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Broad Subject	BIC Subject	ISBN	Title	Publisher	Publication Date	USD Price	Short Description	No of Pages
History > Military History	Second World War\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591148029	The Big E	Naval Institute Press	42551	117	A lasting tribute to the <em>USS Enterprise</em>, this heavily illustrated, new edition tells the classic tale of the carrier that contributed more than any other warship to the naval victory in the Pacific. The original book, published in 1962, has remained one of the most celebrated World War II stories for more than four decades.	544
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591147954	One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power	Naval Institute Press	40481	58.435		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591147787	We Were Pirates	Naval Institute Press	40086	45.435		277
History > Military History	Vietnam War	9781591147763	Fire from the Sky	Naval Institute Press	42400	32.435	Tells the dramatic history of the HAL-3 Seawolves, the US Navy's first and only helicopter gunship squadron of the Vietnam War. Gleaned from historical documents and the colourful recollections of more than sixty Seawolf warriors, this is the first complete history of the most decorated Navy squadron of the Vietnam War.	288
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591147558	Samurai	Naval Institute Press	40359	32.435		277
History > Military History	Military history\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591146896	Hunters and Killers	Naval Institute Press	42368	58.435	Offers the first comprehensive history of all aspects of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) from its beginnings in the 18th century through the important role of present anti-submarine systems and operations. In addition to tactical and strategic narratives of major ASW campaigns, the work covers the evolution of ASW sensors, weapons, platforms, and tactics.	224
History > Military History	Second World War	9781591146780	Battleship Arizona	Naval Institute Press	42490	78	The tragic sight of the Arizona burning after the attack on Pearl Harbor is in US national memory. She sustained more losses that day than any other ship in the US Navy's history - 1,177 men. Now available in paperback, <em>Battleship Arizona</em> recounts the attack through the riveting stories of her survivors as part of describing in detail the battleship's twenty-five-year career.	418
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591146735	Character in Action	Naval Institute Press	38016	32.435		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591146490	Iraq and Back	Naval Institute Press	40785	25.935		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591146476	Capturing Jonathan Pollard	Naval Institute Press	40086	25.935		277
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography: historical, political & military\|Air forces & warfare\|Reference works	9781591146414	Wings of Valor	Naval Institute Press	42704	65	A hero's action is always extraordinary because it is so contrary to the basic human instincts of self-preservation and survival. For the fighter ace, it is often "kill or be killed". The men whose images and stories are told in <em>Wings of Valor</em>reflect the courage and determination it takes to get no less than five "kills" in aerial combat and return from each mission alive.	244
History > Military History	Second World War\|Naval forces & warfare\|Reference works	9781591146384	The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II	Naval Institute Press	42643	45.5	Ten years after the close of World War II, the U.S. Navy published a chronology of its operations in the war. Long out of print, the work focused on what were then defined as critical and decisive events. This greatly expanded and updated study goes far beyond the original work, drawing on information from more than forty additional years of historical research and writing.	400
History > Military History	Military history\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591146346	Great American Naval Battles	Naval Institute Press	42612	45.435	Compiled and introduced by naval historian Jack Sweetman, this collection of essays presents authoritative accounts of nineteen of the most important battles fought by American naval forces. Written to both educate and entertain, each of the essays provides a scene setting overview of the strategic situation at the time of the battle, a description of the action itself, and an examination of its significance.	456
History > Military History	Second World War	9781591146322	Death on the Hellships	Naval Institute Press	42581	35.035	Though the Japanese treatment of prisoners of war during World War II has been written about before, only with this detailed chronicle will readers come to appreciate the true dimensions of the Allied POW experience at sea. Gregory Michno draws on American, British, Australian, and Dutch POW accounts, Japanese convoy histories, declassified radio intelligence reports, and a wealth of archival sources.	384
History > Military History	Military history\|Maritime history\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591146230	Iron Men and Tin Fish	Naval Institute Press	40237	29.835	Building his case out of research from US, British, and German archives, and from interviews with submarine veterans, Anthony Newpower presents a study of the politics and technology behind the high failure rate of US torpedoes early in WWII. His investigation focuses on the defects in the Mark XIV, which often ran deeper than the set depth, detonated prematurely, and/or failed to explode on hitting a target.	256
History > Miscellaneous	History\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591146063	The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II	Naval Institute Press	42551	48.035	This intimate view of the US Coast Guard's dramatic World War II record has long been considered a classic. First published in 1957 and out of print for years, it is now available in paperback. Handsomely illustrated with more than 200 photographs, the book serves as a unique memento of one of the most illustrious periods in the Coast Guard's 200-year history.	422
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591146032	Nelson, Navy & Nation	Naval Institute Press	41516	49.335		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare\|Military aircraft	9781591145905	Wings for the Fleet	Naval Institute Press	42581	54.6	The men who ventured into the air in the Navy's first aircraft were not only daring - they had vision, persistence, and a nearly unlimited determination to convince the sceptics that their frail kite-like structures could someday possess military value. <em>Wings for the Fleet</em> is the story of their trials, tragedies, and triumphs.	188
History > Military History	Second World War\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591145899	Mr. Roosevelt's Navy	Naval Institute Press	42643	42.835	The US Navy was at war in the Atlantic long before 7 December 1941, but little is known about that conflict. <em>Mr. Roosevelt's Navy</em> is a vivid, thoroughly researched account of this undeclared war upon which Franklin Roosevelt embarked in order to sway the desperate Battle of the Atlantic in favour of Britain's hard-pressed Royal Navy.	532
Politics > Miscellaneous	Military intelligence\|Constitutional & administrative law	9781591145875	Rebuttal	Naval Institute Press	42277	22.035	In December 2014, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) released a 500+ page executive summary of a 6,000 page study of the CIA's detention and interrogation of al Qa'ida terrorists. In early 2015 publishers released the study in book form and called it "the report" on "torture." <em>Rebuttal</em> presents the "rest of the story".	352
History > Military History	Vietnam War	9781591145868	Through the Valley	Naval Institute Press	42490	38.935	Presents the memoir of an American prisoner of war in Vietnam. It is the true story of courage, hope, and survival. This is an account with lessons for those in service who continue to face the demands of combat. It is also a human story that appeals to a broad general readership around the world.	256
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591145837	Warships After Washington	Naval Institute Press	42246	45.435	The Washington Treaty of 1922 was a watershed event designed to head off a potentially dangerous arms race between the major naval powers. The terms of the treaty included an agreement to legally bind limits on the number and size of principal warship types. <em>Warships After Washington</em> is unique in its coverage of the political and strategic background of the treaty.	277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591145806	NIMITZ	Naval Institute Press	39537	42.835		277
Literature > Miscellaneous	Fiction & related items\|History\|Warfare & defence	9781591145646	Philip Nolan	Naval Institute Press	42490	38.935	This is Chuck Pfarrer's captivating adaptation of "The Man Without a Country", the short story originally published in <em>The Atlantic</em> in 1863. Blending history and fiction, Pfarrer transforms an allegory promoting the Union cause into the story of a young artillery officer who becomes embroiled in Aaron Burr's 1807 conspiracy to invade the territories acquired in the Louisiana Purchase.	320
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591145455	Nelson's Refuge	Naval Institute Press	40846	38.935		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591145370	Potomac Fever	Naval Institute Press	40754	38.935		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591145325	Battle Surface	Naval Institute Press	40693	45.435		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591145165	U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Since 1912	Naval Institute Press	40147	64.935		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591145141	Sisterhood of Spies	Naval Institute Press	39902	25.935		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591145073	Prisoner of War	Naval Institute Press	40877	28.535		277
History > Military History	Military history\|Maritime history\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591145042	Utmost Gallantry	Naval Institute Press	40877	51.935	Focusing on the oceanic war rather than the war in the Great Lakes, this study charts the War of 1812 from the perspectives of the two opposing navies at sea. Instead of describing battles between opposing warships, McCranie evaluates entire cruises by American and British men-of-war, noting both successes and failures and how they translated into broader strategies.	384
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591144984	Tip of the Spear	Naval Institute Press	39477	28.535		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591144915	Keep From All Thoughtful Men	Naval Institute Press	40663	45.435		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591144748	The Architecture of Leadership	Naval Institute Press	39568	23.335		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591144687	Flying Black Ponies	Naval Institute Press	40086	29.835		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591144335	A Coast Guardman's History of the U.S Coastguard	Naval Institute Press	40481	45.435		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591144304	Nothing Too Daring	Naval Institute Press	41759	45.435	Commodore David Dixon Porter made history when he took the USS Essex into the Pacific and crippled the British whaling industry during the War of 1812. He was also court-martialed for his unauthorized invasion of Spanish Puerto Rico. He later sought to reverse his fortunes in the Mexican Navy. This book offers an objective, thoroughly researched biography of one of America's most colourful naval officers.	277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591144267	Newly Commissioned Naval Officer's Guide	Naval Institute Press	40116	38.935		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591144243	Tin Can Man	Naval Institute Press	40267	25.935		277
History > Military History	The Cold War\|International relations	9781591144236	Honorable Survivor	Naval Institute Press	40116	49.335	Weaves John S. Service's extraordinary story into the fabric of a watershed moment in US history when World War II was ending, the Cold War was dawning, and the McCarthy era witch-hunters were stirring. The book reveals how people, policy, and politics mix to create the circumstances of our lives - and the experiences of one man who came to be at the centre of a series of extraordinary events involving the fate of nations.	450
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591144106	ADAK	Naval Institute Press	40877	24.635		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591144083	The Last Lincoln Conspirator	Naval Institute Press	40117	25.935		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591144045	Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations	Naval Institute Press	41638	37.635		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591143840	Japanese Destroyer Captain	Naval Institute Press	40785	29.835		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591143772	Guests of the Emperor	Naval Institute Press	40359	38.935		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591143734	For Love of Country	Naval Institute Press	40481	38.935		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591143574	Service Ettiquette	Naval Institute Press	40116	57.135		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591143246	Fading Victory	Naval Institute Press	39537	51.935		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591143185	Finding Amelia	Naval Institute Press	40086	28.535		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591143161	Hell to Pay	Naval Institute Press	40116	48.035		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591142850	Unmanned Combat Air Systems	Naval Institute Press	40481	68.835		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591142812	In the Gray Area	Naval Institute Press	40451	45.435		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591142805	The Elusive Enemy	Naval Institute Press	40846	38.935		277
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography: historical, political & military\|Naval forces & warfare\|Military history	9781591142614	A Different Kind of Victory	Naval Institute Press	42581	32.435	Recipient of the 1982 John Lyman Book Award for United States Naval History, this biography of Admiral Thomas C. Hart unites fifty-five significant years of American history with a man whose central guiding force in life was the US Navy. Based on Hart's diary, <em>A Different Kind of Victory</em> investigates the forces and circumstances that shaped Hart's actions during an influential career.	376
History > Miscellaneous	History\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591142478	U.S. Battleships	Naval Institute Press	42490	71.435	Covers the development of US battleships, from the Maine and Texas of 1886, through the Montana class of World War II, up to the recommissioned Iowas. It examines the original designs as well as the many modifications and reconstructions these ships underwent during their long and active careers.	480
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591142454	Marines Under Armor	Naval Institute Press	41304	32.435		277
History > Military History	Military history	9781591142423	China Goes to Sea	Naval Institute Press	40024	64.935	Provides a truly comprehensive assessment of prospects for China's maritime development by situating important geostrategic phenomena within a larger world historical context. Too many works on China view the nation in isolation. To avoid this problem, the authors examine cases of attempted maritime transformation through the ages, from the Persian Empire to the Soviet Union.	526
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591142409	Handbook for Marine NCOs	Naval Institute Press	39782	40.235		277
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591142393	Marine Officer's Guide	Naval Institute Press	39782	42.835		277
History > Military History	Second World War\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591142317	Battleship Missouri	Naval Institute Press	42368	78	Now available in paperback, this book traces the complete story of the Missouri from her keel-laying in 1941, her participation in the Japanese surrender in 1945, and her contribution to the Persian Gulf War. Through extensive interviews and research, author Paul Stillwell has produced an engrossing portrait of the ship and her crew.	472
History > Military History	Military history\|Air forces & warfare	9781591142133	Sky Ships	Naval Institute Press	42551	76.7	Originally published in 1990, <em>Sky Ships</em> is the most comprehensive history of US Navy airships ever written. The Naval Institute Press is releasing this new edition - complete with two hundred new photographs--to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the book's publication.	336
History > Miscellaneous	Maritime history\|Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900	9781591142126	America Spreads Her Sails	Naval Institute Press	42246	38.935	In this new paperback edition of <em>America Spreads Her Sails</em>, fourteen writers and historians demonstrate how American men and goods in American-made ships moved out over Alfred Thayer Mahan's "broad common," the sea, to extend the country's commerce, power, political influence, and culture.	256
History > Military History	Military history\|Naval forces & warfare\|Sociology	9781612518657	War in the Chesapeake	Naval Institute Press	42185	58.435	In the summer of 1812, President James Madison chose to go to war against Britain. <em>War in the Chesapeake</em> illustrates the causes for the War of 1812, the political impacts of the war on America, and the war effort in the Chesapeake Bay. The book examines the early war efforts, when both countries focused efforts on Canada and the Northwest front, then goes on to discuss the war in the Chesapeake Bay.	272
Politics > International Relations	International relations\|Theory of warfare & military science\|Naval forces & warfare	9781612518534	The U.S. Naval Institute on International Naval Cooperation	Naval Institute Press	42246	28.535	International naval cooperation encompasses the interaction of the US Naval Services with the navies and militaries of treaty allies and partners nations. In addition, the term can be used to define other bilateral and multilateral defence and diplomatic activities affecting naval affairs. This volume presents an introductory discussion and selections from Naval Institute books and articles that concern these and other aspects of international naval cooperation.	192
History > Military History	Military history\|Theory of warfare & military science\|Naval forces & warfare	9781612518527	Toward a New Maritime Strategy	Naval Institute Press	42215	64.935	Examines the evolution of American naval thinking in the post-Cold War era. It recounts the development of the US Navy's key strategic documents from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to 2007. It critically analyses the US Navy's way of thinking and ideas, and recounts how they interacted with those that govern US strategy to shape the course of US naval strategy in the post-Cold War era.	320
