A classic work covering over 2,000 years of naval history, from Greek and Roman galley warfare to Vietnam.
51 Moore, Songs and Ballads, 233. 52 N. Miller, Sea of Glory, 353. 53 NYPL: Navy Board of the Eastern Division Letter Book, 31 October 1778. 54 Buel, In Irons, 27. 55 F.H. Smith, Memorial, 6–8. 56 APDE: Adams Family Papers, III, ...
An illustrated presentation of naval military history and evolution.
The Political Uses of Sea Power
Admiral Gorshkov has transformed the Soviet fleet into a world sea power for the first time in Russian history.
... R.C. Mottram, in testimony to the House of Commons Defence Committee, 3 February 1988, House of Commons Session 1987-88, Defence Committee, Sixth Report, The Future Role and Size of the Royal Navy Surface Fleet, p. 8. 5.
At the beginning of the 21st century much has remained the same in naval terms but much has changed. Geoffrey Till's study is an exploration of how change will impact upon the world's navies.
Doyle, Langley's commanding officer, remarked following the exercise that his aviators had held their own against the air raid. The carrier's fighters continuously harassed black bombers and torpedo aircraft. Doyle was also confident ...
Lincoln's Lee: The Life of Samuel Phillips Lee, United States Navy, 1812–1897. ... Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: The Mississippi Squadron. McPherson, J.M. (2012). War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861–1865.
This is the fourth, revised and updated, edition of Geoffrey Till's Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-first Century.
“An important contribution . . . a thoughtful account of the years preceding the Second World War and, at much greater length, of the war itself.” —History In this second volume of his history of naval power in the 20th century, H. P. ...