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Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md, 1990. Reprint.. Hardcover. New. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, as issued. NEW. Bright, crisp & clean, unread. Few faint outer smudges from storage.… Mehr…

Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md, 1990. Reprint.. Hardcover. New. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, as issued. NEW. Bright, crisp & clean, unread. Few faint outer smudges from storage. xiv, 145 p., illus., map. Orig. publ.: Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy, 1988., Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md, 1990, 6, Robert E. Krieger Publishing , 1983. c.340pp. Silver hardback, light rubbing at spine and corner tips, Volume One Only, small light brown stain along upper edge of c.20pp., index, History of sea power and naval strategy to 1815, . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket., Robert E. Krieger Publishing, 1983, 3, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md, 1990. Hardcover. New. 8vo, hardcover. NEW in dust jacket. Contents bright, clean, crisp; dj glossy. xiii, 280 p. illus., Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md, 1990, 6, London: Brassey's, 1991. Hardcover. As New with no dust jacket. Brassey's Air Power: Aircraft, Weapons Systems and Technology Series Volume 11. "While maritime air operations have carved a well-deserved place in military history, the part played in those operations by land-based fixed-wing aircraft has received little coverage." 147 pages; 6 7/8 x 10, Brassey's, 1991, 5, Sydney; Allen & Unwin; 1998. hardcover and dustwrapper in very good condition, owner's name on front endpaper. 329 pages, b/w photos, Sydney; Allen & Unwin; 1998, 3, Asian Educational Services, New Delhi.. Good with no dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. Hardback issued without dustjacket; blemish to edge of pages, otherwise good in decorated green faux-leather boards. ; Account of navigation and dominance in the Indian Ocean from earliest times to early 20th century. Facsimile reprint of 1927 edition. History of maritime trade and hostilities between the European powers themselves and between the successive European states and the states in India. Illustrated; +xvpp. ; 319 pages ., Asian Educational Services, New Delhi., 1998, 2.5, London: Conway Maritime, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good., Conway Maritime, 1985, 3, Washington, Brassey's (1991).. 8vo; pp. 281; b/w illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth, dustjacket, a fine copy., Washington, Brassey's (1991)., 0, London: Rich & Cowan, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original cloth hardcover, illustrated, folding map, 258 pages, ex library with the usual marks hence a good working copy in POOR dustwrapper. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 15., Rich & Cowan, 1939, 1.75, Brasseys, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. White glazed card covers with blue lettering to spine and front. Covers are generally in very good order. . Spine is intact and bright. Text block is tight, bright and clean. 219 pp. "This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of power projection ashore. Michael Evans describes all aspects of amphibious operations from planning to execution, including ship design, command and control and fire support for the landing force. With reference to many previous operations from Galipoli to Grenada, he demonstrates how they can be the key to unlock a military stalemate, if properly conceived and executed.". B/W illustrations. No inscriptions. Z1, Brasseys, 1990, 3, London: Deans International, 1985 Illustrated with a superb collection of photographs, this book contains a wealth of fascinating information on all aspects of seafaring, from the first small boat, and oar, to the complicated powerful machines of modern submarines. 256 pages., Deans International, 1985, 3, London England: Conway Classics. Very Good/Good. 1997. 1st Conway Maritime Press Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0851777236 Hardback Hardcover. The British Battle-Fleet. Wear and a couple of small tears to edge of D/J. Message typed to previous owner to inside cover. Introduction by Antony Preston. Contents: Introduction to this edition by Antony Preston. Preface to the first Edition. The Birth of British Naval Power. The Norman and Plantagenet Eras. The Tudor Period and Birth of a Regular Navy. The Period of the Dutch Wars. The Early French Wars. The Great French War. From the Peace of Amiens to the Final Fall of Napoleon. General Matters in the Period of the French Wars. The Birth of Modern Warship Ideas. The Coming of the Ironclad. The Reed Era. The Barnaby Era. The White Era. The Watts Era. The Dreadnought Era (Watts). Submarines. Naval Aviation. Auxilliary Navies. General Matters in the Last Hundred Years. Illustrations, Maps, Plans, Diagrams, Etc. 406 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) ., Conway Classics, 1997, 2.75, Canberra: Sea Power Centre. 