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Military Strategy: A General Theory of Power Control by J. C. Wylie
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £18.40Because of his long experience with the formulation of military strategy in the United States, Admiral Wylie's analyses and opinions are well worth the attention of military professionals, government... -
Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War by Edwin E. Moise
Booksplease Price: £40.09On July 31, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) began a reconnaissance cruise off the coast of North Vietnam. On August 2, three North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked the ship. On the night... -
Strategic Theories by Raoul Castex 9781591145943
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £21.86Admiral Raoul Castex is France's most important modern naval strategist. Military historian Eugenia Kiesling offers the essence of Castex's original five volume study, Theories Strategiques, in a... -
Naval Operations Analysis: Third Edition by Daniel R. Wagner 9781591149507
RRP: £31.99Booksplease Price: £24.46This third edition covers the basic analytical developments in naval search and detection theory over the last fifty years. Accessible to anyone with a mathematical background, it covers analytical... -
Through the Valley: My Captivity in Vietnam by William Reeder Jr
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £18.40Through the Valley is the captivating memoir of the last U.S. Army soldier taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. A narrative of courage, hope, and survival, Through the Valley is more than just a... -
Subchaser by Edward P. Stafford 9781591147961
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.14In a wartime Navy of giant carriers and battleships, tiny wooden subchasers did not command much attention. Yet these 110-foot warships, manned mostly by inexperienced reservists, performed vital... -
Hunter-Killer: U.S. Escort Carriers in the Battle of the Atlantic by William T.Y. Blood 9781591149958
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.49The pursuit of German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic has long been considered one of the most exciting stories of World War II. This definitive study takes readers into the cockpits and onto... -
Colder than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir by Estate of Joseph R. Owen 9781557504166
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.49Joe Owen tells it like it was in this evocative, page-turning story of a Marine rifle company in the uncertain early days of the Korean War. His powerful descriptions of close combat on the... -
The Oral History of Adm. Stanley R. Arthur, USN (Ret.): 1935- by Stanley R. Arthur, USN (Ret.) 9781682692837
RRP: £60.99Booksplease Price: £52.68Arthur attended Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), on a Navy ROTC scholarship. Graduating in 1957, he entered flight training and in 1958 earned his wings as a naval aviator. During the Vietnam War, he... -
China Clipper: The Age of the Great Flying Boats by Robert Gandt 9781682479360
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £16.44When the China Clipper shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935, the flying boat became an instant celebrity. This lively history by Robert Gandt... -
China's Quest for Great Power: Ships, Oil, and Foreign Policy by Bernard D. Cole 9781682479438
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £18.40This book examines China's national security strategy by looking at the three major elements-foreign policy, energy security, and naval power-all interactive and major influences on China's future... -
Whitey: The Story of Rear Admiral E. L. Feightner, A Navy Fighter Ace by Peter B Mersky 9781682479131
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £21.56Whitey 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 any period. Following a typical American, mid-western... -
Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa by Joseph H. Alexander 9781591140030
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.14On November 20, l943, in the first trial by fire of America's fledgling amphibious assault doctrine, five thousand men stormed the beaches of Tarawa, a seemingly invincible Japanese island fortress... -
The Oral History of Adm. Jay L. Johnson, USN (Ret.): 1946- by Jay L. Johnson, USN (Ret.) 9781682473542
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £32.94Admiral Johnson, the 26th Chief of Naval Operations, was born in Great Falls, Montana, in 1946, and raised in West Salem, Wisconsin. A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, upon completion of... -
Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy by Rear Adm. Dave Oliver USN Ret. 9781591146827
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.49Against the Tide is a leadership book that illustrates how Adm. Hyman Rickover made a unique impact on American and Navy culture. The driving force behind the Navy's nuclear submarine fleet, Rickover... -