Politics > Miscellaneous	Military veterans\|Welfare & benefit systems	9781612518503	The Military Advantage, 2015 Edition	Naval Institute Press	42093	38.935	This is the most complete annual reference guide to military and veteran's benefits. It is the most reliable benefits guide for the over 30 million Americans who have answered the call to serve in the military. These valuable benefits amount to billions in scholarships, educational benefits, home loan guarantees, and military discounts.	400
Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Studies > Encyclopaedias & reference works	Reference works\|Naval forces & warfare\|Weapons & equipment	9781612518497	The U.S. Naval Institute on Naval Innovation	Naval Institute Press	42368	28.535	Since the US Navy's beginnings, it has created, adapted, rejected, and sometimes grudgingly accepted new technologies. This entry into the <em>Wheel Book</em> series considers the nature of technological innovation in the US Navy, and discusses the manner in which the Navy is currently adopting new technologies like robotic and autonomous systems, CYBER, and LASERS.	192
Literature > Miscellaneous	Autobiography: general\|Naval forces & warfare\|Second World War	9781612518480	Harnessing the Sky	Naval Institute Press	42277	38.935	Harnessing the Sky is one of the best untold stories in 100 years of naval aviation. This biography fills an important void in the history of flight test and explores the legacy of the man who has been called "the godfather of current naval aviation". Vice Admiral Frederick M. Trapnell's calculated courage advanced the frontiers of Navy test flying more than any other aviator during one of the most perilous and thrilling periods of aviation history.	288
History > Military History	Military history\|Weapons & equipment\|Naval forces & warfare	9781612518473	Global Reach	Naval Institute Press	42368	62.335	Presents a unique view of the fiscal constraints facing the US Department of Defense and government. This title calls for US policymakers and the general public to understand the message within the book. With this understanding, the United States will ensure its future ability to acquire and maintain the sealift capability to respond to these challenges in the years to come.	336
History > Military History	The Cold War\|Military history\|Naval forces & warfare\|Geographical discovery & exploration	9781612518459	Silent and Unseen	Naval Institute Press	42154	51.935	Veteran submarine commander Captain Alfred S. McLaren describes in riveting detail the more significant events that occurred early in the Cold War during his seven years, 1958-1965, on board three attack submarines. Through myriad stories and anecdotes, his book focuses on the development of attack-boat tactics and under-ice exploration techniques.	256
History > Military History	American Civil War\|Espionage & secret services\|Naval forces & warfare\|Maritime history	9781612518367	In the Shadow of the Alabama	Naval Institute Press	42215	49.335	Looks at an allegation of betrayal made against a young Foreign Office clerk, Victor Buckley, who, it was claimed, leaked privileged information to agents of the southern States during the American Civil War. As a consequence, the CSS Alabama narrowly escaped seizure by the British government and proceeded to wage war on American shipping. Victor Buckley's background is examined against the hitherto erroneous belief that he was an insignificant member of the foreign office staff.	272
Politics > Miscellaneous	Theory of warfare & military science\|Naval forces & warfare\|Air forces & warfare\|First World War\|Second World War	9781612518343	The Battle for Britain	Naval Institute Press	42215	51.935	Presents a short review of British air and naval power from 1909-1940 and represents an attack upon "independent" airpower. The ultimate justification of independent airpower continues to undermine understandings of maritime defence and may have skewed US and UK defence policies in the wrong direction for decades.	240
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories\|Theory of warfare & military science\|Naval forces & warfare	9781612518107	21st Century Sims	Naval Institute Press	42124	28.535	For more than two decades at the beginning of the 20th century William S. Sims was at the forefront of naval affairs. Despite his dramatic impact on the US Navy in the first half of the 20th century, Sims is a relatively unknown figure today. This collection of six essays written by Sims illustrates why his thinking and leadership are still relevant to the challenges faced in the 21st century.	176
History > Military History	Military history\|Theory of warfare & military science	9781612518077	21st Century Ellis	Naval Institute Press	42124	28.535	For years, the Marine Corps has touted the prescience of Lieutenant Colonel "Pete" Ellis, USMC, who predicted in 1921 that the United States would fight Japan and how the Pacific Theater would be won. Now, for the first time, those predictions and other works by the "amphibious prophet" are available in print.	176
Politics > Miscellaneous	Theory of warfare & military science\|Naval forces & warfare\|Military tactics	9781612518053	The U.S. Naval Institute on NAVAL TACTICS	Naval Institute Press	42124	28.535	In the US Navy "Wheel Books" were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique to the sailor carrying it, but all had in common a collection of data and wisdom that the individual deemed useful in the effective execution of his or her duties. In that same tradition, the new Naval Institute "Wheel Book"s will provide supplemental information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to modern naval professionals.	192
History > Military History	Military history\|Air forces & warfare	9781612518046	Airpower Reborn	Naval Institute Press	42124	64.935	Offers a conceptual approach to warfare that emphasizes airpower's unique capability to achieve strategic effects. Six world-leading theorists argue that a viable strategy must transcend the purely military sphere, view the adversary as a multi-dimensional system, and pursue systemic paralysis and strategic effects rather than military destruction or attrition.	288
Politics > Miscellaneous	Theory of warfare & military science\|Naval forces & warfare	9781612518015	The U.S. Naval Institute on NAVAL LEADERSHIP	Naval Institute Press	42124	28.535	In the US Navy "Wheel Books" were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique to the sailor carrying it, but all had in common a collection of data and wisdom that the individual deemed useful in the effective execution of his or her duties. In that same tradition, the new Naval Institute "Wheel Book"s will provide supplemental information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to modern naval professionals.	192
Politics > Miscellaneous	Theory of warfare & military science\|Naval forces & warfare	9781612518008	The U.S. Naval Institute on NAVAL COMMAND	Naval Institute Press	42093	28.535	In the US Navy "Wheel Books" were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique to the sailor carrying it, but all had in common a collection of data and wisdom that the individual deemed useful in the effective execution of his or her duties. In that same tradition, the new Naval Institute "Wheel Book"s will provide supplemental information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to modern naval professionals.	192
History > Military History	First World War\|International relations\|Political assassinations\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000	9781612517995	A Handful of Bullets	Naval Institute Press	42034	45.435	Offers a provocative and challenging thesis to conventional wisdom regarding international politics and national security: that we fail to understand the challenges and dangers and lack a mindset to cope with new 21st century realities. Ullman argues that while the dangers are not remotely as destructive as a world war, unless they are addressed, the standard of living and expectations of Americans will decline and at worst, the world will become more violent, unpredictable and chaotic.	256
Literature > Miscellaneous	Fiction & related items	9781612517988	A Death in Geneva	Naval Institute Press	42034	36.335	A thriller set against the background of late-1970s terrorism in Europe, <em>A Death in Geneva</em> crisscrosses Europe, the United States, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic in tense and violent action pitting terrorists against one of America's richest industrialist families.	224
History > Military History	Military history\|Naval forces & warfare\|Nuclear weapons	9781612517971	Against the Tide	Naval Institute Press	41973	36.335	Admiral Hyman Rickover personally revolutionized naval warfare and altered the outcome of the Cold War. Concurrently he drove innovation into American industry. This book leaves detailed biographical details of Rickover to others, instead focusing on previously unknown historical events in which he personally participated or had unique knowledge which highlight the management and leadership principles behind Rickover's achievements.	192
Literature > Miscellaneous	Fiction & related items\|Military life & institutions	9781612517964	A Common Virtue	Naval Institute Press	41973	38.935	Becoming a man is difficult... even in the best of circumstances, but when it must be done in 1968 in the cities and battlefields of a war-torn nation, it is only the very best who make the grade. <em>A Common Virtue</em> has the immediacy and punch of today's fears as it draws on yesterday's headlines. It is the story of Paul Jackson, sole survivor of a hillside massacre, Marine Corps sniper and reconnaissance innovator, and his epic march through the annals of the horrific bureaucracy that is the US military in 1968.	224
Politics > Political Science	Political science & theory\|Theory of warfare & military science\|Defence strategy, planning & research	9781612517957	Fire on the Water	Naval Institute Press	41912	49.335	The main theme of <em>Fire on the Water</em> is that conventional measures of military balance underestimate the threat that China's military modernization poses to the US position in the Asia-Pacific region. It argues that the US needs to fashion a new and competitive strategy, one that better matches its strengths and those of its allies against China's vulnerabilities, in order to maintain a balance of power in the region and convince China's leaders to pursue a cooperative course.	288
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories\|Air forces & warfare\|Naval forces & warfare\|Military tactics\|Second World War\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000	9781612517919	Whitey	Naval Institute Press	41973	51.935	Presents the long-awaited biography of one of the US Navy's last surviving World War II aces, and one of the its most respected officers of any period. Following a typical American mid-western boyhood, Whitey Feightner, like so many of his generation, was in the vanguard of the huge group of young men thrust into World War II. His life story could serve as a model for any young aviator to follow.	224
History > Military History	Afghan War\|Iraq War\|War & defence operations\|Land forces & warfare	9781612517896	They Were Heroes	Naval Institute Press	42124	45.435	While there have been several books about the renowned recipients of the Medal of Honor from Iraq and Afghanistan, <em>They Were Heroes</em> presents moving portraits of those warriors who have not been fully celebrated for their sacrifice and service. These stories recognise the unheralded heroism of those who fought in these deadly conflicts and placed their lives at risk to assure the safety of their fellow Marines.	256
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories\|Land forces & warfare\|Naval forces & warfare\|Air forces & warfare\|International institutions\|Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000	9781612517049	The Accidental Admiral	Naval Institute Press	41912	42.835	This is more than just a memoir. <em>The Accidental Admiral</em> is also a very personal reflection of the burdens and benefits of leadership. Jim Stavridis also shares his insights on strategic communications, planning, and the convergence of threats that will confront the US and its allies in the near future.	288
Politics > Miscellaneous	Air forces & warfare\|Defence strategy, planning & research\|Military aircraft	9781612514277	Contrails over the Mojave	Naval Institute Press	41881	28.535	George Marrett started the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB only two weeks after the school's commander, Col. Chuck Yeager, ejected from a Lockheed NF-104 trying to set a world altitude record. He describes life as a space cadet experiencing 15 Gs in a human centrifuge, zero-G manoeuvres in a KC-135 "Vomit Comet", and a flight to 80,000 feet in the F-104A Starfighter. This look at the golden age of flight testing both thrills and informs.	272
History > Military History	Military history\|Theory of warfare & military science\|Naval forces & warfare	9781612513935	Naval Science 2	Naval Institute Press	41912	58.435	Provides a survey of early maritime history and history of the US Navy to the present day, and covers the fundamental leadership precepts and nautical sciences required by second-year students in the Navy high school NJROTC program. Subjects covered include maritime geography, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy, and physical science.	384
History > Military History	Iraq War\|Battles & campaigns\|Middle Eastern history\|History of the Americas\|Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000	9781612511429	Fallujah Redux	Naval Institute Press	41912	49.335	The city of Fallujah, Iraq will long be associated with some of the worst violence and brutality of the Iraq war. The battles to retake the city from insurgent fighters in 2004 have already indelibly carved its name into the historic annals of the US military and occupy a revered place in the storied history of the United States Marine Corps. This provides an analysis of the operation to take and maintain control of the city.	192
History > Military History	Military history\|Theory of warfare & military science\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591145592	Mahan on Naval Strategy	Naval Institute Press	42124	35.035	This book makes a valuable contribution to the study of the strategic thinking of one of the greatest naval theoreticians of all time. It offers a unique collection of articles and chapters from many books by Mahan, selected to capture the whole range of his thinking. With these key selections, readers have a single, convenient reference to help them toward a full understanding of Mahan's logic and thinking.	432
History > Military History	First World War\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591143499	Before Jutland	Naval Institute Press	42154	58.435	Explores what happened at sea in northern European waters in 1914-15 when the German High Sea Fleet faced the Grand Fleet in the North Sea and the Russian Fleet in the Baltic. The focus is primarily on the British, but both the Germans and the Russians are integral to the study because neither the British nor the Germans' North Sea activities can be fairly assessed without giving due weight to the Baltic theatre of operations.	416
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591142768	FLAG 4	Naval Institute Press	38837	25.935	Offers a thrilling account of the actions of British motor torpedo boats in the Mediterranean during World War II. Filled with action backed by telling details, the book describes night assaults on enemy convoys, clandestine operations, and Special Boat Squadron missions in North Africa and Yugoslavia. It is based on the eyewitness accounts of the officers and men who served in these perilous actions.	320
History > Military History	The Cold War\|Espionage & secret services\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591142089	Spy Sub	Naval Institute Press	42124	25.935	Tells the story of a secret mission to find a lost Soviet submarine in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, a mission never acknowledged by the US Department of Defense. The exploits of the sailors and their remarkable commanding officer, enduring near-tragedies at sea and nearly-impossible challenges deep under the Pacific, are described by the author who also provides his own personal experiences under the tightest secrecy ever required for a submarine mission.	256
History > Miscellaneous	Maritime history\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591141983	Maritime Operations in the Russo-Japanese War, 1904–1905	Naval Institute Press	42124	45.435	Unlike Alfred Thayer Mahan, Britain's great maritime strategist Sir Julian Corbett believed that victory in war does not come simply by the exercise of sea power. Corbett's keen analysis of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 as presented in this work, along with his discussion of the pros and cons of limited conflict will be of great value to our understanding of today's limited wars.	486
History > Miscellaneous	Maritime history\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591141976	Maritime Operations in the Russo-Japanese War, 1904–1905	Naval Institute Press	42093	45.435	Unlike Alfred Thayer Mahan, Britain's great maritime strategist Sir Julian Corbett believed that victory in war does not come simply by the exercise of sea power. Corbett's keen analysis of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 as presented in this work, along with his discussion of the pros and cons of limited conflict will be of great value to our understanding of today's limited wars.	600
History > Military History	Second World War\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591141969	Struggle for the Middle Sea	Naval Institute Press	42124	33.735	The Mediterranean Sea was the most intensely contested body of water in World War II. Despite its importance, remarkably little has been written about the subject. This fresh study analyses the actions and performances of the five major navies - British, Italian, French, German, and American - and objectively examines the national imperatives that drove each nation's maritime strategy.	358
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories\|Naval forces & warfare\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000	9781591141853	Destroyer Captain	Naval Institute Press	41912	28.535	This memoir of James Stavridis' two years in command of the destroyer USS <em>Barry</em> reveals the human side of what it is like to be in charge of a warship. From Haiti to the Balkans to the Arabian Gulf, the <em>Barry</em> was involved in operations throughout the world during his 1993-1995 tour. Drawing on daily journals, the author reveals the complex nature of those deployments in a "real time" context and describes life on board the Barry and liberty ashore.	224
