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The Terrible Hours

Peter Maas

On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension on shore, ...

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Published: Aug 2000

The Naval War of 1812

Theodore Roosevelt

Published when Theodore Roosevelt was only twenty-three years old, The Naval War of 1812 was immediately hailed as a literary and scholarly triumph, and it is still considered the definitive book on the subject. It caused considerable...

Unabridged CD
Published: Apr 2012

All Hands Down: The True Story of the...

Kenneth Sewell

Sewell, a submarine veteran, and Preisler, a writer of techno-thrillers, add little new evidence in their version of the story; their new data is unfailingly familiar and they never succeed in making a persuasive case for the conspira...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jun 2008

Indianapolis: The True Story of the W...

Lynn Vincent

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "GRIPPING…THIS YARN HAS IT ALL." —USA TODAY• "A WONDERFUL BOOK." —Christian Science Monitor• "ENTHRALLING." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) • "A MUST-READ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jul 2018

Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft...

Tom Clancy

They are floating cities with crews of thousands. They are the linchpins of any military strategy, for they provide what has become the key to every battle fought since World War I: air superiority. The mere presence of a U.S. naval ...

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Published: Feb 1999

Republican Roman Warships 509-27 BC

Raffaele D'Amato

The birth of the mighty Roman Navy was anchored in the Romans' extraordinary ability to absorb and perfect the technology of other states and empires. Indeed, during the clash of the great Mediterranean powers in the Punic Wars of the...

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Published: Sep 2015

Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of t...

J. R. Hale

Noted archaeologist John R. Hale presents a stirring history of the world's first dominant navy and the towering empire it built.

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2009

British Destroyers 1939 45: Pre-War C...

Angus Konstam

The Royal Navy entered World War II with a large but eclectic fleet of destroyers. Some of these were veterans of World War I, fit only for escort duties. Most though, had been built during the inter-war period, and were regarded as b...

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Published: Apr 2017

Gunboats of World War I

Angus Konstam

From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, from the Balkans to Mesopotamia, gunboats played an influential part in the story of World War I. This detailed technical guide to the gunboats of all the major navies of the war means that, fo...

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Published: Apr 2015

Austro-Hungarian Cruisers and Destroy...

Ryan K. Noppen

At 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 ve...

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Published: Dec 2016

The Death of the USS Thresher: The St...

Norman Polmar

A must-read for submarine buffs! On the morning of April 10, 1963, the world's most advanced submarine was on a test dive off the New England coast when she sent a message to a support ship a thousand feet above her on the surface: ex...

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Published: Oct 2017

Red November: Inside the Secret U.S.-...

W. Craig Reed

Few know how close the world has come to annihilation better than the warriors who served America during the Cold War. Now, in this riveting new history, W. Craig Reed provides an eye-opening, pulse-pounding account of the underwater ...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2010

The Naval War of 1812: A Complete His...

Theodore Roosevelt

Although only 23 years old at the time of publication, Theodore Roosevelt made his mark as a military scholar with this detailed analysis of naval combat between the United States and Great Britain from 1812–15. Engagingly written a...

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Published: Sep 2017

Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story o...

Sherry Sontag

Originally published in 1998 and a best seller in its hardcover and paperback publications, Blind Man's Bulffis a dramatic, and riveting history. Over the course of five years, investigative reporters Sherry Sontag and Chris Drew inte...

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Published: Apr 2016

The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of...

Paul Stillwell

This book profiles the courageous and groundbreaking Golden Thirteen---the U.S. Navy's first African American officers on active duty---who recall in their own words how each maintained his dignity, pride, and humor in the face of pre...

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Published: Nov 2010

Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a...

Robert Drury

Halsey's Typhoon is the story of World War II's most unexpected disaster at sea. In the final days of 1944, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey is the Pacific theater's most popular and colorful naval hero. After a string of victo...

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Published: Nov 2007

Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at...

Bill Sloan

A Band of Brothers for the Pacific, this is the gut-wrenching but ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most ferocious-yet largely forgotten-battle of World War II.Between September 15 and October 15, 1944, the First Marine Divi...

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Published: Jul 2005

Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuc...

Tom Clancy

The best-selling novelist exposes the inner workings of the nuclear submarine, the core of America's nuclear arsenal, using previously unrevealed diagrams and photographs along with formerly top-secret information, in an updated editi...

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Published: Jan 2002

Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malt...

Roger Crowley

Set during the height of the Ottoman Empire and with Christendom weakened and vulnerable, this is the story of the fifty-year battle for domination of the Mediterranean, centered around the titanic battles of Rhodes, Malta, and Lepant...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Jul 2008

The Gun Club: U.S.S. Duncan at Cape E...

Robert Fowler

The U.S. Navy’s first planned battle of WWII is told through the extraordinary, little-known story of USS DUNCAN, the first Allied warship to penetrate a Japanese battle-line. From their first encounter with their celebrated captain...

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Published: Oct 2017

Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of t...

John R. Hale

A rousing history of the world's first dominant navy and the towering empire it built The Athenian Navy was one of the finest fighting forces in the history of the world. It engineered a civilization, empowered the world's first demo...

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Published: Apr 2010

Soviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruise...

Edward Hampshire

Heavily armed and formidable, guided missile cruisers formed the core of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. From the last class of conventional Sverdlov-class cruisers through to increasingly complex and formidable missile cruisers,...

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Published: Jan 2017

Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of t...

Edward Hampshire

The Soviet Union's cruise missile submarines, from the modified Whiskey to the Oscar II classes, were among the most formidable vessels of the Cold War. They were initially designed to carry land attack nuclear-tipped cruise missiles ...

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Published: Jul 2018

Poseidon Oceanic Multipurpose System:...

Hugh Harkins

Poseidon Oceanic Multipurpose System - Russia’s Nuclear Strike Undersea DroneThe purpose of this volume is to provide a short overview of the Poseidon Oceanic Multipurpose System, which remains, in 2019, shrouded in the highest leve...

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Published: Mar 2019

Rescue Warriors

David Helvarg

The Extraordinary Story Of The U.S. Coast GuardSince its inception more than 200 years ago, the United States Coast Guard has rescued over 1.1 million people. Yet, despite having more than fifty thousand active and reserve members, mo...

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Published: May 2010

Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroye...

Clint Johnson

"Mr. Johnson has ... produced a technical history of destroyers as all-around naval weapons. Anyone interested in these ships will value his efforts." --TheWall Street Journal A "well-written" and "enjoyabl...

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Published: Apr 2020

Commonwealth Cruisers 1939-45

Angus Konstam

In the early 20th century Britain's largest colonies established their own small naval presence, and their ships fought alongside the Royal Navy during World War I. These fleets were expanded slightly during the inter-war years, and i...

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Published: Oct 2015

Us Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916-45: Cal...

Mark Lardas

Four pipes and flush decks--these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design. Devised immediately prior to and during the United States' involvement in World War I they dominated the US Navy's destroyer forces all the way th...

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Published: Jun 2018

Fighting Sail - Fleet Actions 1775-18...

Ryan Miller

In the years between 1776 and 1815, grand square-rigged sailing ships dominated warfare on the high seas. Fighting Sail is a tabletop wargame of fleet battles in this age of canvas, cannon, and timbers. Players take on the roles of fl...

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Published: May 2015

German Commerce Raiders 1914-18

Ryan Noppen

This is the story of Germany's commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes of vital resources being shipped from the furthest reaches of the Empire. To that end...

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Published: Nov 2015
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