Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Author | : United States. Naval History Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Warships |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. Naval History Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Warships |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael J. Crawford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Fitzhugh Green |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Nathan Miller |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 614 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195110382 |
From the sinking of the British passenger liner Athenia on September 3, 1939, by a German U-boat (against orders) to the Japanese surrender on board the Missouri on September 2, 1945, War at Sea covers every major naveal battle of World War II. "A first-rate work and the best history of its kind yet written".--Vice Admiral William P. Mack, U.S.N. (Ret.). 30 photos.
Author | : Sam Willis |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 2016-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0393248836 |
A fascinating naval perspective on one of the greatest of all historical conundrums: How did thirteen isolated colonies, which in 1775 began a war with Britain without a navy or an army, win their independence from the greatest naval and military power on earth? The American Revolution involved a naval war of immense scope and variety, including no fewer than twenty-two navies fighting on five oceans—to say nothing of rivers and lakes. In no other war were so many large-scale fleet battles fought, one of which was the most strategically significant naval battle in all of British, French, and American history. Simultaneous naval campaigns were fought in the English Channel, the North and Mid-Atlantic, the Mediterranean, off South Africa, in the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, the Pacific, the North Sea and, of course, off the eastern seaboard of America. Not until the Second World War would any nation actively fight in so many different theaters. In The Struggle for Sea Power, Sam Willis traces every key military event in the path to American independence from a naval perspective, and he also brings this important viewpoint to bear on economic, political, and social developments that were fundamental to the success of the Revolution. In doing so Willis offers valuable new insights into American, British, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Russian history. This unique account of the American Revolution gives us a new understanding of the influence of sea power upon history, of the American path to independence, and of the rise and fall of the British Empire.
Author | : William J. Holland, Jr. |
Publisher | : JG Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2009-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780883636640 |
A poignant and breathtaking tribute to the noble tradition of the United States Navy. The Naval Historical Foundation proudly presents this handsome edition chronicling the remarkable history of the Navy. Features over 350 pages of full-color classic, rare, and unseen photographs alongside insightful text.
Author | : United States. Naval War Records Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1146 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Thomas Truxtun Moebs |
Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
From the Preface--Established in 1800 with a small collection of books that served the Secretary of the Navy, the [Navy Department Library] holds the most comprehensive collection of U.S. navy literature. For the past two hundred years, it has collected the books, documents, journals, and manuscripts the record the Navy's achievement in combat, international diplomacy, exploration, technological development, medicine, education, and social reform. This literature described in the catalog chronicles the more significant events, customs and traditions, organizations, and personalities in navel history, providing insight into the origins and development of Navy doctrine.
Author | : Thomas Truxtun Moebs |
Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Government publications |
ISBN | : 9780160873126 |
From the Preface--Established in 1800 with a small collection of books that served the Secretary of the Navy, the [Navy Department Library] holds the most comprehensive collection of U.S. navy literature. For the past two hundred years, it has collected the books, documents, journals, and manuscripts the record the Navy's achievement in combat, international diplomacy, exploration, technological development, medicine, education, and social reform. This literature described in the catalog chronicles the more significant events, customs and traditions, organizations, and personalities in navel history, providing insight into the origins and development of Navy doctrine.
Author | : Craig L. Symonds |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 585 |
Release | : 2006-10-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199754888 |
From 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 spellbinding narratives of crucial engagements, showing how each battle reveals the transformation of technology and weaponry from one war to the next; how these in turn transformed naval combat; and how each event marked a milestone in American history. - Oliver Hazard Perry's heroic victory at Lake Erie, one of the last great battles of the Age of Sail, which secured the Northwestern frontier for the United States - The brutal Civil War duel between the ironclads Monitor and Virginia, which sounded the death knell for wooden-hulled warships and doomed the Confederacy's hope of besting the Union navy - Commodore Dewey's stunning triumph at Manila Bay in 1898, where the U.S. displayed its "new navy" of steel-hulled ships firing explosive shells and wrested an empire from a fading European power - The hairsbreadth American victory at Midway, where aircraft carriers launched planes against enemies 200 miles away--and where the tide of World War II turned in the space of a few furious minutes - Operation Praying Mantis in the Persian Gulf, where computers, ship-fired missiles, and "smart bombs" not only changed the nature of warfare at sea, but also marked a new era, and a new responsibility, for the United States. Symonds records these encounters in detail so vivid that readers can hear the wind in the rigging and feel the pounding of the guns. Yet he places every battle in a wide perspective, revealing their significance to America's development as it grew from a new Republic on the edge of a threatening frontier to a global superpower. Decision at Sea is a powerful and illuminating look at pivotal moments in the history of the Navy and of the United States. It is also a compelling study of the unchanging demands of leadership at sea, where commanders must make rapid decisions in the heat of battle with lives--and the fate of nations--hanging in the balance.