History > Military History	First World War\|Espionage & secret services\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591141846	The Baltimore Sabotage Cell	Naval Institute Press	42124	46.735	Offers an examaniation of German sabotage attacks on US soil in the run up to America entering World War I. German agents, together with American sympathizers, carried out more than fifty successful attacks. Much of this was coordinated by one man - Paul Hilken, in one US city - Baltimore.	272
Politics > International Relations	Espionage & secret services\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000	9781591141839	Seduced by Secrets	Naval Institute Press	41973	32.435	More fascinating than fiction, <em>Seduced by Secrets</em> takes the reader inside the real world of one of the most effective and feared spy agencies in history. The book reveals, for the first time, the secret technical methods and sources of the Stasi (East German Ministry for State Security) as it stole secrets from abroad and developed gadgets at home, employing universal, highly guarded techniques often used by other spy and security agencies.	392
History > Military History	Military history\|Naval forces & warfare\|Military & naval ships	9781591141808	The Supercarriers	Naval Institute Press	42034	55.835	Covers the Forrestal class supercarriers and the follow-on ships, which are basically of the same design. The main emphasis is on the operational history of these ships, which covers a span of over fifty years. There are 81 photographs included in four signatures covering the whole history of the supercarriers. Maps include the Western Pacific, Vietnam, Mediterranean, Middle East, Indian Ocean and Caribbean.	288
History > Military History	Second World War\|Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000	9781591141792	The Spearheaders	Naval Institute Press	41973	32.435	Offers an account from an enlisted man's point of view of the intensely dramatic career of the Rangers, an American commando unit formed in 1942, from their beginnings as soldiers in Ireland, through their gruelling training in Scotland, to their role in the bloody fighting in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. This is a story of war as intimate and individual as the diaries, letters and memories on which it is based.	344
History > Military History	Military history\|Naval forces & warfare\|Sociology	9781591141785	Social Reform in the United States Navy, 1798-1862	Naval Institute Press	42124	35.035	In the decades before the American Civil War various political, social and religious groups were agitating for reforms in American society that would be in keeping with its professed democratic principles. One such organisation was the American Seaman's Friend Society which agitated and lobbied for an improvements in the enlistment, discipline and treatment of sailors. This book explores the circumstances and people who convinced Congress to enact reforms to improve the conditions of service of naval enlisted men.	336
History > Military History	Military history\|Special & elite forces	9781591141723	Good to Go	Naval Institute Press	42154	32.435	So perfectly executed was the mission to rescue Capt. Scott O'Grady that it amazed even the men responsible. Just five hours after radio contact was first made the Air Force captain was safely on board the USS Kearsarge. The downed F-16 fighter pilot's rescue from a Bosnian mountainside electrified the US in June 1995 and led to renewed faith in the military. This book tells the story of the mission in the words of the men who commanded, planned, and carried it out.	400
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories\|Naval forces & warfare\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000	9781591141693	Zumwalt	Naval Institute Press	41912	31.135	Offers a compelling portrait of the controversial military man who is widely regarded as the founder of the modern US Navy, Admiral Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt. Chief of Naval Operations during the decades-long Cold War crisis, Zumwalt implemented major strategic innovations that endure to this day. Larry Berman offers a detailed look at an extraordinary man, an inspiring portrait of leadership that is essential in these troubled times.	544
History > Miscellaneous	Maritime history\|Military history	9781591141624	Asian Maritime Strategies	Naval Institute Press	41577	45.435	Explores one of the world's most complex and dangerous maritime arenas. In this new work, Bernard Cole, author of the acclaimed <em>The Great Wall At Sea</em>, examines the maritime strategies and naval forces of the region's nations, as well as evaluating the threats and opportunities for cooperation at sea.	320
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781557507969	SALVO!	Naval Institute Press	34911	42.835	Since a simple cannon was first mounted on a sailing ship, the warship had but one purpose, to engage and destroy the enemy. This study focuses on the hard-fought ship-to-ship battles where the gun was all-important. It vividly recounts a varied selection of epic sea battles and warship stories.	208
Politics > Miscellaneous	Theory of warfare & military science\|Naval forces & warfare	9780870211133	The U.S. Naval Institute on NAVAL STRATEGY	Naval Institute Press	42368	28.535	In the US Navy "Wheel Books" were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique to the sailor carrying it, but all had in common a collection of data and wisdom that the individual deemed useful in the effective execution of his or her duties. In that same tradition, the new Naval Institute "Wheel Book"s will provide supplemental information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to modern naval professionals.	192
History > Military History	Military history\|Military administration\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000	9780870210662	The Purge of the Thirtieth Division	Naval Institute Press	41973	77.935	Written by Major General Henry Dozier Russell, this is the only known work by any of the eighteen National Guard division commanders mobilized in 1940 and 1941. It chronicles from a National Guard perspective many of the challenges and growing pains experienced by the Army in the critical months leading up to its entry into World War II.	224
History > Military History	Second World War\|Air forces & warfare	9781612515281	The War Begins	Naval Institute Press	44012	45.435	Reveals in detail the events of the early carrier raids against the Japanese in the first half of 1942 in the Pacific War, carried out by the US Pacific Fleet. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, carrier airpower would take on the supreme offensive role against Japanese forces in the first phase of the war. America's fast carrier task forces, with their aircraft squadrons and powerful support warships, took on the challenge.	256
Literature > Miscellaneous	Fiction & related items\|Second World War	9781612515199	Edge of Valor	Naval Institute Press	41912	45.435	Commander Todd Ingram, commanding officer of the destroyer, USS <em>Maxwell</em> (DD-525) met Soviet Navy officer Eduard Dezhnev in 1942 when the starshiy leytenant (senior lieutenant) was the naval attaché to the Soviet consulate in San Francisco. They became close friends, or so Ingram thought.	288
History > Military History	Second World War\|Propaganda	9781612514772	Comics and Conflict	Naval Institute Press	41912	64.935	Explores how specific comic books of the war genre have been used to display patriotism, adventure through war stories, and eventually to tell of the horrors of combat - from World War II through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan in the first decade of the twenty-first century. This book also examines how war-and patriotically-themed comics evolved from soldier-drawn reflections of society, eventually developing along with the broader comic book medium into a mirror of American society during times of conflict.	224
History > Military History	Military history\|Defence strategy, planning & research\|Naval forces & warfare	9781612514758	Crisis in the Mediterranean	Naval Institute Press	41850	71.435	The geopolitical situation in the Mediterranean before the First World War has been generally ignored by historians. However, in the years before the War, the fact that the Mediterranean was shifting from British control to a wide open, anarchic state occupied the minds of many leaders in Austria-Hungary, Italy, France and Great Britain. This seeks to understand these events as they unfolded, to understand how policymakers understood the changing Mediterranean world.	224
History > Military History	Second World War\|Australasian & Pacific history	9781612514710	South Pacific Cauldron	Naval Institute Press	41850	50.635	The war in the South Pacific in its entirety has remained remarkably neglected by historians. This is the first comprehensive narrative history covering all land, sea and air operations in the theatre to the end of World War II.	224
Literature > Miscellaneous	Fiction & related items\|Napoleonic Wars	9781612514673	How Dark the Night	Naval Institute Press	41850	45.435	Profiles the years 1805 to 1810. These years leading up to the War of 1812 are devastating ones for the young US republic and for the Cutler family. The life-and-death struggle between the forces of Great Britain and France continue in Europe, and the US is caught in a web of financial and political chaos as President Jefferson and Secretary of State Madison endeavour to keep the woefully unprepared US out of the imbroglio while at the same time defending the nation's honour.	208
Politics > Miscellaneous	Defence strategy, planning & research\|Naval forces & warfare	9781612514659	Rebalancing U.S. Forces	Naval Institute Press	41850	62.335	This timely study sets out to assess the implications of this shift for the long-established US military presence in Asia and the Pacific. This presence is anchored in a complex basing infrastructure that scholars–and Americans generally–too often take for granted. In remedying this state of affairs, this volume offers a detailed survey and analysis of this infrastructure, its history, the political complications it has frequently given rise to, and its recent and likely future evolution.	240
Law > International law	International economic & trade law	9781612514628	International Law for Seagoing Officers	Naval Institute Press	41850	117	For those who operate on, under and over the sea, international law can sometimes be as complex as it is important. Written by the same former seagoing officer and maritime law professional who authored the current edition of Farwell's <em>Rules of the Nautical Road</em>, this book was designed to bring clarity and context to international law for the seagoing professional.	496
Politics > Miscellaneous	Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare\|Defence strategy, planning & research	9781612514604	Reconstructing a Shattered Egyptian Army	Naval Institute Press	41850	84.435	Central to CDR Youssef Aboul-Enein's career has been the mission to introduce America's military leaders to Arabic works of military significance. The memoirs of General Mohamed Fawzi, Egyptian War Minister from 1967 to 1971, were first published in 1984, but his work has not been translated and remains undiscovered by English speaking readers. In this new contribution to his series of essays written for <em>Infantry Journal</em>, Aboul-Enein has determined to bring to life the military thoughts of this Arab War Minister.	320
History > Military History	Military history\|Naval forces & warfare	9781612514475	Home Squadron	Naval Institute Press	41850	71.435	Examines the transformation of the US Navy as a fighting organisation that took place on the North Atlantic Station between 1874 and 1897. The process of the development of an American battle fleet resulted in the construction of a new organisational identity for the North Atlantic Squadron. This process was as critical as the eventual outcome. The results of this study demonstrate that the US government had an interest in developing an offensive naval combat capability as early as the 1870s.	240
History > Miscellaneous	Maritime history\|Military history\|Penology & punishment	9781612514451	Whips to Walls	Naval Institute Press	41850	77.935	During World War I, the US Navy conducted at the Portsmouth, NH Naval Prison what many penal scholars consider the most ambitious experiment in the history of progressive prison reform. Cell doors remained opened, prisoners governed themselves and thousands of rehabilitated prisoners were returned to the fleet. This experiment stood in stark contrast to the inhumane flogging of prisoners that had dominated naval discipline until 1850. The Navy's journey between these two extremes is the subject of this study.	272
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781612513409	The Liberty Incident Revealed	Naval Institute Press	41608	48.035	Cutting through all of the controversy and conspiracy theories about Israel's deadly attack on the USS Liberty in June 1967 at the height of the Six-day War, Cristol revises his well-regarded book about the event with a complete, in-depth analysis of all of the sources, including recently released tapes from National Security Agency.	416
History > Miscellaneous	History: specific events & topics	9781612513263	At the Crossroads Between Peace and War	Naval Institute Press	41698	77.935	Provides fresh perspectives on the international strategic environment between the two world wars. While the London Conference of 1930 showed that the great powers could cooperate to control their rivalries in armaments, the arms agreement was not destined to last. An examination of yesterday's competition among the great powers to fight at sea offers sobering lessons for national security professionals concerned with the current-day naval, cyber, and aerospace competition.	320
History > Military History	Iraq War	9781612513119	The Unseen War	Naval Institute Press	41547	77.935	Offers a comprehensive assessment of the air contribution to the three weeks of major combat that ended the rule of Iraq's Saddam Hussein in 2003. Unlike in the earlier instance of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the role of allied air power in the nation's second war against Iraq was not apparent to most observerss. Lambeth's work fills a long-standing gap in the literature on modern warfare by telling that story of the role of airpower for the first time in the fullest detail.	480
History > Military History	Second World War	9781612513096	The Secret War for the Middle East	Naval Institute Press	41577	64.935	The Middle East during World War II has been regarded as that conflict's most overlooked theater of operations. This explores the infusion of the political language of anti-Semitism, nationalism, fascism, and Marxism that were among the ideological byproducts of Axis and Allied intervention in the Arab world.	256
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781612513065	Naval Innovation for the 21st Century	Naval Institute Press	41608	32.435	Offers a narrative account of ONR's efforts to respond to transformation amidst increasing pressure to focus on programmes directly relevant to the Navy, but without sacrificing the pursuit of fundamental science. Told through the eyes of the admirals leading ONR and the department heads who oversee key programmes, it holds great lessons and insights for how the U.S. government should fund and maintain military R&D in a new era of smaller conflicts in unconventional arenas.	256
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781612513034	Leadership Embodied	Naval Institute Press	41547	36.335		277
History > Military History	Second World War	9781612512808	Proceed to Peshawar	Naval Institute Press	41608	48.035	This is a story of adventure in the Hindu Kush Mountains and of a previously untold military and naval intelligence mission during World War II by two American officers along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. They passed through the tribal areas and the princely states of the North-West Frontier Province, and into Baluchistan. This appears to be the first time that any American officials were permitted to travel along either side of the Durand Line.	288
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories	9781612512785	An Unsung Soldier	Naval Institute Press	41547	53.235	Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster was one of the leading soldier-scholars of his time. He was one of the key figures during the Cold War. Goodpaster served Dwight Eisenhower in establishing the international military component of NATO and then served as his Staff Secretary. He was actively involved both the formal and informal world of Washington policy-making, making his mark repeatedly as a respected participant.	224
Politics > Political Science	Marxism & Communism\|International relations	9781612512501	Exploiting Africa	Naval Institute Press	41850	61.035	Provides an historical examination of China's activities in Africa.Modern China's historical presence in Africa must be scrutinised in order to understand the context of its current and future actions on the continent. As the book will illustrate, China in the past meddled in the affairs of Africa, in places like Algeria, Ghana, and Tanzania. It did so for self-interest, for the benefit of the Communist Party of China, specifically its leaders' strategic objective, which was to demonstrate influence in the world.	208
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories	9781612512433	21st Century Mahan	Naval Institute Press	41455	28.535	Alfred Thayer Mahan's <em>The Influence of Seapower upon History</em> is well known to students of naval history and strategy, but his other writings are often dismissed as irrelevant to today's problems. This collection of five of Mahan's essays, along with Benjamin Armstrong's informative introductions, illustrates why Mahan's work remains relevant to the 21st century and how it can help develop our strategic thinking.	192
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781612512389	With Commodore Perry to Japan	Naval Institute Press	41608	51.935	Offers a personal account of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's expedition to Japan through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old purser's clerk of the USS Mississippi. The documentary edition provides excellent coverage of both the political mission of the Perry expedition, the opening of relations with Japan, and of the social history of a naval warship as well. Also included are fifty-five illustrations of everyday life sketched by Speiden and other members of the crew.	320
History > Military History	Second World War	9781612512334	A Force	Naval Institute Press	41547	59.735	Explores an area of World War II deception history that has often been neglected. This is the first work to focus exclusively on ""A"" Force and the origins of British deception, examining how and why the British first employed deception in World War II. More specifically, it traces the development of the ""A"" Force organisation as the first British organisation to practice both tactical and strategic deception in the field.	288
