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The Warrior Elite: The Forging of Seal Class 228

The Warrior Elite: The Forging of Seal Class 228 more books like this

by Dick Couch

A former Navy SEAL provides an insider's account of the elite group's training and combat operations. Couch focuses on one class, number 228, and looks beyond the grueling training, seeking to draw a psychological profile of these warriors.

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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage more books like this

by Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew

This real-life Hunt for Red October is a story Naval Intelligence doesnt want you to know: the dramatic history of Americas highly clandestine, dangerous, and sometimes deadly submarine espionage missions, from the Cold War thorough the Clinton administration. Over the course of five years, investigative reporters Sherry Sontag and Chris Drew ...

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Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World

Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World more books like this

by Roger Crowley

In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world.

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Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew

Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew more books like this

by Alex Kershaw

This is the adrenaline-soaked story of nine men who fought the Japanese from America's deadliest submarine, survived its sinking and endured months of brutal torture in captivity. By October 1944, the US Navy submarine Tang was legendary - she had sunk more enemy ships, rescued more downed airmen and pulled off more daring surface attacks than any ...

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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy more books like this

by Ian W Toll

From the decision to build six heavy frigates through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli to the war that shook the world in 1812, Toll tells the grand tale of the founding of the U.S. Navy.

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Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the US

Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the US more books like this

by Kenneth Sewell, Clint Richmond

One of the great secrets of the Cold War, hidden for decades, is revealed at last. Early in 1968 a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine sank in the waters off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been. Compelling evidence, assembled here for the first time, strongly suggests that the sub, K-129, sank while attempting ...

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Down Range: Navy Seals in the War on Terrorism

Down Range: Navy Seals in the War on Terrorism more books like this

by Dick Couch, Richard Danzig (Foreword by)

Granted unprecedented access to the SEALs fresh from combat, Couch creates riveting, detailed narratives of the definitive engagements while painting unusually intimate portraits of these warriors in the field.

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Iron coffins; a personal account of the German U-boat battles of World War II

Iron coffins; a personal account of the German U-boat battles of World War II more books like this

by Herbert A. Werner

The Battle of the Atlantic was one of the most savage and strategically significant campaigns of World War II: 28,000 out of 39,000 men in the German U-boat force disappeared beneath the waves. Herbert A. Werner, one of the few surviving German U-boat commanders, served on five submarines from 1941 to 1945. From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, ...

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In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story O

In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story O more books like this

by Doug Stanton

This World War II account of survival at sea also raises questions of military justice. The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by the Japanese after it had delivered a top secret cargo that was later revealed to be elements of one of the bombs dropped on Japan. The crew abandoned ship and endured a five-day ordeal in open sea before the survivors were ...

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The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty

The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty more books like this

by Caroline Alexander

In giving the story its historical due, Alexander focuses on the court-martial of the mutineers who were captured in Tahiti and brought to justice in England. This fresh perspective revivifies the entire saga, and the salty, colorful language of the men conjures up the events of that morning in 1789.

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Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939-1942 more books like this

by Clay Blair, Jr.

The first of two volumes on the Nazi U-boats during World War II covers the years 1939-1942.

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Armada more books like this

by Garrett Mattingly

Pulitzer prize-winning historian Garrett Mattingly's bestselling classic is now, on the 400th anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, available in a new deluxe hardcover edition. Three 8-page photo inserts.

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Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II more books like this

by Barrett Tillman, Stephen Coonts (Foreword by)

The true story of one of the greatest and most decisive conflicts in the history of naval warfare-from an award-winning author. In June, 1944, American and Japanese carrier fleets made their way through the Philippine Sea, both hoping to take control of the vital Marianas Islands. When they met, they embarked upon a naval engagement that escalated ...

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Patrick O'Brian's Navy more books like this

by Richard O'Neill

From the moment that Master and Commander, the first of Patrick O'Brian's sequence of novels about the 19th century naval office Jack Aubrey and his surgeon colleague Stephen Maturin, was published in 1970, critics hailed the book as a masterpiece of historical recreation. Patrick O'Brian died in 2000 not long after the publication of the ...

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Navy more books like this

by W J Holland (Editor)

Full-color and vintage photography, portraits, recruiting posters, and historically inspired paintings accompany the text in this definitive story of the U.S. Navy. Written by an outstanding team of historians, authors, and distinguished retired officers, "The Navy" is a riveting account of the U.S. Navy experience.

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Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway more books like this

by Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully

The Battle of Midway was one of the most famous battles of World War Two. Now, for the first time since Gordon Prange's bestselling Miracle at Midway, two authors offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, this book makes extensive use of Japanese primary sources which correct previous accounts and ...

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Men-Of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy more books like this

by Patrick O'Brian

A companion to O'Brian's sea novels, this concise, historical overview offers a straightforward explanation of what daily life was like in Admiral Horatio Nelson's navy. Line drawings and charts help readers to understand the construction and rigging of the great ships and the types and disposition of the guns. Contemporary illustrations and ...

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To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World more books like this

by Arthur Herman

An epic history of the Royal Navy from the Spanish Armada to the present tells the story of how the British dominated the world and laid the foundation for the modern age.

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Nimitz more books like this

by E B Potter

This definitive biography describes the famous admiral's childhood and his early and postwar appointments. It candidly reveals his opinions of Halsey, Kimmel, King, Spruance, MacArthur, Forrestal, Roosevelt, and Truman.

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Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World more books like this

by Roy Adkins

A New York Times Bestseller A Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, History Book Club, and Military History Book Club In this breathtaking account of the Battle of Trafalgar, Roy Adkins stunningly evokes the unsurpassed violence of 19th-century naval warfare. Drawing on a broad range of primary source material, Adkins captures as never before ...

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Down to the Sea: An Epic Story of Naval Disaster and Heroism in World War II more books like this

by Bruce Henderson

This riveting story follows four U.S. Navy ships and their crews in the Pacific through World War II until their day of reckoning in 1944 with a new new enemy--a deadly typhoon. Drawing on extensive interviews with survivors and rescuers, Henderson brings this drama to vivid life.

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A Tale of Two Subs: An Untold Story of World War II, Two Sister Ships, and Extraordinary Heroism more books like this

by Jonathan J McCullough

In 1943, the sub USS Sculpin, under attack by the Japanese, sank for the last time in what becaome one of the most remarkable stories in U.S. Naval history. Not only did several crew survive the sinking - an extremely rare event in WW II sub warfare - but several were aboard a Japanese aircraft carrier en route to a POW camp, when it was torpedoed ...

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The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805 more books like this

by Richard Zacks

In this national bestseller, now in paperback, acclaimed historian Zacks brings the true story of the unheralded American--William Eaton--who brought the Barbary pirates to their knees. 8-page photo section.

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Torpedo Junction: U-Boat War Off America's East Coast 1942 more books like this

by Homer H Hickam, Jr.

In the early years of World War II, German U-boats cruised up and down the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, sinking 259 ships and littering the waters with cargo and bodies. This riveting account of death and rescue at sea captures all the ship-by-ship action of a war that hit terrifyingly close to home.

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Terrible Hours more books like this

by Peter Maas

Originally published in 1966, this book tells the amazing true story of a naval crew trapped aboard a submarine just before the start of World War II. The tale stars Lieutenant Commander Swede Momsen, a man who has dedicated much of his career to devising escape and rescue tactics for underwater disasters, and who must finally apply his knowledge ...

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