Naval Forces & Warfare

Military history is an essential component of wartime diplomatic history, Jonathan R. Dull contends, and this belief shapes his account of the Fren...

There is a view that, in Victorian times, whilst the Army was engaged in a series of wars, the Navy enjoyed a peaceful existence - however, this wa...

A vivid narrative history of the Solomons and New Guinea campaigns of World War II, which represented key turning points in the U.S. Navy's campaig...

Against the Tide is a leadership book that illustrates how Adm. Hyman Rickover made a unique impact on American and Navy culture. The driving force...

A Tale of Two Navies is an analysis of the unique relationship between the United States Navy and the Royal Navy from 1960 to present. This loosely...

A detailed, illustrated exploration of the land, sea and air units that defended Malta, and the repeated Axis attempts to bring the crucial Allied ...

This is the first general selection from the substantial body of surviving documents about Elizabeths navy. It is a companion to The Navy of Edward...

This is the first-ever publication detailing the Navys role in manned spacecraft recovery from 1961 to 1975, from Alan Shepherds initial suborbital...

Discover the enthralling story of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's largest ever aircraft carrier and SUBJECT OF THE MAJOR NEW BBC DOCUMENT...

Amphibious assault ships have been at the centre of nearly all of Britains expeditionary campaigns since World War II, from the Suez crisis of 1956...

A Ceaseless Watch: Australia's Third Party Naval Defense, 1919-1942 illustrates how Australia confronted the need to base its post-World War I defe...

This is the first paperback edition of the revisionist work about Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who won his battles at sea but lost the war of publi...

When Billy Mitchell returned from WWI, he brought with him the deep-seated belief that air power had made navies obsolete. However, in the years fo...

This newest edition of Command at Sea includes the valuable guidance for prospective and commanding officers that has been the hallmark of this boo...

The revised edition of this indispensable work still covers battle tactics at sea from the age of fighting sail to the present, with emphasis on tr...

Legacy of the Lash is a compelling social and cultural history of the Brazilian navy in the decades preceding and immediately following the 1888 ab...

While the resounding American victory at Midway in June 1942 blunted Japanese momentum to a great extent, it left the opposing forces precariously ...

Surigao Strait in the Philippine Islands was the scene of a major battleship duel during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Because the battle was fought at...

Throughout the history of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, leading officers and strategists have advocated for formal colleges and schools for naval...

In 1904, the Brazilian Congress approved a fleet renewal program involving the construction of 28 ships of various classes, including 3 battleships...

Admiral Stavridis, a leader in military, international affairs, and national security circles, shares his love of the sea and some of the sources o...

The new Naval Institute Wheel Books provide important information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to all naval professio...

America's entrance into the wars in Vietnam came as a result of several factors. Among them was the necessity of bolstering French influence in ...

To his enlisted men on U-154, Lieutenant Oskar Kusch was the ideal skipper--bright, experienced, successful, caring, tolerably eccentric--and a pop...

Winston Churchill had a longer and closer relationship with the Royal Navy than any British statesman in modern times, but his record as a naval st...

A vivid account of a forgotten chapter of British naval history. - Dan Snow, Historian, TV Presenter and Broadcaster The true story of one of the ...

At the turn of the twentieth century, Alfred Thayer Mahan and Julian Stafford Corbett emerged as foundational thinkers on naval strategy and mariti...

Warship Builders is the first scholarly study of the U.S. naval shipbuilding industry from the early 1920s to the end of World War II, when America...

The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars were the first truly global conflicts. The Royal Navy was a key player in the wider wars and, for Brit...

We were certainly pioneers as the Trieste was one of only two such vehicles in the world--the French Navy's bathyscaphe FNRS-3 was the other. It me...

This updated seminal reference provides new Marine officersand those aspiring to become Marine officerscomprehensive information and guidance on wh...

In Lincoln's Trident, Coast Guard historian Robert M. Browning Jr. continues his magisterial series about the Union's naval blockade of the Confede...

Both Tromp-class frigates entered service in 1975/-76. Their primary task was area air defense. They acted as flagships for the COMNLTG (Commander ...

This book examines the evolution of Chinas maritime security strategy, and questions what has made China shift from a constrained to a more asserti...

Between the First and Second World Wars, the U.S. Navy used the experience it had gained in battle to prepare for future wars through simulated con...

The Battle of Midway, commemorated annually in the U.S. Navy, warrants close attention. This Naval Institute guide includes some of the most vibran...

A very substantial, comprehensive dictionary containing entries on all the battles fought at sea by British fleets and ships since Anglo-Saxon time...

A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II  When he is at his best, as he often is...

An assessment of the work of the contractors who were commissioned by the Victualling Board to provision the fleet in this period. Provisioning th...

A fascinating study of midshipmen and other young gentlemen, outlining their social background, career paths and what life was like for them. Offi...