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781612512129	Saltwater Leadership	Naval Institute Press	41485	29.835	Designed for busy junior officers in the US Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine, this primer teaches the basics of leadership in five sequential steps. It begins with a useful overview of major leadership studies, followed by an informative summary of the wisdom of 380 senior sea-going officers regarding those leadership attributes required of the junior officer.	192
Politics > Miscellaneous	Defence strategy, planning & research	9781612511863	Anti-Access Warfare	Naval Institute Press	41547	62.335	Examines of the concept of anti-access and area denial warfare. This type of strategy has been identified in American strategic planning as the most likely to be deployed by China and Iran in any future conflict with the US. It advances the understanding of sea power by identifying the naval roots of the development of the concept of anti-access while previous studies of the subject have emphasized the effects on the joint force and, particularly, air forces.	256
History > Military History	Second World War	9781612511306	Big Guns, Brave Men	Naval Institute Press	41455	48.035	Although it was the largest and final battle of the Pacific War, the Battle for Okinawa has long been overshadowed by other dramatic events in 1945. The books that have been written about it emphasise the role of infantrymen, armour, and US Marines. This work takes a fresh perspective and focuses on the vital role played by the US Army's forward artillery observers–the eyes and ears of American artillery who were among the least recognised heroes of the war.	320
History > Military History	Iraq War	9781612511283	Fallujah Awakens	Naval Institute Press	41424	48.035	The cradle of an insurgency that plunged Iraq into years of chaos and bloodshed, Fallujah conjures up images of the brutal house-to-house fighting that occurred during the 2004 US invasion of the city. But attacks in the area actually peaked two years later, when American and Iraqi government forces struggled with a reinvigorated insurgency and the prospect of premature withdrawal by US forces. <em>Fallujah Awakens</em> tells the story of the remarkable turnaround that followed.	320
History > Modern & Contemporary History	20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000	9781612511269	The Battle of Midway	Naval Institute Press	41424	50.635	The best way to learn about a battle is from those who fought it. The Battle of Midway warrants close attention. This guide includes some of the most vibrant and informed accounts by individuals who fought on both sides of the June 1942 battle. The anthology pulls together memoirs, articles, excerpts from other Naval Institute books, and relevant government documents to help readers understand what happened and explain why the battle was so significant to the naval service.	384
History > Military History	First World War	9781612510828	To Crown the Waves	Naval Institute Press	41485	49.335	The only comparative analysis available of the great navies of World War I, this work studies the Royal Navy of the UK, the German Kaiserliche Marine, the US Navy, the French Marine Nationale, the Italian Regia Marina, the Austro-Hungarian Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine, and the Imperial Russian Navy to demonstrate why the war was won on the waves. It explains why these fleets fought the way they did and why the war at sea did not develop as expected.	336
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories	9781612510798	Congo	Naval Institute Press	41485	58.435	Lauded for his ability to tell compelling, true adventure stories, award-winning author Andrew C.A. Jampoler has turned his attention this time to a young American naval officer on a mission up the Congo River in May 1885. Lt. Emory Taunt was ordered to explore as much of the river as possible and report on opportunities for Americans in the potentially rich African marketplace. Readers join Taunt in his exploration of some 1400 miles of river and follow him on two additional assignments.	272
Politics > Miscellaneous	Defence strategy, planning & research	9781591149842	Military Strategy	Naval Institute Press	41850	38.935	Because of his long experience with the formulation of military strategy in the US, Admiral Wylie's analyses and opinions are well worth the attention of military professionals, government leaders, newspaper editors, commentators and scholars. Because he has a freewheeling mind and is unhampered by orthodox military terms and the prevailing dogmas, his book will be of keen interest to laymen concerned about America's welfare and future.	208
Politics > Miscellaneous	Air forces & warfare	9781591149811	Sidewinder	Naval Institute Press	43403	32.435	In the mid-1950s a small group of overworked, underpaid scientists and engineers, working on a remote base in the Mojave Desert, developed a weapon no one had asked for but that everyone was looking for. <em>Sidewinder</em> is the story of how that unorthodox team, lead by Bill McLean, overcame Navy bureaucracy and more heavily funded projects to develop the world's best air-to-air missile.	352
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories	9781591149804	Black Sheep	Naval Institute Press	41608	29.835	The turbulent life of Gregory Pappy Boyington, the top US Marine ace of the Pacific, is captured in memorable detail by the acclaimed author of <em>One Square Mile of Hell</em>. Wukovits pulls no punches in describing the controversial World War II fighter pilot, who was a hero to some, and a villain to others in the Corps. Boyington was a little of each as this biography of the legendary but complex figure shows.	288
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591149798	Red Star Over the Pacific	Naval Institute Press	41516	32.435	Combining a close knowledge of Asia and an ability to tap Chinese-language sources with naval combat experience and expertise in sea-power theory, the authors assess how the rise of Chinese sea power will affect US maritime strategy in Asia. They argue that China is laying the groundwork for a sustained challenge to American primacy in maritime Asia, and to defend this hypothesis they look back to Alfred Thayer Mahan's sea-power theories, now popular with the Chinese.	312
History > Military History	Afghan War\|Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000	9781591149651	SEAL of Honor	Naval Institute Press	40693	25.935	Lieutenant Murphy, the leader of a Navy SEAL squad, was killed during a fierce battle against the Taliban on a remote mountainside in the Kongeral Valley of Afghanistan in June 2005. The first to receive the US's highest military honour for service in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Murphy was also the first naval officer to earn the medal since the Vietnam War. <em>SEAL of Honor</em> tells the story of Lieutenant Murphy's life and how he came to be " an iron-souled warrior of colossal, almost unbelievable courage in the face of the enemy.	256
History > Military History	Second World War\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|European history	9781591149583	U-Boat Adventures	Naval Institute Press	41363	27.235	Twenty-two U-boat veterans tell their chilling stories in this collection of their combat experiences in World War II, recorded by the author during several years of travel throughout Germany. It is one of very few books to examine the lives of the enlisted crew in the infamous submarines. Melanie Wiggins interviewed seventeen men and five of their commanders to take readers into the terrifying world of underwater warfare where every man helped determine the fate of his boat.	272
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare\|Maritime history\|First World War	9781591148036	In Defence of Naval Supremacy	Naval Institute Press	41912	51.935	Presents a provocative and authoritative revisionist history of the origins, nature and consequences of the ""Dreadnought Revolution"" of 1906. Based on extensive archival research, the book strives to explain vital financial and technical matters which enable readers to observe the complex interplay of fiscal, technical, strategic, and personal factors that shaped the course of British naval decision-making during the critical quarter century prior to the outbreak of the First World War.	400
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591147220	The Fast Carriers	Naval Institute Press	41547	35.035	This classic study is considered essential reading for its analysis of fast aircraft carrier development in WWII. It provides a fascinating record not only of the US Navy's metamorphosis from a battleship-oriented to a carrier-centred fleet, but also of the heated debates that took place over the changing naval strategy. With an insider's grasp of the famous individuals involved, Clark G. Reynolds takes readers from the war rooms of Washington to the flight decks of the Pacific.	536
History > Military History	Second World War\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|European history	9781591146438	The German Fleet at War, 1939-1945	Naval Institute Press	40816	33.735	Relates the little-known history of the Kriegsmarine's surface fleet with a focus on the sixty-nine surface naval battles fought by Germany's major warships against the large warships of the British, French, American, Polish, Soviet, Norwegian and Greek navies. It emphasizes operational details but also paints a broad overview of the naval war.	342
History > Military History	Second World War\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591146421	On Seas Contested	Naval Institute Press	41850	32.435	An international team of naval historians and scholars has pooled their expertise for this definitive reference on how the great navies of World War II were organised and how they trained, operated, and fought. They provide a point-by-point evaluation on the inner workings of the navies of the US, the UK and Commonwealth, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, and the Soviet Union. Each navy has its own chapter, which covers such key features as weaponry, training, logistics, and doctrine.	352
History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145776	The Invasion of France and Germany	Naval Institute Press	40846	33.735	The eleventh volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this recounts the U.S. Navy's role in the invasion of Normandy. Involving more than a million American soldiers, 124,000 sailors, and 427,000 aviators, Operation Neptune-Overlord encompassed five major landings on the coast of Normandy.	416

History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145769	The Atlantic Battle Won	Naval Institute Press	40816	33.735	The tenth volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this focuses on the war on enemy submarines in a conflict fought up and down the Atlantic coast. Allied shipping was in a desperate situation in 1942. By summer of 1943, however, the tide had turned, and Germany had lost the strategic initiative in the Atlantic because of the anti-submarine offensive launched by the Western Allies.	448
History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145752	Sicily-Salerno-Anzio	Naval Institute Press	40632	33.735	The ninth volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this takes up the story of American naval activities in the Mediterranean with three major amphibious operations: the invasion of Sicily, the capture of the Salerno beachhead, and the long Anzio beachhead struggle. In describing these joint operations, Morison discusses individual exploits and strategies.	414
History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145547	New Guinea and the Marianas	Naval Institute Press	40632	33.735	The eighth volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this covers five of the most eventful months of the Pacific war. From the end of the Marshall Islands campaign to the recovery of Guam, Morison details the actions of the entire Pacific Fleet. Particular emphasis is given to the greatest carrier action of all time, the battle of the Philippine Sea.	496
History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145530	Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls	Naval Institute Press	40632	33.735	The seventh volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this picks up operations in the Aleutians after the Battle of Midway and carries through to the capture of Attu and Kiska, including the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Morison, who took part in Operation Galvanic, offers frank discussions of mistakes made and some amusing anecdotes.	464
History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145523	Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier	Naval Institute Press	40451	33.735	The sixth volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this examines the drive up from Guadalcanal and New Guinea to the taking of Rabaul and the colossal American victory at the Battle of the Bismarck Sea during the Papuan campaign. This volume also covers the Central Solomons, the Huon Gulf offensive, the invasion of New Georgia, and the Battles of Kula Gulf and Kolombagnara.	528
History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145516	The Struggle for Guadalcanal	Naval Institute Press	40451	33.735	The fifth volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this covers the six major engagements in the waters surrounding Guadalcanal. From the Solomon Islands campaign to the courageous actions of Edson's Raiders at the Battle of the Bloody Ridge and the Battle of Tassafaronga, the author describes events from the ship decks, cockpits, and ridgetops where the fate of thousands was decided.	480
History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145509	Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions	Naval Institute Press	40451	33.735	The fourth volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this is a detailed look at two of the pivotal naval engagements of the Pacific war that marked the turning point from defeat to victory. In addition this volume also fully examines the little-known exploits of the fledgling American submarine corps in the Pacific and its courageous attacks on Japanese shipping during the first year of the war.	368
History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145493	The Rising Sun in the Pacific	Naval Institute Press	40267	33.735	The third volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this examines the incidents that began the Pacific war and Japan's internal conflict, drawing on data secured in Japan. It then presents a detailed account of Pearl Harbor and discusses the Philippines, Wake Island, the Malay Barrier, and carrier strikes, among other subjects.	448
History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145486	Operations in North African Waters	Naval Institute Press	40267	33.735	The second volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this covers the naval aspects of Operation Torch, the North African campaign that carried out the plan favoured by President Roosevelt for opening a second front to relieve the Russians.	354
History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145479	The Battle of the Atlantic	Naval Institute Press	40267	33.735	The first volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this explores all US naval operations in the Atlantic, including the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Barents Sea, and the defence of American shores and ships, with much attention given to the war against the German U-boats.	544
History > Military History	The Cold War	9781591145431	Stealth Boat	Naval Institute Press	41608	24.635	The mission of the US Navy's fast attack submarines during the Cold War was a closely guarded secret for many years, but this look back at the period and the part played by those submarines in winning the war gives readers a close-up view of life in one of those subs, USS Sturgeon. McHale's memoir covers the years from 1967 to 1970, when as a teenager he was assigned to the nuclear submarine.	208
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories	9781591145417	The Captain from Connecticut	Naval Institute Press	41608	45.435	This is the definitive biography of the man who became a US hero as the commander of the USS Constitution in her dramatic victory over HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812. While Isaac Hull's outstanding seamanship was in evidence throughout his career, Maloney makes the case that it is ironic that he is remembered for his tactical prowess in this famous battle, because he was actually the most pacific of men.	568
History > Military History	Second World War\|Maritime history\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|History of the Americas	9781591145356	Leyte	Naval Institute Press	40846	33.735	The twelfth volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>, this volume returns to the Pacific for a dramatic retelling of one of the greatest naval battles of all time. The Allied victory at Leyte enabled the US Navy to transport troops and base long-range bomber planes in positions so close to Japan that victory was all but assured.	512
History > Military History	Second World War\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000	9781591144977	Stranded in the Philippines	Naval Institute Press	40024	31.135	American missionaries Henry Roy Bell and his wife Edna had been teaching in the Philippines at Silliman University for twenty years when the Japanese invaded the islands after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This is the story of their guerilla war against the Japanese, from the time they took to the hills until they were secretly evacuated by submarine three years later.	208
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories	9781591144854	Pushing the Limits	Naval Institute Press	41850	58.435	His family says he was a great story teller. Yet Vice Admiral Allan Rockwell McCann left no reminisces that might reveal a deeper sense of his extraordinary service to the US. In his four-decade military career spanning two world wars, he rarely discussed for the record the many historic circumstances that enveloped him. This is an overdue appreciation of the admiral who has all but been ignored in naval history.	272
History > Military History	Second World War	9781591144359	Faithful Warriors	Naval Institute Press	41608	32.435	This is a memoir of World War II in the Pacific by a combat veteran of the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. Written with award-winning author Steven Weingartner, Col. Ladd recounts his experiences as a junior officer in some of the fiercest fighting of the war, during the amphibious invasions of Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian.	288
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories\|Naval forces & warfare\|American Civil War\|History of the Americas	9781591144328	David Glasgow Farragut	Naval Institute Press	41850	48.035	The second volume of this authoritative biography of America's first admiral examines the last ten years of David Glasgow Farragut's life, which included the period of the Civil War. It discusses the gross inefficiency and waste in the conduct of war, in the North as well as the South; of jealous ambition and malicious criticism; of lukewarm support of the government, lack of cooperation between the Army and Navy, and the inroads upon morale made by war weariness and disease.	532