2009. Octavo Size [approx 15x 21cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 313 pages. Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs No 32. . 1st Edition. Softcover., Sea Power Centre, 2009, 0, Canberra: Sea Power Centre. 2010. Octavo Size [approx 15x 21cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 180 pages. Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs No 35. . 1st Edition. Softcover., Sea Power Centre, 2010, 0, Canberra: Sea Power Centre. 2004. Octavo Size [approx 15x 21cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 73 pages. Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs No 12. . 1st Edition. Softcover., Sea Power Centre, 2004, 0, Canberra: Sea Power Centre. 2006. Octavo Size [approx 15x 21cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 331 pages. Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs No 19. . 1st Edition. Softcover., Sea Power Centre, 2006, 0, Canberra: Sea Power Centre. 2005. Octavo Size [approx 15x 21cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 147 pages. Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs No 16. . 1st Edition. Softcover., Sea Power Centre, 2005, 0, Canberra: Sea Power Centre. 2007. Octavo Size [approx 15x 21cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 286 pages. Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs No 21. . 1st Edition. Softcover., Sea Power Centre, 2007, 0, Barnsley: Greenhill Books, 2017. The Luftwaffe and the War at Sea is a collection of fascinating accounts written by Germany military officers - both Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe - about the naval war in the air in the North Atlantic and around Great Britain. Most of the documents were written immediately postwar as part of the Allied debriefing programme though some are wartime German originals produced for internal use by military staffs, but all have the value of immediacy; they were written when memories were fresh and, in many case, by those who were directly caught up in the actions. These men were personal involved in all aspects of the German attempts to control the seas through maritime power, from the use of Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers during the invasion of Norway to the missions of FW 200 Kondors in cooperation with the U-boat campaign against Britain's Atlantic lifelines. The writers include such well-known names as Grossadmiral Karl Doenitz, Kontreadmiral Gerhard Wagner, General der Flieger Ulrich O E Kessler and Vizeadmiral Eberhard Weichold. The history recounted in these reports is unique and first-hand, allowing the reader a fresh perspective on those famous campaigns. Furthermore, much of that wartime experience was harnessed during the formation of the Bundersmarine's Marineflieger in the 1950s that then served throughout the Cold War and today is participating in the global war on terror with its Atlantic marine patrols.. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Greenhill Books, 2017, 6, Faber and Faber Limited, London, 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 380 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This is history, not fiction; but the story is pure Patrick O'Brian, with special effects out of The Perfect Storm. The Indian Ocean was the final battleground for Nelson's navy and France. At stake was Britain's commercial lifeline to Indiaâ??and its strategic capacity to wage war in Europe. In one fatal season, the natural order of maritime power since Trafalgar was destroyed. In bringing home Bengali saltpeter for the Peninsular campaign with military and civilian passengers, Britain lost fourteen of her great Indiamen, either sunk or taken by enemy frigates. Many hundreds of lives were lost, and the East India Company was shaken to its foundations. The focus of these disasters, military and meteorological, was a tiny French outpost in mid-oceanâ??the island known as Mauritius. This is the story of that season. It brings together the terrifying ordeal of men, women, and children caught at sea in hurricanes, and those who survived to take up the battle to drive the French from the Eastern seas. Mauritius must be taken at any cost. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; British History; Britain/UK; 19th century; History. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780571224661. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7149. . 9780571224661, Faber and Faber Limited, 2007, 3, Australian Government - Department of Defence - Defence Publishing Service, Sea Power Centre Australia, 2010 Revised updated 2nd edition. Softcover. Very Good +. "Australian Maritime Doctrine provides an authoritative guide to current naval thinking and is thus a vital component of the training and education of all the RAN's men and women. It is fundamental to improving our knowledge of ourselves and our Service, and likewise a key element in our work to ensure that all Australians understand better the continuing importance to their nation of the sea and sea power.""- xvii, 239 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 21 cm. #110222 Australia. Royal Australian Navy. | Sea-power -- Australia. | Australia -- Military policy.