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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Navy & Army Illustrated
Author: Navy and Army Illustrated
Author: The Illustrated naval and military magazine
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
Author: J. R. HillPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198605270
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Britain is an island nation and throughout history its navy has been of great importance for its defence. As a consequence it has always had a special significance and has over the centuries entrenched itself in the national psyche, making itself manifest not only through the hero-worship ofits principal characters such as Horatio Nelson and Sir Francis Drake but also finding expression through art, music, and literature.Like any great national institution, the navy is a complex web of interconnected histories - operational, strategic, political, economic, administrative, technological, and social. Now updated for its paperback edition, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy, in a series of fourteenchapters, provides a thorough and engaging treatment of these histories, covering every aspect of naval history from the Anglo-Saxon period to the dawn of the new millennium.The book explores:Major action and campaigns - the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the Anglo-Dutch Wars, the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland, the Atlantic Campaign of 1939-45, the Falklands conflict, the Gulf War, and attacks on terrorist bases in Afghanistan in 2001.Developments in naval history and technology - navigational advances, surveying, constructional developments, disaster relief, the suppression of the slave trade, and the Strategic Defence Review of 1998.Key personalities - Drake and Nelson, Samuel Pepys, Francis Beaufort, Jackie Fisher, Lord Charles Beresford, Lord Jellicoe.Naval life - recruitment (press gangs, training, education, discipline), tactics, gunnery and armaments, amphibious operations, wages and conditions, victualling and supply.How and when did Britain's perception of the sea change from a thing of fear to a 'moat defence' (in the words of Shakespeare)?How did the navy's administrative systems develop during the Tudor period?During the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, its greatest period of expansion, how did the navy develop strategically and operationally?How successfully did the navy defend the British Empire during the nineteenth century?What role did the navy play in Victorian Britain's thirst for exploring of the world?What technical developments have been important to the navy?What effect did two world wars have on the role of the Royal Navy?What does the modern navy look like now and what about the future?With a full chronology, which has been brought up to date to the end of 2001, an extensive list of further reading, 16 pages of colour plates, 23 maps, 6 special Action Station diagram 'box' features, and around 200 black-and-white integrated illustrations, this is an authoritative and highlyreadable account of a unique fighting service and its people.
Combat at Close Quarters
Author: Edward J. MaroldaPublisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781682471951
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A heavily-illustrated coffee-table book on U.S. Naval operations in the Vietnam War.
Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The U.S. Navy
Author: Nathan MillerPublisher: Simon & Schuster
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Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The 200-year history of the U.S. Navy is told vividly here in stirring authoritative prose which is dramatized by more than 400 carefully chosen illustrations.
The Illustrated Directory of the United States Navy
Author: Chester G. HearnPublisher: Zenith Press
ISBN: 9780760315576
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Powerfully illustrated with the dramatic works of famous artists, contemporary images, and specially commissioned photographs of historic artifacts, this superb book also describes the furious battles the Navy has fought and major weapons it has used.
The U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War
Author: Edward J. MaroldaPublisher: Potomac Books
ISBN: 9781574884371
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This title presents a clear, objective and detailed account of the policies, campaigns, programs and operations involving naval personnel in Vietnamancd conbining an excellent mix of photgraphs and combat art depicting Navy ships, aircraft, facilities and especially people
The SBS in World War II
Author: Gavin MortimerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472804813
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A gripping history of Britain's Special Boat Squadron in World War II, drawing on veteran interviews and including rare photographs from the SAS Regimental Association. The Special Boat Squadron was Britain's most exclusive Special Forces unit during World War II, and yet its exploits have been largely forgotten. This book tells its story. Highly trained, totally secretive and utterly ruthless, the SBS was established as an entity in its own right in early 1943. Unlike its sister unit, which numbered more than 1,000 men, the SBS never comprised more than 100. Led by men such as the famed Victoria Cross recipient Anders Lassen, the SBS went from island to island in the Mediterranean, landing in the dead of night in small fishing boats and launching savage hit and run raids on the Germans. Through unrivalled access to the archives of the SAS Regimental Association and interviews with the surviving members of the unit, Gavin Mortimer has pieced together the dramatic feats of this elite fighting force. In this new and updated paperback edition, featuring additional content including new text and photographs, the unit and its members are finally granted the recognition that they so richly deserve.