Naval Forces & Warfare

The captivating individual stories of 17 U.S. Navy corpsmen who served in Vietnam, told in their own words. Their accounts relate why they joine...

After Jutland analyzes the naval war in Northern European waters following the Battle of Jutland. A popular misconception is that Jutland marked th...

This collection of essays was first published in 1974, and the fact that it remains relevant today is a testament to Marder''s legacy as arguably t...

This unprecedented photographic collection contains 125 stunning black and white photographs of the battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ...

In the vast literature about World War I there has never been a naval atlas that depicts graphically the complexities of the war at sea, and puts i...

This important work describes how the Imperial German Navy, which had expanded to become one of the great maritime forces in the world, proved, wit...

A new selection in the Anatomy of the Ship series, Tudor Warship Mary Rose is a unique insight into the architecture and construction of the iconic...

A revolutionary ship symbolizing British naval might in the Victorian age, HMS Warrior was the world''s first iron-hulled, armored warship and now ...

As the land war raged along the Eastern Front between 1941 and 1945, an equally fierce and unrelenting war ensued on the seas. From German Wolf Pac...

The warships of the World War II German Navy are among the most popular subjects in naval history, and one of the best collections is the concise b...

Just over a million people 923,000 men and 86,000 women served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. They enlisted after a huge recruitm...

Although it was first published in 1931, Endless Story remains the only comprehensive account of the services of the Navy's small craft - destroyer...

In the U.S. Navy Wheel Books were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique ...

Whitey is the first complete biography of one of the last surviving World War II U.S. Navy aces, and one of the Navy's most respected officers of a...

The Mississippi River was a strategic priority for the Union army from the outset of the American Civil War. By controlling the Mississippi, the No...

As the U.S. military presence in the Middle East winds down, Asia and the Pacific are receiving increased attention from the American national secu...

It is not surprising that the U.S. Navy''s Pacific campaign during the Second World War received so much attention from naval historians--certainly...

Prior to July 1914, the extensive British grip on the Mediterranean Sea was beginning to weaken, leading to a wide-open competition between Austria...

Striking the Hornets' Nest provides the first extensive analysis of the Northern Bombing Group (NBG), the Navy's most innovative aviation initiativ...

Hunters and Killers is the first comprehensive history of all aspects of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) from its beginnings in the 18th century throu...

In the early nineteenth century, the United States of America was far from united. The United States faced internal strife over the extent of gover...

The only comparative analysis available of the great navies of World War I, this work studies the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, the German Kais...