(Light buckling, otherwise pristine.) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Very Good +, Australian Government - Department of Defence - Defence Publishing Service, Sea Power Centre Australia, 2010 Revised updated 2nd edition, 3, Sea Power Centre, Australia, 2006. Softcover. Very Good. Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs No. 17 Library stamp on first inner page. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Australian History; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0642296367. ISBN/EAN: 9780642296368. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 21283. . 9780642296368, Sea Power Centre, 2006, 3, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1998. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, cancelled EX-LIBRARY (spine label, barcode, rubber stamps, sticker), good plus condition (in good plus dustjacket), black & white text-photos, maps, faint toning page edges, protected by fixed library semiarchival plastic sleeve. 329 pp. Collection of 17 essays, updated from a conference in 1997, describing Australian naval experience during the last century. Topics covered include: HMAS Adelaide and the punitive expedition to Malaita in 1927; involvement at Noumea in 1940; Australia's role in developing a worldwide naval intelligence system; coastal patrols; peacekeeping in the Persian Gulf., Allen & Unwin, 1998, 0, Naval War College, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, Newport, R.I, 2004. Paperback. New. 8vo, paperback. NEW. Bright, crisp & clean, unread; covers glossy. ix, 334 p., illus., maps. Orig. published as: Newport Paper Number Six, 1989., Naval War College, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, Newport, R.I, 2004, 6, Dover Publications. Very Good. 5.5 x 1.25 x 8.5 inches. Paperback. 1987. 656 pages. <br>First published almost a century ago, this classic text on the history and tactics of naval warfare had a profound effect on the imperial policies of all the major powers. Kaiser W ilhelm is said to have devoured this book, and it was avidly read by presidents (including both Roosevelts), kings, prime minister s, admirals, and chancellors. This book was the work of noted U.S . naval officer and historian Alfred Mahan (1840-1914), who argue d that despite great changes and scientific advances in naval wea ponry, certain principle of naval strategy remain constant, and n ations ignore them at their peril. Credited with stimulating the growth of modern navies in leading countries of the world, the te xt remains a basic authority on the strategy of naval warfare and is still used in the war colleges. Demonstrating through histori cal examples that the rise and fall of seapower (and of nations) has always been linked with commercial and military command of th e seas, Mahan describes successful naval strategies employed in t he past - from Greek and Roman times through the Napoleonic wars. Focusing primarily on England's rise as a sea power in the 18th century, the book provides not only an overview of naval tactics, but a lucid exposition of geographical, economic, and social fac tors governing the maintenance of sea power. The work is carefull y written and exceptionally well-documented; moreover, the author 's clear, well-thought-out text avoids technical language, making it accessible to a nonprofessional audience. In addition, four m aps and a profusion of plans of naval battles help the reader gra sp the strategy and tactics involved in some of the history's gre atest maritime conflicts. In this inexpensive edition, the book r epresents an indispensable sourcebook for statesmen, diplomats, s trategists, and naval commanders as well as students of history a nd international affairs. Although ships, weapons, and the global balance of power have altered greatly since 1890, the lessons ta ught here so vividly and compellingly are still applicable today. Includes 4 maps, 24 battle plans. ., Dover Publications, 1987, 3, (Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) This is the first complete, authoritative history of the US Navy for 50 years. The author, drawing on a vast store of original sources including memoirs, congressional testimony and government documents, analyses how the American navy evolved in peace and war. He looks at what considerations, military, economic and political, shaped its development. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Free Press) (ISBN: 0029134706) (Pagination: 434pp, 30 photos.) (Condition: Very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX, 0, University of Missouri, 2006. