealth fighting force legendary for its abilities to wage covert war on sea, air, and land. Now former SEAL Command Master Chief Dennis "Snake" Chalker takes us deep inside the celebrated SEAL Team Six for an astonishing, firsthand look at the formation, preparation, and deployment of a crack detachment meticulously trained for an ongoing mission that has become essential to the survival of our nation: counterterrorism. When Dennis Chalker joined Army Airborne in the early 1970s he was, by his own admission, a fairly typical young man from the Midwest. After his initial tour of dutyand a brief, unsatisfactory... more...
Who's Who in Naval Historyby Alastair Wilson; Joseph F. Callo
Routledge 2004; US$ 125.00This A-Z guide covers the life and careers of over 600 key figures in naval history, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Featuring influential figures from the UK, US and around the world. more...
Navies in Northern Watersby Rolf Hobson; Tom Kristiansen
Frank Cass 2004; US$ 39.95A collection of articles analyzing the role played by the secondary navies of north European states within the balance of power, from 1721-2000. more...
Face of Naval Battleby John Reeve; David Stevens
Allen & Unwin 2003; US$ 32.72This book examines how the human involvement in naval warfare has developed over the 20th Century and how it is likely to evolve over the first part of the 21st Century. more...
Use of Simulation for Training in the U.S. Navy Surface Forceby Roland J. Yardley; Harry J. Thie; John F. Schank; Jolene Galegher
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95A number of naval exercises can be conducted in port, using various forms of simulation, rather than at sea. Some groups, such as commercial shipping, already rely more heavily on such training than the U.S. Navy does. Can the U.S. Navy do the same, yet still maintain or improve readiness? The authors look at current uses of simulation and suggest ways to best use underway and simulation training time and strategies for implementation. more...
Educating the Royal Navyby Harry W. Dickinson
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 170.00This volume provides the first comprehensive history of education and training for officers of the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. more...
Corsairs and Navies, 1600-1760by J. S. Bromley
Continuum International Publishing 1987; US$ 180.00From Torpedoes to Aviationby Stephen K. Stein
The University of Alabama Press 2008; US$ 31.96The central figure in the modernization of the U.S. Navy. The career of Washington Irving Chambers spans a formative period in the development of the United States Navy: He entered the Naval Academy in the doldrum years of obsolete, often rotting ships, and left after he had helped like-minded officers convince Congress and the public of the need to adopt a new naval strategy built around a fleet of technologically advanced battleships. He also laid the groundwork for naval aviation and the important role it would play in the modern navy. This work covers Chambers’s early naval career, his work at the new Office of Naval Intelligence, his participation in the Greeley Relief Expedition, and a survey for the projected isthmian... more...
Brown-, Green- and Blue-Water Fleetsby MICHAEL LINDBERG; DANIEL TODD
ABC-CLIO 2001; US$ 150.00From riverine operations in the American Civil War and China in the 1860s to the major fleet engagements of the World Wars, plus more recent naval actions in the Falklands/Malvenas War and Gulf War, Lindberg and Todd methodically show how geography has shaped the strategy, tactics, and tools of naval warfare. Alfred T. Mahan was perhaps the first naval professional to recognize and acknowledge fully the influence of geography on navies and naval warfare. Many of his principles of seapower were inherently geographical and influenced both what kind of naval force a state would possess and how it would be utilized. In the time that has passed since Mahan made his observations, naval warfare and navies have experienced major technological changes,... more...
Naval Power and Expeditionary Warsby Bruce A. Elleman; S.C.M. Paine
Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 130.00This book examines the nature and character of naval expeditionary warfare, in particular in peripheral campaigns, and the contribution of such campaigns to the achievement of strategic victory. more...