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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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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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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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The definitive account of the part the Royal Australian Navy played in the Second World War.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"[An] excellent source of detailed information about both famous and obscure places in U.S. naval history." Reference Books Bulletin

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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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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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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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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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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.