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2006 University of Missouri softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. After 1921, the clouds of suspicion and resentment left by the Great War gradually obscured the strenuous efforts of negotiating statesmen and led to ever greater appetites for power at sea. By the midthirties, worried admiralties around the world were bracing themselves for a new and deadlier round of global violence. In this monumental study, Lisle A. Rose revisits the strategies, battles, ships, planes, weapons, and people of the most destructive war in history to show the decisive influence of sea power upon its outcome. During the years preceding World War II, Britain's once dominant Royal Navy, beset by national economic decline and steadily eroding morale within the fleet, pleaded for the appeasement of dictators in Europe and the Far East in an attempt to avoid a three-front maritime war that would surely doom the British Empire. Desperately hoping for time to build a formidable fleet, Hitler's admirals feverishly tried to rebuild German naval weaponry upon a technological foundation not much improved since 1918. In the end, it was Japan and the United States, facing each other across the broad Pacific, that moved naval history into a new phase by fashioning ultramodern navies based on the integration of sea, air, and amphibious forces. Rose relates how the strengths and weaknesses of seafaring nations came into play within the crucible of a six-year war during which naval encounters were every bit as critical and frequent as land-based fighting. He recounts the well-known naval battles and operations of World War II from a novel perspective, placing them in the context of daring gambles open to both the Axis and the Allies that were either seized upon or ignored. Once Britain's survival was assured, and the Allies held on in the North Atlantic and the Pacific, however, the superior industrial culture of the United States doomed the Axis. After 1943, America threw into the deadly battles against the German U-boats and the Japanese fleet more and better ships, more and better citizen sailors, better intelligence, and better strategies than did its antagonists or allies. Two years later, the United States had not only defeated the Axis, it had also won control of the world's oceans from its exhausted British ally. In the process, it had begun a revolutionary transition in which power at sea became power from the sea. Whether recounting the heart-stopping action of naval encounters or analyzing the technologies that made victory possible, Rose traces in vigorous, memorable prose the dramatic emergence of a new naval power that would leave all others in its wake., University of Missouri, 2006, 6<

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Houghton Mifflin Company. Third Printing. hardcover. Very Good., Houghton Mifflin Company, 3, Yorkshire England: Frontline Books Pen & Sword. Very Good. 2019. Reprint. Softcover. 8vo… Mehr…

Houghton Mifflin Company. Third Printing. hardcover. Very Good., Houghton Mifflin Company, 3, Yorkshire England: Frontline Books Pen & Sword. Very Good. 2019. Reprint. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 1526771098 Paperback Paperback How Churchill Waged War: The Most Challenging Decisions of the Second World War By Pen & Sword When Winston Churchill accepted the position of Prime Minister in May 1940, he insisted in also becoming Minister of Defence. He was not going to play the chairmans role, adjudicating between the competing claims of the ministers below him. He was going to get his hands dirty and take direct personal control of the day to day running of military policy. This, though, meant that he alone would be responsible for the success or failure of Britains war effort. It also meant that he would be faced with many monumental challenges and utterly crucial decisions upon which the fate of Britain and the free world rested. One of his first agonizing decisions was how to respond to the collapse of France, and the danger posed to Britains survival should the powerful French fleet fall into German hands. When he ordered Admiral Sommerville to sink the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir, he knew that France might be turned against Britain, but that act demonstrated to the world that he was determined to wage war whatever the cost may be. With the limited resources available to the UK, Churchill had to decided where his countrys priorities lay. Should he concentrate on the defense of the realm or take the war to the enemy  and where should any offensive action be focused? Did Egypt and the war in North Africa take precedence over Singapore and the UKs empire in the East? How much support should be offered to the Soviet Union? How much of the direction of the war could he allow to be dictated by the United States? In this insightful investigation into Churchills conduct during the Second World War, Allen Packwood, the Director of the Churchill Archives Centre, enables the reader to share the agonies and uncertainties faced by Churchill at each crucial stage of the war. How Churchill responded to each challenge is analyzed in great detail and the conclusions the author draws are as uncompromising as those made by Britains wartime leader as he negotiated his country through its darkest days. ., Frontline Books Pen & Sword, 2019, 3, Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. SIGNED by the AUTHOR, as follows: "In Christ, Larry." From the Dust Jacket: "A staged accident at New