History > Military History	Second World War\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591144175	The First South Pacific Campaign	Naval Institute Press	41850	29.835	Offers a detailed analysis of the fundamental strategies employed by Japan and the US in the South Pacific from January to June 1942, including Japanese equivocation regarding advances in the South Pacific and the vigorous actions of Admiral Ernest J. King to reinforce the area in spite of the presidential decision to concentrate American efforts on Europe and the problem of Germany. Writing in a clear, concise, and readable style, Lundstrom combines strategic insight and scholarship with previously untapped source materials.	264
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories\|Naval forces & warfare\|History of the Americas	9781591144151	David Glasgow Farragut	Naval Institute Press	41850	45.435	The first volume of this authoritative biography of David Glasgow Farragut's explres his long career in the navy before the Civil War. He was about sixty years old when that war began, and had accordingly lived through that long transitional period from sail to steam, slowly rising up the ladder of promotion from midshipman to captain, then the highest rank in the US Navy.	296
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories\|Naval forces & warfare\|American Civil War\|History of the Americas	9781591144144	Admiral De Grasse & American Independence	Naval Institute Press	41850	45.435	Most people know little or nothing of the great service rendered by Admiral de Grasse, a French admiral, to the cause of American independence in the battle off Cape Henry in 1781. De Grasse's action entailed upon the British the final loss of the thirteen colonies in America. This biography by Charles Lee Lewis places this naval battle off the Virginia Capes in its proper historical perspective, and gives de Grasse full credit for rendering the aid which made possible the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown.	424
History > Modern & Contemporary History	Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900	9781591144090	Far China Station	Naval Institute Press	41516	32.435	This was the first study to put 19th century American naval and diplomatic affairs in the Far East into clear perspective. Johnson examines the origins of the East India Squadron, defines its import role in the implementation of foreign policy and describes the dangers routinely faced by the squadron's ships and sailors.	320
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories\|English Civil War\|History of the Americas\|Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900	9781591144069	John Paul Jones	Naval Institute Press	41850	51.935	British midshipman, African slaver, travelling actor, merchant captain, accused of murder and suspected of freebooting–this was John Paul Jones. Captain in Washington's Continental Navy, raider of the British coasts and victor in one of history's most desperate naval battles, lion of the French court and beloved by beautiful women, Russian admiral under Catherine the Great, and dead at 45, neglected by his adopted United States–that was John Paul Jones.	872
Politics > International Relations	Espionage & secret services	9781591143963	Circle of Treason	Naval Institute Press	41608	25.935	One of the most destructive traitors in US history, CIA officer Aldrich Ames provided information to the Soviet Union that contributed to the deaths of at least ten Soviet intelligence officers. In this book, the two CIA officers responsible for tracking down Ames chronicle their involvement in the hunt for a mole. Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille dedicated themselves to identifying the traitor responsible for the execution or imprisonment of the Soviet agents with whom they worked.	240
History > Miscellaneous	History: specific events & topics\|Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)\|Japan	9781591143390	Nomonhan, 1939	Naval Institute Press	41547	25.935	Argues that a little-known, but intense Soviet-Japanese conflict along the Manchurian- Mongolian frontier at Nomonhan influenced the outbreak of World War II and shaped the course of the war. It draws on Japanese, Soviet, and western sources to put the seemingly obscure conflict - actually a small undeclared war - into its proper global geo-strategic perspective.	240
History > Military History	Second World War\|20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000\|European history	9781591142959	The Blitzkrieg Legend	Naval Institute Press	41363	50.635	Here, for the first time in English, is an illuminating new German perspective on the decisive Blitzkrieg campaign of 1940. Karl-Heinz Frieser's account provides the definitive explanation for Germany's startling success and the equally surprising and rapid military collapse of France and Britain on the European continent.	536
Politics > International Relations	Geopolitics	9781591142522	Washington's Taiwan Dilemma, 1949-1950	Naval Institute Press	41728	36.335	The declaration of the People's Republic of China in October 1949 presented American foreign policy officials with two dilemmas: how to deal with the communist government on the mainland and what to do about Chiang Kai-shek's holdout Nationalist regime on Taiwan. As this study shows, the two issues were inextricably linked.	402
History > Military History	Second World War\|The Cold War\|Naval forces & warfare\|Military intelligence	9781591142515	The Admirals' Advantage	Naval Institute Press	41850	38.935	This analytic and historical study provides a revealing look at naval operational intelligence by embracing the fundamental question of what OPINTEL is and how it answers the fundamental question ""Where is the enemy, in what strength, and disposition, and what is he doing right now?"" Current practices are also explored with inputs from practitioners as represented by various fleet and shore commands.	264
Politics > Miscellaneous	Defence strategy, planning & research	9781591142263	An Inoffensive Rearmament	Naval Institute Press	41669	49.335	Colonel Frank Kowalski served as the Chief of Staff of the American military advisory group that helped establish the National Police Reserve, the predecessor to the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and provided daily guidance to it during its first two years of existence. Kowalski provides an account of the manning, logistics, and personalities involved in standing up, on short notice, of a force of approximately 75,000, while sharing insights about the diplomatic, political, legal, and constitutional challenges his headquarters and his Japanese counterparts faced.	224
Literature > Miscellaneous	Fiction & related items\|Air forces & warfare	9781591141761	Punk's War	Naval Institute Press	41850	25.935	An F-14 aviator takes his readers into the cockpits, ready-rooms, and bunkrooms of today's Navy to show what it's like to fight in a time of so-called peace. From the opening chapter where a Tomcat fighter squadron's commanding officer botches an intercept of a hostile Iranian F-4 to the final uplifting scene, this novel reveals the inner workings of the military as only an insider can.	240
History > Military History	Second World War	9781591141754	A Magnificent Fight	Naval Institute Press	41516	32.435	Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese land-based bombers pounded Wake Island, the American advanced base that was key to the US Navy's strategy in the Pacific. The determined defenders provided a badly needed lift to American morale. Cressman makes extensive use of Japanese materials to identify the enemy order of battle and the roles each unit played in the drama to provide a moving account of the heroism of the defenders in the face if tremendous odds.	344
History > Military History	Iraq War\|Defence strategy, planning & research	9781591141709	Fallujah Awakens	Naval Institute Press	41850	29.835	One of the few books to recount events from both American and Iraqi perspectives, <em>Fallujah Awakens</em> tells the story of the remarkable turnaround that began to take place in 2006–2007. Journalist Bill Ardolino explains how local tribal leaders and US Marines forged a surprising alliance that helped secure the famous battleground.	320
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography: historical, political & military\|Second World War	9781591141617	Joe Rochefort's War	Naval Institute Press	41547	35.035	Elliot Carlson's award-winning biography of Capt. Joe Rochefort is the first to be written about the officer who headed Station Hypo, the US Navy's signals monitoring and cryptographic intelligence unit at Pearl Harbor, and who broke the Japanese navy's code before the Battle of Midway. His conclusions, bitterly opposed by some top Navy brass, are credited with making the U.S. victory possible and helping to change the course of the war.	622
Literature > Miscellaneous	Fiction & related items\|Naval forces & warfare	9781591140726	Ship of Gold	Naval Institute Press	41850	25.935	This is an exciting, fast-paced tale of action, intrigue, and adventure on the high seas - told with the ringing authenticity only firsthand knowledge can impart. The action of this taut thriller provides the behind-the-scenes reality of the national security system at work–the CIA, the Oval Office, the Pentagon, and the National Security Council–all scrambling to solve the crisis and to have control of the operation.	288
Politics > Political Science	Terrorism, armed struggle	9781591140702	Militant Islamist Ideology	Naval Institute Press	41547	25.935	A top adviser at the Joint Intelligence Task Force for Combating Terrorism argues that winning the war against militant Islamists requires a more nuanced understanding of their ideology. His book is among the first attempts to deconstruct and marginalize al-Qaida ideology using Islamic based arguments.	272
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories	9780870212017	Rough Rider	Naval Institute Press	41638	12.935	This is a snapshot study of the significant career of President Theodore Roosevelt. Partly biographical sketch and partly analysis, the book provides an overview of his actions, ideals, and written works, highlighting important events from Roosevelt's early public life, his presidency, and later career. Written especially for college students, <em>Rough Rider</em> examines pertinent primary sources and critical analyses of other historians to aid in understanding the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.	100
History > Miscellaneous	History: specific events & topics	9780870210389	Billy Mitchell's War with the Navy	Naval Institute Press	41698	45.435	In the years following WWI, the US Congress was more interested in disarmament than in funding national defense. For the military services this meant lean budgets and skeleton operating forces. Billy Mitchell's War recounts the struggle between the Army and Navy air arms for the resources needed to define and establish the role of aviation within their respective services in the period between the two world wars.	288
Politics > Miscellaneous	Military veterans	9780870210334	The Military Advantage 2013	Naval Institute Press	41424	36.335	This is the essential annual reference guide to military and veteran's benefits. Published in partnership with Military.com, the US's largest military membership organisation, and its parent company, Monster.com, the US's largest career job website, this latest edition is the most reliable benefits guide for the over 30 million Americans who have answered the call to serve in the military.	400
Business, Management & Economics > Management	Management: leadership & motivation	9781612512174	Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton	Naval Institute Press	41455	36.335	Why were the American POWs imprisoned at the "Hanoi Hilton" so resilient in captivity and so successful in their subsequent careers? This book presents six principles practiced within the POW organisational culture that can be used to develop high-performance teams everywhere. It offers examples from both the POWs' time in captivity and their later professional lives that identify, in real-life situations, the characteristics necessary for sustainable, high-performance teamwork.	176
History > Military History	First World War	9781612512150	Devil Dogs	Naval Institute Press	41394	31.135	In telling the story of the extraordinary contributions of the US Marines in World War I, this classic history examines the Corps' experience in France. Now available in paperback, this is a valuable resource for data, especially details about each unit and how they functioned. Bolstered with information from official documents as well as published and unpublished memoirs, readers follow the Marines from their recruitment, through training and shipment overseas, to the horrors of trench warfare.	496
Politics > Miscellaneous	Air forces & warfare	9781612511900	Into the Tiger's Jaw	Naval Institute Press	41577	28.535	Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen's autobiography provides a critical examination of this remarkable Marine's career, from his accomplishments as the first black pilot in the US Marine Corps to his promotion to Lieutenant General and final service as Commander US Marine Corp Base Quantico, Virginia. At the time of his retirement in 1988, General Petersen was the first and only black pilot to hold command and the only black general in the Marine Corps.	336
History > Miscellaneous	European history	9781612511481	The Zimmermann Telegram	Naval Institute Press	41273	48.035	Based on an examination of virtually all available German, British, and US government records, this presents the definitive account of the Zimmermann Telegram, that brought the US into World War I, and questions many traditional views on the origins, cryptanalysis, and impact of the German alliance scheme. It argues that American and British secret services had collaborated closely since 1915 to bring the US into the war, and the Telegram's disclosure represented the crowning achievement of this Anglo-American intelligence alliance.	320
Literature > Miscellaneous	Fiction & related items	9781612511443	A Call to Arms	Naval Institute Press	41273	38.935	This is the fourth novel in the award-winning historical / nautical fiction series from William C. Hammond. Along with the other novels it features the epic saga of the seafaring Cutler family of Hingham, Massachusetts and an ever expanding cast of characters. Among these characters are real historical figures. Interwoven with these historical characters is a fast-paced and gripping plot that takes the reader from Java to New England at the start of the nineteenth century, and on to Gibraltar, Tripoli, Malta, Sicily, Alexandria and Cairo.	256
History > Military History	Iraq War	9781612511405	The Marines Take Anbar	Naval Institute Press	41424	51.935	The US Marine Corps' four-year campaign against al Qaeda in Anbar is a fight certain to take its place next to other legendary. Its success, the author contends, constituted a major turning point in the Iraq War and helped alter the course of events and set the stage for the Surge in Baghdad a year later. This book brings to light all the decisive details of how the Marines, between 2004 and 2008, adapted and improvised as they applied the hard lessons of past mistakes.	288
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781612511382	In the Shadow of Greatness	Naval Institute Press	41151	38.935	Understanding how a young person enlists to serve, deploys to the fight, and returns home is unknown to most Americans. Veterans pack up their uniforms, but never lose the call for service when the return to civilian society. The profiles in this book represent the ‘Next Great Generation' of American leaders. Men and women who lost their innocence in battle and their youths to a decade of deployments, throughout which they never gave up hope.	264
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories	9781612511368	My Men Are My Heroes	Naval Institute Press	41273	24.635	Introduces readers to a living standard of Marine Corps esprit de corps and military decorum. Sergeant Major Bradley Kasal, the pride of Iowa, is a small town boy who wanted to be a United States Marine even before a poster perfect Marine recruiter marched into his high school gym and offered him a challenge Kasal couldn't resist. Two decades later Kasal stood stiffly at attention, one leg literally shot in half, while the Navy Cross was pinned to his chest.	288
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781612511344	Pirate Alley	Naval Institute Press	41212	38.935	Explores every aspect of Somali piracy, from how the pirates operate to how the actions of a relative handful of youthful criminals and their bosses have impacted the world economy. It explores the debate over the recently adopted practice of putting armed guards aboard merchant ships, and focuses on the best management practices that are changing the ways that ships are outfitted for travel through what's known as the High Risk Area.	272
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781612511177	Intrepid Sailors	Naval Institute Press	41273	46.735	Tells one of the greatest sea stories in the history of the US Navy. Under Commodore Edward Preble, the Navy came of age fighting the scourge of the time, the infamous Barbary Pirates. The exploits of the officers and sailors in this campaign are the stuff of legend. In culling myth from fact, Reid went back to original sources, using the words of the men in the campaign to tell their story.	320
Literature > Miscellaneous	Fiction & related items	9781612511160	The Recipient's Son	Naval Institute Press	41212	37.635	This is a coming of age story set at the US Naval Academy in the 1990s. It tells the story of Donald Durago, a young man whose father was killed in the Vietnam War. For his heroic actions under fire his father was a recipient of the Medal of Honor. His father's heroism provides Durago with an appointment to the US Naval Academy. However, his father's legacy also carries with it the burden of being worthy of his bravery, honour and sacrifice.	272
History > Military History	Second World War	9781612511146	Captured	Naval Institute Press	41273	44.135	Tells the story of the captives from Guam, whose story until now has largely been forgotten. Drawing upon interviews with survivors, diaries and archival records, Mansell documents the movements of American military and civilian men as they went from one Japanese POW camp to another, slowly starving as they performed slave labour for Japanese companies. Meanwhile, he describes the brutal horrors suffered by Guamian natives during Japan's occupation of the island.	288
