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By: Tim Barrett

ISBN: 9780522871586
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
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How does the Royal Australian Navy best prepare for the future Vice Admiral Tim Barrett forcefully argues the answer is by reimagining the way the Navy views itself, especially its domestic and international relationships. In The Navy and the Nation Vice Admiral Barrett outlines the extensive opportunities for the service and Australia if the Navy is embraced as a national enterprise.


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By: David Stevens

ISBN: 9781741142006
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2005
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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A history of the Australian navy focusing on the contribution of the RAN in peace and war to Australia's development and the potential it has to continue this into the future.


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By: Erich Topp

ISBN: 9780275938987
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 1992
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Admiral Topp's memoirs reflect the faith, hopes, errors, and transformations in a man's life, indeed those of a whole generation whose understanding of history and ideology were held captive by the myth of power.


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By: David Stevens

ISBN: 9781741141849
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2005
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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The definitive account of the part the Royal Australian Navy played in the Second World War.


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By: Robert Wilkinson-Latham

ISBN: 9780850452488
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 1977
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Gregory Fremont-Barnes

ISBN: 9781846031380
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, Britain was the undisputed master of the seas, owing to the power and strength of the Royal Navy. This book examines the commanders, men, and ships of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and discusses the Navy's command structure and its organisation at sea.


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By: John Pina Craven

ISBN: 9780743223263
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2002
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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A first-hand account from a principal figure in the Cold War reveals how the submarine service kept the peace during these turbulent years.


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By: A. B. Feuer

ISBN: 9780275962128
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The story of the U.S. Navy's contributions to the Allied victory in World War 1, this is the tale of the U.S. Merchant Marine, the Naval Air Service, and the captains of industry who made victory possible.


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By: Edward J. Sheehy

ISBN: 9780313276156
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 1992
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A study of US naval operations in the Mediterranean from 1945 to 1947, showing how America assumed the traditionally British role of providing Western naval strength in the area, and detailing how an American squadron grew from skeleton size in 1945 into a powerful armada by the end of 1947.


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By: Mark Henry

ISBN: 9781841763019
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An illustrated guide to the uniforms and equipment of the men and women of the US Navy during its huge contribution to the war 1941-45 - in the Pacific, where USN operations were the essential foundation of the Allied war effort, and also in the Atlantic and NW Europe.


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By: Kenneth J. Hagan

ISBN: 9780029134719
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 1992
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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A scholarly history of the United States Navy in peace and war. The author narrates the entire span of more than two centuries of naval tradition and command, and covers the evolution of armaments, ship design, the Navy's mission, and the careers of some of the Navy's distinguished figures.


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By: Gordon Williamson

ISBN: 9781841763620
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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One of the greatest threats to Britain during World War I was the German U-Boat menace. Gordon Williamson traces the development of the U-Boat from the Brandtaucher, designed by Wilhelm Bauer in 1850, through to the commissioning of Germany's first U-Boat to go into service, the U-1, in 1906.


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By: Gordon Rottman

ISBN: 9780313319068
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Including extensive information only found in scattered sources or official documents and archives, this book provides detailed coverage of all organizational aspects of the Marine Corps units in World War II's Pacific Theater.


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By: Boris Makeev

ISBN: 9780275953874
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 1995
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book is an effort by two naval experts, one a retired Russian Naval officer, the other an American naval arms control analyst, to look at the future relationship of the world's two greatest navies following the end of the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union.


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By: Angus Konstam

ISBN: 9781841763064
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The first seagoing ironclad was the USS Monitor, first introduced during the American Civil War. Its profile has made it one of the most easily recognized warships of all time. This title covers the design, development and operational history of the Union's Monitor fleet.


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By: Bickford Hooper

ISBN: 9780275927387
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 1988
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This work presents a selective review of naval power, changes in power that have occured over time, and the employment of that power during peace and war times.


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By: Paolo E. Coletta

ISBN: 9780313231339
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 1985
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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"[An] excellent source of detailed information about both famous and obscure places in U.S. naval history." Reference Books Bulletin


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By: Paolo E. Coletta

ISBN: 9780313245046
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 1985
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Histories of all important and historically significant overseas U.S. naval and Marine Corps bases and facilities are presented alphabetically in this work.


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By: James Arnold

ISBN: 9781841764757
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This title, the second of two, examines the careers, personalities and fortunes of the key US Naval and Marine commanders of World War II. Among those covered are (USMC) Holland Smith, Julian Smith, Lemuel Shepherd, A. Vandergrift, Roy S. Geiger and (Navy) John P.S. Devereaux, John D. Bulkeley.


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By: Lawrence Burr

ISBN: 9781846032677
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Robert Hargis

ISBN: 9781841763897
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This title examines the life and experiences of the World War II US naval aviator in all three types of carrier squadron - fighters, dive-bombers and the torpedo squadrons. From recruitment to battle, the detail of what it was like to fly and fight for the US Navy is brought to life in this volume.


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By: Mir Bahmanyar

ISBN: 9781841768076
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Jim Christley

ISBN: 9781846031687
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The advent of nuclear power transformed the submarine from a slow underwater vessel, incapable of staying submerged for long periods, into a weapon of stealth and endurance. This title takes a look at the controversial design and development of the nuclear submarine.


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By: A.M. Gray

ISBN: 9780385478342
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 1995
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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An authentic American philosophy of action that will thrill the millions of fans of Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Musahi's The Book of Five Rings, this modern classic of strategy and philosophy is the quintessential guide to prevailing in every competitive situation, be it war, work, play, or daily living. Targeted ads/media.

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