Mexico's Alamogordo Missile Test Facility kills two men who know the ugly truth about the United States' nuclear program... A Korean passenger jet sits quietly at Peking's airport, its cargo bay holding a nuclear bomb capable of obliterating China's capital... A network of armed 'regulators' blankets the United States, ready to deal with any citizen who interferes with its nefarious mission... It begins in the 1960s... until in the 21st century the world faces a single, global dictator. Behind the takeover is an odd, yet frighteningly effective, alliance of international governments and inner-city gangs... Lining up against the tyrannical forces are three men, each committed to exposing the 50-year-old conspiracy... Combining insider savvy, media firepower, and a genius's computer skills, [the three] are about to take on the most malevolent superpower the world has ever known... If they fail, the world is doomed to the prospect of a 'Fourth Reich.' The key to the world's future is the THOR conspiracy. In this thrilling follow-up to The Illuminati, Larry Burkett reveals the shattering consequences of absolute governmental control." . Signed by the Author. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good+ dust jacket. Illus. by Newman, Andrew M. (jacket art) . 8vo. 324pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping., Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995, 3.5, University of Missouri, 2006. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2006 University of Missouri softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. After 1921, the clouds of suspicion and resentment left by the Great War gradually obscured the strenuous efforts of negotiating statesmen and led to ever greater appetites for power at sea. By the midthirties, worried admiralties around the world were bracing themselves for a new and deadlier round of global violence. In this monumental study, Lisle A. Rose revisits the strategies, battles, ships, planes, weapons, and people of the most destructive war in history to show the decisive influence of sea power upon its outcome. During the years preceding World War II, Britain's once dominant Royal Navy, beset by national economic decline and steadily eroding morale within the fleet, pleaded for the appeasement of dictators in Europe and the Far East in an attempt to avoid a three-front maritime war that would surely doom the British Empire. Desperately hoping for time to build a formidable fleet, Hitler's admirals feverishly tried to rebuild German naval weaponry upon a technological foundation not much improved since 1918. In the end, it was Japan and the United States, facing each other across the broad Pacific, that moved naval history into a new phase by fashioning ultramodern navies based on the integration of sea, air, and amphibious forces. Rose relates how the strengths and weaknesses of seafaring nations came into play within the crucible of a six-year war during which naval encounters were every bit as critical and frequent as land-based fighting. He recounts the well-known naval battles and operations of World War II from a novel perspective, placing them in the context of daring gambles open to both the Axis and the Allies that were either seized upon or ignored. Once Britain's survival was assured, and the Allies held on in the North Atlantic and the Pacific, however, the superior industrial culture of the United States doomed the Axis. After 1943, America threw into the deadly battles against the German U-boats and the Japanese fleet more and better ships, more and better citizen sailors, better intelligence, and better strategies than did its antagonists or allies. Two years later, the United States had not only defeated the Axis, it had also won control of the world's oceans from its exhausted British ally. In the process, it had begun a revolutionary transition in which power at sea became power from the sea. Whether recounting the heart-stopping action of naval encounters or analyzing the technologies that made victory possible, Rose traces in vigorous, memorable prose the dramatic emergence of a new naval power that would leave all others in its wake., University of Missouri, 2006, 6<

2006, ISBN: 9780826217028

University of Missouri, 2006. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2006 University of Missouri softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and fre… Mehr…