History > Military History	American War of Independence	9781612511139	The Swamp Fox	Naval Institute Press	41273	55.835	As one of the Patriot leaders in the Carolinas, the partisan campaign conducted by Brigadier General Francis Marion and his irregular force during the American Revolution prevented South Carolina from completely succumbing to British control. During substantial segments of this period he alone held eastern South Carolina from the British and became known as "The Swamp Fox" for his exploits and elusiveness in harassing the British with his guerilla tactics.	384
Politics > Miscellaneous	Air forces & warfare	9781612511115	Unflinching Zeal	Naval Institute Press	41212	51.935	Demonstrates how realistic assessments of strengths and losses of both sides are an absolute necessity for commanders in addition to their understanding of the principles of war, the assets and limitations of air power, and their comprehension of production, supply, and sustainability.	352
Literature > Miscellaneous	Fiction & related items	9781612511092	The Aden Effect	Naval Institute Press	41212	36.335	In this exciting contemporary thriller, pirates are capturing ships at will off the Horn of Africa and the navies of the world cannot protect the international shipping lanes. In response, the newly confirmed Ambassador to Yemen, C.J. Sumner, is assigned by the White House to negotiate access to the rich oil fields off the island of Socotra and to convince the Yemenis' to help deter the pirates.	224
Politics > Miscellaneous	Military aircraft	9781612511078	Float Planes and Flying Boats	Naval Institute Press	41151	54.535	Most often, when Joint Operations are conducted by a larger service, individual Armed Service Historians tell the story of events ignoring, sometimes even trivializing, participation of the other Armed Services. This book was born of the frustration looking for an answer and not finding it, or finding, after a long search, an answer so elementary as to be inadequate. It is documented with 427 endnotes, and features 281 vintage aviation photographic images and a nautical chart of historical note embedded within its text.	288
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography: historical, political & military	9781612511054	A Plain Sailorman in China	Naval Institute Press	41151	38.935	This is a biography of Cdr.Irvin Van Gorder Gillis, USN that recounts both his extraordinary family history – a fascinating slice of Americana in the 1800s – and Irvin's multi-faceted career as a naval officer for 25 years and then as successful rare Chinese book collector.	272
Politics > Miscellaneous	Military & naval ships	9781612511047	Principles of Naval Engineering	Naval Institute Press	41182	90.935	Covers the basic design and operating principles of the propulsion and auxiliary systems of today's Naval forces. Topics include the main components in the propulsion and auxiliary systems for both conventional and nuclear steam propulsion, gas turbine power plants, and internal combustion engines. Also discussed are fundamentals of pneumatic and hydraulic fluid power systems, as well as heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems and desalination systems.	240
Politics > Miscellaneous	War & defence operations	9781612510927	One Marine's War	Naval Institute Press	41151	45.435	Recounts the experiences of Robert Sheeks, a Marine combat interpreter, and how he underwent a remarkable transformation as a consequence of his encounters with the Imperial Japanese Army, Nisei Japanese-American language instructors, Japanese and Pacific Island native civilians, and American Marines. It is the first time the entire story of one Marine Corps combat interpreter has been told, and it provides a unique insight into an aspect of the Pacific war that is not only fascinating history, but also a compelling personal struggle to come to terms with a traumatic childhood and harrowing combat experiences.	288
Politics > Miscellaneous	Military veterans	9781612510903	When the Warrior Returns	Naval Institute Press	41273	32.435	Answers questions about how deployment impacts the family of the warrior and what happens (and what emotions occur) during and immediately after the warrior returns home and how families can best cope, survive, and thrive. It offers advice on how to help the service member look for a job, go back to school or start college, and how to rekindle a couple's intimacy and sex after deployment. The special needs of female warriors and their spouses and family members of Reservists are also addressed.	320
Politics > Miscellaneous	Civil defence	9781612510880	Next-Generation Homeland Security	Naval Institute Press	41212	48.035	Charting the origins and development of borders-out security governance into and through the American Century, the book establishes how an expanding techno-industrial base enabled American hegemony. Turning to the homeland, it introduces a borders-in narrative–the convergence of the functional disciplines of emergency management, civil defense, resource mobilization and counterterrorism into what is now called homeland security.	416
Politics > Miscellaneous	Land forces & warfare	9781612510866	Riders of the Apocalypse	Naval Institute Press	41151	48.035	Despite the enduring popular image of the blitzkrieg of World War II, the German Army always depended on horses. While the Army's reliance on draft horses to pull artillery, supply wagons, and field kitchens is now generally acknowledged, this examines the history of the German cavalry, a combat arm that not only survived World War I but also rode to war again in 1939. Though concentrating on the period between 1939 and 1945, the book places that history firmly within the larger context of the mounted arm's development from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to the Third Reich's surrender.	336
Politics > Miscellaneous	Theory of warfare & military science	9781612510835	Strike Warfare in the 21st Century	Naval Institute Press	41151	36.335	Strike warfare is a term that is rarely used in the popular media even though reports of conflicts often describe its application or effects. Those brief snippets of information seldom provide a complete picture of what is happening at the time. This builds the picture piece by piece using easily understandable language. All of the key elements are addressed: targets, defenses, resources, and the several steps required to prosecute an attack. The book's goal is to eliminate the uncertainty, the mystery and the outright fiction that sometimes exists in popular versions of the story.	208
History > Military History	Second World War	9781612510811	Allied Master Strategists	Naval Institute Press	41273	38.935	Describes the unique and vital contribution to Allied victory in World War II made by the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Based on a combination of primary and secondary source material, this book proves that the Combined Chiefs of Staff organisation was the glue holding the British-American wartime alliance together. As such, the Combined Chiefs of Staff was probably the most important international organisation of the Twentieth Century.	224
History > Military History	Second World War	9781612510781	The Kissing Sailor	Naval Institute Press	41212	31.135	On August 14, 1945, Alfred Eisenstaedt took a picture of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, minutes after they had learned of Japan's surrender to the United States. Until now, no one knew the whole truth behind one of the world's most celebrated pictures. The Kissing Sailor tells the story of a photograph, a place, a publication, pretenders, and proof. When overlaid, an ageless tale of survival, fate, and perseverance comes into clear focus.	224
History > Miscellaneous	Middle Eastern history	9781612510774	Iraq in Turmoil	Naval Institute Press	41151	35.035	Offers a unique collection of essays highlighting Iraq's social, political and military history from a purely Iraqi perspective. Dr. Ali al-Wardi (1913-1995) attended the American University of Beirut in 1943 and then the University of Texas. Wardi's volumes are read by a wide variety of Iraqi society, and this volume is an introduction to this pivotal Arabic work to English readers. It brings alive how the Ottomans, British and Safavid Persians dealt with sectarianism in Iraq and the battles fought over key areas of Iraq.	208
History > Military History	Military history	9781612510583	Two Roads to War	Naval Institute Press	41151	58.435	Noted aviation historian Robin Higham has written this comparative study of the evolution of the French and British air arms from 1918 to 1940 to determine why the Armee de l'Air was defeated in June 1940 but the Royal Air Force was able to win the battle over Britain in September. After analysing the structure, men, and materiel of the air arms, and the government and economic infrastructure of both countries, he concludes that the French force was dominated by the Armee de Terre, had no suitably powerful aero engines, and suffered from the chaos of French politics.	448
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781612510538	America's Black Sea Fleet	Naval Institute Press	41273	45.435	In a high-tempo series of operations throughout the Black Sea, Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean, a small American fleet of destroyers and other naval vessels responded ably to several major international crises including the last days of the Russian Revolution and the 1920–1922 Turkish Nationalist Revolution.	400
Politics > Miscellaneous	Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare	9781612510514	The Business of Martyrdom	Naval Institute Press	41151	51.935	This is the only comprehensive history of suicide bombing from its origins in Imperial Russia to the present day. It makes use of a framework from the history and philosophy of technology to explain the diffusion and evolution of suicide bombing over the past several decades. It is primarily a work of synthesis meant to reach a broad audience and endeavors to integrate as much of the recent scholarly literature as possible.	368
History > Military History	Iraq War	9781612510224	From Kabul to Baghdad and Back	Naval Institute Press	41212	55.835	Provides insight into the key strategic decisions of the Afghan and Iraq campaigns as the United States attempted to wage war simultaneously against al-Qaeda and its supporting affiliates. It also evaluates the strategic execution of those military campaigns to identify how well the two operations were conducted in light of their political objectives.	384
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149996	Secret Missions	Naval Institute Press	37741	45.435	Recounts the author's nearly forty years of service in naval intelligence, beginning in 1908. One of the first to venture into the realm of psychological warfare, Ellis Zacharias was awarded the Legion of Merit with two gold stars for his contributions. Zacharias gives readers access to rare psychological profiles that he prepared for the Office of Naval Intelligence on leading political and military figures in Japan. His book also recounts his exploits as a young naval attaché with the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo in the early 1920s.	448
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149972	Gators of Neptune	Naval Institute Press	38898	45.435	Offers an historical account of the Royal and US Navies involvement in one of the greatest amphibious assaults of modern history. It is a story of cooperation and, at times, discord, between the two navies as they planned the naval portion of the Allied invasion of Normandy. With the evolution of amphibious warfare as a backdrop, the book has the technical detail to satisfy the practitioner of amphibious warfare, yet is written in a style that makes it accessible to the general public.	292
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149958	Hunter-Killer	Naval Institute Press	38046	28.535	The pursuit of German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic has long been considered one of the most exciting stories of World War II. This definitive study takes readers into the cockpits and onto the flight decks of the versatile and hardy U.S. escort carriers to tell of their vital, yet little-known contribution to the anti-U-boat campaign.	322
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149941	Red Sun Setting	Naval Institute Press	37741	24.635	Many regard this work as the definitive account of a controversial conflict of the war in the Pacific, the June 1944 battle known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot". Drawing on ten years of research and told from the viewpoint of the fliers and sailors who were on the firing line, William T. Y'Blood leads the reader through every stage of the battle, from the dogfights to the persistent attacks on the Japanese carriers to the frantic efforts of the returning fliers to land on friendly carriers.	272
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149927	The Last Sentry	Naval Institute Press	38502	37.635	Providing inspiration for Tom Clancy's <em>The Hunt for Red October</em>, the 1975 mutiny aboard the Soviet destroyer Storozhevoy (translated Sentry) aimed at nothing less than the overthrow of Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet government. Suppressed in the Soviet Union for fifteen years, Young and Braden finally tell the untold story relying on recently declassified KGB documents as well as the Sablin family's papers.	250
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149835	New Interpretations in Naval History	Naval Institute Press	39933	63.635	Anyone with an interest in the importance, variety, and vitality of naval history should read this collection of academic papers. The Naval History Symposium held every two years at the U.S. Naval Academy attracts the best and brightest naval historians from around the world. This collection of thirteen papers selected from the 2007 meeting represents the most up-to-date scholarship in naval history.	288
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography & True Stories	9781591149767	The Measure of a Man	Naval Institute Press	41424	45.435	Maj. Roger G.B. Broome died from wounds received on Saipan before his daughter had a chance to know him. Now a naval historian and author of award-winning books, that daughter, Kathleen Broome Williams, has used research skills to find her lost father. For this biography, she makes full use of an extensive collection of her father's colourful and articulate letters along with the testimony of surviving Leathernecks who served with Major Broome, backed up by official records.	224
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149705	Inside the Danger Zone	Naval Institute Press	39232	48.035	From the Iraqi attack on the <em>USS Stark</em> to Iranian mine fields to Revolutionary Guard gunboats, the 1987-88 Persian Gulf was a place of shadowy danger for US Navy ships assigned to protect oil tankers during the Iran-Iraq War. This is the first book to focus on this period, that saw an unprecedented series of American military action in this volatile region.	272
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591149699	Destined for Glory	Naval Institute Press	41151	29.835	On 4 June 1942, three squadrons of US Navy Dauntless dive bombers destroyed Japan's carrier force sent to neutralise Midway, changing the course of the war in the Pacific. This convincingly demonstrates that the key ingredient to the navy's success was the planning and training devoted to the tactic of dive bombing over the previous seventeen years.	288
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149668	Soldiers Lost at Sea	Naval Institute Press	37955	38.935	Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty and scandal are just a few of the ingredients that make up this dramatic first-time account of troopship losses in wartime. International in scope, it offers a compilation of stories about historic troopship disasters caused by torpedoes, aerial attacks, mines, surface fire, foul weather, friendly fire, and poor planning by military decision makers.	272
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149644	The Professional Naval Officer	Naval Institute Press	38867	36.335	Gives naval officers the information they need to build a successful career. It covers the entire career spectrum, complementing and supplementing his previous work, as it addresses such topics as the importance and challenges of joint tours, relations with chiefs and other enlisted sailors, and the timeless character qualities needed for success.	241
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149637	Career Compass	Naval Institute Press	38441	32.435	This useful companion volume to the <em>Naval Institute's Division Officer's Guide</em> and <em>Naval Officer's Guide</em> addresses an aspect of a naval officer's career that is every bit as important: navigating through the rocks and shoals of the Navy's promotion and assignment system. In a fresh and engaging style, Admiral Winnefeld explains how the Navy's assignment and promotion systems work and details how on-the-job performance plays a key role in both.	191
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149620	Amirs, Admirals and Desert Sailors	Naval Institute Press	39171	45.435	Host to the U.S. Navy for nearly six decades, Bahrain has been a steadfast American ally in the turbulent Middle East. As naval historian David F. Winkler examines this developing relationship, he offers a fascinating overview of Bahraini history, the entry of American humanitarian and economic interests, the establishment of an American naval presence in the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli conflicts, and the downfall of the Iranian shah, among other subjects.	274
Politics > Miscellaneous	Military & naval ships	9781591149545	The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, 16th Edition	Naval Institute Press	41516	383.5	Called ‘the nation's premier naval reference book', <em>Combat Fleets of the World</em> is internationally acknowledged as the best one-volume reference to the world's naval and paranaval forces. Updated regularly since 1976, it has come to be relied on for all-inclusive, accurate, and up-to-date data on the ships, navies, coast guards, and naval aviation arms of more than 170 countries and territories.	1152
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149507	Naval Operations Analysis	Naval Institute Press	37467	54.535	This third edition covers the basic analytical developments in naval search and detection theory over the last fifty years. Accessible to anyone with a mathematical background, it covers analytical decision-making, simulation techniques, and models used in determining the probability of detection.	421
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149385	The Wastrels of Defense	Naval Institute Press	38260	37.635	In this damning expose, a veteran senate defence advisor argues that since Sept 11, 2001, the conduct of the US Congress has sunk to new depths and endangered the nation's security. Winslow Wheeler draws on three decades of work with four prominent senators to tell how members of Congress divert money from essential war-fighting accounts to pay for pork in their home states, cook the budget books, and run for cover when confronted with tough defence issues.	278
