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  • To Provide and Maintain a Navy: 1775-1945

    by Captain Richard L. Wright ...
    The United States Navy evolved from an ill-formed collection of merchant vessels, privateers, and small frigates into the most capable maritime force in world history . The author employs an historical narrative that describes this evolution of American warships, technology, and force structure as opposed to the battles or tactics in which they engaged.He examines the history of the U.S. Navy from ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • The Admirals

    Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea

    by Walter R. Borneman ...
    How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the world's dominant sea power.Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Civil War 100

    The Stories Behind the Most Influential Battles, People and Events in the War Between the States

    by Michael Lee Lanning ...
    The Civil War was the defining event in American history.The Civil War 100 uses a truly novel approach to analyze the respective importance of the events, leaders and battles of America's most important war."Across this easily accessible reference, readers meet notonly such icons as Lincoln and Lee, but also chronic fumblerswhose tarnished reputations have most often sunk beneaththe notice of the ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The Pacific War

    The Strategy, Politics, and Players That Won the War

    by William B. Hopkins ...
    This "important comprehensive study" of WWII in the Pacific examines the high-level decision-making and strategy that led to victory ( Roanoke Times).Once the stories have been told of battles won and lost, most of what happens in a war remains a mystery. So it has been with accounts of World War II in the Pacific, a complex conflict whose nature is often obscured by simple chronological ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Honor in the Dust

    Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream

    by Gregg Jones ...
    “Fascinating.”—New York Times Book Review • “Well-written.”—The Boston Globe • “Extraordinary.”—The Christian Science Monitor • “A compelling page-turner.”—Adam HochschildOn the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt set out to transform the U.S. into a major world power. The Spanish-American War would forever change America's standing in global affairs, and drive the young ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • For the Common Defense

    by Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski ...
    Now fully updated and totally revised, this highly regarded classic remains the most comprehensive study available of America’s military history.Called “the preeminent survey of American military history” by Russell F. Weigley, America’s foremost military historian, For the Common Defense is an essential contribution to the field of military history. This carefully researched third edition ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • First to Fight

    An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps

    by Estate of V H. Krulak ...
    Series series Bluejacket Books
    In this riveting insider's chronicle, legendary Marine General Brute Krulak submits an unprecedented examination of U.S. Marines-their fights on the battlefield and off, their extraordinary esprit de corps. Deftly blending history with autobiography, action with analysis, and separating fact from fable, General Krulak touches the very essence of the Corps: what it means to be a Marine and the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Decision at Sea

    Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History

    by Craig L. Symonds ...
    From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping history of five key battles that defined the evolution of naval warfare--and the course of the American nation. Acclaimed military historian Craig Symonds offers spellbinding narratives of crucial ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The African American Soldier:

    From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell

    by Michael L. Lanning ...
    More than five thousand blacks joined the rebel Americans in the war as soldiers, sailors, and marines; many more supported the rebellion as laborers. Their service went largely unrecognized and unrecorded.Few letters, journals, or other narratives by blacks about the Revolution exist because whites had denied most African Americans an education. White historians of the period, and for years after ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • The U.S. Navy

    A Concise History

    by Craig L. Symonds ...
    This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks on the British in the Revolution, the Barbary Wars, and the arduous conquest of Iwo Jima. The book illuminates ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • A War of Frontier and Empire

    The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902

    by David J. Silbey ...
    First-rate military history, A War of Frontier and Empire retells an often forgotten chapter in America's past, infusing it with commanding contemporary relevance.It has been termed an insurgency, a revolution, a guerrilla war, and a conventional war. As David J. Silbey demonstrates in this taut, compelling history, the 1899 Philippine-American War was in fact all of these. Played out over three ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Quiet Warrior

    A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

    by Thomas B Buell USN (Ret.) ...
    Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, this work is now available in trade paperback for the first time. Spruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the towering figures in American naval history. Yet his ... Read more

    $20.99 USD