University of Missouri, 2006. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2006 University of Missouri softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. After 1921, the clouds of suspicion and resentment left by the Great War gradually obscured the strenuous efforts of negotiating statesmen and led to ever greater appetites for power at sea. By the midthirties, worried admiralties around the world were bracing themselves for a new and deadlier round of global violence. In this monumental study, Lisle A. Rose revisits the strategies, battles, ships, planes, weapons, and people of the most destructive war in history to show the decisive influence of sea power upon its outcome. During the years preceding World War II, Britain's once dominant Royal Navy, beset by national economic decline and steadily eroding morale within the fleet, pleaded for the appeasement of dictators in Europe and the Far East in an attempt to avoid a three-front maritime war that would surely doom the British Empire. Desperately hoping for time to build a formidable fleet, Hitler's admirals feverishly tried to rebuild German naval weaponry upon a technological foundation not much improved since 1918. In the end, it was Japan and the United States, facing each other across the broad Pacific, that moved naval history into a new phase by fashioning ultramodern navies based on the integration of sea, air, and amphibious forces. Rose relates how the strengths and weaknesses of seafaring nations came into play within the crucible of a six-year war during which naval encounters were every bit as critical and frequent as land-based fighting. He recounts the well-known naval battles and operations of World War II from a novel perspective, placing them in the context of daring gambles open to both the Axis and the Allies that were either seized upon or ignored. Once Britain's survival was assured, and the Allies held on in the North Atlantic and the Pacific, however, the superior industrial culture of the United States doomed the Axis. After 1943, America threw into the deadly battles against the German U-boats and the Japanese fleet more and better ships, more and better citizen sailors, better intelligence, and better strategies than did its antagonists or allies. Two years later, the United States had not only defeated the Axis, it had also won control of the world's oceans from its exhausted British ally. In the process, it had begun a revolutionary transition in which power at sea became power from the sea. Whether recounting the heart-stopping action of naval encounters or analyzing the technologies that made victory possible, Rose traces in vigorous, memorable prose the dramatic emergence of a new naval power that would leave all others in its wake., University of Missouri, 2006, 6<

2006, ISBN: 9780826217028

University of Missouri, 2006. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2006 University of Missouri softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and fre… Mehr…

University of Missouri, 2006. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2006 University of Missouri softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. After 1921, the clouds of suspicion and resentment left by the Great War gradually obscured the strenuous efforts of negotiating statesmen and led to ever greater appetites for power at sea. By the midthirties, worried admiralties around the world were bracing themselves for a new and deadlier round of global violence. In this monumental study, Lisle A. Rose revisits the strategies, battles, ships, planes, weapons, and people of the most destructive war in history to show the decisive influence of sea power upon its outcome. During the years preceding World War II, Britain's once dominant Royal Navy, beset by national economic decline and steadily eroding morale within the fleet, pleaded for the appeasement of dictators in Europe and the Far East in an attempt to avoid a three-front maritime war that would surely doom the British Empire. Desperately hoping for time to build a formidable fleet, Hitler's admirals feverishly tried to rebuild German naval weaponry upon a technological foundation not much improved since 1918. In the end, it was Japan and the United States, facing each other across the broad Pacific, that moved naval history into a new phase by fashioning ultramodern navies based on the integration of sea, air, and amphibious forces. Rose relates how the strengths and weaknesses of seafaring nations came into play within the crucible of a six-year war during which naval encounters were every bit as critical and frequent as land-based fighting. He recounts the well-known naval battles and operations of World War II from a novel perspective, placing them in the context of daring gambles open to both the Axis and the Allies that were either seized upon or ignored. Once Britain's survival was assured, and the Allies held on in the North Atlantic and the Pacific, however, the superior industrial culture of the United States doomed the Axis. After 1943, America threw into the deadly battles against the German U-boats and the Japanese fleet more and better ships, more and better citizen sailors, better intelligence, and better strategies than did its antagonists or allies. Two years later, the United States had not only defeated the Axis, it had also won control of the world's oceans from its exhausted British ally. In the process, it had begun a revolutionary transition in which power at sea became power from the sea. Whether recounting the heart-stopping action of naval encounters or analyzing the technologies that made victory possible, Rose traces in vigorous, memorable prose the dramatic emergence of a new naval power that would leave all others in its wake., University of Missouri, 2006, 6<