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Such Men as These: The Story of the Navy Pilots Who Flew the Deadly Skies Over Korea
ISBN: 9780306820106 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1951, James Michener went to Korea to report on a little-known aspect of America's stalemated war: Navy aviators. His research-inspired, bestselling novel became perhaps the most widely read book ever written about aerial combat. Using Michener's notes, author David Sears tracked down the actual pilots to tell their riveting true stories. The result, Such Men As These, brims with action-packed accounts of combat, from the icy, windswept decks of aircraft carriers to the treacherous skies over Korea, while providing unforgettable portraits of the pilots whose skill and sacrifice made...
In 1951, James Michener went to Korea to report on a little-known aspect of America's stalemated war: Navy aviators. His research-inspired, bestsellin...
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158,01 zł |
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The Patrol Frigate Story - The Tacoma-class Frigates in World War II and the Korean War 1943-1953
ISBN: 9780984637102 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In World War II, the author's ship the USS Albuquerque PF-7 endured a fourteen month tour of duty in the Bering Sea performing unending patrols, escorts and emergency steaming to ships in distress to the point that some aboard Albuquerque feared that they had crossed the line, forgotten by the Navy and destined to roam the seas a ghost ship in company with the Flying Dutchman until Judgment Day. Author David Hendrickson, former historian for the Patrol Frigate Reunion Association seeks to preserve the memory of the patrol frigates of WWII and the Korean War. One hundred frigates were...
In World War II, the author's ship the USS Albuquerque PF-7 endured a fourteen month tour of duty in the Bering Sea performing unending patrols, escor...
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72,61 zł |
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Flotsam & Jetsam - A Collection of Sea Stories That Have Washed Ashore During a Forty-Year Career in the United States Navy
ISBN: 9780984637133 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. About the Book Any veteran of the United States Navy knows about "sea stories." If you served in the Navy, it is almost a 100% certainty that you've heard one (probably many more). And maybe even told "one or two" yourself. "Sea stories" and the tellers of them have all the finest attributes of oral historians that preserve the tradition and lore specific to their society. In the service (all branches) older more experienced personnel share much of their knowledge in just such a way. In their finest sense, the story carries with it a lesson learned-a small slice of experience and specific...
About the Book Any veteran of the United States Navy knows about "sea stories." If you served in the Navy, it is almost a 100% certainty that you've h...
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82,32 zł |
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Sovereignty at Sea: U.S. Merchant Ships and American Entry Into World War I
ISBN: 9780813037622 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A compelling account based on exhaustive primary research that re-creates the mindset of politicians, the press, and other policymakers as they make the momentous decision to go to war in 1917. Many know the maritime military dimensions of warfare--here is a story that shows the maritime dimensions of diplomacy and how the rights of American merchant marines mattered in the minds of those in charge."--Timothy G. Lynch, California Maritime Academy
"Scholarly yet accessible, a nice piece of research, especially in primary documents. This is a highly original book on a relatively neglected... "A compelling account based on exhaustive primary research that re-creates the mindset of politicians, the press, and other policymakers as they make ...
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157,77 zł |
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The Twilight Warriors: The Deadliest Naval Battle of World War II and the Men Who Fought It
ISBN: 9780767932424 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Twilight Warriors, winner of the 2011 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, is the engrossing, page-turning saga of a tightly knit band of naval aviators who are thrust into the final--and most brutal--battle of the Pacific war: Okinawa.
April 1945. The end of World War II finally appears to be nearing. The Third Reich is collapsing in Europe, and the Americans are overpowering the once-mighty Japanese Empire in the Pacific. For a group of young pilots trained in the twilight of the war, the greatest worry is that it will end before they have a chance to face the... The Twilight Warriors, winner of the 2011 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, is the engrossing, page-turning saga of a tightly kn...
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95,40 zł |
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Over the Beach: US Army Amphibious Operations in the Korean War
ISBN: 9781907521089 / Angielski / Miękka / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contains the definitive history of the extensive but little known U.S. Army amphibious operations during the Korean War, 1950-1953. Provides insights to modern planners crafting future joint or combined operations in that part of the world. Originally published in 2008. Illustrated.