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149378	Special Valor	Naval Institute Press	38806	28.535	If the US Marines gave birth to a legend in the halls of Montezuma in the nineteenth century, they added glorious lustre to it with their heroism and victories against the Japanese in World War II. For this vivid, foxhole view of the Marines' war, Richard Wheeler draws extensively on frontline eyewitness accounts of Marines and combat journalists and backs up their stories with official US action reports and captured Japanese materials.	466
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591149361	Watch Officer's Guide	Naval Institute Press	39202	36.335	Addresses every aspect of a watchstander's duties at sea and in port. A classic reference of the profession since its first publication in 1911, the guide is a compendium of information and wisdom contributed by hundreds of naval officers and mariners. This revised edition offers much new material, including sessions on standing watch in the combat information centre, training, and engineering, and a quick-reference guide filled with the shiphandler's tricks of the trade.	416
History > Military History	Vietnam War	9781591149217	Phase Line Green	Naval Institute Press	41394	31.135	The bloody, month-long battle for the Citadel in Hue during 1968 pitted US Marines against an entrenched, numerically superior North Vietnamese Army force. In some of the most frank, vivid prose to come out of the war, author Nicholas Warr describes with urgency and outrage the Marines' savage house-to-house fighting. Sparing few in the telling, Warr's shocking firsthand narrative takes the wraps off an incident that many would prefer to keep hidden.	272
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148821	Blue and Gray Navies	Naval Institute Press	38959	45.435	Examines the important roles played by the Union and Confederate navies during the Civil War. Spencer Tucker makes use of recent scholarship as well as official records and the memoirs of participants to provide a complete perspective for the general reader and enough detail to hold the interest of the specialist.	426
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148807	Admiral William A. Moffett	Naval Institute Press	39355	25.935	Naval aviation historian William F. Trimble provides a detailed portrait of the man who took on the challenge of forming an aeronautical bureau within the US Navy in 1921 and then nurtured the early development of naval aviation. Describing Admiral Moffett as one of the first high-ranking naval officers to appreciate the importance of the aeroplane, the author contends that the admiral's background as a surface officer gave him a credibility with his superiors that others could not match.	386
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148685	MiG Master	Naval Institute Press	39355	25.935	To be equally enjoyed by professional aviators and aviation buffs with limited technical knowledge, this biography brings to life the legendary aircraft that scored the highest kill ratio of any US fighter aircraft in the Vietnam War. The book is filled with authentic re-creations of Crusader-MiG fights and vivid descriptions of the people and events that are part of the F-8 story, including John Glenn's 1957 record-breaking flight across the United States in three hours and twenty-three minutes.	240
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148678	The Dauntless Dive Bomber of World War Two	Naval Institute Press	38806	25.935	Popularly known as the Douglas Dauntless, the U.S. Navy's SBD dive bomber was well named. Though considered obsolete at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbour, the Dauntless turned the tide of war in the Pacific. Barrett Tillman tells the rousing story of the men who took the "slow but deadly" Dauntless into combat, loving her for her ruggedness and dependability while wishing for more speed and firepower.	232
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148661	Pushing the Envelope	Naval Institute Press	38472	22.035	First published in 1994, this stirring autobiography of a fighter and test pilot takes readers full throttle through Carl's imposing list of "firsts". Beginning with his World War II career, he gained such commendations as first Marine Corps ace, among the first Marines ever to fly a helicopter, and first Marine to land aboard an aircraft carrier. This very readable memoir is as forthright and compelling as the man it chronicles.	152
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148654	Lessons Not Learned	Naval Institute Press	39232	45.435	Military sociologist Roger Thompson provides a compelling, often scathing, assessment of the US Navy and its learning disabilities, and then presents a convincing argument for reform. Thompson points to the US Navy's up-or-out promotion system, massive personnel turnover, inexperienced crews, and drug and alcohol abuse as problems that make it difficult for the Navy to build cohesive, well-trained fighting units.	272
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148647	Believed to Be Alive	Naval Institute Press	38229	24.635	On March 31, 1951, a young Navy helicopter pilot, Lt. John W. Thornton volunteered for a dangerous mission to rescue a key intelligence unit trapped on a high ridge behind enemy lines in Korea. Although he wrecked his craft while attempting to land, he directed other helicopters to the scene to evacuate the marooned personnel. This firsthand account of his exploits that day and during the following three years he spent in captivity tells a tale of courage, cruelty, and compassion.	288
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148579	Strategy and Tactics NS300	Naval Institute Press	40055	63.635		181
History > Military History	Vietnam War	9781591148531	The Battle of Ap Bac Vietnam	Naval Institute Press	39355	25.935	On January 2, 1963, the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) and its American advisors were soundly defeated by Viet Cong guerrilla forces at Ap Pac. The loss should have caused U.S. policy makers to question the value of their efforts to train and equip the ARVN troops, but they failed to perceive the battle's significance. In this book, a longtime U.S. Army officer and history professor at West Point provides the most comprehensive treatment of the battle in print.	224
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography: historical, political & military	9781591148524	The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown	Naval Institute Press	39171	24.635	Jesse Leroy Brown was born in 1926 to sharecroppers in the segregated South. An outstanding student and top athlete, he set his sights on becoming a Navy pilot despite the resistance of his family and the rampant Jim Crow laws. Brown went on to become the first black man to fly a Navy fighter and make a carrier landing. Based on archival documents and interviews, this is both a stirring story of a man breaking historic racial barriers and a thrilling tale of naval carrier aviation and combat.	300
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148500	The Magnificent Mitscher	Naval Institute Press	38806	29.835	Air Admiral Marc Mitscher, who led the US attack across the Pacific, is a legend in military circles for developing an entirely new concept of war at sea. His skills as a carrier tactician and genius for leading men rank him with the best World War II combat commanders. Yet his accomplishments are not widely known. This book tells the full story of this pioneer of naval aviation and his innovations.	364
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148456	Death at a Distance	Naval Institute Press	38867	38.935	Only seven U.S. submariners earned the Medal of Honour in World War II. Sam Dealey, the <em>USS Harder</em>'s commander, was one of them. His honour was awarded posthumously after the entire crew was lost off Bataan during a depth-charge attack in August 1944. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Michael Sturma details several daring missions, one that involved the heroic Australian commando Bill Jinkins, and puts the <em>USS Harder</em>'s action in the context of the overall Pacific campaign.	246
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148401	The Golden Thirteen	Naval Institute Press	37710	32.435	In January 1944 sixteen black enlisted men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to begin a cram course that would turn them into the US Navy's first African-American officers on active duty. In 1986 Paul Stillwell began recording the memories of the eight surviving members of the group. Later he interviewed three white officers who served with and supported the efforts of the men during World War II. This book collects the stories of those eleven men.	336
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148340	Military Widow	Naval Institute Press	38898	29.835	This survival guide for widows of service personnel tackles the unique and complex issues arising from the death of a spouse in the military. It speaks to loss in each of the service branches, across the span of rank and rates, and offers invaluable insights and practical strategies for dealing with this life-altering tragedy.	215
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148197	If the Gods are Good	Naval Institute Press	38260	37.635	Delivers a stirring account of one of the greatest David-and-Goliath stories in the annals of sea fights: the sacrificial defence of a British convoy by its escort <em>Jervis Bay</em> against <em>Admiral Scheer</em>, one of Germany's most feared warships. Tales like this are often lost in the great kaleidoscope of World War II, where watershed events tend to overshadow smaller encounters. This is a story of such courage and resourcefulness, however, that it deserves to be remembered.	270
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591148159	Sherman Invades Georgia	Naval Institute Press	38959	45.435	A long-time Special Forces officer with a Ph.D. in systems engineering presents a new perspective on General William T. Sherman's invasion of Georgia. General John Scales's book takes advantage of modern planning techniques to fully examine what went into the Georgia campaign. He has limited the information in his book to that possessed by General Sherman at the time, as documented in his correspondence during the campaign and not in his after-the-fact reports and autobiography.	213
History > Military History	Second World War	9781591148067	The Chief Culprit	Naval Institute Press	41394	35.035	Bestselling author Victor Suvorov probes newly released Soviet documents and reevaluates existing material to analyse Stalin's strategic design to conquer Europe and the reasons behind his controversial support for Nazi Germany. A former Soviet army intelligence officer, the author explains that Stalin's strategy leading up to World War II grew from Lenin's belief that if World War I did not ignite the worldwide Communist revolution, then a second world war would be needed to achieve it.	352
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591147992	Division Officer's Guide	Naval Institute Press	38290	38.935	Since 1952 this classic handbook has helped young naval officers take charge of their first division and has served as a valued resource for petty officers and more senior officers. In clear and concise language it lays out the basic tools for a junior officer: leadership, organisation, management, training, personnel, administration, career management, information flow, and a host of other key lessons.	357
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591147978	First Across	Naval Institute Press	41151	48.035	Presents the exciting story of the first transatlantic flight. The flight, made in 1919, took a six-man crew nearly three weeks to complete. This book describes in detail the entire operation: the planning, the men and their aircraft, the primitive radio communication, and method of air navigation.	308
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591147961	Subchaser	Naval Institute Press	37863	32.435	In a wartime Navy of giant carriers and battleships, tiny wooden subchasers did not command much attention. Yet these 110-foot warships, manned mostly by inexperienced reservists, performed vital chores for the fleet everywhere there was action in World War II. They led landing craft right up to the assault beaches, protected them from fire, fought off air attacks, swept for mines, laid down smoke screens, and patrolled the sea for killer submarines. One such doughty little ship, subchaser 692, is the subject of this book.	251
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591147923	Oliver Hazard Perry	Naval Institute Press	39020	45.435	Hailed for his decisive victory over a Royal Navy squadron on Lake Erie in September, Oliver Hazard Perry was one the early US Navy s most famous heroes. In this modern, scholarly reassessment of the man and his career, Professor David Skaggs emphasizes Perry s place in naval history as an embodiment of the code of honour, an exemplar of combat courage, and a symbol of patriotism to his fellow officers and the American public.	384
History > Military History	Military history	9781591147602	Uncommon Warriors	Naval Institute Press	41151	45.435	Examines all of the nearly 500 of the Navy's unique miscellaneous auxiliary (AG) and unclassified miscellaneous (IX) vessels. It provides individual histories, specifications and illustrations for more than 40 of these ships, as well as concise directory listings for another 400 vessels. The main text is supplemented with a glossary of terms and abbreviations, bibliography and three apprendices, and is further reinforced with a detailed index.	288
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591147480	Pre-Astronauts	Naval Institute Press	37651	24.635	In the 1950s and early 1960s a small fraternity of daring, brilliant men made the first exploratory trips into the upper stratosphere, reaching the edge of outer space in tiny capsules suspended beneath plastic balloons. This book tells the story of these tenacious men as they laboured on the cusp of a new age, seeing things that no one had ever seen and experiencing conditions no one was sure they could survive.	344
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591147466	Pictures from the Life of Nelson	Naval Institute Press	38563	38.935	This is a re-release of a long-lost gem from 1897. The author, W. Clark Russell, was one of the nineteenth-century's most popular and prolific writers of nautical literature. Largely forgotten today is the fact that Russell brought his prodigious storytelling talents to bear upon the true-life exploits of Admiral Lord Nelson.	301
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591147459	Afghanistan and the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warefare	Naval Institute Press	38867	35.035	A Naval Postgraduate School professor and former career Special Forces officer looks at why the US military cannot conduct unconventional warfare despite a significant effort to create and maintain such a capability. In his examination of Operation Enduring Freedom, Hy Rothstein maintains that although the operation in Afghanistan appeared to have been a masterpiece of military creativity, the United States executed its impressive display of power in a totally conventional manner.	218
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591147381	Honor Bound	Naval Institute Press	39355	45.435	In this landmark study, two respected scholars provide a comprehensive, balanced, and authoritative account of what happened to the nearly eight hundred Americans captured during the Vietnam War. The authors were granted unprecedented access to previously unreleased materials and interviewed more than a hundred former POWs to meticulously reconstruct their captivity record and produce a compelling narrative of this sketchy chapter of the war.	736
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591147244	Descent into Darkness	Naval Institute Press	41151	24.635	On December 7, 1941, as the battleships Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah lie paralysed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a team of US Navy salvage divers headed by Edward C. Raymer are hurriedly flown to Oahu to rescue the sailors and Marines trapped below. Now for the first time, Raymer tells the story of the desperate attempts to save crewmembers caught inside their sinking ships.	240
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591147169	On the Warpath in the Pacific	Naval Institute Press	38625	48.035	When J.J. Clark graduated from the US Naval Academy at the end of World War I he was ready to be a pioneer in one of the great transformations of the U.S. Navy in the twentieth century - the change from a surface-only force to one in which aviation played a key if not determinant role. Naval historian Clark Reynolds is particularly well placed to write this book because he had access to family papers and was co-author of the Admiral Clark's autobiography.	537
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591147114	Dark Victory	Naval Institute Press	38076	32.435	A prominent national security analyst provides a critical examination of the origins, objectives, conduct, and consequences of the US war against Iraq in this major new study. Focusing on the intersection of world politics, US foreign policy, and the invasion and occupation of Iraq, Jeffrey Record presents a full-scale policy analysis of the war and its aftermath.	203
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591147008	Tennessee Patriot	Naval Institute Press	38990	37.635	Bill Lawrence served his country for thirty-seven years in a remarkable naval career filled with triumphs and adversities. In this autobiography, Lawrence credits much of his resolve and ability to overcome difficulties to his strong and nurturing parents, his youth in Nashville, Tennessee, his experiences at the US Naval Academy, and to the love and support of his wife Diane.	230
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591146926	Admiral Arleigh Burke	Naval Institute Press	38472	28.535	Considered by many to be the father of the modern US Navy, Arleigh Burke was a sea warrior, strategist, and unparalleled service leader whose impact on the course of naval warfare is still felt today. E.B. Potter's biography follows Burke's naval career from the his early days at the Naval Academy through the dramatic destroyer operations in the Solomons, to his participation, as chief of staff to Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher, in the crucial carrier operations of World War II.	494
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591146919	Bull Halsey	Naval Institute Press	37741	42.835	Naval historian E. B. Potter, who established his reputation with an award-winning biography of Chester W. Nimitz, gets behind the stereotype of this national hero and describes Halsey at his best and worst, including his controversial actions at Leyte Gulf. To write this book Potter had full access to Halsey's family and to the admiral's private papers and provides detail of Halsey's youth and career before the war. First published in 1985, it remains the definitive study.	544
