The schooner America was a technological marvel and a child star. In the summer of 1851, just weeks after her launching at New York, shecrossed the Atlantic and sailed to an upset victory against a fleet of champions. The silver cup she won that day is still coveted by sportsmen. Almost immediately after that famous victory, she began a ......
A first-ever compilation of the most courageous and stunning Coast Guard rescue stories. The Coast Guard is one of the nation's five military services, which exist to defend and preserve the United States, and the Coast Guard's rescue personnel are second to none. In The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told, the editor has pulled together ......
Although naval development before World War II focused on aircraft carriers, the British nevertheless had seventy battleships--larger and more powerful than ever before--under construction when war broke out in 1939.
An Analysis of the Battle and the Loss of HMS Hood
On 24 May 1941 within minutes of battle being joined the pride of the Royal Navy, 'HMS Hood', had been sunk and its newest battleship outfought. However, the 'Bismarck' had also been seriously wounded. This book analyses the battle and sheds light on it through a re-analysis of photographic images and documentary evidence to detail the events.
U-Boats, Politics, Chivalry, Lies and Murder during the First World War
Sound of Hunger is a true story that centres on two German brothers, Erich and Georg Gerth, u-boat commanders, and the First Word War and its aftermath. The Gerths' lives and careers as navy officers are set against the military, political and social environment of their times.
Illustrated history of naval and and air campaigns. The air war over Gallipoli, Japan;s 1895 assult on China, German amphibious campaigns in the Black Sea and Baltic, Australia in Vietnam and Korea, Air defence of ships in the Falklands, and many other important operations.
The RAN and other navies have been forced to forsee a demanding future, relying on the forces that design them today. Here, commentators examine the shifting realities of technology, the environment, industry, fleet design, and power relations.
This concise but exhaustive treatment of sea powers examines the strengths and weaknesses of maritime power, including chapters on mutiny, blockades, coalitions, expeditionary warfare, piracy, commerce raiding, and soft power operations. Throughout, Elleman analyzes the competition between land power and sea power strategies.
