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The Battle of Lissa, 1866: How the Industrial Revolution Changed the Face of Naval Warfare by Quintin Barry
RRP: $38.64$31.33It has often been said that, so slow was the process of change in naval warfare, Sir Francis Drake would if he was transported to the quarterdeck of the Victory not feel out of place. Half a century on from the end of the Napoleonic wars, a total... -
The Last Spanish Armada: Britain and the War of the Quadruple Alliance, 1718-1720 by Jonathan D. Oates 9781912866618
RRP: $32.25$22.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866618Author Jonathan D. OatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Crusoe's Island: A Rich and Curious History of Pirates, Castaways and Madness by Andrew Lambert
RRP: $11.60$7.64Originally named Juan Fernandez, the island of Robinson Crusoe in the South Pacific was the inspiration for Defoe's classic novel about the adventures of a shipwrecked sailor. Yet the complex story of Britain's relationship with this distant, tiny island... -
Mapping Naval Warfare: A visual history of conflict at sea by Jeremy Black
RRP: $38.70$31.01Naval operations and warfare were, and remain, a key element for mapping. Maps were vital for commanders in drawing up plans of attack, and their detail and usefulness have increased over the centuries as the science of mapping has developed. This... -
Warships After Washington by John Jordan 9781473852730
RRP: $21.92$16.36The Washington Treaty of 1922, designed to head off a potentially dangerous arms race between the major naval powers, agreed to legally binding limits on the numbers and sizes of the principal warship types. In doing so, it introduced a new constraint... -
USS Nimitz (CVN-68): America's Supercarrier: 1975 to the Present by Sergio Santana
RRP: $24.50$16.34The nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Nimitz is the oldest carrier in the US fleet. Commissioned in 1975, CVN-68 is named after famed navy admiral Chester Nimitz and has been at the front line of many naval operations in its 40-plus years of service... -
The Russian Cruiser Varyag by Witold Koszela 9788366148505
RRP: $21.92$19.63The Russian cruiser Varyag is one of the most exciting and remarkable battleships concerning construction and armament, serving the USSR Navy during the Cold War. The ship was built in 1979-1989 as one of the four large missile cruisers of the... -
Austro-Hungarian Cruisers and Destroyers 1914-18 by Ryan K. Noppen
RRP: $16.76$14.20At the outbreak of World War I Austria-Hungary had four modern light cruisers and twenty modern destroyers at their disposal, constructed in the early 20th century to defend their growing overseas interests. It was these fast light vessels, not the... -
The Illustrated Guide to Aircraft Carriers of the World: Featuring Over 170 Aircraft Carriers with 500 Identification Photographs Bernard Ireland 9781780192178
RRP: $15.47$12.16This is a complete guide to aircraft carriers, from zeppelin and seaplane carriers to V/STOL and nuclear-powered carriers. It examines the evolution of the aircraft carrier, from the first flights from ships in World War I, developments during the... -
From Hunter to Hunted: The U-Boat in the Atlantic, 1939-1943 by Bernard Edwards
RRP: $25.79$18.42In the early stages of the Second World War, Donitz's U-boats generally adhered to Prize Rules, surfacing before attacking and making every effort to preserve the lives of their victims' crews. But, with the arming of merchantmen and greater risk of... -
The Greenie: The History of Warfare Technology in the Royal Navy by Patrick A. Moore 9780752460161
RRP: $32.25$24.43In the Royal Navy vernacular, the term 'greenie' describes the officers and ratings responsible for the electrical engineering functions of the fleet. Electrical engineering has 'driven' the Royal Navy for far longer than one might imagine, from solving... -
War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century by James P. Delgado 9780197609231
RRP: $27.08$23.14The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield. Resting in its depths lie the lost ships of war, spanning the totality of human history. Many wrecks are nameless, others from more recent times are remembered, honored even, as are the battles that claimed... -
Sloop of War: 1650-1763 by Ian McLaughlan
RRP: $51.60$38.69This is the first in-depth study of the Royal Navy's vital, but largely ignored small craft. In the age of sail they were built in huge numbers and in far greater variety than the more regulated major warships, so they present a particular challenge to... -