Contains the definitive history of the extensive but little known U.S. Army amphibious operations during the Korean War, 1950-1953. Provides insights ...
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185,50 zł |
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The United States Navy in "Desert Shield" and "Desert Storm"
ISBN: 9781780392936 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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163,64 zł |
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On the Account : Piracy & the Americas, 1766-1834
ISBN: 9781845194765 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, author Joseph Gibbs goes back to many of the original materials about piracy to deliver an engaging, closely interpreted anthology of seven decades of primary sources. The text comprises original monographs, broadsides, trial records, newspaper articles, and official reports that deal with piracy in and involving the Americas in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Joseph Gibbs annotates and explains these records in order to clarify the era s historical, legal, literary, and nautical references. Along the way readers will experience violent mutinies, vicious sea battles,...
In this book, author Joseph Gibbs goes back to many of the original materials about piracy to deliver an engaging, closely interpreted anthology of se...
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191,93 zł |
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The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, Volume I, 1812
ISBN: 9781780393643 / Angielski / Twarda / 772 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William S. Dudley, Editor, Michael J. Crawford, Associate Editor. Provides a detailed chronology of events leading to and various battles during the War of 1812. Introductory material describes the early development of the American Navy from 1775 through 1811. The chapters that follow include battle by battle descriptions of the war in the Atlantic, the Northern Lakes (Great Lakes), and the Gulf Coast. The document concludes with the USS Constitution's victory over the HMS Java on Dec. 29, 1812. This is a superior quality reprint of this volume originally published in 1985 by the Navy...
William S. Dudley, Editor, Michael J. Crawford, Associate Editor. Provides a detailed chronology of events leading to and various battles during the W...
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345,77 zł |
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James D. Bulloch: Secret Agent and Mastermind of the Confederate Navy
ISBN: 9780786466597 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American naval hero and Confederate secret agent James Dunwoody Bulloch was widely considered the Confederacy's most dangerous man in Europe. As head of the South's covert shipbuilding and logistics program overseas during the American Civil War, Bulloch acquired a staggering 49 warships, blockade runners, and tenders; built "invulnerable" ocean-going ironclads; sustained Confederate logistics; financed covert operations; and acted as the mastermind behind the destruction of 130 Union ships. Ironically, this man who conspired to destroy the Union and kidnap its president later stood as the...
American naval hero and Confederate secret agent James Dunwoody Bulloch was widely considered the Confederacy's most dangerous man in Europe. As head ...
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248,84 zł |
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Ports in a Storm: Public Management in a Turbulent World
ISBN: 9780815722373 / Angielski / Miękka / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Ports in a Storm a team of Harvard Kennedy School scholars focus diverse conceptual lenses on a single high-stakes management task--enhancing port security across the United States. Their aims are two: to understand how a public manager might confront that complex undertaking, and to explore the similarities, differences, and complementarities of their alternative approaches to public management. The book takes as its pivot point the singular case of U.S. Coast Guard Captain Suzanne Englebert and her leadership of efforts to secure America's ports after the September 11... In Ports in a Storm a team of Harvard Kennedy School scholars focus diverse conceptual lenses on a single high-stakes management task--enhan... |
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164,75 zł |
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With the Battle Cruisers
ISBN: 9781608881321 / Angielski / Twarda / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,37 zł |
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Thunder in its Courses: Essays on the Battlecruiser
ISBN: 9781608881017 / Angielski / Twarda / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few subjects in naval history have elicited as much romance and disdain as the battlecruiser. And few subjects have gone so grossly misunderstood.
Fundamental errors regarding the battlecruiser's origins and the technology of the times continue to distort hindsight, obscuring the historical context of these powerful, majestic ships. Thunder in Its Courses clears away the misconceptions, with essays establishing the basic facts of the capital-ship cruiser as well as thorny issues regarding individual designs. Richard Worth writes for the Warship and Warship International journals. His... Few subjects in naval history have elicited as much romance and disdain as the battlecruiser. And few subjects have gone so grossly misunderstood.
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145,66 zł |
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Sea Power and the Asia-Pacific : The Triumph of Neptune?
ISBN: 9780415609340 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines the rise and fall of sea powers in the Asia-Pacific region. The chapters analyse what seapower means, and has meant, and its role, both historic and contemporary, in the rise and fall of great powers.
