Leathernecks combines a lively, well-researched narrative with a generous selection of illustrations, many in color, and numerous maps to provide a topically and chronologically balanced history of th
When Peter Scott began a 1968 tour in Vietnam advising ethnic Cambodian Khmer Krom paramilitaries, they shared only an earnest desire to check the spread of communism. It took nearly thirty years and
Verdun, the Somme, Tannenberg and Passchendaele. These epics of destruction and futility are such bywords for the World War I that--Jutland apart--we forget the role played by sea power in the war to
The Trafalgar Chronicle, the yearbook of The 1805 Club, has established itself as a prime source of information and the publication of choice for new research about the Georgian navy, sometimes also l
Faltum offers readers a comprehensive historical overview and a contemporary exploration of the role of two classes of naval aircraft carriers, the Forrestal and the Kitty Hawk. Beginning with the int
One of the best-known historic ships in the world, HMS Victory attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year to Portsmouth, England. This informative and heavily illustrated guide provides a conven
In a few short years after 1914, the Royal Navy practically invented naval air warfare, not only producing the first effective aircraft carriers, but also pioneering most of the techniques and tactics
Ungentle Goodnights uses the records of the United States Naval Asylum (later the United States Naval Home), a residence for disabled and elderly sailors and Marines established by the U.S. government
Father and son duo of Master Chief Melvin G. Williams Sr. and Vice Admiral Melvin G. Williams Jr. (both retired) tell the story of their successful climb to top leadership positions in the US Navy. Wi
Recounting the U.S. Navy's role in the invasion of Normandy, one of the largest and most complex military operations ever undertaken, the eleventh volume in this acclaimed fourteen volume historical s
The 1961 memoir of an Imperial Japanese naval commander during the Pacific War describes his more than 100 sorties against the Allies, recounting the victories in the early days through his surviving
The commander of a naval diving team chronicles the team's efforts to salvage ships destroyed in the Pearl Harbor attack, dangerous work that had to be conducted in complete darkness, with the divers
In a book that discusses the final months of World War II's Pacific Theater, the author discusses the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, Japanese kamikaze attacks
Col. Theodore L. Gatchel, USMC (Ret.), examines amphibious operations from Gallipoli to the Falkland Islands to determine why the defenders were unable either to prevent the attackers from landing or
