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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781976454028Author Alexandr Nicolaevich BatalovFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace...

This book analyses China's maritime strategy for the 21st century, integrating strategic planning, policy thinking and strategic prediction.This book explains the construction and application of China's military, political, economic and diplomatic means...

Battleships conjure a golden age of naval history, when these floating powerhouses ruled the waves, carrying the military might of their respective countries around the globe. The battleship was the ultimate embodiment of naval power during the...

This first general survey of European naval and maritime history for the period from A.D. 300 to 1500 focuses on Western Europe, including the Baltic, North Sea, and Atlantic traditions, and on the Mediterranean, particularly Byzantine and Moslem naval...

Storm Clouds over the Pacific begins the story long before Pearl Harbor, showing how the war can only be understood if ancient hatreds and long-standing geopolitics are taken into account. Peter Harmsen demonstrates how Japan and China's ancient enmity...

Both Tromp-class frigates entered service in 1975/-76. Their primary task was area air defense. They acted as flagships for the COMNLTG (Commander Netherlands Task Group). Their large radome (which housed a 3D radar antenna) is why the ships had the...

A critical survey of the vocabulary of Viking ships and their crews, of fleets and sailing and battles at sea, based on the runic and skaldic evidence from c.950-1100, and studied within the context of Viking activity in the period. The Vikings were...

"Aircraft Carriers" is the definitive history of world aircraft carrier development and operations. Norman Polmar's revised and updated, two-volume classic describes the political and technological factors that influenced aircraft carrier design and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390557Author Ben SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

This book focuses on the theory and practice of maritime strategy and operations by the weaker powers at sea.Illustrated by examples from naval and military history, the book explains and analyzes the strategies of the weaker side at sea in both...

Shows how the system of supply was perfected during the later part of the Napoleonic Wars, enabling fleets to stay at sea on a permanent basis. After the Battle of Trafalgar, the navy continued to be the major arm of British strategy. Decades of...

Meticulously researched, Rodger's portrait draws the reader into this fascinatingly complex world with vivid, entertaining characters and full details of life below the decks. The Wooden World provides the most complete history of a navy at any age, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911096740Author Anthony ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

On October 12, 2000, eleven months before the 9/11 attacks, the USS Cole docked in the port of Aden in Yemen for a routine fuelling stop. At 1118, on a hot, sunny morning, the 8,400-ton destroyer was rocked by an enormous explosion. The ship's...

The "Smelyi" type destroyer, Project 30 bis (Skoryi class, according to NATO classification), was the first destroyer designed and built after World War two with new shipbuilding technologies available in the USSR. World War Two demonstrated that all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800554115Author John WintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 17mm

A survey of the activities of the British navy in the Caribbean from the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake through the great wars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries against the Dutch, Spanish...

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Made famous by her final commanding officer, John F. Kennedy, PT-109 is one of the most celebrated warships in American history. However, a full chronicle of PT-109's wartime story has heretofore been lacking. Behind the familiar account of the future...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903630686Author Hugh HarkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Centurion PublishingPublisher Centurion Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793080684Author Timothy Wayne BurfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

This book is an illustrated documentation showing the nuclear powered submarines of the Soviet Union and Russia, including rare photos of type overviews and interior details.Book InformationISBN 9780764313165Author Wilfried KopenhagenFormat PaperbackPage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451219565Author Barrett TillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989980432Author John M MianoFormat HardbackPage Count 310Imprint John MianoPublisher John MianoWeight(grams) 1284gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 279mm * 24mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Author Jason Porter is the Director of Education + Programs at MoPOP (Museum of Pop Culture) in Seattle. Previously, he was the Director of Education and Public...

At the turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries, with the British Empire encompassing the globe, the Royal Navy indisputably ruled the waves. Times change but the magnificence and drama of warships at sea, whether in peace or war, remain an inspiration to...

A fascinating insight into an industry that shaped the Yorkshire landscape which will appeal to those interested in the history of the county, Keighley, knitting and our industrial heritage generally. Marriner's wool and patterns have clothed generations...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456314682Author William Eugene WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between...

This book aims to redefine maritime diplomacy for the modern era. Maritime diplomacy encompasses a spectrum of activities, from co-operative measures such as port visits, exercises and humanitarian assistance to persuasive deployment and coercion. It is...

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Leading up to the Pacific War, Japanese naval strategists believed that a decisive fleet engagement would be fought against the United States Navy. Outnumbered by the USN, the Imperial Japanese Navy planned to use its large, ocean-going submarines to...

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