Bloody Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of World War II by Joseph Wheelan
RRP: $19.34$15.04The last great battle of World War II began on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, when more than 184,000 began landing on the only Japanese home soil invaded during the Pacific war. The island of Okinawa was just 350 miles from mainland Japan, and the Allies... -
Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War: A Biographical Dictionary of Commissioned Officers 1748-1763 by Cy Harrison 9781912866687
RRP: $58.05$45.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866687Author Cy HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 584Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
A Drop in the Ocean by Jim Burtt-Smith 9781399020343
RRP: $19.34$14.13In the summer of 1942 a Wellington bomber, operating with 115 Squadron from Marham in Norfolk was forced to ditch in the North Sea returning from a raid on Hamburg. Two members of the crew, who were picked up by the Luftwaffe, have written this book... -
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy by Ian W. Toll 9780393330328
RRP: $19.34$18.02Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became the most divisive issue facing the new government. The founders-particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams-debated fiercely. Would a standing army be the... -
Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika by Giles Foden 9781400075263
RRP: $20.64$14.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400075263Author Giles FodenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The E-Boat Threat by Bryan Cooper 9781399019873
RRP: $19.34$14.13One of the major lessons of World War II was the importance of coastal waters. It was not widely recognised beforehand just how vital the control of such waters would become, both in defending essential convoys as well as attacking those of the enemy,... -
The Naval Siege of Japan 1945: War Plan Orange Triumphant by Brian Lane Herder
RRP: $21.92$17.83The final months of Allied naval bombardments on the Home Islands during World War II have, for whatever reason, frequently been overlooked by historians. Yet the Allies' final naval campaign against Japan involved the largest and arguably most... -
Bismarck and Hood Marco Santarini 9781781556337
RRP: $24.50$17.56The legendary Battle of the Denmark Strait, which saw the mighty German battleship Bismarck sink Britain's HMS Hood in an epic duel of the titans, has been dogged by controversy to this day. Was the doomed HMS Hood really sunk by a shell that penetrated... -
The Great Scuttle: The End of the German High Seas Fleet: Witnessing History by David Meara
RRP: $20.63$14.00After the German surrender in November 1918, the German High Seas Fleet was interned at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, the anchorage for the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet throughout the First World War. Determined not to see his ships fall into the hands... -
Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea by John Lehman 9780393254259
RRP: $28.37$24.45When Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, the United States and NATO were losing the Cold War. The USSR had superiority in conventional weapons and manpower in Europe, and had embarked on a construction programme to gain naval pre-eminence. But Reagan had... -
Life Aboard a Wartime Liberty Ship by Ian M. Malcolm
RRP: $24.50$17.56During the Second World War, when Britain's very survival depended on her Merchant Navy, ships were being sunk faster than they could be replaced. The mass production of the Liberty Ship, on the assembly-line method in the USA, solved the problem:... -
Wolf of the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama by Stephen Fox 9781400095421
RRP: $28.38$19.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400095421Author Stephen FoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 293gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Scratch One Flattop: The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea by Robert C. Stern
RRP: $45.15$39.65By the beginning of May 1942, five months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the US Navy was ready to challenge the Japanese moves in the South Pacific. When the Japanese sent troops to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Americans sent the carriers... -
Churchill and Sea Power by Christopher M. Bell 9780199678501