Cassandra in Oz: Counterinsurgency and Future War by Conrad Charles Crane 9781682476475
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £20.91When Conrad Crane retired from active duty to become a research professor, he never expected to become a modern Cassandra, fated to tell truth to power without being heeded. After the world... -
Descent into Darkness: Pearl Harbor, 1941-A Navy Diver's Memoir by Edward C. Raymer 9781591147244
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.09On December 7, 1941, as the great battleships Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah lay paralysed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a crack team of U.S. Navy salvage divers... -
The Reminiscences of Roger L. Bond: 1925-2011 by Roger L. Bond 9781682690741
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £39.96In this engaging memoir, based on two interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell in October 1987, former Quartermaster 3rd Class Bond serves as a representative for hundreds of thousands of enlisted men... -
The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Edmond J. Moran, USNR (Ret.): 1896-1993 by Edmond J. Moran, USNR (Ret.) 9781682691793
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £32.94A principal focus of this memoir is Admiral Moran's service with the Navy and the Maritime Commission during the 20th century's two great world wars. In World War I he was an enlisted man and junior... -
The Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Thomas R. Weschler, USN (Ret.), vol. I: 1917-2016 by Thomas R. Weschler 9781682692639
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £38.00Weschler was not commissioned at the time of his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1939 because he did not meet the vision standards. Thus he became a merchant marine officer and served until... -
The Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Thomas R. Weschler, USN (Ret.), vol. II: 1917-2016 by Thomas R. Weschler 9781682692646
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £38.00Weschler was not commissioned at the time of his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1939 because he did not meet the vision standards. Thus he became a merchant marine officer and served until... -
The Reminiscences of Justice William Sylvester White: 1914-2004 by William Sylvester White 9781682692660
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £32.94After growing up in Chicago, White got his education in the city, including a law degree from the University of Chicago. Following private practice, he became an assistant U.S. attorney for the... -
The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Almon C. Wilson, Medical Corps, USN (Ret.): 1924-2003 by Almon C. Wilson, USN (Ret.) 9781682692691
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £38.00This is a rare volume in the Naval Institute collection in that it deals primarily with a staff corps officer. Even so, Wilson was commissioned as a line officer in 1944 and served the last year of... -
The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Joseph Muse Worthington, USN (Ret.): 1902-1986 by Joseph Muse Worthington, USN (Ret.) 9781682692707
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £38.00Rear Admiral Joseph Muse, U.S. Navy (Reitired) served in the Memphis, operating in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Asiatic fleets, then in the USS Tutuila (PR-4) on the Yangtze Patrol. In 1940, while... -
The Reminiscences of Adm. Thomas B. Hayward, USN (Ret.): 1924- by Thomas B. Hayward, USN (Ret.) 9781682692745
RRP: £60.99Booksplease Price: £43.37As Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Hayward was noted for his role in formulating U.S. maritime strategy and for drastically reducing the amount of illegal drug use on the part of Navy officers and... -
The Reminiscences of Capt. Henri Smith-Hutton, USN (Ret.), vol. I: 1901-1977 by Henri Smith-Hutton, USN (Ret.) 9781682692776
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £32.94Anyone with an interest in the operations of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet during the pre-World War II period will find much of interest in this memoir. Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1922,... -
The Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Kent L. Lee, USN (Ret.), vol. I: 1923-2017 by Paul L Stillwell, USNR (Ret.) 9781682692790
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £39.96Coming from a rural background in South Carolina, Lee enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and became an aviation mechanic before entering pre-flight training. He became a naval aviator in 1943 and the... -
The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Julian T. Burke Jr., USN (Ret.): 1918-2011 by Julian T. Burke, Jr., USN (Ret.) 9781682699850