This volume examines the rise and fall of sea powers in the Asia-Pacific region. The chapters analyse what seapower means, and has meant, and its role...
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756,45 zł |
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Shield and Sword: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf War
ISBN: 9781782664154 / Angielski / Miękka / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. FULL COLOR reprint of 1998 study from the United States Naval Historical Center. This volume describes in detail the U.S. Navys role in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, one of the most successful campaigns in American military history. The work describes the contribution to victory of Navy men and women who served afloat in the carrier-based fighter and attack squadrons, the surface warships, amphibious and mine countermeasures vessels, submarines, and logistic
and hospital ships. It also relates the activities of American sailors ashore or close inshore who protected the vital... FULL COLOR reprint of 1998 study from the United States Naval Historical Center. This volume describes in detail the U.S. Navys role in Operations Des...
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190,04 zł |
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Maritime Security in the South China Sea: Regional Implications and International Cooperation
ISBN: 9780754677277 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title identifies and examines selected issues concerning maritime security in the South China Sea as well as its connected sea area, the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, and explores ways and means of international cooperation in dealing with maritime security issues.
This title identifies and examines selected issues concerning maritime security in the South China Sea as well as its connected sea area, the Straits ...
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704,29 zł |
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Naval Aces of World War 1 Part 2
ISBN: 9781849086646 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part 2 of Naval Aces looks at the many flying Naval heroes who flew alongside or against those of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). While the RNAS operated its own formidable arsenal of Nieuport and Sopwith scouts over the Flanders coast, the German navy countered with its own Land Feld Jagdstaffeln and Seefront Staffeln. In addition, German floatplane units, most notably at Zeebrugge, produced at least three aces of their own at the expense of British flying boats, airships and other patrol craft. Unique to World War 1 was the use of flying boats as fighters in combat, which figured at...
Part 2 of Naval Aces looks at the many flying Naval heroes who flew alongside or against those of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). While the RNAS o...
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93,30 zł |
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The Pirates of Malabar: Pirates of the Coast of the Indian Sub-Continent During the 17th & 18th Centuries
ISBN: 9780857067548 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pirates of the Indian Ocean
Despite the rise and domination of the Raj in post mutiny India and all it came to mean to the British Empire, it should be remembered that the rush to India by all the European powers was originally for the wealth of its trade. That trade had been carried on for centuries and by the 17th and early 18th centuries was still active, vital and industrious. However, Britannia had not quite established her sovereignty of the waves and to sail into the vastness of the southern and eastern oceans was to launch a ship and its crew into the virtual unknown-not because... Pirates of the Indian Ocean
Despite the rise and domination of the Raj in post mutiny India and all it came to mean to the British Empire, it sho... |
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72,85 zł |
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On Four Fronts with the Royal Naval Division During the First World War 1914-1918
ISBN: 9780857067159 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Blue Jackets who fought on land
The time of Nelson was not only notable because of the success in nautical warfare of the man himself, but also because it was the zenith of the 'age of sail' that left British sea power so dominant that Britannia really did 'rule the waves.' No navy could stand against the might of the Royal Navy, and so until Jutland during the Great War it would not fight another major battle at sea. Queen Victoria's ever expanding empire meant that British forces were perpetually set against often underdeveloped powers and the navy took its part, but most of the... The Blue Jackets who fought on land
The time of Nelson was not only notable because of the success in nautical warfare of the man himself, but al... |
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126,28 zł |
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On Four Fronts with the Royal Naval Division During the First World War 1914-1918
ISBN: 9780857067166 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Blue Jackets who fought on land
The time of Nelson was not only notable because of the success in nautical warfare of the man himself, but also because it was the zenith of the 'age of sail' that left British sea power so dominant that Britannia really did 'rule the waves.' No navy could stand against the might of the Royal Navy, and so until Jutland during the Great War it would not fight another major battle at sea. Queen Victoria's ever expanding empire meant that British forces were perpetually set against often underdeveloped powers and the navy took its part, but most of the... The Blue Jackets who fought on land
The time of Nelson was not only notable because of the success in nautical warfare of the man himself, but al... |
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72,85 zł |
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