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An exploration of the Confederate ironclad fleet of the American Civil War. It includes a cutaway of one of the most famous ships of the period, the CSS Virginia, and eight pages of artwork depicting the variety of different ironclads.

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The Confederate states adopted radical solutions to counter the naval superiority of their opponents. One solution was the adoption of commerce raiders. This work describes the reasons which forced the confederates to resort to commerce raiding.

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The primary Union strategy during the American Civil War was a massive naval blockade of the entire Southern coastline of the Confederacy, and it was in the effort to counter this blockade that the Confederates developed their first submarines and torpedo boats.

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The swashbuckling English sea captains of the Elizabethan era were a particular breed of adventurer, combining maritime and military skill with a seemingly insatiable appetite for Spanish treasure. Angus Konstam describes these characters, including such sea dogs as Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh, John Hawkins and Martin Frobisher.

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In 1862 Union General, George B. McClellan attempted to end the Civil War with a single campaign to capture the Confederate capital Richmond. This title shows how McClelland failed to take advantage of the opportunity to change the face of the war.

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An exploration of Guilford Courthouse, which ended the British domination of the southern colonies and was a key battle in the American War of Independence. It describes the see-saw battle, drawing on primary sources as well as the author's own knowledge of the battlefields.

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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 is a detailed technical guide to the gunboats of all the major navies of the war.

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During 1861-62, Confederate engineers transformed a steam frigate into an ironclad warship. It was in Hampton Roads that the first clash between two ironclads took place. This text details why the battle was important in naval history, ushering in a new age of naval warfare and warship design.

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The most famous admiral in history, Horatio Nelson's string of naval victories helped secure Britain's place as the world's dominant maritime power, a position she held for more than a century after Nelson's death. Today Nelson is revered as an almost mythical figure - a naval genius and a national hero. This book reveals the real Nelson.

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For much of the 16th century the Mediterranean was a battleground between Christians and Muslims. This work details a five hour melee in which the Christians inflicted a decisive defeat on the Turks in a battle which proved to be the last great galley fight of all time.

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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, is one of the great commanders of history. This book looks at the many highs and lows in the career of the most successful British general of his era.

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At the start of the American Civil War, neither North nor South had warships on either side of the Mississippi River. Gradually, both sides converted existing riverboats into powerful naval weapons. This title describes their design, development and operation throughout the American Civil War.

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The first illustrated book about the Nile river gunboats, this fascinating account of imperial war machines will appeal to colonial-era wargamers, and naval and military history enthusiasts.

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An account of the battle at Pavia in 1525 between France and the Holy Roman Empire. The Habsburg emperor Charles V defeated and captured Francis I of France; the battle marked the onset of Habsburg dominance in Italy.

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This volume details the uniforms and insignia of Peter the Great's cavalry during the period when he transformed Russia's army into a modern fighting force.

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The Pictish warrior was part of an identifiable and close-knit unit. This volume shows how, despite this, group cohesion does not seem to have been a military strong point and the emphasis for the warrior was on individual skill in single combat.

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"Pirate: The Golden Age".

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This book portrays an accurate picture of the pirates who sailed in the waters of the Caribbean and off the American coastline during the 'golden age' of piracy between 1660 and 1730.

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Offers an account of the origins, events and outcome of the Battle of Poltava in 1709, at which Peter the Great's newly modernized Russian Army smashed the Swedish Army of Charles XII, thus ending more than 50 years of Swedish military supremacy in northern Europe.

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Details the privateer captains of the golden age of "state-sponsored piracy" - men such as John Paul Jones, Jean Lafitte, and Benito de Soto. It includes episodes such as Bonhomme Richard's epic battle with HMS Serapis.

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For most of the Renaissance period, naval warfare in the Mediterranean was dominated by the war galley. This title examines the development of the war galley from its classically inspired resurrection in the 15th century until its demise in the early 17th century.

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The first major naval action of World War II, the Battle of the River Plate was a British victory. Highly-illustrated, this engaging study will appeal to military and naval historians alike.

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In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Using documentary records, memoirs from all sides, this title recreates the battle day by day, hour by hour.