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £38.00After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1940, Burke served in the battleships West Virginia (BB-48) and North Carolina (BB-55); he was in the first crew of "The Showboat." After Submarine School... -
The Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Robert Taylor Scott Keith, USN (Ret.): 1905-1989 by Vice Adm. Robert Taylor Scott Keith, USN (Ret.) 9781682699881
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £28.08A 1928 graduate of the Naval Academy, Admiral Keith spent much of his active career in battleships and destroyers such as the USS Utah (BB-31), Arizona (BB-39), Overton (DD-239), and Aylwin (DD-355)... -
The Reminiscences of Adm. Arleigh Burke, USN (Ret.), vol. I, Special Series on Selected Subjects: 1901-1996 by Arleigh A. Burke, USN (Ret.) 9781682699935
RRP: £60.99Booksplease Price: £43.79With a career spanning from World War II to Korea to service as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy years, Admiral Arleigh Burke was instrumental in molding the Navy into the... -
The Reminiscences of Adm. Carlisle A. H. Trost, USN (Ret.): 1930-2020 by Carlisle A. H. Trost, USN (Ret.) 9781682699997
RRP: £60.99Booksplease Price: £43.37Born in Valmeyer, Illinois, in 1930, Trost entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1949. He was commissioned an ensign in 1953, graduating first in his class. He reported to the destroyer USS Robert A... -
The Reminiscences of Adm. David Lamar McDonald, USN (Ret.): 1906-1997 by David Lamar McDonald, USN (Ret.) 9781682690178
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £45.80Admiral McDonald served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1963 to 1967--a most difficult period and one of increasing involvement of U.S. forces in Southeast Asia. His career includes a number of... -
The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Thomas J. Hamilton, USN (Ret.): 1905-1994 by Thomas J. Hamilton, USN (Ret.) 9781682691182
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £40.17This memoir concentrates on the two major aspects of Admiral Hamilton's career - in athletics and in naval aviation. He played for the Naval Academy's national championship football team in 1926 and... -
The Reminiscences of Capt. Glyn Jones, CHC, USN (Ret.): 1915-1994 by Glyn Jones 9781682691342
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £38.00A good deal of the chaplain's career was spent with the U.S. Marines. From time to time he was involved in such controversial issues as compulsory chapel attendance, civil liberties, the rule of law... -
The Reminiscences of Capt. Franklin F. Shellenbarger, USMS (Ret.): 1920-2008 by Franklin F. Shellenbarger, USMS (Ret.) 9781682692295
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £38.00This memoir covers Shellenbarger's service in both the Navy and the merchant marine. He enlisted in the Navy in 1938 and before his enlistment expired in 1941 he was assigned to the old sailing ship... -
The Reminiscences of Vice Adm. William R. Smedberg III, USN (Ret.), vol. I: 1902-1994 by Vice Adm. William R. Smedberg, III, USN (Ret.) 9781682692318
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £38.00A man of considerable enthusiasm and energy, Smedberg was in the class of 1926 at the Naval Academy and reported afterward for a year of duty in the USS New Mexico (BB-40). He then spent three years... -
The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Malcolm F. Schoeffel, USN (Ret.): 1898-1991 by Malcolm F. Schoeffel, USN (Ret.) 9781682699133
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £38.00After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1918, Admiral Schoeffel had duty with the Destroyer Force in the Atlantic during World War I. Designated a naval aviator in 1921, he served in air squadrons... -
The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Richard W. Schneider, USCGR (Ret.): 1946- by Richard W. Schneider, USCGR (Ret.) 9781682699140
RRP: £60.99Booksplease Price: £42.57Schneider has had an unconventional career. He set out to be an active-duty career officer in the Coast Guard. But the illness and death of his first wife led him into the Coast Guard Reserve and a... -
The Reminiscences of Capt. Wilma Leona Jackson, Nurse Corps, USN (Ret.): 1909-1998 by Wilma Leona Jackson, Nurse Corps, USN (Ret.) 9781682699294
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £32.94This was originally intended as a full-length oral memoir, but a decline in Captain Jackson’s health prevented further sessions beyond the first one. Nonetheless, it provides valuable insights into... -
The Reminiscences of Adm. George W. Anderson Jr., USN (Ret.), vol. 2: 1906-1992 by George W. Anderson 9781682474020
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £32.94This oral history traces the early career of a future Chief of Naval Operations from Naval Academy graduation in 1927 through command of Carrier Division Six in the Mediterranean in 1958-59. Along...