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591146872	The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet	Naval Institute Press	41394	169	Continuing the longstanding tradition as the most complete naval resource of its kind, this updated 19th edition of The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. meets the high expectations and exacting standards of those who rely on this volume to stay informed and to make related policy, force level, technological and weapons decisions. Packed with comprehensive information, up-to-date photographs, line drawings, and useful appendices, this describes the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard during an intensive period of transformation.	704
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591146858	The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet	Naval Institute Press	38046	130	Continuing the longstanding tradition as the most complete naval resource of its kind, this updated 19th edition of The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. meets the high expectations and exacting standards of those who rely on this volume to stay informed and to make related policy, force level, technological and weapons decisions. Packed with comprehensive information, up-to-date photographs, line drawings, and useful appendices, this describes the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard during an intensive period of transformation.	661
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591146766	No Higher Honor	Naval Institute Press	41608	31.135	Like its World War II namesake of Leyte Gulf fame, USS <em>Samuel B. Roberts </em>(FFG 58) was a small combatant built for escort duty. But its skipper imbued his brand-new crew with a fighting spirit to match their forebears, and in 1988 when the guided missile frigate was thrust into the Persian Gulf at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, there was no better ship for the job. This is the first book to record the ship's extraordinary tale.	288
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591146698	Paullin's History of Naval Administration, 1775-1911	Naval Institute Press	41151	53.235	Paullin's sprightly accounts of early naval administration have become well known to historians, students and researchers. His detailed knowledge of the politics and personalities involved in managing the Navy, from the Revolutionary War through the Spanish-American War, give an insight into the times not available in other work. This single volume collection contains fifteen Paullin articles written on early naval administration for <em>Proceedings</em> magazine.	483
History > Military History	The Cold War	9781591146681	Project Azorian	Naval Institute Press	41212	25.935	Tells the story of Project Azorian, the most ambitious ocean engineering endeavour ever attempted. Despite incredible political, military, and intelligence risks, and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean in early August 1974. This audacious effort was carried out under the cover of an undersea mining operation sponsored by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes.	264
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591146643	Sunburst	Naval Institute Press	39171	45.435	Examines the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its genesis in 1909 to its thunderbolt capability on the eve of the Pacific war. In the process of explaining the navy's essential strengths and weaknesses, the book provides the most detailed account available in English of Japan's naval air campaign over China from 1937 to 1941. A final chapter analyses the destruction of Japanese naval air power by 1944.	392
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591146636	Voices from the Pacific War	Naval Institute Press	37924	38.935	Petty's valuable oral history contains 23 accounts from enlistee veterans of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Many had joined the navy before Pearl Harbour because of the Depression, and a fair number stayed in the navy after the war. One and all were proud to have served. Their service took them along many different courses.	408
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591146605	Twilight Warriors	Naval Institute Press	38502	38.935	From the start of the Cold War to the fall of Saigon, from the Congo to Tibet, from the Bay of Pigs to North Vietnam and Nicaragua, this offers a comprehensive overview of US air-supported covert operations against the Soviet bloc. <em>Twilight Warriors</em> brings a sense of continuity to the shifting, shadowy battlefronts of the Cold War, spanning the postwar decades with one fascinating account after another.	288
		9781591146599	Ironclad Down	Naval Institute Press	39232	58.5	The result of more than fifteen years of research, this is a treasure trove of detailed information about one of history's most famous vessels. Describing the fascinating people who conceived, designed and built one of the world's first ironclads, as well as describing the ship itself, Carl Park offers both the most thoroughly detailed, in-depth analysis to date of the actual architecture of the Virginia and a fascinating, colourful chapter of Civil War history.	272
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591146506	The U.S. Navy against the Axis	Naval Institute Press	39141	48.035	Naval historian Vincent O Hara recounts here the dramatic story of the US Navy s surface fleet in World War II, especially its ship-to-ship combat. He suggests that the fleet's role in America's ultimate victory was far more crucial than commonly credited and holds many lessons for today s Navy and the nation as a whole. His work is the only single volume to treat every surface naval action involving major American warships, both famous and obscure.	275
History > Military History	Second World War	9781591145790	Victory in the Pacific	Naval Institute Press	41151	33.735	In this, the concluding narrative volume of his series, Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison describes the two of the most famous campaigns in which he participated: Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The details of these operations are described vividly, even passionately. Morison describes the strategy that led to the concluding campaigns of the war and to the dropping of the first atomic bombs. Additional chapters are devoted to the logistics problem of supplying fleets and armies thousands of miles from bases to the devastating prowls by Pacific Fleet submarines, and to the controversial loss of the Indianapolis.	439
Politics > Miscellaneous	Naval forces & warfare	9781591145387	Most Secret and Confidential	Naval Institute Press	41212	32.435	In today's world of satellites and electronic eavesdropping it is hard to appreciate the difficulties involved two centuries ago in collecting and disseminating secret intelligence in time of war. This provides readers with a close-up look at the ingenious methods used to obtain and analyse secret material and deliver it to operational forces at sea in the days of fighting sail.	392
History > Miscellaneous	Middle Eastern history	9781591145332	Warrior's Rage	Naval Institute Press	41212	24.635	On 26 February 1991, cavalry troops of the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, charged out of a sandstorm during Operation Desert Storm and caught Iraq's Republican Guard Corps in the open desert. Douglas Macgregor recounts two stories. One is the inspiring tale of the valiant American soldiers who fought and won the battle; the other is a story of failed generalship, that explains why Iraq's Republican Guard escaped, ensuring that Saddam Hussein's regime survived.	272
Politics > Miscellaneous	Military veterans	9781591145288	The Military Advantage: 2010 Edition	Naval Institute Press	40208	28.535	This is acknowledged as the essential annual reference to military and veterans benefits, and has earned a reputation as a reliable, up-to-date guide for millions of American military families. Written by Terry Howell, the managing editor for Military.com, and backed by the resources of that twelve-million-member organisation and its parent company, Monster.com, the guide unlocks the availability of benefits that too often are overlooked and go unused.	400
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography: historical, political & military	9781591145271	Iraq and Back	Naval Institute Press	38990	35.035	In April 2003 President Bush sent retired US Army Lt. Gen. Jay Garner to Iraq to rebuild the country. As Garner's executive officer, the author of this book was part of the senior leadership circle charged with three tasks. They were to reconstruct Iraq's infrastructure, provide humanitarian assistance, and lay the foundation for a democratic process to take hold. But not long after their arrival the political, military, and economic wheels ground to a halt and theirs became mission improbable. Air Force colonel Kim Olson here tells how and why.	211
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591145264	The Faustball Tunnel	Naval Institute Press	38806	24.635	On December 23, 1944, twenty-five German prisoners of war broke out of an Arizona prison camp not far from the Mexican border by crawling along a 178-foot tunnel. By Christmas day, they were looking for ways to reach Mexico and Axis sympathizers who would help them. Drawing on extensive interviews with the escapees and formerly classified documents, John Hammond Moore tells their incredible story.	270
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591145257	The North Korean People's Army	Naval Institute Press	38655	36.335	For more than fifty years, the combined armed forces of the US and the Republic of Korea have faced down the North Korean People's Army (NKPA) along the world's most militarized stretch of land. Despite the prolonged standoff, much remains unknown about the world's third largest army. James M. Minnich blends academic knowledge with nearly twenty-five years of military experience to explain the NKPA's origins, military ideology, strategy, combat formations, and tactics.	164
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591145240	The Two-Ocean War	Naval Institute Press	39171	36.335	Originally published in 1963, this classic, single-volume history draws on Morison s definitive 15-volume <em>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</em>. More than a condensation, this book highlights the major components of the larger work.	611
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591145202	Bankrupting the Enemy	Naval Institute Press	39355	41.6	A great world power can wage economic war, forcing another country to go bankrupt. In the period leading up to Pearl Harbor, the US deployed its formidable control of a war-torn financial system to freeze Japan's dollars and gold supply held in US banks, driving the country into international bankruptcy. Edward S. Miller convincingly demonstrates that financial strangulation, more than the more well-known blockade of oil exports, drove the Japanese leaders to desperation and ultimately to attack.	352
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591145196	Clashes	Naval Institute Press	39171	29.835	This classic work, makes full use of declassified US documents to offer the first comprehensive study of fighter combat over North Vietnam. Marshall Michel's balanced, exhaustive coverage describes and analyses both Air Force and Navy engagements with North Vietnamese MiGs, but also includes discussions of the SAM threat and US countermeasures, laser-guided bombs, and US attempts to counter the MiG threat with a variety of technological equipment.	352
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591145189	Contra Cross	Naval Institute Press	38867	35.035	This journey through the Central American wars of the 1980s is seen through the eyes of a young American who worked on both sides of insurgency in the region; in El Salvador he supported efforts to defeat insurgents; with Nicaraguans he worked to keep an insurgency alive. This book is more than a collection of war stories. Bill Meara explores the difficult moral, philosophical, and ideological issues of the Central American wars.	168
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591145134	A Most Fortunate Ship	Naval Institute Press	37710	38.935	Tyrone G. Martin, the author, was captain of the <em>USS Constitution</em> during the US's bicentennial celebrations. After decades of research and study, Martin was able to confirm that the innovative diagonal riders which ensured the frigate's long life were present at the ship's launching. He also provides details about the famous ship's participation in battles that have long been ignored or glossed over in official reports.	440
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591145066	Brief Points	Naval Institute Press	38107	32.435	The Naval Academy's culture is a unique and sometimes baffling phenomenon to the outside world, but with this newly updated guide in hand relatives and friends of midshipmen will find answers to all the questions they might have about Academy life. Since it was first published more than a decade ago, parents have relied on the almanac for insights into their sons' and daughters' experiences at Annapolis.	224
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591145004	War Plan Orange	Naval Institute Press	39171	37.635	Based on twenty years of research in formerly secret archives, this book reveals for the first time the full significance of War Plan Orange - the US Navy's strategy to defeat Japan, formulated over the forty years prior to World War II. It recounts the struggles between "thrusting" and "cautionary" schools of strategy, the roles of outspoken leaders such as Dewey, Mahan, King, and MacArthur, and the adaptation of aviation and other technologies to the plan.	560
Politics > Miscellaneous	Military veterans	9781591144991	The Military Advantage: 2009 Edition	Naval Institute Press	39902	28.535	This is acknowledged as the essential annual reference to military and veterans benefits, and has earned a reputation as a reliable, up-to-date guide for millions of American military families. Written by Terry Howell, the managing editor for Military.com, and backed by the resources of that twelve-million-member organisation and its parent company, Monster.com, the guide unlocks the availability of benefits that too often are overlooked and go unused.	400
History > Military History	Second World War	9781591144946	Nothing Less Than Full Victory	Naval Institute Press	39232	42.835	This is the story of how American ground troops in Europe managed to defeat one of the most proficient armies in history. The author, a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Army, draws on his twenty years of experience in military logistics and eight years of scholarly research to examine the US Army's remarkable transformation from a third-rate ground force of 145,000 to a modern army of more than 8 million men.	288
Literature > Miscellaneous	Biography: historical, political & military	9781591144922	Mustin	Naval Institute Press	37802	45.5	Three generations of a distinguished naval family are profiled in this biography. The family's story intertwines with the history of the US Navy as it rose through the century to become the preeminent maritime player on the international stage. Key participants in many of the major naval milestones of the twentieth century, the Mustins dealt, with tremendous technological and historical change, from the rise of the battleship and naval aviation to the introduction of missiles, nuclear submarines, and atomic weapons.	460
History > Miscellaneous	Middle Eastern history	9781591144892	Imperial Crossroads	Naval Institute Press	41151	45.435	For centuries the world's Great Powers, along with their fleets, armies, and intelligence services, have been drawn to the Persian Gulf region. This collection investigates a different perspective in the broader subject of the Great Powers and their involvement with the states of the Persian Gulf. It concentrates on four western nations - Portugal, Holland, Britain, and the US - and concludes with a look at the possible future involvement of two rising Asian powers - China and India.	272
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591144885	Spies for Nimitz	Naval Institute Press	38016	38.935	Profiles the history and select operations of America's first effective all source, joint military intelligence agency. Known as JICPOA for Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Ocean Areas, the agency's nearly two thousand specialists are credited with giving Admiral Nimitz the intelligence he needed to win the Pacific War. Jeffrey Moore explains how JICPOA, evolved and reveals some new facts about the war as he assesses the impact of intelligence on eight amphibious campaigns.	300
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591144861	Where are the WMDs?	Naval Institute Press	38898	37.635	There are many books on the Iraq war and on WMD-type issues, but this is the first to offer a historical overview of chemical-biological defence issues and a policy analysis of how the US government addresses the threat of weapons of mass destruction and how ground forces deal with the problem on the battlefield. Al Mauroni draws on two decades of experience in the area of chemical-biological defence policy to present this comprehensive analysis.	333
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591144823	Rethinking the Principles of War	Naval Institute Press	41273	61.035	Features the fresh thinking of twenty-eight leading authors from a variety of military and national security disciplines. This collection of essays is the outcome of a seminar series sponsored by the Office of Force Transformation and the US Navy to examine the future of warfare and the underlying principles of war and to educate future military strategists and leaders on these principles.	572
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591144786	The Pacific War Remembered	Naval Institute Press	37771	25.935	In this remarkable oral history collection, thirty-three participants in the turbulent epic that began with Pearl Harbour and ended with the signing of the surrender documents in Tokyo Harbour tell their stories. Their remembrances of heartbreak, frustration, heroism, hope, and triumph were collected over a period of twenty-five years by John T. Mason. Their recollections reveal perspectives and facts not included in traditional works of history.	408
History > Miscellaneous	History	9781591144717	The First Team	Naval Institute Press	38563	45.435	Hailed as one of the finest examples of aviation research, this comprehensive 1984 study presents a detailed and scrupulously accurate operational history of carrier-based air warfare. From the earliest operations in the Pacific through the decisive Battle of Midway, it offers a narrative account of how ace fighter pilots like Jimmy Thach and Butch O'Hare and their skilled VF squadron mates - called the "first team" - amassed a remarkable combat record in the face of desperate odds.	547

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