RRP: $21.92$16.69Winston Churchill had a longer and closer relationship with the Royal Navy than any British statesman in modern times, but his record as a naval strategist and custodian of the nation's sea power has been mired in controversy since the ill-fated... -
Witness to Neptune's Inferno: The Pacific War Diary of Lieutenant Commander Lloyd M. Mustin, USS Atlanta (Cl 51) by David F. Winkler 9781636244075
RRP: $42.51$27.801942 would prove crucial for the United States in the Pacific following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of setbacks in the Southwest Pacific late in 1941 into 1942. As the first ship commissioned following America's entry into World War... -
RNAS Culdrose 1947-2007 by Geoff Wakeham 9780752443812 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.21$2.92Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose is based in Cornwall, on the Lizard Peninsula. Its purpose is to train specialists for the Navy while serving the Fleet Air Arm's front line Sea King and Merlin helicopter squadrons. This book presents history of RNAS... -
RNAS Culdrose 1947-2007 by Geoff Wakeham 9780752443812
RRP: $23.21$17.60Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose is based in Cornwall, on the Lizard Peninsula. Its purpose is to train specialists for the Navy while serving the Fleet Air Arm's front line Sea King and Merlin helicopter squadrons. This book presents history of RNAS... -
Revenge in the Name of Honour: The Royal Navy’s Quest for Vengeance in the Single Ship Actions of the War of 1812 by Nicholas James Kaizer 9781912866724
RRP: $32.25$27.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866724Author Nicholas James KaizerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
From Scapa to Jutland: The Story of HMS Caroline at War from 1914-1917 by John Allison
RRP: $16.76$15.20Amid the twists and turns of her survival to this day, the story of the light cruiser HMS Caroline spans a century and more. This book focuses on her early career, the role she played as just one of many components making up the Grand Fleet in time of... -
Support for the Fleet: Architecture and engineering of the Royal Navy's bases 1700-1914 by Jonathan Coad 9781848020559
$134.17This major new book traces for the first time the architectural and engineering works in the Royal Navy's shore bases at home and overseas and the political imperatives and technologies that helped shape them up to the First World War. Based on detailed... -
The Trafalgar Chronicle: Dedicated to Naval History in the Nelson Era: New Series 7 by Judith Pearson
RRP: $25.80$18.43The Trafalgar Chronicle, sponsored by The 1805 Club, is the publication of choice for new research about the Georgian Navy, sometimes called Nelson's Navy', though its scope includes all the sailing navies of the period from 1714 to 1837. Our expert... -
USS Lexington (CV-2): From the 1920s to the Battle of Coral Sea in WWII by David Doyle
RRP: $29.66$24.17When commissioned on December 14, 1927, USS Lexington and her sister ship, USS Saratoga, were the world's largest aircraft carriers. The Lexington-class carriers, as the ships were known, were the results of an effort akin to making lemonade from lemons... -
USS Saratoga (CV-3): From the 1920s 30s and WWII Combat, to Operation Crossroads by David Doyle
RRP: $29.66$18.90USS Saratoga and her sister ship USS Lexington were the two largest aircraft carriers in the world until 1944. The keel of the battle cruiser USS Saratoga (CC-3) was laid by New York Shipbuilding in Camden, New Jersey, on September 25, 1920. Work on the... -
The Hunt for the Storozhevoy: The 1975 Soviet Navy Mutiny in the Baltic by Michael Fredholm Von Essen
RRP: $21.87$18.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070708Author Michael Fredholm Von EssenFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar by Adam Nicolson 9780060753627
RRP: $23.21$16.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060753627Author Adam NicolsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 205mm *... -
USS New Jersey (BB62): From World War II, Korea and Vietnam to Museum Ship by David Doyle 9780764356636
RRP: $24.50$16.34Preserved today as a museum in its namesake state, the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) saw combat during WWII and the Korean War and was the only battleship of any nation to see service during the Vietnam War. Following service in Vietnam, New Jersey... -
The Battle of Tsushima by Phil Carradice
RRP: $25.79$18.42In 1905 Japan and Russia were at war. With the Russian Far East Fleet destroyed, the Czar decided to send his Baltic Fleet half way around the world to exact revenge. This mammoth journey took many months and was, in itself, an amazing feat of seamanship...